Date: February 24, 2001
Cemetery: Rock Creek Cemetery
Established: early 1800s
Street: Off Highway 30, inside Cherokee National Forest, Polk
County, Tennessee
City: Benton, Tennessee (5 miles)
Township:
County: Polk
State: Tennessee
Nation: United States of America
Zip: 37307
Nearby: State Highway 30, just a few yards north of
intersection with US Hwy 64, overlooking Lake Ocoee
Reached by: Crossing public property
Location: Rural woods
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Surrounded by: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: 12
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1848
Newest grave: 1900
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: WPA Cemetery Survey at Polk Co.
Historical & Genealogical Society Library, Benton TN
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: Yes
VA: Broken gravestones
VA: Graves desecrated
Vegetation: Access problem
Vegetation: Damaging gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Apathy
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Government
Use:
Bordering: Recreational
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: Ocoee Ranger Station, U. S. Forest Service
B1: Submit
Remote User:
Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001
Other information
US Forest Service said relatives could go in and clean up but could
not remove trees. Access is difficult (uphill & through woods on
foot). Forest Service said they did not have to maintain cemetery.
Submitted By:
name:
Mark Barker
Email: pogster@worldnet.att.net
