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Cemetery: Compton Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Route 721
City: Falls Mills
Township:
County: Tazewell County
State: Virginia
Nation:
Zip: 24613
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: traveling on Route 645 towards Falls Mills Dam, turn
left onto Route 721. Travel on 721 til 721 meets 722. Bear left
staying on 721(gravel road). Pull off spot is on left of road.
Gravesite is on top of hill but is largely concealed and not
able to be seen from road.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: Gravesite is on top of hill which is overgrown with
trees and vegetation.
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Established: Before 1891
Gravestones: At least 12 identifiable markers. Approximately 20
total gravesites.
Oldest: March 1891
Newest: 1918
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: Yes
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Unsure
Marble: Unsure
Native: No
Slate: No
Others: Yes
Wood: No
Materials: No
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Yes
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: No
Report: Yes
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1: Problem-Access
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss: Yes
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted:
Surnames:
Buckland, Compton, Ewald, Hall, Turner, Walker, Wimmer
Other_Information:
The cemetery is largly overgrown and impossible to see from road
way. I have tried to contact the land owners with no reply. I am
trying to organize a Cemetery Association and begin restoration
as soon as we get the legal ok. Photos are available on request.
Support:
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Name: Sabrina Caston
Email: s_assyk@classicnet.net
Date: 14 July 2003 |
