Craig: I thoroughly enjoyed your story. It's very similar to one of my own experiences, trying to find the family burial site of Robert and Dorothea (BAUMGARDNER) FLESHMAN's family burial site in Rich Hollow on Muddy Creek Mountain, just outside of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, WV. The first time my husband and I tried to locate that site, we managed to get "lost" on the mountain for an entire afternoon. The weather was beautiful, so we really didn't mind, as we "explored". We did manage to find two cemeteries. They just weren't the right ones. We later found out that we had driven right by the site that we were looking for. At the family reunion, there was one person, who lives in Lewisburg and maintains the site, who gave us the rules for going there. First, one must obtain the permission of five property owners, who each have gates that must be opened and closed. Second: It's four-wheel drive vehicles ONLY, necessary to climb up the last stretch. Third: If it has rained during the week prior to a visit, you're not going to get up there, unless it's on foot. (It's not called MUDDY Creek Mountain for no reason.) We formed a caravan of vehicles, with bales of straw (covered by blankets) and ropes (for holding onto) in the backs of pickups, and became "The Adventurers". John Blankenbaker and his wife and our former Germanna president, Thom Faircloth, were in the group, too. Once we reached the site, I still cannot express the feelings that I had. The wonder of walking on land that my fourth greatgrandfather had farmed until his death in 1798, gave me such a sense of reverence. A fieldstone marker, with the initials "R. F." on it, was the only remnant to survive the years. A maple tree had grown around it, leaving only the letter "F" visible. In the 1980s, the family discovered the stone (thanks to an old hunter), carefully removed it from the tree, and encased it in a monument, built of the foundation stones of Robert's old log cabin. A bronze plaque is mounted on the back of the monument, listing Robert & Dorothea, their children, and their children's spouses. It is unknown if there were young children buried there, too. It is my hope that, by telling my story, and reading yours, it will inspire those, who have the ability, to seek out those remote sites and visit them. Such an experience will help to fuel the flames that burn in our souls, and make us want to learn more about our ancestors and the courage it took to uproot and relocate. Linda Johnston