Do you know what proof the family has to have of the man's service?? I've found a marker in one of my lines for a grandpa for whom I can find no service record. Is it possible the family put it on there with no proof???????? Cosette At 10:29 PM 2/21/2006, you wrote: > Daniel does not appear in a comprehensive survey of Cherokee County > burials completed about 1997. Since he lived in Acworth, it is quite > likely that he was buried in Cobb County. You might try posting a query > on that message board. > I'm not aware of any particular organization that placed Civil War > monuments on veteran's graves at the time of his death, although the > United Confederate Veterans organization was very active in the Atlanta > area. If the monument was placed well after his death, the Veterans > Administration has a program under which it provides, free of charge, > brass tablets or marble tombstones for Civil War veterans whose burial > sites are known but whose graves were not previously marked. This > program has been abused in some cases, because I've seen both family > purchased older markers and the newer VA ones on the same graves. >W. McCollum > >----- Original Message ----- From: <CampingGS@aol.com> >To: <GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:52 PM >Subject: [GACHEROK-L] Civil War Monuments > > >>Hi to All, >>Who do you contact to find out if a Civil War monument was placed on a grave? >>I know this is a weird request, but my aunt feels that our ancestor, Daniel >>Bennett, had this type of monument placed on his grave. He served in the >>Civil >>War. He died 2/5/1889 based on the pension papers. We are unsure where he is >>buried, but his last residence was Acworth, Cobb County, GA (1895). We are >>hoping to find out whoever places Civil War monuments on graves, will >>maybe have >>his burial info. >> >>Thanks for any leads, >>Tracey Nichols >> >> >>Fearless Leader of Cadette and Senior Troop 625 >> >> >>==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== >>GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK >>RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > > >==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== >GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK >RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx Cosette Lewis, Program Assistant Women's Studies Program 213 William Johnston Building The Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-2205 Women's Studies Phone: 850-644-9514 FAX: 850-644-7661