In a message dated 11/10/01 8:43:10 PM US Eastern Standard Time, ueb@iei.net writes: > Also, in later years of the nineteenth century, a cemetery on any property > was considered a hindrance to its sale, if the property had good water, > fertile ground and maple trees it sold fairly quick, if there was a > cemetery on the property, the stones confidently disappeared form the land > and/or deed. > I have personally found this to be true in a lot of land transactions. > > UEB > Henry County, IN > www.hcgs.net > > Ulysses, That is what I was referring to earlier. The land owner wanted all of the money they > could get, so they dropped the graveyard off the deed. Also in Floyd County > in the early Platt book under the letter "B", for Burying Ground, I found > quite a Few listed. Then in Floyd County's Deed Index Book from 1816 to > 1868 I found Some churches that had cemeteries and deeds. Some of the > churches ceased to exist by 1875. These are found in the Index Book under > the letter "C" for churches > > Jack E. Briles, Sr. Floyd County PCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585