Cemetery: Gillsville Church Cemetery

> Other: Gillsville AME, Gillsville Baptist, Gillsville Methodist?

> Sign: No

> Street: Henderson Road

> City: Gillsville

> Township:

> County: Banks

> State: GA

> Nation: USA

> Zip: 30542

> lat_ns: N

> lat_h: 34

> lat_mmss: 18', 28.9"

> long_ew: W

> long_h: 83

> long_mmss: 37', 16.0"

> Status: Abandoned

> Size: Large

> Directions: Turn left from Highway 52 onto Old Gillsville Road. Turn left on Henderson Rd. 1st drive on left

> Type: Road-private

> Location: Rural

> Terrain: Hillside

> Watersource: No

> Features: very large trees, spirea, vinca, Iris

> Property: Private

> Access: Permission-required

> Enclosure: None

> Gate: None

> Established: about 1870

> Gravestones: 225

> Oldest: unknown

> Newest: 1988

> Removed: Unknown

> Relocated: No

> Repairs: No

> Methods:Adhesives

> Restoration: Yes

> Association: No

> Records: No

> Inventory: Unsure

> Availability:

> Landscaping: Yes

> Paths: No

> Trees: Yes

> Crypts: No

> Fencing: No

> Brickwork: Yes

> Ironwork: No

> Sculpture: No

> Fountains: No

> Roads: No

> Buildings: No

> Cement: Yes

> Granite: Yes

> Marble: Yes

> Native: Yes

> Slate: No

> Others: Unsure

> Wood: No

> Materials: Unsure

> Architectural: Unsure

> Angels: No

> Draperies: Yes

> Fraternal: No

> Hands: Unsure

> Lambs: No

> Monograms: No

> Plants: Yes

> Photos: No

> Religious: Yes

> Scrollwork: Yes

> Urns: No

> Carvings: Unsure

> Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction

> Unmarked: Yes

> Broken: Yes

> Toppled: Yes

> Disintegrating: Yes

> Buried: Yes

> Weather: Yes

> Pollution: No

> Vandalized: No

> Report: Yes

> Overgrowth:

> : Graves-Disturbing

> Overgrowth4:

> GroundCover: Yes

> Moss: Yes

> Vines: Yes

> Drainage: Problem-Seasonal

> Problem1:

> Problem2:

> Owner: Cemetery

> Use:

Agricultural

> Bordering: Woods

> Change: Unknown

> Reason: Roads

> Visited: Rarely

> Archeology: No

> Habitat: Yes

> Contacted:

>Date: 10/16/04

> > Surnames: > > Bryander,Bond, Buffington, Bush,Clyde, Cox, House, Hix, Humphries,Kidd McElhannon,Sherdan, Scott,Teasley, Watson, White,Young > > Other_Information: > > Drainage is poor, large trees, sunken graves and piles of dirt.

> > Support: > >

gordonatthefarm@aol.com

> Gordan Jones

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