Ball Hollow Cemetery in Ginseng, Kentucky

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Coordinates: 37.48107, -85.60706
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The old Ball Hollow cemetery has not been maintained properly for many years. In about 1995 when I first became aware of the cemetery, an old rusty fence still remained that had enclosed the cemetery.

Close inspection of the grounds reveals there is only one custom headstone but there were numerous fieldstones scattered about the enclosure that indicated burial sites. In some places depressions in the ground level indicated a burial location.

In 2004 my brothers, Gene and Clifford Perkins and I decided to permanently mark the boundaries of the cemetery by placing obelisk concrete corner markers. The markers were placed in the ground about 3 feet and held in place with concrete footing.

By 2013 the area has been dramatically changed, Most of the trees are gone and a large mobile home trailer has been moved next to the cemetery.

The families living in the Ball Hollow area at the time the cemetery was in use were; Perkins, Houston, Howell, Thompson, Warren, and others.