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    1. my trip to Rowan and the area
    2. Virginia Flesher
    3. I am at Statesville now, on my way back west after spending a few delightful days in the area of Old Rowan. Found some real nice people at the libraries at Lexington, Mocksville, and Thomasville as well as Salisbury. I found some new information, copied some wills and met a distant cousin and a Clemmons man who had been very helpful to me and he met me at what has been referred to as the Eccles Family Cemetery. It was hidden under briars and little trees for years and is the presumed burial place for Peter Clemmons and his wife Comfort, as their house stands just a few yards from this burial site, and they were buried on his farm. After the site was cleaned up, some probing revealed tombstones under several inches of soil. If you are ever in Clemmons, go to this little cemetery and see what a great work has been done. It is behind a house (3728 Clemmons Rd) near the United Methodist Church. A Little book, a history of the cemetery, as well as those individual's genealogy has been put together by this nice man, and I was fortunate enough to get a copy. I believe he plans to republish it and place new information on the families he has found since 1997. Here are some names of those buried there: ECCLES, DOUTHIT, MOSS, CHAFFIN, SCHAUB, McIVER, AND STOCKBURGER. Known connected families are CLEMMONS, JOHNSON, MARKLAND Also, if you are in the area, be sure and go to see the lights at Tanglewood Park, I know they have them on by 6pm, and nearly one million lights, and it is truly beautiful. They charge by the carload, cheaper during the week, so take as many as you can get in your car. The lovely Mt Pleasant Church building, which was built in 1809, is outlined in lights and has an angel on the side of it. This is the church my family attended and many of them are buried in the small cemetery next to the building. I couldn't help but wonder what my pious ancestors would think about all those lights though! Virginia wtsongwriter@geocities.com MT PLEASANT CEMETERY AT TANGLEWOOD, Forsyth Co NC http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Opry/1166/mtplea/mtplea.htm GRANNY'S GENEALOGY PAGE http://www.geocities.com/nashville/opry/1166/ FLESHER HOMEPAGE http://www.public.usit.net/gflesher

    11/09/1999 06:26:56