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Cemetery:
Millican - Barnett -
Matthews
Other:
Sign:
Yes
Street: Stone Creek
Dr., near intersection with Hugh Howell
Road
City:
Stone Mountain, GA
Township:
County:
Dekalb
State:
Georgia
Nation:
USA
Zip:
30087
lat_ns:
N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew:
W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status:
Abandoned
Size:
Medium
Directions: East from Tucker on Hugh
Howell Road, past Smoke Rise
Baptist church, turn right onto Stone
Creek, pass one house on left,
cemetery is on the left adjacent to
road.
Type:
Road-public
Location:
Surburban
Terrain:
Hillside
Watersource:
No
Features: Many hardwood
trees
Property:
Private
Access:
Permission-required
Enclosure:
None
Gate:
None
Established: possibly
1830s
Gravestones: Estimate approx.
50
Oldest:
1832
Newest:
1896
Removed:
No
Relocated:
No
Repairs:
No
Methods:
Adhesives
Restoration:
Yes
Association:
No
Records:
No
Inventory:
Yes
Availability:
Landscaping:
No
Paths:
No
Trees:
Yes6
Crypts:
No
Fencing:
No
Brickwork:
No
Ironwork:
No
Sculpture:
No
Fountains:
No
Roads:
No
Buildings:
No
Cement:
No
Granite:
Yes
Marble:
No
Native:
Yes
Slate:
No
Others:
No
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:
No
Pollution:
Unknown
Vandalized:
Yes
Report:
No
VA1:
Gravestones-Overturned
VA2:
Gravestones-Broken
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3:
Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4:
GroundCover:
Yes
Moss:
Yes
Vines:
Yes
Drainage:
Good
Problem1:
Problem2:
Owner:
Private
Use:
Agricultural
Bordering:
Residential
Change:
Unknown
Reason:
Roads
Visited:
Unknown
Archeology:
No
Habitat:
Yes
Contacted: A boy whose father is a
professional historian has had
contacts with the Dekalb Historical
Society
Surnames:
Barnett;Matthews;Millican
Other_Information:
Vandalism
appears to have been done many years ago, nothing recent. There
are 10
"box tomb" type graves,two of which are unmarked. Half are damaged
or
fallen over, two the top slab is overturned. MANY graves marked only
by head
and foot stones of field stones, many unmarked but the
depressions reveal
their location. Land first occupied by settlers
1830s. A few traces of
ornamental plants that may have marked
graves originally. New sign has been
placed by Scout Troop at
request of County Hisotical Society which is trying
to mark all known
family cemeteries in the county. Records of where it was
exactly
located were unknown to the society for 50 years or more, until
this
past year (though local homeowners were aware of it as it is
adjacent to
their property.) Actual count of graves very difficult due
to fallen limbs,
trees, leaves, etc.; in summer will be extremely
difficult to note many of
the graves due to amount of plants,
seedlings, saplings growing all through
the site. Present owner
of property has been most pleasant about allowing
the Scouts to go on
the property and mark it, etc. He lives in the
community. To put
upright the slabs that are turned over would be very hard
work for 7-8
men. Several of the box tombs have simply collapsed due to
shifting of
the ground it appears. Several features indicate perhaps
other
types of burials but difficult to discern what they may be
(partially
buried, covered with many inches of leaf mulch,
etc.)
Support:
Submitted
by:
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Name: Lewis
G. Murray
Email:
mailto:lgmurray@comcast.net
Date:
2-05-05
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