Thank you for helping. I will add this info to the Barbour list and also forward the info to the other lists. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim and Terri Tait" <jtait@hiwaay.net> To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: [ALBARBOU] Barbour Mt. Zion cemeteries > Margie, > > Mt. Zion in Barbour is confusing - there are at least four (ones with ** > denote cemeteries that are either Black, or have Black sections): > > (**)MOUNT ZION CHURCH CEMETERY > T10N, R26E, S29 > County Hwy 43, 1/2 north Of County Hwy 53 Intersection > > (**)MOUNT ZION CHURCH CEMETERY > 32o01'21"N 085o13'00"W > T12N, R28E, S15 > County Hwy 89, 3/4 mile South Of Hawkinsville > > (**)MOUNT ZION CHURCH CEMETERY > T10N, R24E, S20 > County Hwy 9, 3 miles South Of Boot Hill > > MOUNT ZION CHURCH CEMETERY > T9N, R24E, S13 > State Hwy 51 1/2 mile SW of Baxter > > I looked through Marie Godfrey's cemetery book, but did not see the LEWIS > names that Linda mentioned. Ms. Godfrey only has one Mt. Zion surveyed - > listed as being in "Beat 8". I am not sure exactly where this is, but I do > not see any LEWIS family members in the listing. > > There is also a LEWIS family cemetery in Bullock (used to be Barbour) on > north side of County Hwy 14, .6 miles west of intersection of Hwy 51. I > will post it in the next email. > > Sorry I could not be of more help. Maybe Bonnie or one of the other > cemetery folks can tell if any of the other Mt. Zion cemeteries is the > correct one. > > Terri > > -----Original Message----- > From: M. Daniels <margie@majorinternet.com> > To: ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 9:36 AM > Subject: [ALBARBOU] Fw: Barbour Co. Churches > > > >Can anyone help this person. > > > >Thanks, > >Margie > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Linda Stringer" <l.stringer@duesouth.net> > >To: <margieD@bigfoot.com> > >Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:54 AM > >Subject: Barbour Co. Churches > > > > > >> Margie, > >> > >> Just discovered the Barbour county webpage - really impressive. But in > >> looking over the listing of churches and cemeteries, I am trying to > >> correlate my family's 1860's> burial locations with the list of Barbour > >> Co. churches. > >> > >> Family memory must have distorted the names of the churches, and I hope > >> you can help me. (I live in Aiken, SC) The Barbour Co. family I am > >> following is that of Benjamin Lewis and wife Anna Jane Creech, and their > >> children. > >> > >> We show Mt. Zion Church as the final resting place for Anna Jane Creech > >> Lewis - wife of Benjamin Lewis d. 20 February 1888, also buried there > >> are some of her children: Mary Jane Seigler nee' Lewis, Louisa Versa > >> Unora Lewis, George Washington Lewis, and Willliam Henry Harrison > >> Lewis. -- They lived between Clayton & Louisville, so the church must > >> be in that vicinity. I was taken to see the graves when I was a small > >> child, old enough to remember but too young to know exactly where we > >> were. I see 3 Mt. Zion Churches on your list - would it likely be the > >> one listed as 'Clayton South?' > >> > >> There are three Lewis sons for whom I have no information: William > >> Green Lewis, Andrew Jackson Lewis, and Benjamin S. (Shelby, we think) > >> Lewis. > >> > >> Daughter Nancy Ann Miles Lewis was the last to die, and was buried at > >> North Church (?) near the home of the relatives with whom she had to > >> live after the others died. I was told she died in the influenza > >> epidemic of 1926. For her I have no death date, and didn't see a "North > >> Church" or cemetary on your list. Do you know anyone who may know of > >> this church? > >> > >> I hope you have a moment to respond, or to pass my letter on to others > >> who may know. I would like to have the right information in my records > >> for my grandchild, and hopefully to visit their graves someday before I > >> die. > >> > >> Thank you for your time. > >> > >> Linda Stringer > >> 2065 Huron Drive > >> Aiken, SC 29803 > >> > > > > > >==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > >The Barbour County mail list a place where Barbour researchers have become > friends in research across the miles. > > > > > ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > Barbou County is a relaxed mail list. Feel free to discuss Barbour County and the surrounding counties genealogy and feel free to thank someone or ask about another's well being. > >