----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Abney" <rhabney@comcast.net> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 5:32 AM Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Ft. Adams, MS. Mile High Hill: Littleberry Thompson The law leaves this optional that the county MAY do so. There are no other laws protecting the cemeteries. A Mile High disgrace if you ask me. But usually these cases can be won individually with legal expense. Nan > Isn't there a law on the books in Mississippi that any 'recorded' cemetery > that is in good repair with no one to maintain the cemetery that the > county > board of supervisors is required to do the maintenance? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nan" <nschuchs@dishmail.net> > To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 12:29 AM > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Ft. Adams, MS. Mile High Hill: Littleberry > Thompson > > >> Warren, I am looking for a living desendant of Martha Foster and John >> Henderson from Adams County, MS/ St. Landry Parish, LA. Martha Foster >> Henderson is buried in a Foster/Ferguson Cemetery in Adams County. A >> descendant with whom I had contact in 1966, Lois Hines in Fairfield, CT, >> supplied the following: >> William Henderson md in SC, 1st Biddie Lea, 2nd Dorothea (?), had son >> John >> Henderson who married Martha Foster. Her records show Martha Foster was >> born 26 June 1781/ died 29 June 1836. the tombstone in our cemetery >> reads: >> "In Memory of My Mother, Martha Henderson, d. 29 June 1836, aged 61 yrs 8 >> mos. John Henderson received a grant for a tract of land that adjoins >> points of Thomas Foster's land on which this Cemetery is located, >> although >> we cannot prove the Thomas Foster connections. Bottom line, we are in a >> legal battle for ingress/egress and right to maintain this old cemetery >> which is probably about 60 ft from the public paved road at the edge of >> the >> present owner's run down, overgrown property. The cemetery and half acre >> around it was reserved with right of ingress/egress "for posterity" in >> an >> agreement between Ambrose Foster and Joseph Ferguson in 1850. It is >> assumed >> that Martha was Ambrose's sister. Any information? >> Nan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Warren Henderson" <ancanqm@knology.net> >> To: <mswilkin@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Ft. Adams, MS. Mile High Hill: Littleberry >> Thompson >> >> >>> Hi Honey, >>> I don't know if you remember me or not, but we met in the Wilkinson >>> County >>> Courthouse. I was looking for more information on Joseph Adkins >>> Henderson, >>> and you had some pictures you shared with me. I was wondering if you had >>> found out any more on him, other than what was in the courthouse? >>> >>> Clan Henderson has a DNA project, which I participated in. I asked for a >>> 25 >>> point match, and so far have had only 6 people that have the same >>> markers >>> I >>> do. We have not established a common ancestor yet, but are hoping >>> someone >>> else from our group will come in with one. >>> >>> Please keep in touch, and as soon as I get any more information from the >>> DNA >>> I will let you know. >>> >>> Your Cousin, >>> Warren Henderson >>> >>> >>> Message boards: >>> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.counties.wilkinson/mb.ashx >>> >>> Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin >>> >>> archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> >>> threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >>> >>> collection of Family Histories in LDS Salt Lake City Family History >>> Library >>> http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> Message boards: >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.counties.wilkinson/mb.ashx >> >> Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin >> >> archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> >> collection of Family Histories in LDS Salt Lake City Family History >> Library >> http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > Message boards: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.counties.wilkinson/mb.ashx > > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > collection of Family Histories in LDS Salt Lake City Family History > Library > http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >