This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hrarm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.scioto/11393.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Scioto Co. Gen. Society has done new readings of cemeteries and I believe they are about to publish a new bk. for Nile Twp. I have the old bk. published in 1984 that was done by Caryn Shoemaker. It only gives 3 names for Metzger Cem.: Janie Metzger, Donnathan Winters, and Infant Daughter Saddler. Shoemaker notes that the cemetery was visited in 1981 by Wilma Jarrells (from whom she apparently got the info. about the 3 burials) and that she isn't sure whether Jarrells actually found gravestones or acquired the info. from family relatives. The map of Nile Twp. in the cemetery bk. shows another cemetery on Pond Run: Cooper #3. (There are 2 other Cooper Cems. located elsewhere in Nile Twp. according to the map.) The bk. has no listings for Cooper #3. It says it may also be known as Pond Run Cemetery and that WPA workers visited it in 1938 and recorded 8 unmarked graves. More bad news for you is that there is no one named Thorne in the index to the 1984 Nile Cem. bk. I also checked the cemetery bks. for neighboring Union and Washington Twps. in Scioto Co. and for Green Twp. Adams Co. but found no one named Thorne. I found a couple of Thorntons in Union Twp. but no Augustine. Perhaps there is no stone or the stone was missed when the old readings were done. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Herma in western NY Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.