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Author: CaroleStClairGrant
Surnames: Keys, Gillett, Benham, Shepherd, Sherrow, Laymon, Day, Doyle, Hayes, Smith,
Shoptaw, Sinclair, Rampley
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I visited Hicks Cemetery this week in Greene County. This cemetery is west of Bloomfield
on CR275W just off CR200S. You can see the stone driveway go up a hill and out of sight as
you approach driving down 200S. To get to Hicks take 231 West (54) out of Bloomfield to 57
S, turn left and go to CR200S. Turn left again and follow the road until it dead ends into
275W. Turn right and right there immediately you can't miss the driveway into the
cemetery.
There is no sign marking it because this is an abandoned cemetery next to a fenced
pasture, surrounded on three sides by farms. I think this is the cemetery that used to be
part of the Hicks Presbyterian Church?
There are very few headstones left in the cemetery. With the exception of a very few, all
of the headstones that are remaining are severely weatherworn and most are illegible. The
headstones have been broken and/or vandalized and many have been piled under trees or in
piles on the ground. Many stones are lying on the ground, sinking slowly into the earth
and becoming buried.
I can't say how many burials were in the cemetery by my visit, but there are countless
rectangular depressions everywhere, and the ground is spongy under the feet. Someone has
left artificial flowers on a few of the graves. I am guessing that at one time there may
have been at least 100 burials here.
I took pictures of the cemetery and all of the stones. I saw the names Sinclair, Keys,
Gillett, Benham, Shepherd, Dugger, Sherrow, Shoptaw, Rampley, Hayes, Smith, Laymon, Day
and Doyle. As I said before, some are legible, but most names were just too worn to read.
Some stones can be partially read.
I have Sinclair relatives buried there.
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