Other: Hampton Cemetery

Sign: Yes

Street: 1532 Cobbs Knob Road off VA 856

City: Axton

Township: Cascade

County: Pittsylvania

State: Virginia

Nation: USA

Zip: 24054

Status: Abandoned

Size: Small

Directions: VA 622 to VA 856 Turn left from 622 if going east onto 856, cross bridge and abandoned rr, turn left on Cobbs Knob Road,go to end of road

Type: Road-private

Location: Rural

Terrain: Hillside

Watersource: No

Features: Fence has been destroyed-stones knocked off bases by loggers

Property: Private

Access: Permission-required

Enclosure: None

Gate: None

Established: 1795

Gravestones: Over 10

Oldest: 1795

Newest: 1906

Removed: Yes

Relocated: No

Repairs: No

Methods: Other

Restoration: No

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: No

Granite: Yes

Marble: Yes

Native: Yes

Slate: Yes

Others: Yes

Wood: No

Materials: No

Architectural: No

Angels: No

Draperies: No

Fraternal: No

Hands: No

Lambs: No

Monograms: No

Plants: No

Photos: No

Religious: No

Scrollwork: No

Urns: No

Carvings: No

Condition: Cemetery destroyed

Unmarked: Yes

Broken: Yes

Toppled: Yes

Disintegrating: Yes

Buried: Yes

Weather: Yes

Pollution: Yes

Vandalized: Yes

Report: No

VA1: Gravestones-Overturned

VA2: Gravestones-Broken

VA3:

VA4:

VA5: Graves-Desecrated

Overgrowth:

Overgrowth1:

Overgrowth2:

Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing

Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging

GroundCover: Yes

Moss: Yes

Vines:

Drainage: Good

Problem1: Encroachment

Problem2:

Owner: Private

Use: Agricultural

Bordering: Agricultural

Change: Unknown

Reason: Agriculture

Visited: Unknown

Archeology: No

Habitat: Yes

Contacted: SAR

Other_Information:

Loggers must be stopped from knocking over and breaking stones. Revolutionary Grave of Thomas Hampton should be marked

Support:

Email: r_obinlt@airmail.net

Date: 10-30-2002