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Litts Cemetery - Monticello, Sullivan County, New York
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Date: 28 Feb 2001

Cemetery: Litts Cemetery
Established: 1850's
Street: Rt. 42
City: Monticello
Township: Thompson
County: Sullivan
State: NY
Nation: USA
Zip: 12701
Nearby: Sleepy Hollow Apt's
Reached by: Crossing private property
Location: Urban
Land: Flat
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Surrounded by: Broken fence
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: 2 Stones, several graves
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Unsure
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1850's
Newest grave: 1850's
Records: No
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: None
Vegetation problem: Trees
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Commercial
Bordering: Commercial
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Previous contacts: None

Other information

Cemetery has 2 marked graves of Litts family. Several unmarked graves. Appartments are within 25 to 50 feet of graves. Log fence is falling down. Graves belong to founding Litts's that first came to Monticello & established homestead on land that cemetery is now on.

Submitted By:
name: William Kitz
Email: Nightshift97@att.net


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