Eleanor, I don't really know what the laws are but my friend and I successfully stopped a contractor from leveling a small cemetery in Platte County. I sent a email to the Historical Society explaining what was happening with the cemetery. Before we knew it the contractors plans had changed big time. There are only about 6 graves there. But it is very old early 1800's. Hope that this helps you. Dee in KCMO(Platte County) ----- Original Message ----- From: <LOYELL@aol.com> To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:51 PM Subject: [MO-CEM] Laws regarding graves being destroyed: > Can someone please fill me in on Mo. laws regarding graves being destroyed. > > My situation is as follows About 150 years ago my ggg grandfather died and > was buried on his farm property with a tombstone marking the grave. Later > his wife and some slaves were also burried there, but there are no markings > for their graves. The tombstone has since fallen down but has been cemented > together so it can be read even though it is flat on the ground. > > The property has sold two to three times over the years but no one has > attempted to destroy the graves until now. The person that now owns the > property says she is going to put concrete over the grave sites and sell the > property for $110,000. The relatives would like to see the graves preserved, > but it would be difficult to pay that much for the property. It is my > understanding that there are laws about this but I am not sure about the > details. There was a fence around the graves, but it has fallen and is > completely gone. There is no way that a fence could be erected at this time > without trespassing on the owners property. I have been told that if there > is fence this makes it more of a crime to destroy the graves. > > If anyone has some suggestions for me I would appreciate them > > Eleanor > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Missouri Cemetery list, use > MO-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or MO-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >

Where was that cemtery you saved Dee? There are several small ones up by the airport toward Hampton and the old Tiffany Springs Hotel. As I understand it, no graveyard of any size can be bulldozed or paved over in any manner, but I'm a fraid I can't quote statue and reg. on that. That's why the old Barry cemetery sits in the middle of yukkie urban sprawl now. There is also a small cemetery at Metro North mall by the Dead Lobster... Kathleen O'Brien-Blair Kansas City but originally from Parkville for the last 5 generations. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Bruce <eleven-plus@worldnet.att.net> To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:34 PM Subject: Re: [MO-CEM] Laws regarding graves being destroyed: > Eleanor, > I don't really know what the laws are but my friend and I successfully > stopped a contractor from leveling a small cemetery in Platte County. I > sent a email to the Historical Society explaining what was happening with > the cemetery. Before we knew it the contractors plans had changed big > time. There are only about 6 graves there. But it is very old early > 1800's. Hope that this helps you. > Dee in KCMO(Platte County) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <LOYELL@aol.com> > To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:51 PM > Subject: [MO-CEM] Laws regarding graves being destroyed: > > > > Can someone please fill me in on Mo. laws regarding graves being > destroyed. > > > > My situation is as follows About 150 years ago my ggg grandfather died > and > > was buried on his farm property with a tombstone marking the grave. Later > > his wife and some slaves were also burried there, but there are no > markings > > for their graves. The tombstone has since fallen down but has been > cemented > > together so it can be read even though it is flat on the ground. > > > > The property has sold two to three times over the years but no one has > > attempted to destroy the graves until now. The person that now owns the > > property says she is going to put concrete over the grave sites and sell > the > > property for $110,000. The relatives would like to see the graves > preserved, > > but it would be difficult to pay that much for the property. It is my > > understanding that there are laws about this but I am not sure about the > > details. There was a fence around the graves, but it has fallen and is > > completely gone. There is no way that a fence could be erected at this > time > > without trespassing on the owners property. I have been told that if > there > > is fence this makes it more of a crime to destroy the graves. > > > > If anyone has some suggestions for me I would appreciate them > > > > Eleanor > > > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Missouri Cemetery > list, use > > MO-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or > MO-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Missouri Cemetery list, use > MO-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or MO-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >