Hello List, I am trying to locate the grave of Blackman W. Dixon, of Harris County. According to an Apr 16, 1885 obituary that I found on microfilm of the LaGrange Reporter, in the Archives of Troup Co., Blackman was 85 years old and died on 14 Apr 1885. The obit said he was an old citizen of Harris Co. He must have once lived in the West Point area of Troup Co. before 1856 because of several Troup Co. court records available, then moved to the Whitesville Post Office area of Harris Co. because he was in the Census of Troup for 1840 and 1850 Census, then in the 1860 Census of Harris Co. taken at the Whitesville Post Office area. I read Blackman's will and will probate records at the courthouse in Hamilton, and I know he died in Harris Co., but I do not know where. According to the obituary, Blackman Dixon was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. I made several personal surveys of the Shady Grove Cemetery in Harris Co., but could not find his grave. However, one of Blackman Dixon's sons (Benjamin F. Dixon) and family are buried in Shady Grove Cemetery. I drove all day around the countryside in the Whitesville area and many country roads east of there trying to locate cemeteries, but even having the USGS coordinates and Street Atlas 7.0, it was useless because most of the USGS registered cemeteries are off the road hidden in briars and bramble on private property, and most cemeteries cannot be spotted from the road. I hope Mr. Derrick Chapman's active survey of Harris County cemeteries becomes a reality and can be viewed online. He has a lot of difficult work involvement doing such a survey, and is to be commended for it. V. Allen Singletary Knoxville, TN [email protected]