HI DAVE: Shorty Brewer"s records are at present being indexed and sorted by the Benton Co genealogy soc. and the OLD Library is closed and the NEW Library want be open until some time in AUG.( probly last half) the County still has to pave the lot and you know how slow they work? the library staff is orgonizing all the books now and will have a lot of new books when it opens : I will heep the Danville crossing web informed. Dave I looked in our new Cemetery book for the willow Point Cem. at the location you listed there is a Plasant Ridge Cemetery 1.7 mi from the "Y" on the right side of New Hope Rd.it has a LOT of graves including 31 McKenzies dating from John P McKenzie b April 21,1854 to last grave 1995 I will zorex the graves you are interested in if you wish? but until the NEW Library opens we can't research Shorty Brewer's records ( they were Loose and in disray the last time I looked at them)but should be in order when the Genealogy soc. finish's them,gabbie - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- At 05:31 PM 7/27/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Folks, > >Would like to request a personal favor of someone in the area or who >periodically goes to the area to compile a small listing of information >contained in Hulon "Shorty" Brewer's Family Data Sheets housed in the >Genealogy Room of the Benton County Library. I would be more than happy to >compensate you for your time. > >Specifically I am looking for a compilation of all the individuals "Shorty" >indicates are buried in Willow Point Cemetery, which is about 150 ft east, >off New Hope Road 1.7 miles north of the New Hope - Lick Creek "Y", north >of Big Sandy. > >My research and Shorty's records indicate only 14 McKenzies are buried >there, yet earlier records and living-person accounts, indicate that up >into the 1970's over 40 graves were visible. The cemetery has essentially >been destroyed since then with only 5 graves and headstones remaining. The >cemetery was not published in the Benton County Cemetery book. > >I have accounted for the the remaining McKenzies burial locations, so the >other 26+ graves in that cemetery weren't McKenzies. I don't believe the >Willow Point Cemetery was primarily a family cemetery, but instead was a >communial cemetery for the folks in the area. > >I would appreciate your help in identifying who else is buried in Willow >Point Cemetery and sharing the information with the lists. If you can see >yourself setting aside a couple of hours for this endeavor. please contact me. > >Thanks again, > >Dave > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My Family Tree has Root Rot !! > >