Forwarding this with permission. Dear Wilson Kinfolk,(all branches) > > > > You may or may not be aware that WILLIAM WILSON SR AND HIS WIFE ANNA are buried in an unmarked grave in WILSON-BENNETT-KING cemetery off Highway 98 near Commerce Ga. William was the g g g g grandfather of Reuben Mitchell Wilson ,one of whose sons was Raford Reuben Wilson . > > WILLIAM SR was a Revolutionary War veteran and one of the early settlers in Jackson Co. He was the FIRST WILSON in our Wilson group to settle in Ga. On the property is also a homesite with only a crumbling chimney left standing.SOME OF THE MARKED GRAVES ARE OF WILSON CHILDREN WHOSE MOTHERS WERE GARRISONS-kin to our Emily Caroline Garrison Wilson(wife of Reuben Mitchell Wilson) > > > > PLANS WERE MADE TO MARK THESE TWO GRAVES but we hit a snag thus we need your help. > > > > Bruce Wilson of Fort Payne Alabama , (he is from the Alabama branch of the family tree) was > > planning to place the aforementioned markers BUT > > l. Mr Boas has sold the property where the homeplace and cemetery are located to a holding company and they plan to build a warehouse on the property > > 2.Mr Bill Butler the new owner wants to remove the graves from the property. There are 174 UNMARKED graves on the property and 16 MARKED graves > > 3. The property sold for more than a million dollars and has been annexed into the City of Commerce Ga. > > > > 4.The State of Georgia has rules about protecting cemeteries. For instance, Stone Mountain Park contains a cemetery because the family related to it refused to give consent for its removal > > . > > 5.We need your help as Wilson/Garrison descendants > > > > WE WANT TO GET AS MANY DESCENDANTS AS POSSIBLE TO OPPOSE DISTURBING THESE GRAVES.. > > > > HOW YOU MAY HELP: > > > > l.Email your opposition to the following persons:(AND A COPY TO ME SO WE HAVE A HARD COPY FOR ANY FURTHER future needs) > > > > CHARLES HARDY,MAYOR OF COMMERCE bhardy@commercega.org > > > > DAVID WILSON ,COOUNCILMAN dwilson@commercega.org is he kin??? > > > > PAM BELL,Chair of Jackson Co.Commissioners pbell@jacksoncountygov.com > > > > 2.Email this to others on your email lists that are Wilson or Garrison related and ask them to join us in this SAVE THE CEMETERY effort > > > > Thanking you in advance, we too are opposed to moving the cemetery, > > > > Jackie Wilson Smith and Queon Smith > > <queons@windstream.net> > >