This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wS.2ADIAE/361.1 Message Board Post: My understanding is there is/was a cemetery on Western States grounds. I also understand that the field where the cemetery is/was, was also used to plant crops on, re:corn, wheat... There are no markers. If you look at the Saving Graves web site, someone has posted info to this effect about the cemetery. I think you need an act of Congress before you can get any information on a 'patient' that was there. Judy

Actually, I think I am getting somewhere. I did as they asked and got a court order from a judge in Christian County to release my great-grandfather's records from Frankfort. I sent that and some documents proving my relationship to Att(Atwood) Willoughby to Western State and a few weeks later got a letter in the mail. To my pleasant surprise, it was apologizing for the delay and assuring me that once the records arrive, they will send them to me. I was not told that it was used to plant crops but that there had been wooden markers and a fire destroyed the markers. I was also told that if I pre-arranged my visit (it is a state hospital after all) that they would allow me to come and visit the cemetery. I will keep you advised when I hear more. I'm about five hours away and am anxious to make the trip. Martha in Dayton, Ohio > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wS.2ADIAE/361.1 > > Message Board Post: > > My understanding is there is/was a cemetery on Western States grounds. I > also understand that the field where the cemetery is/was, was also used to > plant crops on, re:corn, wheat... > There are no markers. If you look at the Saving Graves web site, someone > has posted info to this effect about the cemetery. > I think you need an act of Congress before you can get any information on > a 'patient' that was there. Judy >