In a message dated 6/24/2005 10:11:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I've also come across some info that there are ancestors buried in Gilett(e) Cemetery. I found it listed in the new LawCo Hist. book but can't seem to find the exact location. Does anyone know specifically where this cemetery is? 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