Date: March 9 2001
Cemetery: Brannon
Established: 1830's
Street: farm woods along Bokes Creek behind 12536 Cantrell Rd
(SR347)
City: Magnetic Springs
Township: Leesburg
County: Union
State: Ohio
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: quarter mile east past intersection of Whitestone
Rd and SR347on north side
Reached by: Crossing private property
Location: Rural woods
Land: Flat
Water: Yes
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Surrounded by: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: approx 20
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Unknown
Oldest grave: 1839
Newest grave: 1856
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Union County Chapter, Ohio Gen. Society, Leesburg
Township cemetery records
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: Unknown
Vegetation: Disturbing-graves
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Moss
Drainage: Good
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: The current status of this cemetery is:
Owner: Unknown
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Smaller
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Occasionally
Previous contacts: one or two Union County Historical Society
personnel. But they seem unsure what to do.
Other information
Small cemetery but salvageable with early Ohio historical pioneers.
1700's Military land grant emigrants from CT. Direct descendant of
Gov.Wm Bradford PHEBE BRADFORD. Owner seems nice enough. Stones still
readable and should be salvaged.
Support Contacts
Karen Gwilliams Ohio Genealogical Society Union County Chapter PO
Box 438 Marysville OH 43040-0438
Submitted By:
name:
Lee Hixson
Email: winterspringfarm@ecr.net
