Date: 2/25/2001
Cemetery: Hays Cemetery
Established: 1852
Street: Darden-Christian Chapel Road
City: Darden
Township:
County: Henderson
State: Tennessee
Nation: United States
Zip:
Nearby: Highway 412
Reached by: Public road
Location: Rural agricultural
Land: Flat
Water: No
Sign: Yes
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Surrounded by: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: 20
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: No
Removed Gravestones: No
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1852
Newest grave: 1928
Records: Yes
Inventory: Unsure
Records location: Henderson Co.,Tn Cemetery Inscriptions (R.H.
Harris, Memphis, 1976) Vol. III, p. 576
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Disturbing-graves
Vegetation: Disturbing gravestones
Vegetation: Damaging gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Moss
Drainage: Good
Problem0: Encroachment
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: Planning stages
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Previous contacts: none
Other information
Headstones are not visible from the road due to the huge amount of
vegetation growth. There are several fallen trees on the ground in the
cemetery. Moss growth is very bad on the ground and stones. Several
stones are unreadable due to growth of lichen.
Submitted By:
name:
Lisa Pritchard Ing
Email: sshore2@bellsouth.net
