Diane, I visited cemeteries in Oconee with my ELTON cousin, Terry Underwood, last October. Terry, his mother (she was an ELTON and wife, and I visited a cemetery up on top of a hill where a lot of his ELTON relatives were buried. I love Sandersville and Washington County. I found everyone there very, very helpful. I stayed at the Villa South because it has the breakfast and dinner buffets. When I'm researching, I don't stop for lunch, so I need a really good breakfast and dinner to make up for it. Also, if you are in Sandersville on Friday night, they have a seafood/quail buffet on the town square. I'm not sure of the name of the restaurant, but you can't miss it. They also have lunch buffets everyday; however, they only have a buffet at night on Friday. It was really, really good. I hope to get back to research some more maybe in September. I probably will only get to spend one day this year however. bp ----- Original Message ----- From: <JDixon8671@aol.com> To: <GAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:01 AM Subject: Sandersville, GA Nancy, Jim, & Betty: Re visiting Sandersville, GA to research.......I was born in Oconee, Washington Cty, GA, and occasionally go back for visits. The library in Sandersville has a very nice room set aside for genealogy research with a computer available. I had only a couple of hours to spend there on my visit but found the library workers quite helpful along with finding some great information. The Historical Society happened to be closed the day I was there and haven't had an opportunity to go back when it was open. I also recommend the Holiday Inn Express. It's centrally located, new, and quite nice. Regarding the cemeteries....if the following names (COX, PIERCE, AVANT, TOMPKINS) happen to be in your line, be sure to go to Oconee and visit the recently reclaimed COX/PIERCE/AVANT cemetery. The descendants (including myself) were there in March for a dedication ceremony. There is a Revolutionary War soldier (Moses Cox) and a Civil War soldier (James Ransome Avant) buried there. The ceremony conducted in March was quite impressive. It's well worth your time to drive over there. There is a chain across the drive up to the cemetery but a key is kept by the owner of the only local store in Oconee. You can't miss it. Diane Thompson Dixon ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi