John, At this point, we are gathering data. Before we ask or accept any money for this, I will need to find the legal info about accepting it and exactly how to handle it. My purpose at this point is to get the info out to as many researchers as possible for information purposes. Since I know you have several family (I'm going to send you a separate email with questions about one of those families) members there this will be a tremendous help. I take it you are related to Buster Wright's (who was one of thee people who have done so much research on several of our cemeteries here in Muscogee County) wife. As one of the lists I pulled the names from to send the emails out was furnished by Mr. Wright. Up until recently, one researcher(at a time) has approached GA Power. . . and was told it's the families responsibility to keep the cemetery clean. Now I have 4 known family members. . . hopefully there will be more. Then it will be a lot harder to say it's your responsibility to keep it clean. Plus with everyone re-checking their family lines. . . we may have more people out there with a voice. Also, cemeteries are not my field of expertise. But there could be someone out there who it is their field. Or other info that might could help. So all of you out there reading this, even though you might not have a relative here, many have some knowledge that we sure would appreciate. For those of you who have written with your words of encouragement, thanks. We are the story tellers of our families and I like the ones with the fairy tale ending. . . kemis From: John Mallory Land Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:25 AM Kemis, I'm sorry to have taken so long to get back with you. I have tried in vain to locate the document I told you about regarding county responsibility in the upkeep of abandoned cemeteries under Georgia state law. Perhaps someone reading this will recognize the reference. It appeared in the Family Puzzler publication some years ago, and a cousin or other contact sent me a copy of it a while back. If anyone has an index to the Family Puzzler material (if such a thing exists), we might be able to find it that way. My copy is not in any of the places I would have expected it to be; I may have had it out to copy for someone and didn't get it back to the right file. I have moved since I last recall seeing it, so I may or may not come across it, though I continue to search. I apologize for not being able to produce it for you now. If you will give me an address where I can send a personal check, I would like to make a donation toward the cause of rescuing the Clapp's Factory Cemetery. It won't be a lot, but perhaps it will help defray some of the incidental costs. I appreciate your posting the known burials there. Robert and Sarah PAGE are my ggg-grandparents, being the parents of Permelia A. PAGE (1841-1905), second wife of Henry M. NEWSOME (1836-1899). James NEWSOME buried there is Henry's brother, who I show to have been born ca. 1834 in Harris Co, GA (per the 1850 federal census of Muscogee Co, GA). My record shows James' wife Mary b. ca. 1837 in GA. Penelope, sister of James and Henry, was b. ca. 1833 in Harris Co, GA (also per 1850 census of Muscogee). They were the children of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM, who m. 07 AUG 1816 in Warren Co, GA. Knowing that these folks are buried there makes me more confident that Henry's first wife Mary Ellen ABNEY (1837-1863) and at least some of their five children may also buried in the cemetery. If more information on the NEWSOME, PAGE, and ABNEY families would be helpful to you in piecing together who is likely to be buried in the cemetery, please let me know and I'll send you some reports on them. You're doing a great job! Please keep up the effort toward this worthy goal. John Mallory Land McKinney, TX [email protected]