Lois and all, Here is a link to Joseph Galloway's grave site it includes two links to two newspaper articles of which they have been working on up there. http://www.geocities.com/sdf51/galljose.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Mauk <loismauk@home.com> To: <adams1@hoosierlink.net>; <barn3369@infi.net>; galloway <galloway@kconline.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 10:17 PM Subject: Re: Joseph Galloway/Revolutionary War Soldier's Grave site in Noble Co., IN > Dear Tisha: > > You've got a pretty serious situation going on here and I wish I had an easy > answer for you. Sounds like you've already done a LOT of the ground work, > collecting deed records, etc. > > My first suggestion is that you join the INPCRP e-mail discussion group by > sending a one-word message consisting of: > SUBSCRIBE > to: INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > After you get your welcome message from Rootsweb, post your message below to > the group to see if there are others on the list from the Noble Co. area (I > believe there are one or two, if not more). Maybe by working together you > can get something happening there. > > Do you have PICTURES of the site? > > Lois > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "galloway" <galloway@kconline.com> > To: <LoisMauk@usa.net>; <ssattert@citznet.com>; <barn3369@infi.net>; > <adams1@hoosierlink.net> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 12:47 AM > Subject: Joseph Galloway/Revolutionary War Soldier's Grave site > > > > > > > > To INPCRP; Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project > > > > > > May I please inform you of a situation that may find you and your > group > > some interest and a worthy cause. I wish to inform you of the controversy > > over the graves of those burried in the Stewart-Greisinger cemetery in > > Washington township in Noble county Indiana. I am especially interested in > > one particular grave and that is that of Joseph Galloway Sr./Revolutionary > > War Soldier. I am of decent to him, and would like to enlist as many as > > possible to help with this cause. There has been a request of a new access > > road be installed presented to the county commisioners in Noble county > > Indiana for preservation purposes. Thus far the proposed road has not been > > approved. Without such access to this cemetery it will be lost forever. > > I would like to inform you that this cemetery is in very grave danger > > of being lost. And that would be a down right shame. I have been working > > along side of Martha Barnhart of the Daughters of the American Revolution > to > > try to preserve this cemetery which is in a sad, neglected, forgotten > state. > > Not only have I obtained the plot maps, the airial views and survey maps > and > > the deed to the cemetery...I have also recently been back to the cemetery > to > > view the neglect first hand. I was appalled and sadened. The statements > made > > recently by the Washington township trustee aslo sickened me. Mr. Miller > > says he believes in the old way of thinking and that be "if it ain't broke > , > > don't fix it", Well I don't know how much more broke this cemetery could > > get. It needs serious care and restoration to survive. The airial views of > > the cemetery are also sickening..the farmer who owns the surrounding > fields > > is farming escentially half of the cemetery,, and I am sure over graves. > The > > cemetery is plotted to be an acre in size..and it is mearly half that now. > > The fence is down and non-exsistant on the north and west sides and those > > are the sides that are being farmed and crowded by Longville Farms. There > is > > also supposed to be 30 marked graves and 5 unmarked graves. Upon my visit > on > > 1-11-02 I could count about a dozen graves. Please, if you and your group > > would like to voice and volunteer your support, I assure you it is a > worthy > > cause. The commisioners are stumbling their feet on the issue of a road, > and > > the farmer who owns the land is uncooperative thus far. If you would > please > > contact myself or Martha Barnhart we would love to discuss this issue. My > > home# is 219-268-2337 ...Mrs. Barnharts # is 219-693-3369 This cemetery is > a > > asset to the County as well as the State of Indiana as a historical place. > > There is a Revolutionary soldier burried there! The Washington township > > trustee has neglected this cemetery for years, as well as the commisioners > > of the county, and I am sure you are aware, it is their responsability to > > maintain and repair it. It is located in a corner of a field with no > access > > to it. Therefore it has been forgotten and neglected for years upon years. > > > What myself and Martha Barnhart of The Daughters of the American > Revolution > > would like to do is preserve and restore this piece of history to it's > > rightfull glory. Without access to do so, this will indeed be impossible. > > You may also contact the Washington Township Trustee Allen Miller @ > > 219-834-2502 for explaination as to why he hasn't taken care of the > > cemetery. County Commisioner Hal Stump may also be contacted concerning > the > > issue's at NOBLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS > > > > Mark Pankop > > 11223E - 900N > > Kendallville, IN 46755 > > 260/347-3798 > > > > J.Hal Stump > > 8084 W. Gilbert Lake Road > > Kimmell, IN 46760 > > 260/856-2663 > > > > Richard Winebrenner > > 709 S. York St. > > Albion, IN 46701 > > 260/636-7240 > > > > James Mowery, County Attonrey > > 104 E. Main St. > > Albion, IN 46760 > > 260/636-2141 > > > > > > Thank You > > > > Sincerely > > Tisha A. Galloway > > > > > > > > > >