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Brickhouse Cemetery Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina |
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| Cemetery: Matthew Brickhouse family cemetery Other: Sign: No Street: Located on south side of Highway #1209, .3 miles from intersection with Highway #1214. In a field City: Columbia Township: County: Tyrrell State: North Carolina Nation: USA Zip: Status: Abandoned Size: Medium Directions: Located on south side of Highway #1209, .3 miles from intersection with Highway #1214. In a field Type: Road-public Location: Rural-agricultural Terrain: Level Watersource: No Features: Land Type: Private Access: Inaccessible Enclosure: None Gate: None Established: about 1830 Gravestones: 10 Oldest: October 27, 1857 Newest: 1916 Removed: Yes Relocated: No Repairs: No Methods: Restoration: No Association: No Records: Yes Inventory: Yes Records location: Tyrrell Cemeteries 1732-1984 by Camille B. Everton, Heritage Books, Inc, 1995, page 33 Marble: Yes Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction Unmarked: Yes Broken: Yes Toppled: Yes Disintegrating: Yes Buried: Yes Weather problems: No Pollution problems: No Vandalized: Yes Police report: No VA: Gravestones-Overturned VA: Gravestones-Stolen Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing Vegetation: Ground-Cover Drainage: Good Problem: Encroachment Problem: Apathy Owner: Unknown Use: Agricultural Bordering: Agricultural Change: Smaller Reason: Agriculture Visited: Occasionally Archeology: No Habitat: No Contacted: Needs Through the years, the gravestones have been removed from the cemetery and have disappeared. The farmer who now owns the land continues to plow nearer to the exiting graves until the graveyard is about to be plowed under. Other Information Support Submitted by: name: Gordon BrickhouseEmail: gordon.brickhouse@verizon.net |
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