Have you tried contacting the office of the division that holds these records (in Florida it is the Official Records division) in the the Clerk of the Court's office? Explain the situation and see if there is some way one of the deputy clerk's can look this up or, sometimes they know someone who does research at the courthouse for attorney's offices and could recommend them to you. Or, they may be able to put you in touch with a local attorney who could assist, pro bono. Also, you can call the county bar association for the county and they may be able to direct you on how to get assistance. Debi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beam, Cindy L" <Cindy.Beam@bp.com> Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007 11:32 am Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] NC Law re: Removal of Graves To: ncwilkes@rootsweb.com > Great! I don't know of anyone in Lenoir that I can send to the > courthouse. I now live in Colorado, so any research I do is on the > internet. All of my family still in Lenoir either work or would > have no > idea how to do the research. But, it sounds as though you've > gotten a > lot done, already. Does this mean that the remains were placed, one > body per box? That would certainly be a lot better! > > Cindy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ncwilkes-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ncwilkes-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > jlynndagenhart@netzero.net > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:45 AM > To: ncwilkes@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] NC Law re: Removal of Graves > > Cindy > Just spoke with the reporter.Linda Story's offcie also advised me that > they ran notcies in The Lenoir News Topic. > One source says the remains were put in wooden boxes and placed ten > boxes to a common grave or plot. > > I have to research the deeds from 1880 when Sarah Salina Starnes was > living with her Cousin Simon Pinkney Bisnar and 1900 when she and > Husband William E Tolbert are on the land that was sold by their > grandson Ray to Walmart. > The Bisnars are no longer in Caldwell in 1900 so their should be a > landsale. > Several sources have led me to believe this is The Old Bisnar burial > Ground yet Simona and Rachel Starnes Bisnar(parents of Simon P and > Auntand Uncle of Sarah Satrenes) are allegedly buried at Pine > crest in > Granite Falls. > If someone can go to the registrars and look for the sale of the > land by > Simon P Bisnar after 1880 we might have our missing link. > Sarah Starnes had two sons Edgar V and Oliver P after 1886 both > went by > Satrens but may have been Bisnars. > I interviewed 100 year old Maureen Starens Moore who remembered the > Cemetery and thinks > it was the Bisnar cemetery