This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7F336D1AA08C384C5F2C5013 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought this would be of interest to those who missed it in the newspaper. Roland Bauer, on the beautiful bluffs in Collinsville --------------7F336D1AA08C384C5F2C5013 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: StLouis-MO-L-request@rootsweb.com Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by postal.accessus.net (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA08910 for <rrbauer@accessus.net>; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 17:00:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA19754; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 14:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 14:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37ADFD09.42B4@primary.net> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 16:56:25 -0500 From: marty walsh <mpwengr@primary.net> Organization: n/a X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01KIT (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lost Madison County,IL 19th Century Cemetery found Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <4_M4uC.A.a0E.21fr3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5290 X-Loop: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: StLouis-MO-L-request@rootsweb.com On Thursday evening 8/5/99 one cocal TV staytion broke a fearure report that a long lost forgotten Madison County IL cemetery record plat has veen found and showed a county official unrolling the parchment for thecamera- Madison County is one of several Illinois Counties directly east of St Louis City. The next day the Stb Louis Post-Despatch on Page D-1, 8/6/99 carried an article that related how they found the plat when cleaning out an old Mdison County IL County Clerk's vault.It appears to cover 2 acres of a 10 acre county owned parcel near IL Route 159 and Edwardsville's Main Street. They even have grave locations and some names-others were believed to be paupers-in the late 1800's this was the site of the county's "Poor farm"- The residents planted/plowed/harvested crops and raised animals and lived in county units on the much l;asrger tract back then-when they died they were buried in this corner if the tract- The county engineer on camera said they will soon survey to determine the corners of the cemetery and will stake out where the plat shows burials-if there remain any monuments they will be reset and the property will be cut and maintained in a respectable manor-they do intend to ultimately compile a list of burials there which they estimate at 200 roughly-Illinois State Comptroller Daniel Hynes who apparently has a passion for the state preserving old abandoned/once lost cemeteries around the state will be asked by the County to render assistance in their work-the county intends to fence the boundaries once located with a dignified suitable fence- Marty --------------7F336D1AA08C384C5F2C5013--