Thanks Teri! I was sure that someone would bail us out on this one. Being in Fairborn, I don't get down home as often as I should so I can only offer what is in front of me in the way of books and maps. Please let us know if that helps Diane. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Teri Pettit <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 7:53 PM Subject: Nickell Cemetery on Nickell Fork >In response to a query from Diane Parsons <[email protected]>: >>We went to Morgan County >>today, searching for the cemetery in the Grassy Creek Area. Unfortunately, >>after much searching, we were unable to locate the cemetery where John C. >>& Nancy are buried. We did find two cemeteries, but not the correct one. > >Jim Ferguson replied: >>The only information I have on the Nickell Cemetery says it is located on >>Nickell Fork of Grassy Creek about 1/2 mile east of Hwy 205. My Morgan >>County map seems to contradict those directions because it shows Nickell >>Fork to be west of Hwy 205. This map can be found at >> >>http://ukcc.uky.edu/~maps/ > >I bet the directions should be "1/2 mile east of Hwy 203". On the map that >Jim linked to, set the scrollbars to about 1/3 horizontal and about 5/8 >vertical. On state 203, at the Consolation Mission Church, you will see >a road called "Nickell Fork", running southeast along a waterway by the >same name. After about 1 mile, the road splits into Byrd Road and >Daysboro Road. On the Daysboro Road portion are two cemetery markers. > >Of course, those might be the two cemeteries that Diane found, in which >case maybe the stones for John C. and Nancy Ferguson are missing. But >this Nickell Fork is not real close to Grassy Creek (about 5 miles >southwest), so she may have not been looking in that area. > >