I found my directions..........for anyone who's interested. Anne, we need you to document the burial of the babies. Both should have death certificates. These two cemeteries are so close and seem to have "over-lapping" family connections. Dr. Hamilton has them listed as this: S T R Lockhart 5-14-17 Danner 5-14-16 For Lockhart......From Aberdeen/Amory, intersect US Hwy 278 E. going toward Gattman, MS. As you are nearing Gattman, watch for a white (off white) sign on the right side of the road which says, "Gattman Holiness Church." The paved road you need to take goes between that sign and a brown/tan metal building. It is a short, winding, up hill road. As you come to the top of the hill, the church will be in front of you. To the right will be the Northington Cemetery. To the left will be the new part of Lockhart cemetery. Look over your right shoulder and there is the old part of the cemetery. For Danner.....Back track out of Lockhart Cemetery down to US HWY 278 E. Turn right. Go ~.8 mile (At the time we went, they had bright blue garbage cans on the roadside, but now probably have the new county ones.) Turn right by the garbage cans. The road immediately splits into two driveways. The left one goes up the hill. The cemetery can be accessed from this point. Park your car at the top of the hill (private residence to your left), look for a "path" into the woods on the right. Go down the path, bear to the left until you find another "path"......the cemetery should be on your left. The right driveway skirts around a few trees and appears to be going right up to a provate residence......and it does. As you drive up to the side of the house, look up and left. You should see a "path" go into the woods. Take that path, bearing to the right as you intersect another trail, and the cemetery should be on the left. If someone is home at either residence, in my opinion, it would be good to state your business and ask their permission. Fruitful searching, MA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > Is the Danner Cemetery in Gattman on a hill just southwest of the blinking > light? I remember this as a child, but never went there. > > I have two uncles who died as babies who are buried there, but I think I > remember my Grandmother saying they did not have markers. One died in 1919 > and in 1925 so any temporary marker would be long gone. > > Anne Stockton O'Neal > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Danner Cemetery > > > > Thganks Everyone, > > > > I did not know the cemetery had a name. It is almost in down town Gattman > > on or close to hunting club land my son hunts on. I had missed the fact > > that McKown was next door to Morrow. Terry7, anytime will do on taking you > > to the site. Mary Anna, I was curious if the McKown was kin to the Quincy > > Cowans. Seeing as how both parents were dead when son George would have > > been > > only 12 year old it would be a good chance he did not make it to be an > > adult. > > Thanks again, > > > > Jim Boozer > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mary Anna Riggan > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > > Jim, > > > > You were in the Danner Cemetery. It bothers me greatly that the cemetery > > has been more or less "forgotten." It's hard to get to now, so in a few > > more years, it'll probably be one of the "lost" ones. I'm really curious > > to > > know who knew where Danner was located. > > > > I did some work on the McKown/McGown family several years ago. If you're > > interested, I can look up those notes. > > > > MA > > ---- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Boozer" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > > > > > >> Terry, Mary Anna, > >> > >> While everyone is on cemeteries I would like some info. I have been shown > > a > >> small cemetery at Gatman > >> > >> with at most five burials, three marked by proper tombstones and the > > others > >> by sandstone. A man, W Mitchell > >> > >> Mckown dated June 25 1830/Jan 28 1862 with wife Lavina dated Nov 27 > >> 1839?/Nov 31 1870. Also a confederate > >> > >> marker for Francis Morrow with no dates. I cannot find anything on the > >> McKown, (Cowan)? but find in 1860 > >> > >> census of Marion Co A Francis Morrow of 26 yr from S C. With wife Lucina > > of > >> 23 yr from Mississippi. > >> > >> > >> Also a child Martha of 7 months old. Just curious as to who they were and > >> what or where their families > >> > >> may be. > >> > >> Jim Boozer > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William T. "Terry" > >> Thornton > >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:19 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > >> > >> > >> Glenda, > >> > >> There is a problem with the Evans' 1938 transcription of Thompson/George > >> Stanford Cemetery, pages 109 - 110 of MONORE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY > >> RECORDS. > >> > >> In May 1938, Dr. Evans, assisted by Horace Baker and Frank Crawford > >> inventoried the George Stanford Cemetery. They must have also > >> inventoried > >> the Shiloh Cemetery which is located nearby beccause their list of > > Stanford > >> Cemetery contains 9 names from Shiloh Cemetery and only 14 names from > >> Stanford Cemetery. > >> > >> It is my opinion that the lists of two cemeteries which Dr. Evans and his > >> crew inventoried in 1938 got mixed up and combined when the manuscript > >> was > >> being typed --- and that the mistake haunts us decades later. I cannot > > find > >> Shiloh Cemetery in their index of cemeteries. > >> > >> If you have access to the Evans inventory as reprinted in 1980, the last > > two > >> names listed as Stanford Cemetery at the bottom of page 109 is the > > beginning > >> of the Shiloh Cemetery burials which continues on the top of page 110. > > The > >> only reference on either page to BIRD is "Bird, John K. Born -- 26 Sept. > >> 1831, Died -- 21 Sept. 1905" on page 110. No other notation or reference > > to > >> Bird burials is made by Evans on either page. > >> > >> You may also wish to consult the inventory of Shiloh Cemetery done by > >> Patricia Horne. She found both of your Byrds when she was there in 2006. > >> Her inventory is at > >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msmonro2/cems/shiloh.html > >> > >> I did an inventory based upon photographs of the grave markers at both > >> Shiloh and Thompson/Stanford in 2009. No Bird/Byrd burials were found at > >> Thompson/Stanford; two Byrd burials were noted at Shiloh. That inventory > >> with links to the photographs is from March 20, 2009 and was published in > >> article # 80 of Cemeteries of the Hill Country > >> > > http://cemeterieshillcountry.blogspot.com/2009/08/cemeteries-of-hill-country > >> -cd-ordering.html). > >> > >> It is my opinon that both Mr and Mrs Byrd are buried at Shiloh > > Cemetery --- > >> both their large markers are located there. > >> > >> But can't these old records confuse us completely? Hope this helps. And > > my > >> offer still stands --- next time you are in Monroe County let me know in > >> advance and I'll make arrangement to take you to Shiloh Cemetery where > > John > >> K Byrd and his wife's grave markers are located. > >> > >> Terry Thornton > >> Fulton, Mississippi > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Glenda Todd" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:00 AM > >> Subject: [MSMONROE] Thompson-Stanford Cemetery > >> > >> > >> >I have a problem I am in hopes someone can help me with. When I first > >> > started the quest for my heritage, I found a tombstone for my ancestor, > >> > Elvira Caroline Moore Byrd, wife of John Kirk Byrd, in the > >> > Thompson-Stanford Cemetery, which was on the property where she and > >> > husband lived. Dr. Evans has the tombstone as John Kirk Byrd's marker > >> > in > >> > his book but it says on the marker, "Elvira C. Byrd, Wife of John Kirk > >> > Byrd", but is barely legible. > >> > > >> > A few months ago, Terry Thornton so graciously sent me pictures of > >> > tombstones for Elvira C. Moore Byrd and John Kirk Byrd and they are in > >> > the Shiloah Cemetery in Monroe Co., MS. > >> > > >> > John Kirk Byrd died in 1891 and Elvira died 1905, but I'm not sure if > >> > she is buried in the Thompson-Stanford Cemetery or in the Shiloah > >> > Cemetery. Does ANYONE know which grave is really hers or why she had > >> > two > >> > different tombstones??? The marker at Shiloah looks newer than the > >> > other > >> > one so I'm wondering if John Kirk Byrd was actually buried in Shiloah > >> > and the descendant who erected them assumed Elvira was buried there > >> > also, not knowing about the other marker, so they erected both of them. > >> > > >> > I'm hoping there is a descendant on this list who might know the answer > >> > to this haunting question. > >> > > >> > Glenda McWhirter Todd > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > 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 > >> > > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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