Yesterday,Nov. 23,2003 Confederate Soldiers buried in the Joseph Gearheart Farm Cemetery,near Hueysville,Floyd Co.Ky received full military honors,including confederate flags,21 gun salute ROTC from Allen Central High School Pvt.John Bud Gearheart,son of Joseph and Sarah Martin Gearheart. 1st Leutinent Adam Gearheart,son of Joseph and Sarah Martin Gearheart. Pvt.Nathaniel Cook,who received a military headstone,he was an unknown soldier and here is the story provided by Mack Horne,who researched and assisted Grady Wright the greatgrandson of Nathaniel Cook in the discovery of whom the unknown soldier was: MACK HORNE  PROVIDES OUR GEARHEART FAMILY STORY.. FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF MIDDLE CREEK JANUARY 10,1862 GENERAL MARSHALL'S CONFEDERATES CAMPED AT THE JOSEPH GEARHEART FARM FOR SEVERAL DAYS  THE WINTER OF 1862 WAS COLD ACCORDING TO OUR GEARHEART FAMILY STORY, THE SOLDIERS TORE DOWN  OUR GEARHEART'S FENCES AND USED THEM FOR FIREWOOD. WHEN THE SOLDIERS BROKE CAMP THEY LEFT A DEAD MAN LYING ON THE PROPERTY OUR GEARHEARTS MADE A COFFIN AND BURIED THE UNKNOWN CIVIL WAR SOLDIER IN THE JOSEPH GEARHEART CEMETERY. IDENTITY DISCOVERED  THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER BURIED IN THE JOSEPH GEARHEART FARM CEMETERY THE SEARCH FOR THE IDENTITY OF THE CIVIL SOLDIER  BEGAN IN THE YEAR 2000 MACK HORNE WAS WORKING WITH THE LATE DR.ROBERT PERRY FLOYD CO. HISTORIAN WHICH INCLUDED THE JOSEPH GEARHEART FARM AND CEMETERY DR.PERRY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM GRADY WRIGHT THE GREATGRANDSON OF NATHANIEL COOK DR.PERRY  FORWARDED THIS EMAIL TO MACK HORNE MACK THEN CORRESPONDED AND CONTINUED TO WORK  WITH GRADY WRIGHT  MR.WRIGHT OBTAINED A COPY OF A CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE IN  WASHINGTON D.C. FOR HIS GREATGRANDFATHER  NATHANIEL COOK THE RECORD SHOWED  PVT.NATHANIEL COOK DIED ON BEAVER CREEK, FLOYD CO.KY 1862 RESEARCH IS NOW CONCLUSIVE THIS IS THE BURIAL PLACE FOR NATHANIEL COOK NOTES MACK HORNE Stop by the Joseph Gearheart Farm and Cemetery,to view pictures of Nov.1,2003 the military headstone setting and yesterday's events of the dedication ceremony. This is truly a historical event in Floyd Co. Nancy Gayheart http://www.nancygayheart.com/josephgearheartfarmandcemetary.htm