I am forwarding this message to the list. Because of some of the fancy formatting rootsweb would not put it on the list. I removed all but the text and am forwarding it. Barbara Smallwood Stock [email protected] http://www.mindspring.com/~bstockatlcom.net (my genealogy homepage) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike (Pike Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharris (Harris Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/garesearch (professional page) fax: (505) 213-6576 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Harris County Cemeteries > > 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]