Our friend and writer Shirley Gleicher of the Chester County Herald (Published August 25, 2004) wrote about the burnt meeting house cemetery, you can read it at: http://www.heraldonline.com/chesterctyherald/story/3761091p-3367839c.htm l or see below: Cemetery a peaceful retreat There are many things that can be done on a day that is supposed to reach more than 90 degrees. One of the best things I have ever done is travel to a place where neglected graves and county history rest in the shade-covered ground. There was quietness in the Burnt Meeting House Cemetery that touches the imagination and the heart of the visitors. Sunlight filtered over gravestones that are more than a century old. There was no sound of cars or boom boxes. It was a serene feeling accented only by the private chirping of chickadees as they planned their day. If you allowed your imagination to run free, you could well see lines of mourners as they walked huddled together to bury the well-known and the not so well-known names familiar to all of us in this year of 2004. This quiet, sacred place was located where the Fishing Creek Meeting House once stood before it was destroyed by a forest fire. The Rev. Richardson's congregation continued to bury their families there until July 1901, when W.H. Fudge was the last person interred. The names that stand so proudly in that quiet place rush through our memories, and we see them in the pages of the telephone books today. These family names live on and their heirs are a vital part of our community. Don't we all know a Culp, a Ferguson, a Fudge, a Gaston, a Hefley, a McCreary, a McFadden, a McKinney, a Nichols, a Nunnery, a Dunlap or a White? These designations have built our history and our place in America, and all of those names can be found in this sweet old cemetery. As all things that grow old need care and attention, so does this place. Trees have fallen over graves, stones are broken, weeds and grass hold little pesky bugs that invade socks and pant legs. It is unprotected and needs a fence to control its boundaries. A stone wall has fallen into disrepair and should, if possible, be rebuilt. All of this takes money. Although the Boy Scouts have done a remarkable amount of work here, the things that are needed now are beyond their capabilities. The group of folks in the county who try so valiantly to preserve these honored places need exactly $2,780 to put up a fence that will protect the graves and the sweet land that surrounds them. So if you find any extra change in your pockets, please contribute. It's a place of remarkable peacefulness and history that can easily be protected by contributions that will not be missed a few days after the giving. Please send contributions to CDGS, P.O. Box 336, Richburg, SC 29729. The heirs, the ones who have passed on and the chickadees will surely be grateful for your support.