I'm not sure about their oversight of older cemeteries like this one, but the Illinois Comptroller's Office has oversight over most cemeteries and you can report abandoned or neglected cemeteries to them so they can take care of their oversight. I don't know if a letter or e-mail to them would be the appropriate spot or not. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peg Crain Luthy" <bilpeg@verizon.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Creekpaum Cemetery > Hi Linda, > > Glad to have some more backing on this, I'm not sure what we should do or > even how to start. > > I am assuming the county has possession of that land since there was once > a church and school located there also. Since posting the first message I > have talked to my brother, he was at Creekpaum about a month ago, he > confirmed it's condition, he said it is very desolate, he compared it to a > moon landing site, all black dirt and mud, all around, the only green spot > is the cemetery itself. > > I got this information from Randy Crain on the laws governing old > cemeteries. > > "This is the law for counties to follow on old cemeteries. I found the > county board has jurisdiction over county cemeteries also." > > http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=757&ChapAct=55%26nbsp%3BILCS%26nbsp%3B70%2F&ChapterID=12&ChapterName=COUNTIES&ActName=Grave+and+Cemetery+Restoration+Act%2E > > Peg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Reichert > To: iljackso@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:23 PM > Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Creekpaum Cemetery > > > Hi Peg, its been a long time since I was able to do research but I do > still read the lists...I have not been to Creekpaum but I had a > volunteer to there for me and it was a beautiful cemetery. I would > gladly join you in any effort to protect the cemetery. I am very > uneducated as to where to start, but there must be some laws > somewhere....does anyone know who owns the cemetery land? > > :o) Linda > > > On Dec 16, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Peg Crain Luthy wrote: > >> Does anyone know what's going on with the Nighthawk coal mines near >> Creekpaum Cemetery? My aunt was out there today to put flowers on her >> parents graves. She said the road was nearly blocked by tires, and >> someone was standing guard, she asked if it was ok to go down the road >> and was told there was nothing but an old cemetery down there. She was >> allowed to go, but said the tires were across the road when she came >> back out. >> >> She said the mines is really close to the cemetery now, evidence of >> heavy equipment and mud everywhere. >> >> I have four generations of CRAIN grandparents there as well as Henson >> GG grandparents and many other great aunts & uncles, cousins, etc. I >> would hate to see this cemetery destroyed. My husband and I were out >> there one day a couple of years ago and the lime dust from the mining >> trucks was just rolling over the cemetery. I thought then that those >> old stones wouldn't last long under those conditions! >> >> What can be done to insure we can always visit this cemetery, and that >> it will not be destroyed. This is not an abandoned cemetery, it is >> still used occasionally for burials, and has been kept up very nicely. >> >> Peg Crain Luthy >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List Guidelines: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message