This is Al Metts. I forward this message from Bruce Cobb. He is a lawyer. Patience and persistence! Al --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "bruce cobb" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:48:28 -0500 Subject: cemetery situation Message-ID: <[email protected]> Al: I took the last message that you sent me(letter to S.C. Attorney General) and forwarded by e-mail to Mr. W. Townes Jones IV, County Solicitor, Greenwood County, P.O. Box 516, Greenwood, S.C. 29648, Office: (864)942-880? e-mail:[email protected] Maybe we might get some response;I heard that he is newly elect- ed. How many Hodges descendants live in Greenwood County? If we can somehow get word to them, maybe it may help. First I think that we need to apply with the US Dept. of Interior to register the cemetery as an historic site consistent with the criteria published in www. savinggraves.com Then, if our local efforts fail, we may consider going to Federal court. Title 16 U.S.Code section 470 w-4 provides for attorneys' fees and costs to prevailing parties in civil actions We need to play this cool;however, the owner may not object or even care if we try to make the cemetery a historic site. He may think we are just trying to put a plaque up on the site and will not sus- pect anything until too late. Just an idea.What do you think? BWC _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I live in Greenwood, SC just a few miles from this cemetery. Towns Jones has been solictor for Greenwood County for a number of years...as least around 20. I hope he will respond, but not sure he can help. Have you contacted The Index Journal? Go to www.indexjournal.com for their webpage. I'm not sure how much they can print, but even if they can do an article completely around the cemetery and not mentioning the owner's name, maybe it would get some attention from the right groups. I am a member of the Old 96 Genealogy Society and will talk to our President as to what can be done through our efforts, if anything. Hang in there! Joyce McManus ----- Original Message ----- From: Albert C Metts, Jr. <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:44 AM Subject: [HODGES-L] Fw: cemetery situation | This is Al Metts. I forward this message from Bruce Cobb. | He is a lawyer. Patience and persistence! | Al | | | --------- Forwarded message ---------- | From: "bruce cobb" <[email protected]> | To: [email protected] | Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:48:28 -0500 | Subject: cemetery situation | Message-ID: <[email protected]> | | Al: | | I took the last message that you sent me(letter to S.C. Attorney | | General) and forwarded by e-mail to Mr. W. Townes Jones IV, County | | Solicitor, Greenwood County, P.O. Box 516, Greenwood, S.C. 29648, | | Office: (864)942-880? e-mail:[email protected] | | Maybe we might get some response;I heard that he is newly elect- | | ed. How many Hodges descendants live in Greenwood County? If we can | | somehow get word to them, maybe it may help. First I think that we | | need to apply with the US Dept. of Interior to register the cemetery | | as an historic site consistent with the criteria published in www. | | savinggraves.com Then, if our local efforts fail, we may consider | | going to Federal court. Title 16 U.S.Code section 470 w-4 provides | | for attorneys' fees and costs to prevailing parties in civil actions | | We need to play this cool;however, the owner may not object or even | | care if we try to make the cemetery a historic site. He may think | | we are just trying to put a plaque up on the site and will not sus- | | pect anything until too late. Just an idea.What do you think? BWC | _________________________________________________________________ | Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com | | | ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== | Faye Dyess [email protected] Listmanager | DO YOU OWN A COPY OF A CENSUS?? THEN VOLUNTEER TO DO LOOKUPS!!! | http://www.rootsweb.com/~uslookup | Thou shalt not rely on the privacy of e-mail, especially from work. | |

Joyce - We appreciate your efforts. It is good to have someone local to assist in this matter. Local voters & taxpayers have more clot than those from out of state. Articles in the local press or television coverage would help also after the cemetery is designated a historical site. "Gerry" HODGES Hackley in Houston, Texas At 08:27 AM 6/28/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I live in Greenwood, SC just a few miles from this cemetery. Towns Jones >has been solictor for Greenwood County for a number of years...as least >around 20. I hope he will respond, but not sure >he can help. > >Have you contacted The Index Journal? Go to www.indexjournal.com for >their webpage. I'm not sure how much they can print, but even if they can >do an article completely around the cemetery and not mentioning the owner's >name, maybe it would get some attention from the right groups. > >I am a member of the Old 96 Genealogy Society and will talk to our President >as to what can be done through our efforts, if anything. > >Hang in there! > > Joyce McManus > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Albert C Metts, Jr. <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:44 AM >Subject: [HODGES-L] Fw: cemetery situation > > >| This is Al Metts. I forward this message from Bruce Cobb. >| He is a lawyer. Patience and persistence! >| Al >| >| >| --------- Forwarded message ---------- >| From: "bruce cobb" <[email protected]> >| To: [email protected] >| Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:48:28 -0500 >| Subject: cemetery situation >| Message-ID: <[email protected]> >| >| Al: >| >| I took the last message that you sent me(letter to S.C. Attorney >| >| General) and forwarded by e-mail to Mr. W. Townes Jones IV, County >| >| Solicitor, Greenwood County, P.O. Box 516, Greenwood, S.C. 29648, >| >| Office: (864)942-880? e-mail:[email protected] >| >| Maybe we might get some response;I heard that he is newly elect- >| >| ed. How many Hodges descendants live in Greenwood County? If we can >| >| somehow get word to them, maybe it may help. First I think that we >| >| need to apply with the US Dept. of Interior to register the cemetery >| >| as an historic site consistent with the criteria published in www. >| >| savinggraves.com Then, if our local efforts fail, we may consider >| >| going to Federal court. Title 16 U.S.Code section 470 w-4 provides >| >| for attorneys' fees and costs to prevailing parties in civil actions >| >| We need to play this cool;however, the owner may not object or even >| >| care if we try to make the cemetery a historic site. He may think >| >| we are just trying to put a plaque up on the site and will not sus- >| >| pect anything until too late. Just an idea.What do you think? BWC >| _________________________________________________________________ >| Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >| >| >| ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >| Faye Dyess [email protected] Listmanager >| DO YOU OWN A COPY OF A CENSUS?? THEN VOLUNTEER TO DO LOOKUPS!!! >| http://www.rootsweb.com/~uslookup >| Thou shalt not rely on the privacy of e-mail, especially from work. >| >| > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >- > Faye Dyess [email protected] Listmanager >Thou shalt check thy spelling and thy grammer. >Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl