There are also extensive WPA tombstone records on index cards at Archives and History in Raleigh. These cover the entire state, and most cemeteries, though obviously some were missed. I worked with these some years ago and located an entire family cemetery in one county. Stephen Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eperkins2@aol.com> To: <NCROCKHA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 3:44 AM Subject: Re: Has Rockingham Done A Cemetery Survey? Herbin family > In a message dated 2/17/01 10:16:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, > joantoni@open.org writes: > > > > 52 in the household, including 14 male slaves...! Which also makes me > > wonder what Rockingham county was like. Would that have been a tobacco > > area or what that they had that needed that much help? > > You are correct. Tobacco over the whole state and cotton along the coastal > plain. > > << I am very interested in knowing if the county has done a survey of their > cemetery burials I am interested in the name HERBEN-HERBIN-HARBIN >> > > There have been several cemetery volumes that have been published over the > years with the project still ongoing by the James Hunter DAR Chapter in > Madison, NC. > > From Rockingham/Stokes Cem., Vol. 5: > > Mt. Bethel Christian Church, Hwy 65, New Bethel Township > > John A. Herbin 12 Apr 1859 - 28 May 1951 > Mary Ann McCollum Herbin 17 June 1862 - 10 Feb 1920 w/o John > > Dwight Herbin 22 Aug 1897 - 2 Feb 1949 > Pauline Haube Herbin wife of Dwight L. Herbin died 1927 > > These are all I found in the cemetery books. > > Elvin > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >