Jim Mason wrote: > > The Taylor Cemetery at the end of the Shiloh Road near Keefer in Grant Co. > is in danger! > > This cemetery has ties to both Owen and Grant Counties with the family names > of Taylor, Howard, Mason, Wainscott and others. After searching since > October, I found this cemetery this past Friday. It has been neglected for > years and is grown up with bushes, briars and weeds. > > But the immediate danger is that a new water line is being run on the Shiloh > Road directly inline with the cemetery and the trencher is setting at the > edge of the cemetery as if poised to continue on through when work resumes > Monday morning. Hopefully, the crew laying the water line will skirt the > cemetery, but due to the condition of the graveyard, they may think that no > one would notice if they went straight on through. > > If someone can get me a telephone number for the Grant Co. water district > that would have responsibility for this line, please e-mail me ASAP at > mailto:cousin@jett-mason.com. > > Jim Mason > Owensboro, KY > > ==== KYOWEN Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes KYOWEN possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Jim, I know what you mean when you see something like this going on. There is a graveyard on Highway 227 which I believe is the old Bethany Church cemetery. (Not sure of the name) It is behind what was a church at one time. The conditions there are deplorable. Large old stones that could not have fallen by themselves are lying face down and of course the names are not visable. You dare not go to it in the summer as the weeds, tree limbs and branbles can keep you from getting to the stones. There is also the threat of snakes in such a place. Years ago, I copied the few I knew to be my step-father's family and I am thankful I did because they are now on the ground. There is a new church near by and a new grave plot. I just wonder if the old church was sold, a new one built, a new cemetery started and the old one ignored. There are laws against defacing gravestones but ignorant people do it everywhere and I guess it is almost impossible to enforce. Just wanted to put in my two-cents worth. I hope you luck. I do not live in Owen or Grant counties and so do not know whom you should call. Maxine