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June 11 ,2002 Cemetery: Brown Cemetery Other: Sign: No Street: Highway 48 & Rock Hill Rd. City: Wapanucka Township: County: Johnston County State: Oklahoma Nation: U.S. Zip: Status: Abandoned Size: Small Directions: 1 mile from highway 48 Type: Road-public Location: Rural Terrain: Level Water source: Yes Features: few trees Property: Private Access: Permission-required Enclosure: None Gate: None Established: 1800's Gravestones: 100+ Oldest: ? Newest: 1925? Removed: Yes Relocated: Unsure Repairs: No Methods: Other Restoration: No Association: No Records: Unsure Inventory: Unsure Availability: Landscaping: No Paths: No Trees: Yes 2 Crypts: No Fencing: Yes Brickwork: No Ironwork: Yes Sculpture: Yes Fountains: No Roads: No Buildings: No Cement: Yes Granite: Yes Marble: Yes Native: Yes Slate: Yes Others: Yes Wood: Yes Materials: Yes Architectural: Yes Angels: Yes Draperies: Yes Fraternal: Yes Hands: Yes Lambs: Yes Monograms: Yes Plants: Yes Photos: Yes Religious: Yes Scrollwork: Yes Urns: Unsure Carvings: Yes Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction Unmarked: Yes Broken: Yes Toppled: Yes Disintegrating: Yes Buried: Yes Weather: Yes Pollution: Unknown Vandalized: No Report: Yes VA1: VA2: VA3: VA4: VA5: Overgrowth: Overgrowth1: Overgrowth2: Overgrowth3: Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging Ground Cover: Yes Moss: Vines: Yes Drainage: Good Problem1: Problem2: Apathy Owner: Unknown Use: Agricultural Bordering: Agricultural Change: Same Reason: Roads Visited: Unknown Archeology: Unknown Habitat: Yes Contacted: City of Wapanucka, Oklahoma Attorney General's Office, Oklahoma Funeral Director name: Nancy Hernandez Email: hernan20684@aol.com Date: 6/11/02 Surnames: Davis, Anderson Other_Information: In March of 2002, I visited this cemetery. I have family buried there. The land owner said a tornado had destroyed the trees in 2001.I could not find the headstones of my family members. Most of the headstones were gone, and the few that were left, were turned over. There appeared to be human remains scattered across the area.
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