I too have family from that time frame in Wilkes and have found that most people buried family on family land. There weren't any centralized cemeteries to speak of at the time. Families were buried on family land and there are a ton of these private cemeteries on property in the county. I was able to find the present owner of the property my family used to own but that may not be that easy. You should call or write George McNiel of Wilkesboro. He is an elderly gentleman that cataloged all the cemeteries in the county, private and public. He is an excellent source and a very nice man. He's even given me GPS coordinates to find graves. Also, he notates family relations. Wilkes is a close knit community and any family around for a while is known to most of the older groups as well as there background. Look him up...he's great. Jimmie Staley ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
Jimmie, what is George McNiel's address? I want to try to find out if there are any Holt graves in Wilkes. Thanks. Jo Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sowhatifidid2@aol.com> To: <ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] Does anyone know the oldest cemeteries in Wilkes CoNC? >I too have family from that time frame in Wilkes and have found that most > people buried family on family land. There weren't any centralized > cemeteries > to speak of at the time. Families were buried on family land and there > are a > ton of these private cemeteries on property in the county. I was able to > find the present owner of the property my family used to own but that may > not be > that easy. > > You should call or write George McNiel of Wilkesboro. He is an elderly > gentleman that cataloged all the cemeteries in the county, private and > public. > He is an excellent source and a very nice man. He's even given me GPS > coordinates to find graves. Also, he notates family relations. Wilkes > is a close > knit community and any family around for a while is known to most of the > older > groups as well as there background. Look him up...he's great. > > Jimmie Staley > > > ************************************** > 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 > NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >