In a message dated 2/12/02 7:20:21 AM US Eastern Standard Time, graveyardgroomer@skyenet.net writes: > Cris, > I looked at the photo's and I know that I can save them, I have photo,s of > stones in a lot worst shape than those and proud to say they are > respectfully standing now. So many times people look at broken and > weathered stones as unsalvageable,many of us on the list do not look at > them that way.To me it is still pieces of History and worthy of saving John, I was at Columbus Friday afternoon and saw the Excavation where they dug down in an Archeological dig. But it is so low that all rain water settles in there. All I could see was the Red flags marking where the stones should be. As you noticed in the pictures the stones were lying flat and some appeared to be deep compared to the ground around them. In my opinion holes were dug where the stones were located, and then buried and farmed over. It may have been farmed around, its' hard to tell now. They weren't moved, if they had been they would have been in one hole close together, and theyre not.. From the pictures Cris took, I can see that they can be repaired. The only problem was I never saw a base, at least that I could recognize. The ground where they are located was on about the highest point in the fairly level field. Grading has changed the Topography. But from that Area the ground at one time drained away from that spot. The other one in Cross Creek is in as bad a shape as they get. Absoutely no maintenance has been done since the Subdivison was built in the Mid to late 90s. Crossmans's record is not spotless. I believe they were buried exactly where they were found, and then farmed over. I used a hand held sight level and it hit about 8 feet up on the new houses. I'm 5 ft 7 1/2 so that means from my eye level the ground where I stood was Higher then the surrounding area. I don't think this is going to work out to well. It's a case of wait and see. 2 of the breaks were new, the rest were old and the stones were lying flat. The new breaks looked like they broke in the moving. It'll take a Pro to put them back right. Keep that in mind. It's definitely a different situation than Fowler/Mundy in Perry Twp., Marion Co. This one is going to be on Lot # 157 between lots. Backing up against the lot behind it. Fowler/ Mundy was separated. But there is no Brush, or even Grass. Jack Briles jb502000@aol.com