Headstones desecrated at PTC cemetery

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Vandals recently desecrated an old family graveyard in Peachtree City that includes markers dating back to the mid-1700s.

Peachtree City police officers on April 20 were called to the Brown Family Cemetery off Dividend Drive in reference to damage done at the old Brown Family Cemetery adjacent to the Ply-Gem property.

The vandalism, which included breaking at least two headstones, is believed to have occurred sometime before March 30, according to police reports.

Officers were told that the most recent marker in the cemetery is at lest 85 years old, with the oldest dating from 1755.

The graveyard is one of many in the area established on former family land.

Anyone with information pertaining to this incident is asked to contact the Peachtree City Police Department at 770-487-8866.