Amanda and all: I found an old posting by Amanda asking about the Smotherman Cemetery outside of Hazel. This is the story my 85 year old grandmother tells: When she was a little girl, her Aunt Martha Smotherman Jackson came for a visit. She wanted the old cemetery cleaned up. So they had a big family reunion and everyone came out and they cleared away the brush and spruced up the stones. My grandma says at the time there were a lot of cedar saplings and other larger growth. The stones were already crumbly and in disarray. Aunt Martha paid some one to come out and fence the property. They did not have an access gate put in as they all assumed that no one would ever come back to go there. However, they wanted to protect it from tractors and vandals. Granny didn't think you could even get to it anymore. You have to understand, this was not neglect of unconcern, but merely a lack of family. All of these people had either moved away or died by 1940. My grandmother was the only one left and she thought you couldn't get too it anymore. She was under the impression it was on private property with no access. And since Albert, Susan, and Annie, who she was closest too are all buried in Hazel, she really never had a reason to go back out there. Her grandparents raised her after her mother died and Annie was still living at home. Matter of fact, everyone thought Annie was granny's mother, and as granny said. She pretty much was. They were very, very close. Aunt Annie died in 1960 at grannies home. Her real mother Amy is buried at Barnett in Pottertown. I would be delighted to go and clean it up. I am going to be up there sometime next month. I'll get granny to ride with me out there and I will check it out. If it is accessible, I will go back in the fall when it has cooled off (its over 100 degress here in August) and after the snakes and assorted biting beasties are gone <VBG> and see what I can do. The main obstacle will be the old Iron Gate if it is still standing because we can't get a mower in there. But we could possibly get a gas weed eater. There are only a few graves. Aunt Martha Jackson's children, Aunt Mary Frances Smotherman McDaniels, Uncle Tom's daughters, and I believe the William is my Susan's Father. Although there is no record, I am pretty sure my William's wife Nancy is there also. It would be strange if she were not. But William has no stone and Nancy's is probably unmarked also. There is a Mary E. but I can't figure out who JM and Sarah are. I know there was a JG and Sarah which would make more sense.. So I don't know if this was a transcriber error or what. I hope this answers your concerns. Marsha nscriber error or what. I hope this answers your concerns. Marsha