Have been to the old Maple Grove Cem. & got a personal tour of the downstairs of the Sam'l Merrifield House (that was before it was designated a Historical site). IF I remember right. As you turn out of the drive of Dr Sam's house--almost immediately there is a drive on the right that goes into Old Maple Grove Cem. The Merrifield's are't buried too far apart. Rachael has a metal plate over her gravesite & is in the ground. Don't remember finding Alex'r's grave, tho. Dr Sam has a very large, tall tombstone. My Henrietta Johnson Merrifield is at St Catherine's at New Haven along with her mother Ellen (Eleanor Dawson), w/o George Johnson (d/o John Dawson and Mary Hagan. Don't know where John & Mary is at-- imagine IF I had all the cem books of Nelson Co & IF they have gravestones-- I could find them!!! What a coupe that would be!!!! Was so estatic when I found Ellen/Eleanor a year or so ago!!! Suppose George is there also but no tombstone/record to date. His probate 1835. Thank you for the information on the books. Will check it all out while I am there, of course. Never did get your book but that is another purchase I plan to make!!! Would love some later deeds/ wills/etc. That is the idea for microfilms-- would love to transcribe them!!! That would be one way I could get them!!! Mary Y. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [KYNELSON-L] re: Samuel Boone Merrifield > The so-called Old Bloomfield Cem. is really just the old part of Maple > Grove. It is just a little out of downtown (what isn't?) on the road to > Taylorsville (Ky. 55). On the right slightly past the Christian Ch. The > cemetery > isn't all that big. The old part is on the right, so as you're going up > the > drive take the right fork. I can't tell you exactly where all the > Merrifield > graves are, but they're all in the old cem., and there aren't that many > graves > to search among. > If you want a touch of me, when you're at the only stop light in town > and you've come from Bardstown, the building (with a very large porch in > the > front) on the near left corner housed my father's grocery store. On the > far > side of the light you'll see the drug store and old PO, and on the near > right > is a Chevron station, so there's no mistaking the store building. > I take it you've seen the old Merrfield farm that's now the property > of > Jerry and Linda Bruckheimer. It also is on Ky. 55 at the very edge of > town > toward Taylorsville. > The Nelson Co. Gen. Roundtable has its office in the basement of the > county library in Bardstown. I think you can purchase their publications > from > the library people if none of the NCGR people are there. Do you have > their > web site so that you can find their publications list? It's > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . The library has some > microfilms, but I > imagine you'd find more at the historical society in Frankfort. > Did you ever buy my book? Dr. Merrifield tells an awful lot about his > family in it. > If the Roundtable doesn't list its publications, let me know and I'll > summarize them for you. > Bob > >