looks like wessen to me....Message ----- From: Marta Norton To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:19 PM Subject: [micalhou] 1864 Oak Hill Cemetery - Emmett, Calhoun County, MI Burial Receipt I found this on ebay and thought I would pass it along. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29466&item=2245957984&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW 1864 Emmett, Calhoun County, MI Burial Receipt "The Oak Hill Cemetery Company, of Emmett, Calhoun County, Michigan for the sum of Six Dollars, to them paid by Wess___ Moore, of Calhoun Co., Mich. hereby grant unto said Wess___Moore Right of Burial in their grounds, and embracing in reference to their Map, all Rights of Burial, in and upon fractional Lot No. 323 subject nevertheless to Assessment and Forfeiture, as provided by, law...(signed) John Meachem, Clerk (countersigned)___________, President...No. 288...Dated January 12th, 1864" A great Civil War era burial receipt...I inserted the blanks above rather than guess at the names...going back to look at them again, could the President's name be A. W. Whitcomb?...please e-mail if you can help with the identifications...4 1/4" x 7 1/4"...FRESH TO MARKET...obtained a few days ago from the estate of an area collector...over 150 years old and in VERY FINE CONDITION...buyer pays $1.25 S&H in USA...insurance optional and at purchaser's request...akw Emmett Township, Battle Creek, MI ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237