Fleetwood Cemetery
Belmont, Brown County, Indiana
Cemetery: Fleetwood Cemetery
Other: Wilkinson, Crooked Creek, Thunder Valley
Sign: No
Street: Crooked Creek Rd.
City: Belmont, IN
Township: Washington
County: Brown
State: Indiana
Nation: U.S.A.
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: On State Rd. 46 West of Nashville, In, take Crooked Creek Rd. to the south
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: Yes
Features:
Property: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: Around 1840
Gravestones: 33
Oldest: 1840
Newest: 1917 ?
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: Unsure
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: No
Marble: No
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: Yes
Wood: No
Materials: Unsure
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: No
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Weather: Unknown
Pollution: Unknown
Vandalized: Yes
Report: Yes
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
Overgrowth: None
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Problem-Seasonal
Owner: Private
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: Brown County, Indiana prosecutor; Indiana Dept of DNR
Surnames:
Sinn (Sind), Fleetwood, Helms, Wilkinson
Other_Information:
This cemetery is on private property. The new owner decided to build a house. He moved all the stones, cleared the land around, laid a SEPTIC FIELD on top of the cemetery, then covered it with several feet of dirt ! The stones are piled under a tree. He started the foundation of a house. He was legally stopped, and now the case is dragging on in court, trying to decide what will be done with the cemetery.
Support:
Jim Oliver, Prosecutor Brown County Indiana Nashville, IN Rick Jones Div. of Historic Preservations and archeology 402 W. Washington Room W274 Indianapolis, IN 46204
Submitted by:
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name: Karen Sinn
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Date: Feb. 14, 2003