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

Go to state of Missouri Government page and go to attorney general page and secretary of State and ask you quests. ----- 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