Thank you, Carly. I am going to quote from a paper published by Marfy Goodspeed with my notes in [ ]. I don't have the date published, but Marfy monitors this site and can provide that for you. History: There is “no reservation of the yard” in deeds. [Dot Williamson believes she has proof that there is a reservation]. In 1909, Anna S. La Rue visited “the farm of Jacob Smith on the top of Pine Hill” and copied the gravestones she found there. She wrote that the cows had done a lot of damage. In 1941, Hiram E. Deats and Andrew Johnson Dalrymple also visited the burying ground for the same purpose. Hiram Deats also did a deed search back to 1809 for the Smith farm, subsequently owned by Amos A. Smith and Edward Pavlica, but found no reservation for a graveyard. The farm was originally owned by William Williamson. He bought it from Tunis and Paul Amerman in 1735, which makes him one of the earliest settlers in Delaware Township. The lot has seen hard times and suffered considerable neglect. Tony Szwed was going to clean it up in 1994 for a scout project, but was unable to do so. [I just recently found out that the farmer renting the land had crops in the field and did not want anyone in the field] The full text is at my web site. Also, pictures of the "cleaned-up" burial ground. Richard Williamson Tucson, AZ http://members.aol.com/rrw122433/INDEX.htm

At 09:30 AM 4/22/2005, you wrote: >Thank you, Carly. >I am going to quote from a paper published by Marfy Goodspeed with my >notes in [ ]. >I don't have the date published, but Marfy monitors this site and can >provide that for you. Richard, I don't believe what you quoted was ever "published". I wrote it up to help out an eagle scout for his project to clean up the cemetery. Not sure how it got circulated, but it even shows up if you Google my name. Marfy > >History: There is “no reservation of the yard” in deeds. [Dot Williamson >believes she has proof that there is a reservation]. In 1909, Anna S. La Rue >visited “the farm of Jacob Smith on the top of Pine Hill” and copied the >gravestones she found there. She wrote that the cows had done a lot of >damage. In >1941, Hiram E. Deats and Andrew Johnson Dalrymple also visited the burying >ground for the same purpose. Hiram Deats also did a deed search back to 1809 >for the Smith farm, subsequently owned by Amos A. Smith and Edward >Pavlica, but >found no reservation for a graveyard. The farm was originally owned by >William Williamson. He bought it from Tunis and Paul Amerman in 1735, >which makes >him one of the earliest settlers in Delaware Township. The lot has seen hard >times and suffered considerable neglect. Tony Szwed was going to clean it up >in 1994 for a scout project, but was unable to do so. >[I just recently found out that the farmer renting the land had crops in the >field and did not want anyone in the field] >The full text is at my web site. Also, pictures of the "cleaned-up" burial >ground. > >Richard Williamson >Tucson, AZ >http://members.aol.com/rrw122433/INDEX.htm > > >==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== >Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429