Date: May 5, 2001
Cemetery: Lake Pleasant Cemetery
Established: unknown
Street: Valley Road
City: Wattsburg-about six miles away
Township: Amity
County: Erie
State: PA
Nation: USA
Zip: 16438
Nearby: Corner of Lowe Road and Valley Road
Reached by: Road-public
Location: Rural-mixed
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Features: trees and bushes
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Status: Inactive
Size: Medium
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: about 60
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Yes
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 3/6/1863
Newest grave: 5/28/1987
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Tina Curtis-1998
Condition: Cemeterypoorly maintained
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
Overgrowth: None
Drainage: Good
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: Cemetery cleaned
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Residential
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: No
Contacted: Wattsburg Area Historical Society
Other Information
There was a brush fire in April
of 1906 burning the Cemetery grounds. Only the fence was damaged
leaving only the soft white marble posts intact. According to
newspaper records, several stones (if there ever were any) are
missing many of which were children under two years.
Support
Submitted by:
name: Tina Curtis
Email: tintlc@aol.com
