This may be more common place than you think. I just found that some of my husband's ancestors were buried in the Old Harmony Cemetery near Atoka, Oklahoma. The state decided to put an expressway through there in the 1970's. They bulldozed the headstones and discarded them and put it right over the cemetery without moving the bodies. A.R. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 5:36 PM Subject: [INMADISO-L] Old Cemetery > This is a concern of many and growing. I did read sometime ago where an > Amish family purchased and farm in Northern IN and they PLOWED up a family > burial plot. I hope this is not the norm? > > Subj: [NCROOTS] Old Cemetery > Date: 1/3/00 12:08:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time > From: [email protected] (James Haynes) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > From: James Haynes <[email protected]> > > Neal: > > Before you have your hearing has anyone from the county investigated to see if > this land owner is in violation the following criminal code. > > JIMH: > > PS: As you can see I am having a hard time letting go of this. I was having > somewhat of a problem up in Rutherford County with a land owner who died. The > land was sold to a very young couple who told us we could enter any time we > desired. Clean, replace, stones, build a fence around the site and do just > about any thing to preserve the historical site. My GGGGrand Parents are > there > along with a son who died in the civil war and was brought back from VA. to be > buried on the home place. My mother always said everyone deserved a marked > resting place. She spent 10 years after retiring collecting money from her > kin > to place markers on all unmarked ancestors grave sites. > > G.S. 14-148 and G.S. 14-149 outline the penalties for defacing and desecrating > grave sites and for plowing over or covering up graves: Violation is a > misdemeanor and a Class I felony respectively. The fine is up to $500, and > imprisonment is between sixty days and a year. Both penalties may result. >