Terry, As Glenda and I have helped each other over the last few years, I came to the exact same conclusion as you, and have expressed that to her. There are usually some unavoidable errors in the transcription/printing process of any book. I do believe that's what happened, but I can still understand her "nagging" sensation of not knowing for sure. I know where the original hand-written Evans transcription is located. I don't know why I hadn't thought of looking at it before. Going over that may not solve the problem, but I'm willing to try. For sure, this is on my "to do list" for this week. Hope all's well with you G!! MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "William T. "Terry" Thornton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:18 AM 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