> From: SaZaBY > To: ROOTSWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > My wife is the ggggg-gd of the couple above. Richard and Delilah > founded > Haw Creek Baptist Church near Cumming, GA in 1841. They died within 3 > weeks of one another in 1865 and are buried at that old Church which is > now in danger of being engulfed by the "Atlanta Monolith". It still > maintains its fundamentalist heritage even though it is a part of the SBC. > My wife and I were raised in that church. The gravesites of Richard > and Delilah have been maintained and new markers have been placed by > descendants. Many of their children and grandchildren are also buried > in that very large cemetary which has been recently censused. I believe > that at least one of the "old maid" sisters of Delilah is also buried > there. > Don Pruitt > > Don: These old cemeteries contain a great wealth of names which interlink into Rainwater. Because the familes tended to travel together, many times the siblings of spouses who married other Rainwaters can be found. You say the burial ground has recently been censused. Any chance of getting a copy of that and posting it to the list? Bob Schimmel