Cemetery:
|
Ewell/Geurin Cemetery |
| Other: |
George James
Cemetery |
Street:
|
Alum Fork Ranch
Road |
City:
|
Benton |
State:
|
Ar |
Zip:
|
72015 |
Sign:
|
No |
County:
|
Garland |
Nation:
|
USA |
Latitude ns:
|
N
lat_h: 34
lat_mmss: 4010 |
Longitude ew:
|
W
long_h: 092
long_mmss: 4619 |
Status:
|
Inactive |
Size:
|
Medium |
Directions:
|
From Highway 5 (between
Benton & Hot Springs), take Hwy 9N, go 4.5 miles and turn to the right down
a dirt road. The cemetery is located in the middle of a pasture at the end of
the road |
Type:
|
Road-private |
|
Location:
|
Rural |
Terrain:
|
Hillside |
Watersource:
|
Yes |
| Features: |
trees |
Property:
|
Private |
Access:
|
Permission-required |
Enclosure:
|
Fence |
Gate:
|
Non-locking |
|
Established:
|
earlier than 1866 |
Gravestones:
|
30
plus |
Oldest:
|
3/1866 |
Newest:
|
4/1947 |
Removed:
|
Unknown |
Relocated:
|
No |
Repairs:
|
No |
Restoration:
|
No |
Association:
|
No |
Records:
|
Unsure |
Inventory:
|
Yes |
|
Availability: |
Melting Pot Genealogical
Society 1980 |
|
Landscaping:
|
Yes |
Paths:
|
No |
Trees:
|
Yes4 |
Crypts:
|
No |
Fencing:
|
No |
|
Brickwork: |
No |
Ironwork:
|
No |
Sculpture:
|
No |
Fountains:
|
No |
Roads:
|
No |
Buildings:
|
Yes |
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:
|
Yes |
Carvings:
|
Yes |
|
Condition:
|
Cemetery in
danger of destruction |
Unmarked:
|
Yes |
Broken:
|
Yes |
Toppled:
|
Yes |
Disintegrating:
|
Yes |
|
Buried:
|
Yes |
|
Weather:
|
No |
|
Pollution:
|
No |
|
Vandalized:
|
No |
|
Overgrowth:
|
Gravestones-Damaging |
GroundCover:
|
Yes |
Moss:
|
Yes |
| Vines: |
Yes |
Drainage:
|
Problem-Seasonal |
|
Problem:
|
Encroachment
Apathy |
|
Owner:
|
Private |
Use:
|
Agricultural |
Bordering:
|
Agricultural |
Change:
|
Same |
Reason:
|
Roads |
Visited:
|
Rarely |
Archeology:
|
Unknown |
Habitat:
|
Yes |
|
Contacted:
|
Saline County Judge; Saline
County Prosecuting Attorney's office |
|
| Surnames: |
Blevins, Brewer
Caldwell, Chenault, Chennault
Ewell
Fletcher
Geurin
Hickman
James
Robinson
Tittle |
|
|
Other Information: |
This cemetery contains a very large
"grave shelter" that contains several graves underneath. It is quite probable
there are many unmarked graves for deaths between the 1830's - 1860's as the
George James family lived on a farm located at this cemetery in the 1830's. The
last person buried there, Charles Ewell, had been an Arkansas legislator for at
least 3 terms. The last time I attempted to enter this cemetery (which has been
over two years), I was told by the owner that I had to give at least two weeks
notice and then, perhaps, someone would then be able to let me in. When one got
to the cemetery, you had to find the owner and then drive through an ostrich
pasture, open the corral gate (at which time you are in the pasture with the
ostriches), drive into the corral, close the gate and then go into the
cemetery. I had tried twice in one week to enter the cemetery and was denied
admittance; I filed a complaint with the prosecuting attorney's office and my
complaint was dropped by them as they felt that |
|
Support:
|
Saline
County Judge; Saline County Prosecuting Attorney |
|
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|
Submitted by: |
Patti Vance
Hays
p_vhwdh@cablelynx.com |
