Hi Carole, I'm relating this to you from memory. I didn't get copies of the aerial maps for the Cameron area. I only bought myself maps of the area around the Reddick cemetaries. However, there were maps of the Cameron area from 1977, 1988, and 1999. On all three of those maps I could make out the large cemetary located in the planted pines just East of where Cameron was located at the junction of the two old roads and the railroad. One aerial map shows the area of Cameron at the railroad crossing. The aerial map adjacent and lying to the East of Cameron shows the location of the cemetary. I'm using my topographic map of Cameron to provide these following directions. The distances are approximate. Follow the path of Jarrel Pond Road down to where it 'ends' at the railroad crossing in old Cameron. Reverse back up Jarrel Pond Rd. to a point opposite the Southern corner of the pasture that ends some 200 to 300 yards before you reach the railroad. Immediately across from that corner of the pasture is an old road running out into the planted pines lying East and Northeast of old Cameron. That road runs East through the planted pines for about 1000 yards or just over one-half mile. The track of the road is divided between the two different aerial maps for the Cameron area. One the first, Westerly map the road starts off at Jarrell Pond Rd. On the second, Easterly map the road turns at the large cemetary and goes North by Northeast until it meets the powerline cut running through the woods. The cemetary appears to be five sided (sort of) in the aerial maps, and lies at the bend in that road. I am not sure, but this may the cemetary that you've visited in the past. The important thing about the aerial maps is that you can look through stands of trees and see straight lines standing out against the background of treecover. Those straight lines generally indicate some sort of man-made structure. On the aerial maps of the Jacksonboro area the two Reddick cemetaries make for two rectangular blocks in the woods. Gregory Drexel wrote: > Hi again, Dale. Your messages are really great! I have a copy of Tax Maps > #70 and 55. These were done 1-27-88. But I can't see the forest for the > trees! Where can you tell there's a cemetary? Help! > Carole > gdrexel@airmail.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale E Reddick <dereddi@hargray.com> > To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com>; <mulligan@arches.uga.edu>; Ed Mulligan > <Mulligan@egon.psy.uga.edu>; <leds@datasys.net>; <gdrexel1@airmail.net> > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 9:09 PM > Subject: Regarding aerial photographic maps of Screven Co. > > > Hello all, > > > > I am returning to the subject of maps that was covered last month. I've > > twice recently stopped in the Tax Assessors Office at the Screven Co. > > Courthouse and had a look at aerial photographic maps. > > > > Why did I want to look at the tax maps of the county? Well, they often > > show cemetaries (including old ones that are now hard to find) and other > > features hidden away in the less accessible parts of the county and how > > they lie within the woods that surround them. > > > > The tax accessor's office has aerial photographs taken in both 1999 and > > 1988. And, they still retain some images of aerial photos taken in > > 1977. The nice thing about these aerial photos is that they can > > memeograph them for three dollars, apiece. Get the aerial photos for an > > area for two or more decades of change and you might be able to find a > > lost cemetary or other distinguishing feature / lankmark. I have > > examples of these maps for the area surrounding my family's property and > > features such as buildings, logging roads, and odd little clearings in > > the woods are clearly visible. I also have the aerial map 79 for 1999 & > > 1988 and can clearly see both of the Reddick cemetaries lying between GA > > 24 and US 301, near Jacksonboro. I've also looked at other aerial maps > > for the Cameron area and can clearly see one of the cemetaries that > > several members of the list have been searching for (maybe it's the one > > they have been looking for - maybe they have already seen this one [I'm > > not sure]). I viewed this cemetary on aerial maps for 1999, 1988, and > > 1977. That's 22 years of overhead imagery with which to note changes in > > the condition of the area and try to find features that are no longer > > visible while one is onsite at ground level. > > > > If you have copies of the USGS topographic maps then you can use both > > together and in conjunction to help determine exact locations of old > > settlement sites or cemetaries when the landscape has been changed by > > the introduction of things like pine plantations. These aerial maps > > clearly display changes in the condition of the ground as the decades > > pass. New plantings of pine plantations stand out. Woods converted to > > fields and the reverse are readily understood from viewing the aerial > > photos. Perhaps an overgrown clearing containing an old cemetary will > > be visible in an arial photo from an earlier decade. > > > > As an alternative source for aerial maps - here is a site for a USGS > > service that (mostly) offers three different aerial photographic views > > of different areas within any county. For example, three images > > photographed aerially at three different times across about a decade > > offer a useful tool for evaluating the lay of the land when searching > > for old landmarks or structures. You can order these photographic maps > > (place the order online and then call to give credit card information or > > make provision for other means of payment) and perhaps you can find a > > 'missing' cemetary or other structure (old road, etc.) on one or more of > > the images. > > > > http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/finder > > > > I hope that this information proves to be useful for those in search of > > their past. > > > > Dale E. Reddick > > > > > > > > > > > > > >