Debra: It doesn't matter who owns it, in my opinion. Call Kiersten Forbey, DNR Conservation Officer for Daviess County and report it. If they moved a stone or base of a stone they violated the law. Period! We have the same thing going on in Knox County, right now. Get your documentation together because those things just don't fall out of the sky. Good Luck! Jon Andrews >From: "Debra Dougherty" <djd434@rnetinc.net> >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [INPCRP] Question about discovery of tombstone base >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 01:14:57 -0500 > >I have a question. On my last visit to Cincinnati cemetery (ALLEGEDLY >bulldozed) in Daviess County (Indiana), I noticed that the farmers have >discovered, this fall during plowing, the base of a tombstone. They dug it >out, moved it out of the way so they could plow through, and it is now >standing on end in what used to be the cemetery. The hole it came from was >still visible. Under Indiana law, should that discovery have been reported >to DNR? > >I'm still working on the deeds at this site to prove ownership of the >ground. I haven't found much more than the 10 acre exception I described >earlier, but I do think I have enough information to warrant an >investigation. I don't think the "owners" own this cemetery site. > >Thank you for your help. > >Debra Dougherty >2220 Legendary Drive >Martinsville, IN 46151 >(765) 349-6309 >DJD434@RNETINC.NET > > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >"Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you >have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp