Dear Ann, The cemetery conflict mentioned is a cemetery in Iron Station NC, eastern Lincoln County. It is the old Jacob Dellinger cemetery. It is over 200 years old and has been abandoned for years. While I was researching my book on Leepers Creek Jacob Dellinger we found this cemetery. We approached the land owner and asked permission to enter the cemetery and catalog the stones. The land owner Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Jane Green refused to grant permission, stating that they felt it was idol worship. Even the county has tried to get them to reconsider. We tried to purchase the cemetery and the county offered them a tax credit if they would donate the property to the county. All of this has been refused. The Charlotte Observer Newspaper as well as the Lincoln Times News did articles about the conflict but the land owner still refuses to grant us permission. We filed a lawsuit and the against the owner and through legal counsel filed a counter claim asking the court to force us to remove the graveyard from his property. He also asked that the lawsuit be dismissed because when we filed the suit we did not file against his wife as well. The Clerk of Court tried to set the case for mediation but Mr. Green refused, so it is set for trial Monday before the Clerk of Court. Neal Caskey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Logan Merritt" <bphs@thestate.infi.net> To: <NCLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 7:49 AM Subject: [NCLINCOL-L] Re: NCLINCOL-D Digest V00 #16 > Somehow I missed out...what is the cemetery conflict? > Ann > > > ==== NCLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Gaston County Heritage Book, submit your family history to be published > in our new book. http://members.xoom.com/petphotos/Heritage.htm > >