My ggg-grandparents, Samuel James and Elizabeth (HELMS) HARDESTER / HARDISTER are believed to have died and were buried in the Waynesville, Pulaski County area on their farm...wherever that may have been. Researching at the Missouri State Archives shows Samuel (b. ca 1790 in NC) noted in the 1840 Pulaski County census, but he cannot be located anywhere in any census after 1840. His wife, Elizabeth (b. ca 1807 in KY), appears in the 1850, and 1860 (Township 36 Range 10) census, but is nowhere to be noted after that. Her son, John (b. ca 1838 in MO), was noted living with his mother in the 1860 census, but like his mother, cannot be located after 1860. Since no grave site has yet been located for either Samuel, Elizabeth, or John, they may well have been buried on the family farm. On the chance those graves had to be moved, is anyone familiar with Missouri laws regarding a grave being moved and the re-interment of the body elsewhere (you know - for "progress"). Is a record of exhumation and re-interment kept at any specific level of government (state/county/local?)? Any help appreciated! Mike