I have today sent this compilation of tombstone copies to all of the Poythress list members who are in my e-mail address book. It was sent directly as an attachment since the Rootsweb list-server format will not accept attachments. I will have missed those of you who are not in my address book. If you are interested in a copy of this document please just e-mail me and I'll e-mail you one right back as an attachment. If you are not interested in this area of southeastern Georgia or these families read no further, the intent is for you to then just click this message off and I apologize for having stuffed your mail box. A further description for those who might be interested: By "Screven Area" generally is meant Screven, Bulloch, Effingham, Burke, Jenkins and even Chatham counties. The claim is not made that the list is complete so if you have one I missed please send it to me for addition and I will untimately send it to Al to put on the completed web-page. This complication of Poythress and related surnames results in part from Bud and I fighting off man eating redbugs to record the data. Other sources are available on county records microfilmed in the Georgia Archives. Bud and I have snapshots of a number of these graves so if you are interested just let me know and I'll scan you a copy if we have it. The list runs 19 pages but that is only because there "is so much white." When available we tried to render the copy precisely as it appears on the tombstone and to provide other comments that might be meaningful. That "opens up" a lot of space. I was surprised to note that the list has so few individuals buried earlier than the mid to even late 1800's. It then dawned on me that burials in "maintained" church cemeteries with sexton records was not the custom in the rural South until later. Sadly, many of these cemeteries are now lost and the ones that aren't are usually in bad condition. If you'd like a copy of the document just e-mail me. Best, Maynard Poythress

P:oythess List, We have created a new index section on the web site for cemetery studies. The Screven Area study is up, both as a web page and as a PDF file for downloading with all the original page formatting. The document can be found by clicking on "Cemetery Records" on the home page of the Poythress web site. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/ Best, Al Tims ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:01 PM Subject: Cemeteries of Screven County Area > I have today sent this compilation of tombstone copies to all of the > Poythress list members who are in my e-mail address book. It was sent > directly as an attachment since the Rootsweb list-server format will not > accept attachments. I will have missed those of you who are not in my > address book. > > If you are interested in a copy of this document please just e-mail me and > I'll e-mail you one right back as an attachment. If you are not interested > in this area of southeastern Georgia or these families read no further, the > intent is for you to then just click this message off and I apologize for > having stuffed your mail box. > > A further description for those who might be interested: > > By "Screven Area" generally is meant Screven, Bulloch, Effingham, Burke, > Jenkins and even Chatham counties. The claim is not made that the list is > complete so if you have one I missed please send it to me for addition and I > will untimately send it to Al to put on the completed web-page. > > This complication of Poythress and related surnames results in part from Bud > and I fighting off man eating redbugs to record the data. Other sources are > available on county records microfilmed in the Georgia Archives. Bud and I > have snapshots of a number of these graves so if you are interested just let > me know and I'll scan you a copy if we have it. > > The list runs 19 pages but that is only because there "is so much white." > When available we tried to render the copy precisely as it appears on the > tombstone and to provide other comments that might be meaningful. That > "opens up" a lot of space. > > I was surprised to note that the list has so few individuals buried earlier > than the mid to even late 1800's. It then dawned on me that burials in > "maintained" church cemeteries with sexton records was not the custom in the > rural South until later. > Sadly, many of these cemeteries are now lost and the ones that aren't are > usually in bad condition. > > If you'd like a copy of the document just e-mail me. > > Best, > > Maynard Poythress > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Geneaology Research Web > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/ > >