At 11:55 AM 9/16/2004, CBGILBERT@aol.com wrote: >Has anyone heard that there are grave sites paved over in Eastview Cemetery >in Newton? >My aunt believes that her grandmother was buried in Eastview sometime after >1930 and that her gravesite, being unmarked, was paved over? > >The woman in question was Martha Wood Cox who is presumed to have died at >Broughton Hospital and then buried at Eastview. I'm having trouble with >this for >these reasons: >1. If a person died at Broughton why would they be buried in Eastview? Her >son Caleb Hamilton Cox was living in Newton after the 1920's. >2. She was married to William Cox who lived in either Rowan or Cabarrus >County. >3. Could a road be built over gravesites? > > >Thanks for any suggestions. I know I stirred things up and started a great >discussion of Martin Hollar the other day. > >Sincerely, >Cynthia Bolick Gilbert I could not find Martha Wood/Martha Cox in either my Burke or Catawba databases. 1. Broughton was the regional hospital for western NC. If a person had family, they were buried in their home county Those who were, for the most part, indigent, were buried in the Hospital cemetery 2. You'll have to check those county records--I don't have access to them. 3. Eastview is maintained by the city of Newton. It is not likely that any of the graves were paved over. --Derick