----- Original Message ----- From: michael henline <patchez4@hotmail.com> To: <WVPIONEERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: [WVPioneers] civil war soldier graves > I've been hearing stories about bodies of civil war soldiers being > discovered by farmers back in the 1860's and being buried by the farmers who > found them. I'm usually skeptical of such things because in previous > generations the older folks would sometimes tell the youngsters anything > they thought the kids would believe as a form of entertainment. This > particular tale caught my attention for several reasons. It was told to me > by a woman in her eighties and she says that the Hardwood Cemetery (in > Webster County WV) was started when the bodies of three civil war soldiers > (whether Union or Confederate is unknown) were discovered in a trench. They > were buried on the hill about fifty yards from where they were found. They > are supposedly buried in the first three graves in the first row on the left > in the cemetery. The woman who told the story grew up on the property where > the soldiers were found and says that the trench was still clearly visible > when she lived there. She also added that some of the children had found > mini-balls (rifle bullets used during the civil war) near the trench. I'm > hoping that in the spring i can get the permission of the property owner to > use metal detectors in area and try to find some evidence. In the meantime, > does anyone have any ideas on how a person would go about researching this > story? > ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== WVPIONEERS Mailing List ==== > If you have detail on documentation, it will be helpful to everyone to share the details including the name of the document, the researcher, and/or location, address, phone number or email address. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >