this is a FREEMAN genealogy and Mr. Perry did it delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Polly" <paburnell@comcast.net> To: <ALMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 6:34 PM Subject: [ALMacon] re: cemetery lookups > First of all, Delilah, thank for that tip to look in Eagle Creek > cemetery....I'd never have known that about Tuskegee people being buried > there. I don't think I have Freemans in my line, but allied names in my > VA>GA>AL family would be Harper, Fitzpatrick, Allen, Harwell, Jones, > Marquis. > Secondly, Shirley, I'll put your John Clark(e) Tomlin on my list and let you > know what I find in the cemeteries that Perry has transcribed. I also plan > to list the cemeteries from his book on the list. > Lastly, does anyone with knowledge of post CW Macon county think it's > probable that my ancestors might have had unmarked graves? I have reason to > think that they were poor after the Civil War (my grandpa remembers playing > with trunkfuls of Confederate dollars as a boy). The one stone that is in > Tuskegee City Cemetery, of my ggggm who died in 1873, is very modest, tho > she was rich before the CW. Also wondering of there were any reasons > (religious?) a person back then could choose to be in an unmarked grave. > Any insights and theories appreciated...... > > Polly > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >