‘The old ones are gone, and the young ones don’t care’.....Like many old cemeteries here,this one needs more support

‘The old ones are gone, and the young ones don’t care’.....Like many old cemeteries here,this one needs more support

The first burial in Welch Cemetery, near Pond Fork, is believed to have occurred in the 1840s. Both Confederate and Union veterans are buried there. At last count, the cemetery enclosed 61 headstones, but a “grave-witching” event in 2015 found 268 more unmarked burials.