Perdue Cemetary

One day after running errands and taking photos of old buildings and barns Mike told me to head down a road near our home. He had me pull over at this cemetery. As we very carefully walked around I took photos and was intrigued by the headstones. This is a very old cemetery. Here is Pvt. John Perdue, he died in the civil war on the Confederate side. He was only 34 years old.

Here is his brother who also died in the civil war.

From the back of the cemetery it almost looks like piles of rocks,,

But a closer look shows that rocks were used to mark the edges of the graves and most likely to keep wild animals from desecrating the graves.

At the back corner there is a grave for two infant sons. One boy lived 62 days the other about 2 weeks.

Recently someone re-did the grave with a new marker.

Standing off to one side it's hard to see the different graves, except for the tall headstone.

From the very back looking towards the street.

Off to one side of the cemetery there are small rocks, all that is left to remind the world of someone who is no longer here. You can't read any information off these old stones.