These look like familiar names, don't they? FROM: eqm@bellsouth.net > I am a g-g-granddaughter of Joseph B. Queen. Hope that I can shed some light on > your questions. Gilmer County is in Georgia, Ellijay, Georgia to be exact. > > Joseph married Permelia Catherine Hawk > > My g-grandfather was Charlie Thornton Queen born Sep 12, 1862, died Jun > 14, 1952. He married first, Lillian Graves Peters (not Lillie C. as mentioned in > your file) born Sep 8, 1867, died Jan 8, 1936, on Mar 19 1882. > > Their son, Charley Frank was my grandfather. He was born 6/22/1888 Walton County, > GA, died Dec 16/1965, Walton County, GA. He married Allie Gladys DeVane, born Feb > 7, 1900 in Schley County, Georgia, on Dec 16, 1917. > > They had the following children, all born in Walton County, Georgia: > > George Frank, b Sep 2, 1918, d Jan 4 1919 > James Rufus, b Sep 23, 1919, d Jul 11, 1983 > Ralph Brumby, b Dec 25, 1921, d. > Robert Reynolds, b Dec 30, 1923, d May 27, 1999; married Frances Shipp Glass, b > Oct 23, 1923 on Jun 21, 1941 > Ann Leila, b Mar 12 1927, d, married Emory Perry, Sep 25, 1947 > Dorothy Dean, b Oct 6, 1929, d Oct 6, 1929 > Charles Eugene, b Jun 3 1931, d Jan 15, 1970 > > I have more but as it is growing late need to stop for now. Will try to send > more another time. I have more dates as all of their children have passed away > and will get that to you as soon as possible. I have some more on the children > of Charlie Thornton and Lillian Graves Peters Queen also. > > I know that Charlie Thornton's mother had a brother named Thornton who was killed > in the War Between the States just before he was born and that is who he was > named after. He was called Thornton and not Charlie. > > Thanks, > > ElizaBeth Queen-McKee > > JRedmondsr@aol.com wrote: > > > Thanks to you all for your response on Joseph. I notice that some of you have > > mentioned a Samuel Queen in your writings over the last year or so. I found a > > Samuel Queen (head of household) in Ga. in the early 1800s. Now I will have > > to search my papers to let you know the exact information that was on the > > census. It was my thoughts at the time of my find that this Samuel was in > > fact Joseph's father, due to Joseph being listed as a male child. > > The tail has it that Joseph his brother and father would visit this part of > > Ga. each year to sell apples. Joseph married a Miss Hawk from this area > > Walton Co. Ga. where he obtained a good mass of land. In reading his Will he > > states that all of his real estate in Gilmer Co. should be sold to pay his > > honest debts. Was this Gilmer Co. Ga.? I don't know. > > Any help to pin down Joseph's family is welcome. > > Thanks Jimmy Redmond Jersey Ga.

Hi all, Counting pledges (which is a promise of sending money), if they all come in. we have $205 towards our census project!!! WOW! Good going all. Keep it up. Now, was it this list I saw something about a place to put photos online? This site will put your photos online, in order to help with identification--such as a school photo? Does anyone know the URL or what I'm looking for? Thanks all--or mucho gracias Momma Walton <><

Dear Friends in Walton County, Georgia, Last week I did not even know that Walton County was on the Internet. I posted a query about my Walton County ancestors on another site, Bettie saw my query and sent an e-mail asking if she could forward my query to GAWALTON. Of course I said yes, and within 24 hours I had added generations to my records. I was/am looking for information about my GG grandfather, Henry C. Griffin who was a shoemaker in Monroe. I decided I would also list his children and a little information about them. I added my great-grandfather's name and the name of his wife---which is all I knew about her---Sarah Martha Clegg. Vivian Griffin, not related to my Griffin's as far as I know, is related to me through her Clegg line. Her James Jackson was the brother of my Sarah Martha!! She saw the query and sent me an e-mail telling me about a WONDERFUL Clegg site, and even told me what page to look on. I looked and it was a perfect match. I learned lots about this line including the hanging of my ancestor, Samuel Campbell Clegg, because he was a Tory. Well, those Tories could be a mean lot! They beat up my Hammett Grandpa. I know about this because of my Hammett cousin, Walter Cox. Last year I sent a letter to the Walton County Historical Society requesting information about a possible Walton County Genealogical Society. I included some information about my family: the Hammetts and Griffins. Walter answered my letter and included copies from the book "Hammett Families." So, I'm finding lots of cousins. Now.........about my Henry C. Griffin the shoemaker............... Thanks to all involved for a wonderful visit to Walton, County. For all you Walton County Cleggs: www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/l/e/William-D-Clegg/index.html Be sure to visit the Home Page. Also see www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/0704/samuel.html Alta Griffin Thorpe

Howdy! We have another $20 coming! That makes $100 or $105 on it's way, & $20 already here for a grand total of $120-$125! Good job! Keep it coming. A few have requested that I repost my address for mailing your contributions. Here goes: Bettie Wood 46 Chapparral Tatum, TX 75691 Please don't send cash (or bouncy checks! haha), & please let me know when you're sending, so I can be on the look-out, & include your email (I'll notify you when I get your money)! Thanks all for great participation! Keep it up! Love, Momma Walton <>< PS Anything else on the last cemeteries I requested. Just got a not today from another "happy camper". They said "Thanks to your web site directions, I was able to find the cemetery right away!" That's good stuff to hear, isn't it?

Hi all, We have another $20 on it's way, & I think there's supposed to be $5 added to that--it might be a "pledge" though. That makes $20 on hand, & $80 on it's way! What about yours? $1, $5, or whatever helps!! What's new on our web page???? Hmmmmm..... Last one to see it, is a "rotten egg"! haha How's the 1870 census coming? More later, Momma Walton <>< PS Don't forget your info for my updates this weekend! I've already got a bunch of good stuff!

Hi all, We have accumulated $20 towards the census project, with at least $60 on the way! Have you made your pledges yet? Every dollar counts & brings us that much closer. I have ordered my 1840 microfilm for viewing & transcribing, so I'm excited about that. Can some of you experienced transcribers tell me what we need Word (or similar programs)for? I got the CART program, I think, & have looked at it. Is it supposed to be in that "zip" thingey? Thanks for the help on setting tabs, etc. I haven't had the time today to look into your "advice". I can't wait. Thanks to PA Walter for sending us the cemetery info! I have seen bits & pieces of this, or maybe when I read it agian, I just saw something I didn't before? At any rate, any time you all have something to send, please do! My motto for this list has always been: "It's better to have the info twice, than not at all!" So this means don't be bashful, scared, etc.---Just be happy & share it!!! Now, let me explain about PA Walter too! PA stands for Pennsylvania, not Pa (as in Ma & Pa) This Walter is not my hubby, although Walter & my hubby (Bob) can throw a "mean" snowball! We have another Walter in the family, which is Walter Cox, & he's in GA, right? Maybe this helps some of you, maybe not, but hope it makes you smile! Love in a bucket--carry it with you! Momma Walton <><

Walter, The USA TODAY article has been sent us before. We appreciate the publicity about the problem, which is certainly not unique to Walton or Georgia. It was Mr. Hudson's insistent protests about cemeteries being destroyed in the name of development that led us to conceive of the locator project, and most certainly influenced the County Commissioners in their decision to wholeheartedly support the HSWC efforts. To the best of my knowledge Mr. Hudson is not on line,. For years he has actively supported the SCV in their search for unmarked Confederate graves in the County, and is advising on obscure burial sites he knows of for this project as well. Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "WJFREEMAN" <sffwjf@dca.net> To: <GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 10 February, 2000 19:17 Subject: [GAWALTON] USA Today Article Monday, Jan 17, 2000 p 3A > Here is an article that I picked-up on a business trip back in January, > stuck it in my briefcase, and forgot it when I got back home. I have > reproduced it here for the benefit of the list members. It bears > directly on the cemeteries in Walton and other places as well. I have > another comment or two at the bottom of the article.......... > ........... > Mr. Cox, I'm sure you must know Mr. Hudson. Is he on your Walton > Cemetery Committee? Is he on-line? Would he be interested in joining > this list? > > Walter Freeman > >

Here is an article that I picked-up on a business trip back in January, stuck it in my briefcase, and forgot it when I got back home. I have reproduced it here for the benefit of the list members. It bears directly on the cemeteries in Walton and other places as well. I have another comment or two at the bottom of the article. GROUPS WANT CEMETERIES TO REST IN PEACE Booming development can put small graveyards at risk, especially in South By Larry Copeland USA TODAY Monday, January 17, 2000 p3A WALNUT GROVE, Ga.-Billy Hudson stands in a subdivision street in this booming suburb east of Atlanta and points toward several houses with manicured lawns. "We don't have any idea if the cemetery was on that lot, or that lot, or that lot," he says. Hudson, who works to preserve abandoned and unmarked cemeteries, says the burial ground included the grave of Robert Echols, a Georgia hero of the Mexican War whose remains were exhumed from Mexico and reburied. Developers of the Walton County suburb in this once sleepy corner of Georgia say they had extensive surveys done on the 70-acre parcel and found no evidence of a cemetery. In addition, they say they were assured by both the county and the seller that there was no graveyard on the property. "Where I come from, I would not desecrate a grave," says Darrell McWaters of Meridian Homes Inc, "Nobody wants to put a subdivision on top of a cemetery". The dispute over the cemetery, which is not listed on county plats but is remembered by residents as containing 138 graves, highlights a problem accompanying the growth of many of the nation's suburbs and exurbs. As today's demand for new houses, ball fields and shopping malls bulldozes ever farther into rural areas, yesterday's eternal resting places are being destroyed or lost. Preservationists say that there are no federal laws protecting abandoned cemeteries on private property, and that local statutes are often inadequate or unenforced. "We would like to see, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation has agreed to help us develop, federal protective legislation for cemeteries says Denise Webb, administrator of the Association for Gravestone Studies in Greenfield, Mass., which seeks to preserve burial grounds. "We hope to create a uniformity by the states so that should you decide to move to another state, you won't have to worry about Mom and Dad being paved over and their burial sites being lost." Webb says she will meet with representatives of the trust Tuesday to begin working out details of their legislative proposal. She says her organization is also working to establish an online database of cemeteries and burial grounds nationwide. The problem is more acute in Southern states than elsewhere, archaeologist Patrick Garrow says. He is vice president of TRC Garrow Associates, an engineering firm in Atlanta that specializes in identifying and marking abandoned burial grounds at construction sites across the nation. "In the Northeast, it was common to have community cemeteries and the dead were interred in one area," he says. In Georgia and throughout the rural South, people historically buried family members practically anywhere they thought appropriate at the edge of the family property, in shady groves on pastureland, in small church cemeteries. Families rarely recorded these cemeteries on land plats; back then, everyone know where they were. But as families sold land and moved on or died off, and as church congregations disbanded or relocated, the cemeteries became overgrown. Then they were forgotten. Garrow estimates that In Georgia, "tens of thousands" of cemeteries, ranging in size from a few graves to hundreds of plots, have been lost. In Walton County, for Instance, officials in 1998 acknowledged losing track of 17 cemeteries during an eight-year period And that's in a state with one of the nation's best cemetery preservation laws. Georgia's Abandoned Cemeteries and Burial Grounds Act, enacted In 1901, prohibits the destruction of cemeteries and requires that developers take steps to preserve them. Several other States have modeled legislation after it, Garrow says. However, with only sketchy oral histories to guide them, preservationists often are left with memories of cemeteries but no hard evidence. That was the case with the Meridian Homes development miles east of Atlanta, exploded in growth over the past decade as the sprawling city pushed farther out. McWaters and his partner, David Willett, bought a 70-acre parcel off Georgia Highway 138 five years ago. They paid $4,000 for a boundary survey, which was supposed to identify everything on the property, and began building homes. McWaters says they had spent about $500,000 before they were told there was a cemetery on the property. We called the county and said, "We're hearing about a cemetery here, What do we need to do? They had no record of a cemetery. We called the seller, and he said he had no record of it. What more can you do?" He says the company has been diligent in its efforts to protect the dead. It spent $15,000 to preserve a small graveyard in one development and $8,000 to preserve another. McWaters says it was Hudson who told them about the cemetery. Hudson is 55, and his family has lived here since 1809. He has been fighting for 20 years to preserve what he sees as jewels of historic importance. His efforts have paid off. The county is developing a list of abandoned cemeteries. Several miles away from what he says is the Echols cemetery. Hudson stands amid headstones and grave markers that rise incongruously In the middle of a subdivision cul-de-sac. He tenderly removes a few broken branches and carefully replaces a headstone. "That Echols cemetery, that's a part of history that's gone today," he says. "This county is really starting to take off. I know these cemeteries are at risk, I know that if we're going to do anything, now is the time. END OF ARTICLE The article also contained a small inset map showing the approximate location of Walnut Grove with respect to Atlanta and a photo of a man wearing a cap, leather jacket, jeans and heavy boots standing in a "field" with a new house in the background as he looks down at a folder of papers with the following caption: On a mission: Billy Hudson, who works to rescue cemeteries, looks at his records to check the site of a graveyard In Walton County, Ga END OF PICTURE DESCRIPTION Mr. Cox, I'm sure you must know Mr. Hudson. Is he on your Walton Cemetery Committee? Is he on-line? Would he be interested in joining this list? Walter Freeman

Effective immediately, my new email address is JoMar95@shreve.net I thought I could postpone this change until next week, but it was a huge conflict, so it has to be done today. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Please make a note of this change for your future reference. Thanks, Mary Ellen Dickerson

Help!! I need to know how I can set tabs on MS Word, Wordpad, Notepad, Front Page Express, or Netscape Composer. Or if someone can tell me how to make columns, too, that would be a big help! Can you tell I'm not a computer whiz??? haha Thanks! Momma Walton <><

Hi kiddoes, I got word today that our money has been received for the 1820 census image. It should take about a month to get online. I have $20 towards the next census, & $20 on the way. Have you mail your contribution yet? Have a beautiful, love-filled day! Momma Walton <><

Hi gang, This came in from Cynthia. If you can help, write her at: cynthia.forde@worldnet.att.net or write to the list, as she is now a new "Gen-Sis". Thanks--ya'll are still numero uno (number one) with me! Momma Walton <>< > > Hi, > > Recently, you sent us the information about Tilman McDonald from Walton > > County, GA. You mentioned that he had a son about the age of Elijah > > McDonald (b. 1834...) WE cannot locate the message you sent and we are > > extremely interested in this McDonald. I believe you had a Sarah McDaniel > > or McDonald listed with him as well. Kind regards, Cynthia

I have a county map given out by the chamber of commerce which lists the roads by name. i will plot these cemeteries on the map as close as i can and will provide directions as I can get to them. You should have this second group by next week sometime. This includes Ammons, Aaycock, Arnold's chapel cem and austin cem whcih i have already located on said map. Lowell -----Original Message----- From: GAWALTON-D-request@rootsweb.com <GAWALTON-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: GAWALTON-D@rootsweb.com <GAWALTON-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 1:48 PM Subject: GAWALTON-D Digest V00 #43

Hi all, Since we have several newbies on the list & in our family, I thought I'd introduce myself to ALL of you. My name is Bettie WOOD, & I'm the "listowner". I have been dubbed Momma Walton by the Gen-Kids on the list. The list was started by myself back in Dec. 1998 or Jan. 1999. We have about 135 family members, & started a web site, http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalton/ sponsored by Rootsweb,& the all the info is provided by us, in the latter part of Aug. 1999. There has been approximately 1700 visitors since then. I live in beautiful East Texas, & have for almost 20 years. I have 2 children (girl 23, & boy 21), a hubby of 27 years, & the most precious 4 yr. old granddaughter, Lindsey, who now lives with us, along with her mom. I would love to hear more about you, & hope you will share your ancestors with the list. We have many eager helpers on this list, & they gladly do look-ups! If you want to send a message to the list for all of us to see, then mail to: GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com There is also the mail list archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Just follow the directions. If you have any questions whatsoever, please feel free to write the list or me personally. I'll do what I can to help you find an answer. Welcome to the list, Momma Walton <><

BEST DIRECTIONS HERE: @www.switchboard.com enter addy of motel you will be at then destination just name of cemetery? addfress of,if possible,nearest business addy to cemetery? they will give you directions that go like this...get on hwy 8,go 6 miles,turn r.@el street,go 15 miles west,turn left..go 1/2 mile & you are there...these i invented but SWITCHBOARD.COM IS GREAT!! YOUR DOOR TO THAT DOOR!

Hi again, When you are sending your contributions for the census images, please include a note that has your email address on it. This way I can verify receipt of your monies. Also, when you are fixing to send it, please send me a note (email) that says it on it's way (& how much), so I can be on the look-out for it, ok? Please do NOT send cash!!! This tends to get lost in the mail. My address is: Bettie WOOD 46 Chapparral Tatum, TX 75691 (Latitude North 83degrees 44minutes 55 seconds and Longitude 53 degs 38 min 57 secs--joking) If everyone sends a dollar, we could buy either the 1850 or 1860 census with some change left over for another one. Does anyone know of some businesses in Walton Co that might donate towards this project? I don't mind contacting anyone/business. I also don't mind hearing a "No, we can't donate". Afterall, that's the worst thing that can happen, right? Gotta go--"angel" is waking up from her nap! Love, Momma Walton <><

Hi Mama Walton & researchers, I am one of those researchers that has written for directions to cemeteries in Walton County, and I'm glad you are continuing to add these instructions on the list. I have the cemetery book, In Remembrance, which I wouldn't part with for love or money, but I live almost 400 miles from these cemeteries and when I can get to Walton Co. for a little research, I don't want to spend my whole vacation trying to find directions to these cemeteries. I'd like to have everything figured out so I can spend my time in the cemeteries. Walter has been kind enough to send some directions to us but I am one of those people that CAN"T read a map and don't understand this type of directions. Example; > Aycock Cemetery--Map--Monroe, GA>334455N833857E (estimate), Monroe 7,5 map sheed "Monroe" >Barrett-Hanson Cemetery--Same as Kelly Cemetery, Monroe, Ga. 334558N833801, Harmony Church Road I'm sorry Walter but these numbers don't mean a thing to me. I respect your hard work as I have done a lot of the same type. My husband and I have survey cemeteries. We have walked around in many overgrown, snakey cemeteries to copy the inscriptions. I would much rather have directions that tell me to go to a certain Road and turn right or left then go 2.5 miles and cemetery is on the right. I'm sure there are others like me. Momma Walton, thank you so much for your continued hard work to make our Walton County list the best list on the net. Keep up the good work. Dot Sorrells Cox

Just saw Walter's reply. Here is some info from the USGS. <http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/finder_main.pl?dataset_name=MAPS_LARGE> The 7.5-minute map series (1:24,000 scale) is one of several standard series maps produced by the US Geological Survey (USGS). One inch on a 7.5 minute map represents 2000 feet on the ground. Paper prints of this series, which are approximately 22 x 27 inches, can be ordered from this site. There are two ways you can use Map Finder. 1) You can simply search for the paper map that you need, make a copy of the screen that shows the ordering information and contact your nearest map dealer who may have the map you want. Prices from map dealers may vary. 2)You can search for the paper map that you need and place your order through the Map Finder interface. The USGS price is $4 per map; a handling fee of $5.00 is also charged for each order regardless of the number of items. When I searched for Monroe, GA I went to the following URL which showed a picture of the 7.5 min 1:24,000 scale maps for Walton County Bold Springs, Winder South, Loganville, Between, Monroe, High Shoals, Milstead, Jersey, Social Circle, Rutledge North cover different sections of Walton County to a "fair the well".

Dot, I can understand how you feel about maps or incomplete directions. But let me speak up for Walter--after all anyone named Walter can't be all bad. He is giving you the Latitude and Longitude coordinates for the cemeteries. Thus GA>334455N833857E (estimate), Monroe 7,5 > map sheet "Monroe", I believe, refers to Latitude North 33degrees 44minutes 55 seconds and Longitude 83 degs 38 min 57 secs on the USGS (United States Geological Survey map "Monroe 7,5". If you will order several of these maps for Walton County, what this does is literally pinpoint the location of the cemetery in question. The USGS sectional maps are quite detailed with aerial photogrammetry overlays showing individual houses and buildings, new roads and old roads. I have a number of these maps for Gwinnett County that have proved to be quite helpful on occasion. Now to give someone road directions in that area--especially to someone unfamiliar with the area--means that one assumes that all of these country roads have road signs. Not by a long shot! A local may know the name of the road and they may not, since roads quite frequently change names as they run along. On the other hand, I do have to admit that since "911" came to that area there are a lot more road signs and street names than ever before not to mention house numbers prominently displayed. With the map, if you do become "temporarily" disoriented, you can have a local point out to you on the map where you are and where the cemetery you are trying to reach is on the map. Very handy. The other advantage of having the coordinates and working with the USGS maps is that you can plan your route very efficently no matter which direction you may be coming from. This beats the heck out of trucking back to say the center of a small town and then hunting for the right street or road out again because that is the way your directions were written. The other advantage is these maps allow you to see the real "lay of the land" and to possibly locate where your ancestors may have lived, where their land was (is), and to relate to the census information as to who their neighbors and kin were and where they lived. It is not uncommon to find people marrying into families that lived just up or down the road. This has helped me to understand many of the marriage patterns in my own research. In the end, many of them end up even closer by in the same cemetery. While most of these cemeteries can be seen from the roads, some cannot owing to their being grown over or not in the immediate vicinity of a church. In these days, many churches have "disappeared" or gone out of existence while others have built new buildings miles from the old site as population in the area continues to shift with ever more development. Having lived in the area between 1990 and 1995 (Social Circle) and more recently having scoured this and other nearby counties looking for a retirement property, I'm pretty familiar with the territory. But as I read some of these directions, I see on the List, I'm not sure I could drive right to some of the less familiar cemeteries. So Walter is trying to give unequivocal directions with the map coordinates. Although I don't know what the plans of the local Historical Society are, if they are doing what say the neighboring county of Gwinnett has done, they will "by'm'by" produce a map with all cemeteries located. If you really want to go high tech, consider an inexpensive GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) receiver which will direct you down the roads to your lat and long. With this you won't miss any cemetery unless a developer got to it first! I'll look up a URL for the USGS and maybe for a Monroe or Walton County Quadrangle or two. I'll send this along later. By the way, many libraries (particularly University Libraries) are depositories for USGS maps. If there is one near you, you can go and have a look at the maps you may want to get. Walter Freeman in PA Dorothy Cox wrote: > > Hi Mama Walton & researchers, > I am one of those researchers that has written for directions to cemeteries > in Walton > County, and I'm glad you are continuing to add these instructions on the > list. I have > the cemetery book, In Remembrance, which I wouldn't part with for love or > money, > but I live almost 400 miles from these cemeteries and when I can get to > Walton Co. > for a little research, I don't want to spend my whole vacation trying to > find directions > to these cemeteries. I'd like to have everything figured out so I can spend > my time > in the cemeteries. Walter has been kind enough to send some directions to > us but > I am one of those people that CAN"T read a map and don't understand this > type of > directions. > > Example; > > Aycock Cemetery--Map--Monroe, GA>334455N833857E (estimate), Monroe 7,5 > map sheed "Monroe" > >Barrett-Hanson Cemetery--Same as Kelly Cemetery, Monroe, Ga. 334558N833801, > Harmony Church Road > > I'm sorry Walter but these numbers don't mean a thing to me. I respect your > hard work > as I have done a lot of the same type. My husband and I have survey > cemeteries. We > have walked around in many overgrown, snakey cemeteries to copy the > inscriptions. > I would much rather have directions that tell me to go to a certain Road and > turn right > or left then go 2.5 miles and cemetery is on the right. I'm sure there are > others like me. > > Momma Walton, thank you so much for your continued hard work to make our > Walton > County list the best list on the net. Keep up the good work. > > Dot Sorrells Cox

Nothing has ever been published here that gives road directions to cemeteries. The only guide the County had, and used, until now has been the map that comes with In Remembrance. When we finish our cemetery locator project we will have, and publish, directions "that even a child can follow" to each cemetery we locate. Since I knew there was nothing better than what you have seen from me already I suggested that the cemetery list not be posted at this time, awaiting the completion of the project. That did not happen. So, if estimated geographic coordinates don't help my only other suggestions are to buy copies of the Georgia Department of Transportation 1997 issue map of Walton County ($1.50 or $2.00) and/or the U. S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute maps (12 at $4.00 each) covering Walton County. If you then go over these maps and highlight marked cemeteries -- you will have before you a guide to find an unknown percentage of all the cemeteries in the County. That forms the baseline for our search, plus those listed in In Remembrance that we can find, and those few on the tax maps, plus what folks tell us about. (We are guessing somewhat less than 400.) If folks don't want to crawl through the kudzu and brambles hoping to find cemeteries, and want specific street directions, I can only I suggest waiting until we have finished our project, have the found cemeteries identified with simple directions to each, and then come to look. If you wait long enough -- maybe next summer -- we expect to also have signage to assist in finding them all. (Please understand that "all" means "all that we find" since we probably can never say we have found them all.) I have sent Bettie a copy of our most recent listing, but there are very few directions as such, nor will there be until we finish. Sorry, but that's how it is. Maybe search in better marked areas of the U. S. this Spring and Summer, and plan visits to Walton in 2001? Walter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Cox" <paulanddot@worldnet.att.net> To: <GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09 February, 2000 16:01 Subject: [GAWALTON] Walton County Cemeteries > Hi Mama Walton & researchers, > I am one of those researchers that has written for directions to cemeteries > in Walton > County, and I'm glad you are continuing to add these instructions on the > list. I have > the cemetery book, In Remembrance, which I wouldn't part with for love or > money, > but I live almost 400 miles from these cemeteries and when I can get to > Walton Co. > for a little research, I don't want to spend my whole vacation trying to > find directions > to these cemeteries. I'd like to have everything figured out so I can spend > my time > in the cemeteries. Walter has been kind enough to send some directions to > us but > I am one of those people that CAN"T read a map and don't understand this > type of > directions. > > Example; > > Aycock Cemetery--Map--Monroe, GA>334455N833857E (estimate), Monroe 7,5 > map sheed "Monroe" > >Barrett-Hanson Cemetery--Same as Kelly Cemetery, Monroe, Ga. 334558N833801, > Harmony Church Road > > I'm sorry Walter but these numbers don't mean a thing to me. I respect your > hard work > as I have done a lot of the same type. My husband and I have survey > cemeteries. We > have walked around in many overgrown, snakey cemeteries to copy the > inscriptions. > I would much rather have directions that tell me to go to a certain Road and > turn right > or left then go 2.5 miles and cemetery is on the right. I'm sure there are > others like me. > > Momma Walton, thank you so much for your continued hard work to make our > Walton > County list the best list on the net. Keep up the good work. > > Dot Sorrells Cox > >