This email threw me! I am a descendant of Sion Harringtons brother Philemon. But that of course was in the 1700s...LOL Jackie RockyIII@aol.com wrote: > > You can find it here: > _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwcgs/meetings.htm_ > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwcgs/meetings.htm) > > Rocky Strickland > > > > In a message dated 3/26/2007 12:04:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > sam.west@ncmail.net writes: > > Could someone resend the information about Sion Harrington speaking to the > WCGS > > > > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

Thank you for the kind offer, Ginger. At the moment, I can't think of anything I need in Franklin - except that which even a hired researcher couldn't find! Anyway, I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Joanne Gaudio

Could someone resend the information about Sion Harrington speaking to the WCGS

Hi Joanne, Thanks so much for checking the Heritage book. I'm going to the archives this weekend and looking through some Franklin Co stuff for someone in AR...so if you would like for me to find, copy, etc anything for you, please let me know. Thanks Ginger Joanne Gaudio <jgaudio@charter.net> wrote: Ginger, The reply I sent came back, so let me repeat that I did not find Elijah Godwin or Goodwin in the Wake Co. Heritage Book. I think you asked me how many volumes there are to the book - there's one. Joanne Gaudio ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.

Hi Joanne, Thanks so much for checking the Heritage book. I'm going to the archives this weekend and looking through some Franklin Co stuff for someone in AR...so if you would like for me to find, copy, etc anything for you, please let me know. Thanks Ginger Joanne Gaudio <jgaudio@charter.net> wrote: Ginger, The reply I sent came back, so let me repeat that I did not find Elijah Godwin or Goodwin in the Wake Co. Heritage Book. I think you asked me how many volumes there are to the book - there's one. Joanne Gaudio ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games.

There is a new site dedicated to all military service men from North Carolina in any war. They have just started a great new page for the Civil War at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncmil/chancmay1863.htm Betty Pace

The “City Cemetery” is located at the intersection of East and Hargett and the property extends north towards New Bern Avenue. It is a 7.5 acre cemetery that has origins dating back to the late 1700’s. Several prominent figures in Raleigh history are buried there. As for the “Old City Cemetery” I am not sure what or where you are referring to. The three City of Raleigh owned and managed cemeteries are: * City Cemetery (described above) * Mt Hope Cemetery (Prospect Street and Old Fayetteville Rd) * O’Rourke Cemetery (Tarboro Road and Pender) My department, Parks and Recreation, maintains the records for the cemeteries. As an important note: Two fires at City Hall in the past destroyed many / most of the original records of these sites. There is not a guide of who is buried where but our Cemetery supervisor does maintain records that track this. If you have any other questions please let me know. Stephen C. Bentley Parks Planner Raleigh Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 590 Raleigh, NC 27602-0590 Phone: (919) 890-3262 Fax: (919) 890-3299 _stephen.bentley@ci.raleigh.nc.us_ (mailto:stephen.bentley@ci.raleigh.nc.us) Website: _http://www.raleighnc.gov/parkplan_ (http://www.raleighnc.gov/parkplan) ____________________________________ From: wholearmor [mailto:wholearmor@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:43 PM To: ncwake@rootsweb.com; ncwcgs@rootsweb.com; Bentley, Stephen Subject: Raleigh City Cemetery Study Please tell me where the "City Cemetery" is for Raleigh NC and where is the "Old City Cemetery"? Does the Planning Department of Raleigh City government maintains records for the cemeteries. Is there a guide that provides information on who is buried where for the city owned cemeteries? ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

The "City Cemetery" is located at the intersection of East and Hargett and the property extends north towards New Bern Avenue. It is a 7.5 acre cemetery that has origins dating back to the late 1700's. Several prominent figures in Raleigh history are buried there. As for the "Old City Cemetery" I am not sure what or where you are referring to. The three City of Raleigh owned and managed cemeteries are: * City Cemetery (described above) * Mt Hope Cemetery (Prospect Street and Old Fayetteville Rd) * O'Rourke Cemetery (Tarboro Road and Pender) My department, Parks and Recreation, maintains the records for the cemeteries. As an important note: Two fires at City Hall in the past destroyed many / most of the original records of these sites. There is not a guide of who is buried where but our Cemetery supervisor does maintain records that track this. If you have any other questions please let me know. Stephen C. Bentley Parks Planner Raleigh Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 590 Raleigh, NC 27602-0590 Phone: (919) 890-3262 Fax: (919) 890-3299 stephen.bentley@ci.raleigh.nc.us Website: http://www.raleighnc.gov/parkplan ________________________________ From: wholearmor [mailto:wholearmor@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:43 PM To: ncwake@rootsweb.com; ncwcgs@rootsweb.com; Bentley, Stephen Subject: Raleigh City Cemetery Study Please tell me where the "City Cemetery" is for Raleigh NC and where is the "Old City Cemetery"? Does the Planning Department of Raleigh City government maintains records for the cemeteries. Is there a guide that provides information on who is buried where for the city owned cemeteries? “E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized City or Law Enforcement official.”

Thanks, Tim. That looks right, and I agree, Todd Hill Drive probably is named for William O. Todd. Google does have a nice map - I'll try that next time I'm looking something up. I wish someone with great mapmaking skills and intimate knowledge of Wake Co. would make a CEMETERY map of all the old, new, and in-between cemeteries! Joanne Gaudio

While doing a search for some Wake County records at the State Archives website, I found these in the following, which may be of interest to some of you, so I am posting it since it contains quite a bit of genealogical information under this classification: Miscellaneous Records Provenance:Class: County Records [Collection] Group: Wake County Series: Miscellaneous Records Years:1772-1952 Creator: Clerk of Superior Court; Clerk of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; Register of Deeds Location:3A.444-451 MARS Id:299.103.5 (Box) Death certificates - Betsy Anderson, 1902, Henry Jones, 1886, Arianna Harris, no date, Nellie Rebecca O'Neall, colored child of white mother, 1892 (copy of) - see divorce actions, John R. O'Neill vs. Emma O'Neill, 1893, Elnora Penney (1926) (Removed from civil actions concerning land, 1925, Willie C. Rouse vs. Allie Penney and Elnora Penney), and Wm. McIntyre, 1886; Governor John W. Ellis grants reprieve to Erastus W. Hogue, October 22, 1859; Re: Mattie Baker Inscoe concerning her abandonment by Will Inscoe, 1905 Marriage contracts - Benj. Y. Rogers and Sally E. Hays, 1868; Thomas Skinner and Ann Stuart Ludlow (see Civil Actions concerning land, Holleman vs. Skinner, 1874); Edward Yarborough and Catherine Haywood, 1852; Mary Belcher's testimonial concerning Lucy Chavis, who was married to Robert Cole (black persons), 1808; Methodist Episcopal Church, agreement, 1841, and promissory note, 1856; Military Land Warrent, Court of Equity case against John Bonds for fraudulantly obtaining a land warrant issued to Sampson Sykes, 1800; Official's Bond for Henry B. Hayes to serve as Wake Co. Clerk of Superior Court, 1837; Pardon of Benson (?) Card by Governor William Miller, 1817; Pension applications for Revolutionary War veterans, 1818-1841 (broken series); Affidavits concerning Betty Reeves, wife of Frederick Reeves, Revolutionary War Soldier; Pension Record, 2 printed lists; Atkins' oath that Roseanna Harrison, pensioner and widow of John Harrison, died on August 31, 1849; pension record, John B. Hussey vs. The News and Observer Publishing Co., depositions concerning recording of pensions, 1896. Petitions for restoration of citizenship, 1896-1940 (broken series); petitions - in the matter of Lucille Evans, 1935, Azzie L. Jenks, 1937; George Mooneyham, 1934, Felton Smith, 1927, 1928; petition of Henry Wilkes for Habeas Corpus in effort to avoid conscription, 1864; Petitions of James H. Harris, 1887, M.C. hodge, 1885, and N.I. Hodge, 1886, to legitimate children; powers of attorney - R. Sutherland to Henry Potter, 1799, Creed Collins to Urias Collins, 1818, Anna White and others, 1823, Stephen Roycroft, 1825, Samuel Keaghy, 1833, Willis R. Jones, 1838, and Goodwin C. Moore, 1845. 1924 The United States vs. Hezikiah Cook and others, 1900; County Workhouse records, 1868; wardens of the poor, 1832, 1833; wardens of the poor, Jordan Womble vs. The Commissioners of Wake County, 1876; Warren Hart registers age of children, 1823. Deloris -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.14/727 - Release Date: 3/19/2007 11:49 AM

Will try to find more information for you. We have been there several times and it is an old cemetery. I will see if I can find a listing of burials there. Carol Canady Tombstone Inscriptions of Blacks in the City Cemetery, Raleigh, N. C. by _Robert Leon Shaw and Betsy J. Shaw_ (http://www.prairiebluff.com/aacemetery/citycemetery.html#note) ____________________________________ Introduction: City Cemetery was established by an Act of the North Carolina General Assembly in 1798.. It was set up on four acres of land adjacent to the City of Raleigh. Two acres were reserved for the burial of local residents; one acre, for visitors; and one acre, for blacks, both slave and free. The cemetery has grown from the original four acres outside the city limits to a little over seven acres in the heart of downtown Raleigh. Few burials take place there now. The section reserved for blacks according to tradition is full, but tombstones are sparse. Records of the cemetery were destroyed by fire in the 1890’s and again in the early 1930’s. The only records extant are those made by each Superintendent from the standing tombstones. The earliest records were made by L. C. Mulligan in 1934. In his handwritten notebook are two pages entitled, “ People Buried in the Colored Part of the Cemetery.” He lists only their names and a death date. Comparison of his book with existing stones reveals that some of the stones he catalogued over forty years ago are now gone or illegibl e. Many of the stones were handcraftedwith names painstakingly chisled in by unskilled hands. The stones were carved so lightly that today they cannot be read even by “rubbing.” Few blacks have been buried in City Cemetery since the opening of Mount Hope in 1872; however, at one time it was the only public burying ground for either blacks or whites. In the November 1977 NCGS Journal on page 253, Lois S. Neal writes of CATO, a man of color, who was “interred in the burial ground of this city on Sunday evening last.” (From: The Raleigh Minerva, Thursday, February 7, 1811). If CATO had a tombstone, it is either gone or illegible today. The following are the tombstone inscriptions that can be read (some with great effort) of all blacks buried in City Cemetery in addition to a list of the few people mentioned in the Superintendent’s notebook whose stones can no longer be identified. ____________________________________ Section B—l Several stones but only one legible: “Here lies the Body of ALLEN W. McKETHEN who died _____ 183(2). Aged 35.” Section B—2 William son of Ed WILLIAMS and Alley. He died September 10, 1841. Rachal WILLIAMS Born January 24, 1830 Died December 18, 1830. Rebecka WILLIAMS Died 1836 (no legible stone) _____ WILLIAMS Died 1813 (no legible stone) In Memory of Alley, wife of Ed WILLIAMS Died July 24 _____ (Stone broken off and stuck in ground; however, Superintendent’s notebook has notation “ died 1842.”) Albert son of Thomas and Caroline NORWOOD was born July 31st, 1855 Died Oct. 27th, 1857. John SCOTT Born April 24, 1840 Died March 12, 1857. Aged 16 years and 11 mos. Large stone (illegible) with footstone “S.B.” (Superintendent’s notebook lists a Sam BROUXON died 1896). Section B—3 An(ne) MORGAN daughter of Henry and Margaret MORGAN Born June (4), 1844 Died (Oct. 25), 1864. Memory of Chana HUNTER who died Aug. 25, 1860. (Stone has long inscription, no longer readable, which begins “she was” and ends “die in the Lord.”) Lisbon WHITE born 1781 Died 1835. Aged 54 years. Harriet E. LANE Born 1817 Died 187_. Margaret LANE Died 1817. (Could find no legible stone). The stone erected to the memory of our mother, Chaney HARRIS, who departed this life June 24, 1832 at an advanced age. Jane COPELANDBOR Born 20 September 1832 Died 3 August 1833, A. POLLARD Died 1855 (no legible stone). In Memory of John JOHNSON was Born Ap. 15, 1846 Died Feb. 18, 1863. Caroline STRONACH. Aged 29. Candis STRICKLAND Died Mar. 16, 1861, at an advanced age. Erected by her son Andrew. Edno NASH 1890 ) These small stones are identical. They were apparently Dolly 1833 ) homemade with very irregular script writing. Bessie Ann HUGHES Died May 1862. Nancy KENEDY departed this life the 2nd February 18__. Aged 85 years. (Superintendent’s notebook says “died 1858.”) I. (or possibly L.) R E A D (No date, no other legible inscription. Not listed in the Superintendent’s notebook.) Thomas NOEIS died 8—18—1839. Aged 12 years. Section B—4 Lies the Body of William HOLM born Apr. _____ (Rest of stone buried in the ground and not mentioned in Superintendent’s notebook.) Peter STONE Died 1858. (no legible stone) Austin SKYSLOCK son of George and Clarissa born 1861 died 1862 In Memory of Robert ALEXANDER, son of Naucissus and Steward ELLISON born July 14, 1803. (Stone broken off and stuck in ground. Superintendent’s notebook lists “died 1868.”) In Memory of Frank TEREL son of Abby and Allen TEREL was born November 17, 1844 Died February __, 1863. Aged 22 years. Missouri TEREL daughter of Allen and Abby was born the 11th day of May 1857 died the 28th day of July 1857. Age 2 Months 2 Weeks and 3 Days. Moranda SMITH died Mch. 9th 1899. Aged 40 years. Erected by her Children. Section C—l Ginny died 27 June 1849 Age 59 years. (Superintendent’s notebook lists a Jinny GILCHRIST Died 1859.) In Remembrance.. Jane DICKERSON who died 19 February 1844. Aged 90 years. Richard DICKSON died March 10, 1868. (The DICKERSON and DICKSON stones are so close in proximity, they could possibly be related, even though the names are spelled differently.) Martha BUFFALO daughter of Joe. M. BUFFALO Born Jan. 9, 1828 Died Oct. 21, 1845. Aged 17 years, 9 mos. and 12 days. Stone with initials only — “K. B.” R. WILLIAMS Died 1840 (no legible stone). Cynthia WILLIAMS Died 1870 Aged 50 years. In Memory of Pricilla daughter of Henry and Matilda JONES Born Dec. 1816 Henry MALONE son of John MALONE Died Oct. 9, 1841. Aged 23 years. Elizabeth P. ALSTON daughter of Oscar E. ALSTON Died Aug. 16, 1857, in her 28th Year. (This stone has been moved from the grave and is now standing against a nearby storage shed.) C. J. ALSTON Died 1871 (no legible stone) Rachel YOUNG Died Dec. 19, 1871. Aged 21 years, 9 mos. and 23 days. Rosaline wife of Ransam HARISON Died Oct. 6, 1847. Aged 38 years. Stone with no visible name but bears the date 1819. Columbus THOMPSON Born 1834 Died 1872 (Stone now broken in half) Gilbert WILLIAMS Died 1856 Aged 41 years In Memory of John Louis son of Samuel and Grace TAYLOR Died July 9, 1850. Aged 10 months Mekin LANE Died 1857 (no legible stone) Thomas WEEMS Born Nov. 1843 Died December 25, 1859. Aged 16 years 2 mos. Sacred to the Memory of Harriet. An Honest and Faithful domestic servant-in the family of John H. BRYAN Died 19 April 1853. Aged about 54 years. Peter DAVIS Died June 17, 1853. Sofia R. HOMES Died 8 June 1830. Aged 48 years. Mary HUNTER Died 1856 (no legible stone) Stone under bush near fence with only the word “TAYLOR” legible. (Not listed Superintendent’s notebook). ____________________________________ Article originally appeared in the N.C. Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. V, No. 3, August 1979, p. 173-176. "_Betsy Shaw_ (mailto:BShaw@robuckhomes.com) is no stranger to the Journal (See her “William Peace of Raleigh and His Brothers and Sisters & c.” in the August 1978 issue (Vol. IV, No. 3). She recently completed an interesting brochure, “A Walking Tour of the City Cemetery,” which provides 38 mini— summaries of prominent citizens buried there. The brochure is available for $1.50 (shipping & handling included) by writing to: Raleigh City Cemeteries Committee, c/o Mrs. Robert L. Shaw, 4901 Brookhaven Rd., Raleigh, NC 27612. In the above article, Mrs. Shaw is joined by her husband, who assisted her in the project, as co-author." ____________________________________ _BACK_ (javascript:history.back()) ____________________________________ 2 Nov 2000 | 26 Mar 2003 Copyright © 2000-2003. All rights reserved. _African American Cemeteries Online_ (http://www.prairiebluff.com/aacemetery/) ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Please tell me where the "City Cemetery" is for Raleigh NC and where is the "Old City Cemetery"? Does the Planning Department of Raleigh City government maintains records for the cemeteries. Is there a guide that provides information on who is buried where for the city owned cemeteries?

Joanne, If it is in the angle formed by East and Academy as you stated then that must be the right one as the other street bounding that is Todd Hill Drive which is likely named after the William Todd you say owned the land. At the far west end of West Academy St. it makes a very sharp right turn to the north and becomes East St. which is only one block long as it becomes Church St. when it crosses Industrial Dr. When all else fails, throw out MapQuest which is full of all kinds of inaccurate junk and not very user friendly and use Google Maps. To see this location see: http://www.google.com/maps?q=East+St,+Wendell,+NC+27591&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title which is what comes up when you search for East St, Wendell, NC on Google maps. Tim Ginger Smith wrote: >I could not find anything about this cemetery in the Wendell History book I got from the library. I did find a 1925 map of Wendell listing an Academy street which intersected Todd Street, but no East Street. Todd street was located between Short and Buffalo street on the west side of town. > >Joanne Gaudio <jgaudio@charter.net> wrote: Can someone familiar with the Wendell area tell me the location of terms of street names of the Wendell Municipal Cemetery? I have a Wake Co. road atlas, and I see a cemetery labeled Wendell Cemetery in the angle formed by East St. and Academy St. on the west side of Wendell, north of Wendell Park. Would this be it? There are also a number of smaller unnamed cemteries marked in the atlas. I tried looking up both "Wendell Municipal Cemetery" and "Wendell Cemetery" on MapQuest, but it didn't recognize either name. In the Wake Co. Heritage Book the section on William Oscar Todd mentions that he purchased almost 500 acres of land from Gibson Pearce in 1849, some of which now comprises the Wendell Municipal Cemetery. Thanks. >Joanne Pearce Gaudio >

I could not find anything about this cemetery in the Wendell History book I got from the library. I did find a 1925 map of Wendell listing an Academy street which intersected Todd Street, but no East Street. Todd street was located between Short and Buffalo street on the west side of town. Joanne Gaudio <jgaudio@charter.net> wrote: Can someone familiar with the Wendell area tell me the location of terms of street names of the Wendell Municipal Cemetery? I have a Wake Co. road atlas, and I see a cemetery labeled Wendell Cemetery in the angle formed by East St. and Academy St. on the west side of Wendell, north of Wendell Park. Would this be it? There are also a number of smaller unnamed cemteries marked in the atlas. I tried looking up both "Wendell Municipal Cemetery" and "Wendell Cemetery" on MapQuest, but it didn't recognize either name. In the Wake Co. Heritage Book the section on William Oscar Todd mentions that he purchased almost 500 acres of land from Gibson Pearce in 1849, some of which now comprises the Wendell Municipal Cemetery. Thanks. Joanne Pearce Gaudio ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.

Looking for a descendant of Naaman Mills from Wake County. Naaman Mills was in the Rev. War. Has anyone of this line done the DNA? Gladly share information. Larry Mills

Please join us for the Wake County Genealogical Society meeting. Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Olivia Raney History Library, 4016 Carya Drive, Raleigh Speaker: LTC (Ret.) Sion H. Harrington III, Military Collection Archivist Topic: Civil War Records at the North Carolina State Archives Download meeting flyer here: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwcgs/meeting_2007_03.jpg_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwcgs/meeting_2007_03.jpg) Guests are welcome -- bring a friend! ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Nancy was correct on the location. There is a Neal's Creek (Some here spell it Neill's Creek) in Fuquay-Varina in southern Wake Co. where she asked about. I am looking right now at the west fork behind my house and the east fork in front of my house. I have already sent her info on it's location. She mentioned other landmarks she felt it would be near the land she wanted to find in an email to me and they are also in Fuquay-Varina. This creek does flow toward Harnett County and it likely the same creek, though it disappears on maps and in satellite pics just before reaching the Harnett County line. The deed she has shows the land as being on both sides of the east fork of Neal's Creek in Wake County. Since the east fork is only about 4 blocks long and flows into the larger west fork only a few hundred feet from here, and since I am in the middle of it, the land would be within sight of me. In fact the land my home is on is sub-divided from the only piece of land I am aware of to have ever been that big on the east fork as the rest of the east fork is in downtown. I am likely to be sitting on the land she is interested in. Tim Deborah Scott Spencer wrote: >Nancy - It's 'Neil's Creek', and is in Harnett County, NC... > >As an fyi - you can always utilize an online or in print gazetteer that will >help you locate any area that is/was for a state. In print copies are >almost always at a local library, even for areas outside of where you live. > >Don't recall the name of the last online gazetteer that I used, sorry! > >Best Regards, > >Debbie >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nancy Hamilton" <nbhamil@msn.com> >To: <ncwake@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 12:22 AM >Subject: [NCWAKE] Neals Creek > > > > >>Could someone help me identify where Neals Creek is (or was)? I have a >>ggg >>grandfather, Alsey Hamilton, who bought land on Neals Creek in 1819. I >>would like to have a general idea of where that would be in Wake county. >> >>Thanks, Nancy nbhamil@msn.com >>

Nancy - It's 'Neil's Creek', and is in Harnett County, NC... As an fyi - you can always utilize an online or in print gazetteer that will help you locate any area that is/was for a state. In print copies are almost always at a local library, even for areas outside of where you live. Don't recall the name of the last online gazetteer that I used, sorry! Best Regards, Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Hamilton" <nbhamil@msn.com> To: <ncwake@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 12:22 AM Subject: [NCWAKE] Neals Creek > Could someone help me identify where Neals Creek is (or was)? I have a > ggg > grandfather, Alsey Hamilton, who bought land on Neals Creek in 1819. I > would like to have a general idea of where that would be in Wake county. > > Thanks, Nancy nbhamil@msn.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Stephen, I'd just like to say that I am very pleased and impressed that the City Planning department has the knowledge and foresight to retain the Chicora Foundation for the project you describe. They are truly the best there is at cemetery restoration. Kim Wrenn Durham, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <RockyIII@aol.com> To: <ncwcgs@rootsweb.com>; <ncwake@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:16 PM Subject: [NCWAKE] Raleigh City Cemetery Study > > Hello, > > My name is Stephen Bentley and I am a Planner with the City of Raleigh. > You > and / or your organization have been identified as an interested > stakeholder > for a study of Raleigh’s three city-owned historic cemeteries (Raleigh > City > Cemetery, Mount Hope and O’Rourke). Recently the City of Raleigh hired a > consultant, the Chicora Foundation, to develop a strategic plan for the > inventory > and restoration of Raleigh’s historic cemeteries. This study will review > each site, the City’s maintenance / management practices, assess any > needed > improvements, conduct a public meeting, review historical documents and > more. > This study is the first of many phases of an overall process by the City > of > Raleigh to strategically plan for the future of the cemeteries. > > At this point in the study process we are in the early planning stages. > The > Chicora Foundation will come from South Carolina next week to Raleigh to > conduct a lot of their field research. If you have information you would > like to > provide for this study or would like to comment on the cemeteries please > contact me at the information listed below. We expect to have a public > meeting > this spring to discuss the cemeteries. I will forward you and your group > the > specific date, time and location of the meeting when it is established. > > Thank you for you time and interest, > > Stephen > > Stephen C. Bentley > Parks Planner > Raleigh Parks and Recreation > P.O. Box 590 > Raleigh, NC 27602-0590 > Phone: (919) 890-3262 > Fax: (919) 890-3299 > _stephen.bentley@ci.raleigh.nc.us_ > (mailto:stephen.bentley@ci.raleigh.nc.us) > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, My name is Stephen Bentley and I am a Planner with the City of Raleigh. You and / or your organization have been identified as an interested stakeholder for a study of Raleigh’s three city-owned historic cemeteries (Raleigh City Cemetery, Mount Hope and O’Rourke). Recently the City of Raleigh hired a consultant, the Chicora Foundation, to develop a strategic plan for the inventory and restoration of Raleigh’s historic cemeteries. This study will review each site, the City’s maintenance / management practices, assess any needed improvements, conduct a public meeting, review historical documents and more. This study is the first of many phases of an overall process by the City of Raleigh to strategically plan for the future of the cemeteries. At this point in the study process we are in the early planning stages. The Chicora Foundation will come from South Carolina next week to Raleigh to conduct a lot of their field research. If you have information you would like to provide for this study or would like to comment on the cemeteries please contact me at the information listed below. We expect to have a public meeting this spring to discuss the cemeteries. I will forward you and your group the specific date, time and location of the meeting when it is established. Thank you for you time and interest, Stephen Stephen C. Bentley Parks Planner Raleigh Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 590 Raleigh, NC 27602-0590 Phone: (919) 890-3262 Fax: (919) 890-3299 _stephen.bentley@ci.raleigh.nc.us_ (mailto:stephen.bentley@ci.raleigh.nc.us) <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.