Hi All I too am appolled that farmers don't respect burial grounds on their farms. There are laws on the books but unless you have the money to sue to make them take care of the area, you will just make them angry and they will encroch closer and closer and maybe just plough the whole thing up and plant crops there. Unless there is a will somewhere stating that the area is to be a burial ground forever, we are at the farmers mercy. Good Luck with this guy, and keep your cool and pray to GOD for him to leave it alone. Take pictures to preserve whats left for posterity. Joe Barnhart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Crooks@verizon.net" <gordoncrooks@verizon.net> To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:01 PM Subject: [PAFRANKL] Seceeder Cemetery > Folks: That farmer plowed up the Seceeder Cemetery on Route 16 just > outside of Mercersburg and planed a crop with 6 ft of the few tombstones > left, he deliberately got as close as he could to the stones and memorial > and did not plant a crop on the near by fields.I have a burial there and I > resent this common treatment of a burial ground, let raise hell and > protest his deplorable actions. > > Gordon Crooks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Unfortunately I was so upset at what I saw I forgot to take pictures, it looks like it might be soy beans, the act was very deliberate and he only planted what was the approx. boundaries of the cemetery Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Barnhart" <joe.susieq@comcast.net> To: <PAFrankl-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:36 PM Subject: [PAFRANKL] Farmers and Cemeteries on their land > Hi All > I too am appolled that farmers don't respect burial grounds on their > farms. > There are laws on the books but unless you have the money to sue to make > them take care of the area, you will just make them angry and they will > encroch closer and closer and maybe just plough the whole thing up and > plant > crops there. Unless there is a will somewhere stating that the area is to > be > a burial ground forever, we are at the farmers mercy. Good Luck with this > guy, and keep your cool and pray to GOD for him to leave it alone. > Take pictures to preserve whats left for posterity. > Joe Barnhart > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Crooks@verizon.net" <gordoncrooks@verizon.net> > To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:01 PM > Subject: [PAFRANKL] Seceeder Cemetery > > >> Folks: That farmer plowed up the Seceeder Cemetery on Route 16 just >> outside of Mercersburg and planed a crop with 6 ft of the few tombstones >> left, he deliberately got as close as he could to the stones and memorial >> and did not plant a crop on the near by fields.I have a burial there and >> I >> resent this common treatment of a burial ground, let raise hell and >> protest his deplorable actions. >> >> Gordon Crooks >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gordon, How sad. Is this what is known as the Church Hill Cemetery in Peters? If so, the list of graves is here: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/cemeteries/chur0001.txt I went looking for that graveyard earlier this summer and couldn't find it. Now it is gone. If that is the same graveyard, Reverend King's grave is gone and Archibald Irwin (Grandfather to a First Lady of the United States) is also gone. It is a crime. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Crooks@verizon.net" <gordoncrooks@verizon.net> To: "Joseph Barnhart" <joe.susieq@comcast.net> Cc: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:42:07 PM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Farmers and Cemeteries on their land Unfortunately I was so upset at what I saw I forgot to take pictures, it looks like it might be soy beans, the act was very deliberate and he only planted what was the approx. boundaries of the cemetery Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Barnhart" <joe.susieq@comcast.net> To: <PAFrankl-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:36 PM Subject: [PAFRANKL] Farmers and Cemeteries on their land > Hi All > I too am appolled that farmers don't respect burial grounds on their > farms. > There are laws on the books but unless you have the money to sue to make > them take care of the area, you will just make them angry and they will > encroch closer and closer and maybe just plough the whole thing up and > plant > crops there. Unless there is a will somewhere stating that the area is to > be > a burial ground forever, we are at the farmers mercy. Good Luck with this > guy, and keep your cool and pray to GOD for him to leave it alone. > Take pictures to preserve whats left for posterity. > Joe Barnhart > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Crooks@verizon.net" <gordoncrooks@verizon.net> > To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:01 PM > Subject: [PAFRANKL] Seceeder Cemetery > > >> Folks: That farmer plowed up the Seceeder Cemetery on Route 16 just >> outside of Mercersburg and planed a crop with 6 ft of the few tombstones >> left, he deliberately got as close as he could to the stones and memorial >> and did not plant a crop on the near by fields.I have a burial there and >> I >> resent this common treatment of a burial ground, let raise hell and >> protest his deplorable actions. >> >> Gordon Crooks >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message