Gayle Cantrell wrote: > > Don't get the wrong impression folks, but perhaps a couple of empty beer > kegs (or some similar device?) filled with water might be a good way to > transport large quantities of water to the site. > > I would really like to locate the grave of Martha Hickey Queen b. 1823, died > sometime between 1910 and 1920. She and her husband, John W. Queen, Jr. b. > 1816, d. 1863, were both members of the Cowee Valley Baptist Church. A > transcript of church records annotates John's death, but there is no mention > of Martha. I did not spy a marker for her there, nor at Oak Grove Baptist > down the road. I am 99% certain that John is buried in the CSA section of > Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, GA. A very kind member of this Queen Forum did > some personal scouting a short while back, but Martha was not found there > either. > > Did I ever mention that I figured out who my "Patty McGaha Queen" was? If > anybody is interested, drop me a personal email. > > Best to all, > > Gayle Cantrell > gpcantrell@home.com > What's my line? > > Linda Menikos wrote: > > > Hi Cousins, Children etal, > > > > I decided to work two and a half days for the price (time and gas) of one > > trip. I cut and pulled more briers (will they ever end?) and removed the > > old rotted & rusty fence that enclosed the graves of mother & child Brown. > > We still need to get the posts out and the pipe that the fencing was > > attached to. I was able to get some of it out but not all. There are > still > > several posts that the barbed wire was attached to surrounding the graves > of > > Elias, Martha and several of their children. The top of the stone for > Elias > > & Martha needs to be put back up. That may be the hardest as far as brute > > strength required. > > > > We now have a sign outside the gate reading: Queen Cemetery. The County > > Bridges & Road man met me there at the cemetery; I gave him the sign and > he > > came back after noon and put it up! I was very pleased with that. > > > > I found baby John's tombstone, broken, but I found all the pieces. I > pieced > > together four stones, although there is a missing piece here and there. > One > > stone, the one for Lewis Wimberly is just incredibly confusing. Maybe > > someone else can help me figure it out. I know I need to find the rest of > > it anyway, and then it may go together. Soon I need to do the scary part > of > > gluing the stones back together. > > > > Several stones need to be leveled, and of course, all need to be cleaned. > > Because there is no water available, we may only be able to do only a > couple > > at a time since we will need to bring jugs of water for the washing. > > > > I want you all to know that Mr Doering, the owner, is such a nice man. I > > had intended to sleep in the car, and he insisted that he and his wife > > wanted me to stay at a place he owns that is only about 8 miles away. It > is > > a beautiful area with hugh trees. He has a mare and filly named Maple and > > Syrup (his granddau name the filly) several goats, (two nannies with new > > twins), and a couple of donkeys. There is a restaurant which he leases to > a > > couple (who are also very nice) and there is a building like a community > > center, used for catering parties, weddings etc, and he lets youth groups > > come out and stay without charge. There is a one-room appartment attached > > to the community hall, and that is where I spent the night Friday and > > Saturday. > > > > Mr Wolbrueck, who leases the land where the cemetery is located, and > grazes > > his cattle there, came out and visited with me a little while and told me > he > > had lived in the area all his life. He said there had been a stone for a > > baby that said: " Budded on Earth to bloom in Heaven". He wanted to show > it > > to friends one day, and it was not to be found. I think it may have been > > for the Magee baby. I hope it is just buried, but fear it was stolen. I > > intend to dig around the area and try to find it. > > > > I came home very tired, but content at the amount accomplised. It may be > > several weeks before I get back down there. > > > > Love to all, > > Linda > > ______________________________ -- Mandy Williams Queen, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/5932/ Queen-L, Criner-L & Twiner-L mail listowner; http:www.rootsweb.com/ Queen, Williams, Criner & Twiner Surname Message Board Coordinator; http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index.html