Billie (and other interested parties), I looked on the USGS site where some cemeteries are listed with GPS coordinates, but neither Mt. Pleasant or Mt. Zion are listed. Nevertheless, from looking at the map, I suppose this site to be just northwest of the town/community of Piedmont, in the southwestern portion of Lamar County, very close to the Pike County line. Regardless, it seems to me that uncaring individuals will do this sort of thing if they think they will not get caught, or if they are ignorant of the law (but ignorance of the law is not an excuse, correct?). Like you, I live a long way from there, so I would hope that someone in that area might call a county commissioner or someone else to check this out and do something about it if warranted. Regards, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Daryl Coleman Garland, Texas Homepage: http://www.dkco.com/ Family History Page: http://www.dkco.com/gen/gendex.html ICQ UIN # 63679552 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ -----Original Message----- From: Billie Ford [mailto:BFORD@MO-NET.COM] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:34 PM To: GAPIKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAPIKE] ALERT: A CEMETERY IS BEING DESTROYED To Whom it may concern: I am asking for any and every one that lives in the Pike Co area for help in this important matter. I have received word that the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, located on Piedmont Road, Pike/Lamar County is or has been bulldozed and destroyed. One of our ladies doing service as to plotting and listing names for those buried in each cemetery visited this cemetery last month. At that time she found it in a state of destruction. This cemetery is the same one that I have been trying to bring to one's attention as to it being in such a disgraceful shape. I tried at that time to see about a Boy Scout Troup or just any group ,maybe taking it on as a project and cleaning it up and doing repairs. This was to no avail. I live in Missouri and am unable to do what was needed in person. It is against the law to desecrate a burial site and there can be levied a very large fine against any one that has did so. Is there any one out there that can tell me if Mt Pleasant cemetery is or is not in Pike/Lamar Co.? This cemetery is located SE on Piedmont Road about 1/4 mile South of Mt. Zion Church/cemetery, and is on the same side of the road as MT. Zion Church. It is located just a short distance from a bridge or culvert with cement sides. There is a short drive of about 20 ft that one has to park in. There is a cable stretched across the drive at that point. The cemetery is no more than 50 foot from Piedmont road. As I understand it, the stones have been bulldozed in to the trees, broken etc. I am of the understanding this may be a slave cemetery, but that is not confirmed, may be a mixture. This is a deplorable thing to have happen and some one needs to be held responsible. Will some one please check this out. Thank You, Billie Ford. Billie Ford bford@mo-net.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237