Jeanne, This is exciting. Must ask if you have you seen http://www.geocities.com/qvarizona/PaxtonCemetery.html Would you mind taking a look. I'm hoping you might possibly be able to tell from any of the photos included there, where John or Mary Blair Paxton's stones are in relationship to the stones Mike Gardebled photographed? For whatever reason, both Mike in 2000, and the 1933/8? WPA worker, Rhonda Rada, overlooked those stones. I've always thought it likely that John and his wife were buried there, but until you wrote, had no verification at all. Do you by chance have a photo you could share with us? (I hope, I hope, I hope!) You are correct about the ownership of the cemetery. Matt Paxton is the current editor of the Lexington News-Gazette, and it's his father who owns the cemetery. I'm not certain he welcomes lots and lots of folks tramping through the small cemetery, which is why we left the location a bit vague. Knowing the road it's on is not enough, as it's difficult to spot even for people who have been there before. If anyone is interested, they should contact Matt at the newspaper and request permission. Joanne 'jeanne- fisher <jpaxtonfisher@earthlink.net> wrote: Joanne, Yes the tombstones are in the privately owned (by a cousin, who is a John Paxton descendant) cemetery. They are in the mid to far left side of the cemetery if you stand facing it with your back to the road. The last time I was there was a couple of years ago and they were perfectly legible at that time. Jeanne > qvarizona wrote:Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:07:40 -0800 (PST) > From: qvarizona > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Paxton > To: jpaxtonfisher@earthlink.net > > Jeanne, > There are many cemeteries in Rockbridge Co. Do you mean the privately owned Paxton cemetery? If so, have you seen the stones for John and Mary Blair Paxton? > I'd very much like to know if they are still readable, and where in the cemetery they can be found. Mike Gardebled spent several days there with his camera, but due to conditions, it's very possible he missed them. > Joanne > > 'jeanne- fisher wrote: > Dear Cousiins, > The tombstones of John Paxton and Mary Blair Paxton are both in the > Rockbridge cemetery with their dates of birth and death. There are some > stones which have become ilegible and one may be the elder generation John. > If you are in the area and cannot find the cemetery, I suggest you go to > the offices of the local paper in Lexington, Va. which is still published > by a descendant of the original publisher and he will gladly direct you. > Jeanne > > > > [Original Message] > > From: qvarizona > > To: > > > Date: 11/19/2003 11:02:54 AM > > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Paxton > > > > Willy, > > I know Diehl made some mistakes, but > > for what it's worth, he is quoted as writing that > > John Paxton was buried in the Falling Springs > > Cemetery. Has anyone actually reported > > finding his tombstone? I've wondered if he wasn't > > buried at the private Paxton cemetery where his mother > > and all of his brothers were buried... but I can't > > prove/disprove that. > > Joanne --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now

--=======265C4D0D======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-12DD7583; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Jeanne, I'm so glad to have you back online. I tried to contact you prior to our going to Rockbridge County last summer, but wasn't able to. Thus - we missed this cemetery. We went to the Glasgow (Old Paxton) Cemetery in Glasgow first. I believe the oldest Paxton in that cemetery is John Paxton and Phoebe Alexander. Also, quite a few of their family members there. They are buried under a large oak tree and the cemetery has an impressive mountain behind it. Next, we visited the Neriah Baptist Church Cemetery outside of Lexington about 6 miles. Lots of Paxtons buried in this cemetery. Most are to the right rear of the church as you look at it from the front. Some Paxton women who have other married names are further up in the cemetery. Because it was raining when we were there, I didn't get any pictures of these stones, but took down information on all that I could read. Then we went to Timber Ridge to the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, but didn't find any Paxtons in that cemetery. I think we must have missed them, though as I understand there are a few there. This is near the birthplace of Samuel Houston Jr, whose mother was a Paxton (Elizabeth, I believe), married Sam Houston Sr. We ran out of time, but I understand there are quite a few Paxtons buried in the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, right in Lexington. If we could have visited the Paxton Cemetery you mention (isn't it near Buena Vista?) our trip would have been complete, but didn't have information on it at the time. We did visit Stonewall Jackson's home, William and Lee College Chapel, and saw two Paxton's on a large wall chart in the foyer. We also got to go inside the Paxton House in Buena Vista, although it was only open to workmen. Not many were working, so we just meandered through the first floor level. Didn't try to go upstairs because of the work going on. When I get my scanner fixed (or a new one) I want to put some of my photos from this summer online. Well, as I said, I'm really glad you're back. Looking forward to all that you can contribute to our list. Willie At 08:17 AM 11/22/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Jeanne, > >This is exciting. Must ask if you have you seen http://www.geocities.com/qvarizona/PaxtonCemetery.html >Would you mind taking a look. I'm hoping you might possibly be able to > tell from any of the photos included there, where John or Mary Blair Paxton's >stones are in relationship to the stones Mike Gardebled photographed? > >For whatever reason, both Mike in 2000, and the 1933/8? WPA worker, Rhonda Rada, overlooked those stones. I've always thought it likely that John and his wife were buried there, but until you wrote, had no verification at all. Do you by chance have a photo you could share with us? (I hope, I hope, I hope!) > >You are correct about the ownership of the cemetery. Matt Paxton is the current editor of the Lexington News-Gazette, and it's his father who owns the cemetery. I'm not certain he welcomes lots and lots of folks tramping through the small cemetery, which is why we left the location a bit vague. Knowing the road it's on is not enough, as it's difficult to spot even for people who have been there before. If anyone is interested, they should contact Matt at the newspaper and request permission. > >Joanne > > > >'jeanne- fisher <jpaxtonfisher@earthlink.net> wrote: > >Joanne, >Yes the tombstones are in the privately owned (by a cousin, who is a John >Paxton descendant) cemetery. They are in the mid to far left side of the >cemetery if you stand facing it with your back to the road. The last time >I was there was a couple of years ago and they were perfectly legible at >that time. >Jeanne > > > >> qvarizona wrote:Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:07:40 >-0800 (PST) >> From: qvarizona >> Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Paxton >> To: jpaxtonfisher@earthlink.net >> >> Jeanne, >> There are many cemeteries in Rockbridge Co. Do you mean the privately >owned Paxton cemetery? If so, have you seen the stones for John and Mary >Blair Paxton? >> I'd very much like to know if they are still readable, and where in the >cemetery they can be found. Mike Gardebled spent several days there with >his camera, but due to conditions, it's very possible he missed them. >> Joanne >> >> 'jeanne- fisher wrote: >> Dear Cousiins, >> The tombstones of John Paxton and Mary Blair Paxton are both in the >> Rockbridge cemetery with their dates of birth and death. There are some >> stones which have become ilegible and one may be the elder generation >John. >> If you are in the area and cannot find the cemetery, I suggest you go to >> the offices of the local paper in Lexington, Va. which is still published >> by a descendant of the original publisher and he will gladly direct you. >> Jeanne >> >> >> > [Original Message] >> > From: qvarizona >> > To: >> >> > Date: 11/19/2003 11:02:54 AM >> > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Paxton >> > >> > Willy, >> > I know Diehl made some mistakes, but >> > for what it's worth, he is quoted as writing that >> > John Paxton was buried in the Falling Springs >> > Cemetery. Has anyone actually reported >> > finding his tombstone? I've wondered if he wasn't >> > buried at the private Paxton cemetery where his mother >> > and all of his brothers were buried... but I can't >> > prove/disprove that. >> > Joanne > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > >==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== >Submit queries, wills, obits, deeds, etc. at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wanda/paxtonmain.html > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 01/10/2003 > "I regard all else as loss for the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." - Philippians 3:8 --=======265C4D0D======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-12DD7583 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). 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