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Shells Graveyard

Also known as Perry Estates Cemetery

Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA

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Get directions Riverside Drive
Columbus, Indiana 47201 United States

Coordinates: 39.22081, -85.92208
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BCSO Cem# 024 (IDNR Cem# 03-164)
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Site Status: RELOCATED
A.K.A.: Perry Estates
Deeded as: n/a (never mentioned)
Affiliated Churches: n/a
Time Period for Burials: about 1820-1860
Platted?: No (assumed)
Approx. # of Headstones in Place: 0
Approx. # of Graves: 25
# of Graves Relocated: 8
Relocated to: City Cemetery in 1915
Caretaker: n/a (not recognized as a cemetery)
N. of Flatrock Dr.
W. of Washington St.
Section 13, T 9N, R 5E, SW¼
Political Twp: Columbus
Parcel ID#: 03-95-13-310-000.600-005
Size: 1.83 ac
Primary Use of this Parcel: golf course
Legal Owner: ?
Parcel ID#: 03-95-13-310-001.900-005
Size: 6.25 ac
Primary Use of this Parcel: residential
Legal Owner: private citizen

The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-03-164 (Shell).

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