I would think the principal of a school is a public official. Our tax dollars at work. I thought there was a North Carolina law on the books protecting old and abandoned cemeteries. Can anyone out there shed some light on whether such a law exist? Steve

Yes. and this happened in Wayne Co, NC to me. Several years ago - my family - sister and cousins. - were cleaning the grave site where my mothers grandfather was buried as well as her parents, I was told that the owner of the land around the cemetery stated that he was going to destroy the cemetery because he didn't want it in the middle of his field. I had a copy of any old deed that exempt an acre of land for a cemetery when the land was transferred. When he told me that he owned the cemetery - I ask him when he bought it - he gave me the date that he purchased the land around it. I told him that the deed that I had clearly stated that an acre of land was exempt for a cemetery and that if he didn't want trouble he had better leave that cemetery alone. The cemetery is still standing. So I would check the records and go from there. Ruth At 03:07 PM 9/27/00 -0400, you wrote: >I would think the principal of a school is a public official. Our tax >dollars at work. >I thought there was a North Carolina law on the books protecting old and >abandoned cemeteries. Can anyone out there shed some light on whether such a >law exist? > >Steve > > >==== NCWAYNE Mailing List ==== >Wayne County, North Carolina NCGenWeb >http://www.betterthanmost.com/wayne/ > >============================== >Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical >mailing list: >http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/