I didn't find them on the web site and am not familiar with Dr. Evans work. Richard

Richard, William A. Evans Jr wrote a series of articles for the Aberdeen Examiner [newspaper], A Series of Historical Sketches of Monroe County and another set called Who's Who in Monroe County Cemeteries over the years 1936-1937-1938. W.B.Wilkes did a series of letters that were published in the Aberdeen Weekly in 1877 and 1878 called Pioneer Times in Monroe County. Those three sets of newspaper columns have been combined into one book called MOTHER MONROE. It was republished in 1979 by the Mother Monroe Publishing Company. It has since been reprinted and at last report a few copies remain for sale at the Chamber of Commerce Office in Aberdeen MS. The list of Spence and Spencer surnames are from an everyname index I prepared for the reference book which is wonderful if you are researching early Monroe County folks. Good luck with your search. Terry Thornton Fulton, MS ----- Original Message ----- From: "R S" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Athens cemeteries >I didn't find them on the web site and am not familiar with Dr. Evans work. > > Richard > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Richard, from the land description you gave, and according to the matching description given by Dr. C.G. Hamilton, I think the cemeteries are Lann Burial Ground and Wilson Burial Ground. Dr. W.A. Evans and volunteers enumerated the county's cemeteries in 1938-39. Dr. Evans does not include a Spencer in either burial place. For your question of who owns the land......no one I've talked with today seems to know. As far as finding these burial grounds........A local historian was taken into the Lann Burial Ground ~20 years ago by a member of the Lann family (who has long since died). She states it was remote and well hidden in a tree line. As for the Wilson...she was never able to find it. MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "R S" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Athens cemeteries > I didn't find them on the web site and am not familiar with Dr. Evans work. > > Richard > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks for those of you that helped me look for info on the Athens area cemeteries. Using the coordinates I got off the topo map of the area I arrived nearby and met a couple walking along the road. They directed me to the landowner. She only knew of one cemetery and the GPS coordinates took me straight to the Lann Cemetery. It is marked by a small marker and is apparently being kept up by someone. Alas no relatives were found in it. Coordinates: N 33 52.548 W 88 26.713 I went to the other set of coordinates and did not find anything I could confirm as a cemetery. There were some depressions that may have been graves, but sometime at least 15 - 20 years ago the area has been bulldozed as there were piles of dirt pushed up around the area. The growth of trees would make it have been done a long time ago. If, and I emphasize IF it is the graveyard, there are no markers. The gentleman I had met walking down the road indicated he had visited a graveyard that should have been this one about 25 years ago and didn't remember any markers. He indicated it would be about 300 feet off the road. My GPS put the spot about 450, but I did look in between. Coordinates: N 33 52.575 W 88 26.506 Richard