Hey Don - Thank you for your email. I have copies of Warranty Deeds showing the sale of acreage in this area - the same acreage or parts of it so it seems - some as early as 1850's and as late as 1950's - and in several of these deeds it is specified that a certain area be set aside for a cemetery for H. N. Gillett and his descendants, so I was wondering whether any gravesites were there. I'll look at all of these more closely but I just again read one of these from 1906 when Rose Lee Fetty MacReynolds and W. E. Fetty sell acreage to J. O. Gillette and this is how it is written regarding this family graveyard - ".... excepting and saving out of the above tract of land the family grave-yard and a right of way from the public road to said grave-yard. Said grave yard is situated at a stone S. 760 links W. of the top of the bank and within ground is marked by four stones, 1, 2, 3, and 4 which ground is reserved in perpetuity as a burying ground of H. N. Gillette and his descendants.....". The tract of land that was sold was described as "the east part of lot number 720 and 721 of the Ohio Company's purchase in sections 22 and 23 of township1, range 15...." and then it goes into the details of how many "links" N., S., etc. Sounds as though locating these, if they were once there, might now be a lost cause. A Rt. 7 bypass? I can't get a mental picture of where that will be - close to Beulah Bapt? Thanks again. Nancy [email protected] wrote: > > >Nancy, > >On the maps of Rome Twp, just north of the Fairland East Elem, which is in >section 22 of township 1, range 15, there is a small creek that crosses Rt 7 >and enters the Ohio River. That creek is just north of the line between >sections 22 & 23. In 1887 J. O. Gillett owned the property on the north (section >23) side of that section line, with the residence between the road and river. > While working on the maps and list for the history, I was in there looking >around. That land is now part of a subdivision, and none of the current >residents know anything about a cemetery. The Gillette property was 75 acres, >extending approx. 2/3 mile to the west, so the cemetery may have been on the >steeper land at the foot of the river hills, land that wouldn't have been as >well suited to agriculture. It doesn't show on any of the newer maps. I will >try to find an older resident of the township, that may know something more >on the subject. Madison Forgey owned the land to the south, and H. C. Brown >to the north. > >If the cemetery was on the west side of the Rt 7 we're probably out of luck, >because that area is part of the eastern end of the long awaited Rt 7 >bypass. This project is moving Rt 7, from Proctorville east, to the base of the >hills. Maybe they'll get some funding for the Chesapeake to Proctorville >section in my lifetime. > >Donald R Clark >Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor >Lawrence County Genealogical Society, OGS >PO Box 1035 >Proctorville, OH 45669-1035 >Email: [email protected] >Home phone: 740-886-7230 > > > >==== OHLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/lawrence.html > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >