Do you have any information on where the name 'Mary Colbert Hill' came from? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [ILGALLAT] Banks Cemetery > You asked for the location of the Banks Cemetery and I see that someone > answered you re the Bankston Ford Cemetery in Saline Co. > There is also a Banks Cemetery in Gallatin Co, Eagle Creek Township. To get > to it start at your gg grandfather Henry W Koster's farm(in more recent years > the Mora Moore farm) one mile west of Leamington. From that farm go approx > one mile west to what we always called the James Colbert Corner( and later > the Eel Colbert Corner). Turn left (South) and go past the former Elmer > Koster farm and up the Mary Colbert Hill past the old Goolsby School and the > old Guy Casey and Ed Tanner farms, and on South in the direction of Karbers > Ridge for a total of about > 1 1/2 to 2 miles. The Banks Cemetery in on the Right (West) side of the road > just a short distance. However, the last time that I was there was about 3 > or 4 years ago. I got a few scratches on my car and the cemetery itself was > grown up with saplings higher than my head. It was summer and I did not even > get out of the car(yes, I am afraid of snakes). > That was Koster country so you might well have relatives there. Happy > Hunting. > Bob Black >