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Driving directions: From the intersection of Hwy. 371 and Hwy. 76, go east 8/10th of a mile. Mt. Olive Baptist church and cemetery will be on your right. Continue on about 1/4 mile to a gravel road to the right (Rd. No. 162). A deer camp is located across the highway from this intersection. Turn left off Hwy. 76 at the camp and park. A woods road leads north from the camp, but another dim trail leaves the woods road to the right. The cemetery is up this trail a short distance on top of the hill (about 50 yds.)
THIS CEMETERY WAS LAST SURVEYED SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
Martin Cemetery
This is a small abandoned cemetery located just north of Hwy. 76 near Waterloo in the southwest corner of Section 3, Township 14 South, Range 21 West. The cemetery is grown up with large pine and hardwood trees. There is no fence. Only one marker was found undisturbed in 2006. The rest were either overturned or broken.Driving directions: From the intersection of Hwy. 371 and Hwy. 76, go east 8/10th of a mile. Mt. Olive Baptist church and cemetery will be on your right. Continue on about 1/4 mile to a gravel road to the right (Rd. No. 162). A deer camp is located across the highway from this intersection. Turn left off Hwy. 76 at the camp and park. A woods road leads north from the camp, but another dim trail leaves the woods road to the right. The cemetery is up this trail a short distance on top of the hill (about 50 yds.)
THIS CEMETERY WAS LAST SURVEYED SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long, Robert Lee | Oct. 8, 1922 | ||
| Long, Louvenia | Sep. 1, 1848 | Nov. 23, 1929 | Stone is off base |
| Long, Seaborn T. | Dec. 23, 1886 | Aug. 11, 1931 | Stone is off base |
| Martin, Seaborn J. | 1880 (?) | Husband of Sarah Martin; age 76; broken stone | |
| Martin, Sarah | Jan. 1, 1812 | Jan. 12, 1892 | Stone lying flat |
| Martin, Francis | July 14, 1843 | Jul. 30, 1894 | Daughter of S. J. and S. Martin |
| Vestal, Elizabeth | Apr. 15, 1861 | Age 2 months; double marker with (baby) Vestal | |
| Vestel, Thomas Banter | Apr. 15, 1861 | Child of Elizabeth Vestal; age 2 months; double marker with Elizabeth Vestal | |
| (Vestal),??? | Broken stone with R. B. V. on footstone; grave next to Elizabeth Vestal; cannot read name or dates |
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Since 1997, Jery and Jeanie McKelvy have conducted a periodic canvas of each cemetery in the county and use additional resources to keep the listings current.