Other: Old Bennett cemetery

Sign: No

Street: 8571 Rocky Fork Rd.

City: Smyrna

Township:

County: Rutherford

State: Tenn

Nation: USA

Zip: 37167

Status: Abandoned

Size: Medium

Directions: I-24 to Almaville rd. to Rocky Fork Rd.

Type: Road-public

Location: Rural

Terrain: Hillside

Watersource: No

Features: small headstones no markings--larger headstones are marked

Property: Private

Access: Open

Enclosure: None

Gate: None

Established: 1836

Gravestones: 12

Oldest: 1888

Newest: 1906

Removed: Unknown

Relocated: No

Repairs: Yes

Methods: Other

Restoration: No

Association: No

Records: Unsure

Inventory: No

Availability:

Landscaping: Yes

Paths: No

Trees: No

Crypts: No

Fencing: No

Brickwork: No

Ironwork: No

Sculpture: No

Fountains: No

Roads: No

Buildings: No

Cement: Yes

Granite: Yes

Marble: Yes

Native: Yes

Slate: No

Others: No

Wood: No

Materials: Unsure

Architectural: Yes

Angels: Yes

Draperies: No

Fraternal: No

Hands: Yes

Lambs: No

Monograms: Yes

Plants: Yes

Photos: No

Religious: Yes

Scrollwork: Yes

Urns: No

Carvings: No

Condition: Cemetery destroyed

Unmarked: Unsure

Broken: Yes

Toppled: Yes

Disintegrating: Yes

Buried: Yes

Weather: Unknown

Pollution: No

Vandalized: Yes

Report: No

VA1: Gravestones-Overturned

VA2: Gravestones-Broken

VA3:

VA4:

VA5:

Overgrowth: None

Overgrowth1:

Overgrowth2:

Overgrowth3:

Overgrowth4:

GroundCover: Yes

Moss:

Vines:

Drainage: Problem-Seasonal

Problem1:

Problem2: Apathy

Owner: Family

Use: Residential

Bordering: Residential

Change: Same

Reason: Roads

Visited: Occasionally

Archeology: No

Habitat: Yes

Contacted: state and county authorities

name: Steve Taylor

Email: picsbyleo@aol.com

Date: 3/10/2003

Surnames:

Shelton

Other_Information:

New owner says he is going to move headstones

Support:

Rutherford Co. Sheriff--Sgt. Jones--615-898-7770

Email: p_icsbyleo@aol.com

Date: 3/10/2003