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Perkins Cemetery
Riffle, Braxton County

Cemetery:       Perkins
Other:         
Sign:           No
Street:         CR 5/6 Perkins fork rd
City:           Riffle  Wv
Township:      
County:         Braxton
State:          WV
Nation:         usa
Zip:           
lat_ns:         N
lat_h:          38
lat_mmss:       43.922
long_ew:        W
long_h:         080
long_mmss:      44.127
Status:         Abandoned
Size:           Small
Directions:     from Rifle Wv take CR 5/6 to an abandond farm house from there walk across the rail road track and up the hill to the top Cemetery is on the left
Type:           Road-private
Location:       Rural
Terrain:        Hillside
Watersource:    No
Features:      
Property:       Private
Access:         Open
Enclosure:      None
Gate:           None
Established:   
Gravestones:    25
Oldest:         1888
Newest:         1938
Removed:        Unknown
Relocated:      No
Repairs:        No
Methods:        Adhesives
Restoration:    No
Association:    No
Records:        Unsure
Inventory:      Yes
Availability:   The family research library & archives of Braxton County
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:        Yes
Marble:         Unsure
Native:         Yes
Slate:          Unsure
Others:         Yes
Wood:           Unsure
Materials:      Unsure
Architectural:  Unsure
Angels:         Unsure
Draperies:      Unsure
Fraternal:      Unsure
Hands:          Unsure
Lambs:          Unsure
Monograms:      Unsure
Plants:         Unsure
Photos:         Unsure
Religious:      Unsure
Scrollwork:     Unsure
Urns:           Unsure
Carvings:       Unsure
Condition:      Cemetery neglected
Unmarked:       Yes
Broken:         Yes
Toppled:        Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried:         Unsure
Weather:        No
Pollution:      No
Vandalized:     No
Report:         Yes
VA1:           
VA2:           
VA3:           
VA4:           
VA5:           
Overgrowth:    
Overgrowth1:    Problem-Access
Overgrowth2:   
Overgrowth3:   
Overgrowth4:   
GroundCover:   
Moss:          
Vines:          Yes
Drainage:       Good
Problem1:      
Problem2:      
Owner:          Private
Use:            Agricultural
Bordering:      Woods
Change:         Same
Reason:         Agriculture
Visited:        Rarely
Archeology:     Yes
Habitat:        Yes
Contacted:     

Surnames:

Perkins--Perrine--Shock--Thayer--Short--Palmer--Faris

Other_Information:

Graves are sunkin and stones have fallen in to the graves
trees vines and brush

Support:

unknown


Submitted by:
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Name:           Robert Brady
Email:          r_obertbrady@earthlink.net
Date:           10/21/2004



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