Hi David, If you can find that law please let us know. I have three generations of ancestors buried in the Hodges Family cemetery, just outside Hodges, SC, and the tombstones are being destroyed by people who attend a go-cart track... that was built right beside the cemetery. I've written to everybody who has any authority, from the governor of SC down to the Sheriff of Greenwood County, about this and can get nothing done. I offered to buy the cemetery, put up a fence, etc. and the owner of the property refused. One of the tombstones has been broken into twelve pieces and thrown about!!! If there's a law that says that this little piece of property belongs to the descendants... why can't we go in there and put up a fence and repair the damage that has been done? I sincerely hope that you are right, but I've never seen anything like that. Please let me know what you find... Mary Clyde At 05:28 PM 10/21/03 -0700, you wrote: >Judy, Dolores, and all, >I understand that in SC the descendants own the cemetery not the >landowner. They have to allow the descendants access to their property >(cemetery) too. >David > > >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:48:57 -0400 >From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" >To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > >I live in Myrtle Beach, and my aunt and uncle came in today for a few days. >I will ask her who owns the property. I am pretty sure she will know; she >is the one who helped me find the place. I'll let you know! >God bless, >Dolores >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Judy Ballard" >To: >Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:47 AM >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > Delores, > > > > Do you know who owns this property? I am trying to get my friend to visit > > Pickens and would like to visit this cemetery if I can. > > > > Thanks > > > > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > > To: > > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:45 PM > > Subject: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > Wanted to send this - in the event anyone is interested in this family. > > > Several days or a wk. ago, I posted the children of Joel R. JONES and >his > > > wf., Jane MCELREATH. This couple raised and left a large family in > > northern > > > Pickens Co., SC. Here are the directions to this cemetery (Joel and >Jane > > > are buried here as well as quite a few of their children); my aunt and I > > > went to it on Saturday: > > > > > > Leave Easley, SC, on Hwy. 135 and head north. Go past the Hwy. 186 turn > > > that goes to Dacusville. Soon after you pass the new Mt. Tabor Church >on > > > the right, you will come to Dalton Rd. Turn right on Dalton Road, and > > then > > > take a left on Hamilton Road. About 1/4 mi.+-, there is an old road bed > > on > > > the left which is blocked off by a white pipe and cable. The road is >also > > > posted "No Trespassing." {We knew that the JONES still owned the land >so > > we > > > went on as my aunt was a JONES.} When you walk abt 1/8-1/4 mi. down the > > > road bed, you will walk into a beautiful old clearing fenced in by a > > > relatively new chain link fence, and the cemetery is there. From >pictures > > > that are abt 125 yrs. old, the cemetery still looks pretty much the >same - > > a > > > little more moss, a couple of large trees inside the fence, and of >course, > > > the stones look older, but it's a lovely serene spot which is a >compliment > > > to the family members that have taken care of the cemetery. > > > > > > It is my understanding that there is another JONES cemetery somewhere in > > > Pickens Co., but this is the one that is in Vol. 1 of the Pickens Co. > > > Cemetery books on p. 68. All the graves are still marked as well as >quite > > a > > > few that are not marked, but maybe have stones only. > > > > > > I hope this will help someone who needs the info. Oh, yes, there are > > > several trees down on the road bed which you would need to climb over to > > get > > > there, but I hope that's all the better to keep the vandals out! > > > God bless, > > > Dolores > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > >==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net

HI Just a thought have you contacted a lawyer for his input or even the Office of the Attorney General , Henry McMaster, Rembert C. Dennis Building, P. O. Box 11549, Columbia, SC 29211-1549, Telephone 803-734-3970, Fax 803-253-6283. Or at least one of these might be able to direct you in the right direction to get the help needed to solve this problem. Let me catch someone defacing a grave or a cemetery and they had better hope that thier soul is right the thier Maker. because thier body will be mine. Lowell McDaniel Now Dorchester Co. Soon to be Pickens Co. ( Easley) ----- Original Message ----- From: "MaryClyde" <mrmungo@InfoAve.Net> To: <SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] Re: Cemeterys > Hi David, > If you can find that law please let us know. I have three generations of > ancestors buried in the Hodges Family cemetery, just outside Hodges, SC, > and the tombstones are being destroyed by people who attend a go-cart > track... that was built right beside the cemetery. I've written to > everybody who has any authority, from the governor of SC down to the > Sheriff of Greenwood County, about this and can get nothing done. I > offered to buy the cemetery, put up a fence, etc. and the owner of the > property refused. One of the tombstones has been broken into twelve pieces > and thrown about!!! If there's a law that says that this little piece of > property belongs to the descendants... why can't we go in there and put up > a fence and repair the damage that has been done? I sincerely hope that > you are right, but I've never seen anything like that. Please let me know > what you find... > Mary Clyde > > At 05:28 PM 10/21/03 -0700, you wrote: > >Judy, Dolores, and all, > >I understand that in SC the descendants own the cemetery not the > >landowner. They have to allow the descendants access to their property > >(cemetery) too. > >David > > > > > >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:48:57 -0400 > >From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > >To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > >I live in Myrtle Beach, and my aunt and uncle came in today for a few days. > >I will ask her who owns the property. I am pretty sure she will know; she > >is the one who helped me find the place. I'll let you know! > >God bless, > >Dolores > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Judy Ballard" > >To: > >Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:47 AM > >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > Delores, > > > > > > Do you know who owns this property? I am trying to get my friend to visit > > > Pickens and would like to visit this cemetery if I can. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Judy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > > > To: > > > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:45 PM > > > Subject: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > > > > Wanted to send this - in the event anyone is interested in this family. > > > > Several days or a wk. ago, I posted the children of Joel R. JONES and > >his > > > > wf., Jane MCELREATH. This couple raised and left a large family in > > > northern > > > > Pickens Co., SC. Here are the directions to this cemetery (Joel and > >Jane > > > > are buried here as well as quite a few of their children); my aunt and I > > > > went to it on Saturday: > > > > > > > > Leave Easley, SC, on Hwy. 135 and head north. Go past the Hwy. 186 turn > > > > that goes to Dacusville. Soon after you pass the new Mt. Tabor Church > >on > > > > the right, you will come to Dalton Rd. Turn right on Dalton Road, and > > > then > > > > take a left on Hamilton Road. About 1/4 mi.+-, there is an old road bed > > > on > > > > the left which is blocked off by a white pipe and cable. The road is > >also > > > > posted "No Trespassing." {We knew that the JONES still owned the land > >so > > > we > > > > went on as my aunt was a JONES.} When you walk abt 1/8-1/4 mi. down the > > > > road bed, you will walk into a beautiful old clearing fenced in by a > > > > relatively new chain link fence, and the cemetery is there. From > >pictures > > > > that are abt 125 yrs. old, the cemetery still looks pretty much the > >same - > > > a > > > > little more moss, a couple of large trees inside the fence, and of > >course, > > > > the stones look older, but it's a lovely serene spot which is a > >compliment > > > > to the family members that have taken care of the cemetery. > > > > > > > > It is my understanding that there is another JONES cemetery somewhere in > > > > Pickens Co., but this is the one that is in Vol. 1 of the Pickens Co. > > > > Cemetery books on p. 68. All the graves are still marked as well as > >quite > > > a > > > > few that are not marked, but maybe have stones only. > > > > > > > > I hope this will help someone who needs the info. Oh, yes, there are > > > > several trees down on the road bed which you would need to climb over to > > > get > > > > there, but I hope that's all the better to keep the vandals out! > > > > God bless, > > > > Dolores > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > >The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > > > > >==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > > > >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net >

The SC Cemetery laws are on the internet. You can find them at this site: http://chicora.org/sc_cemetery_law.htm I believe that Paul Kankula might be responsible for posting them; at least, he sent me the addr and I printed myself a copy off them to have. The JONES Family Cemetery in Pickens County of Hamilton Road which is off Dalton Road has been well kept by the descendants. They put a chain link fence up long ago, and took down the sign that pointed to the cemetery. They put up a strong cable to block the road bed, and then three trees are down just bef. you get to the cemetery. The trees are a nice size, esp. one that is really large. It would be quite a task for anyone to get a vehicle back in there, and it would very difficult to carry a monument or marker out. The cemetery is not close to the main road. Personally, I wish all the old cemeteries could be done that way. Quite a few of my family are buried at old Keowee Baptist (used to be Keowee River Baptist Church), and over recent years, the once dead end road has been converted (by the Corps of Engineers) into a campground on the banks of "new" Lake Keowee. I never cared for the flooding of all the valleys in Pickens County (it's my home) to make Lake Hartwell, Lake Keowee, and Lake Jocassee, but since they made the new little campground, the church cemetery has been vandalized over and over again. My GG-G'father's sister once had three small markers for the graves of her three little girls right beside her grave. Over the last few years those sweet little markers have all been carried off. Amazing to me! I do hope some folks' souls are right w/their Maker bec. I, for one, could never sleep at night if I ever did something like that; and my father would have made sure I didn't sleep at night if I had pulled something like that when I was young!!! God bless us all, Dolores Miller Pringle ----- Original Message ----- From: "MaryClyde" <mrmungo@InfoAve.Net> To: <SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] Re: Cemeterys > Hi David, > If you can find that law please let us know. I have three generations of > ancestors buried in the Hodges Family cemetery, just outside Hodges, SC, > and the tombstones are being destroyed by people who attend a go-cart > track... that was built right beside the cemetery. I've written to > everybody who has any authority, from the governor of SC down to the > Sheriff of Greenwood County, about this and can get nothing done. I > offered to buy the cemetery, put up a fence, etc. and the owner of the > property refused. One of the tombstones has been broken into twelve pieces > and thrown about!!! If there's a law that says that this little piece of > property belongs to the descendants... why can't we go in there and put up > a fence and repair the damage that has been done? I sincerely hope that > you are right, but I've never seen anything like that. Please let me know > what you find... > Mary Clyde > > At 05:28 PM 10/21/03 -0700, you wrote: > >Judy, Dolores, and all, > >I understand that in SC the descendants own the cemetery not the > >landowner. They have to allow the descendants access to their property > >(cemetery) too. > >David > > > > > >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:48:57 -0400 > >From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > >To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > >I live in Myrtle Beach, and my aunt and uncle came in today for a few days. > >I will ask her who owns the property. I am pretty sure she will know; she > >is the one who helped me find the place. I'll let you know! > >God bless, > >Dolores > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Judy Ballard" > >To: > >Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:47 AM > >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > Delores, > > > > > > Do you know who owns this property? I am trying to get my friend to visit > > > Pickens and would like to visit this cemetery if I can. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Judy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > > > To: > > > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:45 PM > > > Subject: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > > > > Wanted to send this - in the event anyone is interested in this family. > > > > Several days or a wk. ago, I posted the children of Joel R. JONES and > >his > > > > wf., Jane MCELREATH. This couple raised and left a large family in > > > northern > > > > Pickens Co., SC. Here are the directions to this cemetery (Joel and > >Jane > > > > are buried here as well as quite a few of their children); my aunt and I > > > > went to it on Saturday: > > > > > > > > Leave Easley, SC, on Hwy. 135 and head north. Go past the Hwy. 186 turn > > > > that goes to Dacusville. Soon after you pass the new Mt. Tabor Church > >on > > > > the right, you will come to Dalton Rd. Turn right on Dalton Road, and > > > then > > > > take a left on Hamilton Road. About 1/4 mi.+-, there is an old road bed > > > on > > > > the left which is blocked off by a white pipe and cable. The road is > >also > > > > posted "No Trespassing." {We knew that the JONES still owned the land > >so > > > we > > > > went on as my aunt was a JONES.} When you walk abt 1/8-1/4 mi. down the > > > > road bed, you will walk into a beautiful old clearing fenced in by a > > > > relatively new chain link fence, and the cemetery is there. From > >pictures > > > > that are abt 125 yrs. old, the cemetery still looks pretty much the > >same - > > > a > > > > little more moss, a couple of large trees inside the fence, and of > >course, > > > > the stones look older, but it's a lovely serene spot which is a > >compliment > > > > to the family members that have taken care of the cemetery. > > > > > > > > It is my understanding that there is another JONES cemetery somewhere in > > > > Pickens Co., but this is the one that is in Vol. 1 of the Pickens Co. > > > > Cemetery books on p. 68. All the graves are still marked as well as > >quite > > > a > > > > few that are not marked, but maybe have stones only. > > > > > > > > I hope this will help someone who needs the info. Oh, yes, there are > > > > several trees down on the road bed which you would need to climb over to > > > get > > > > there, but I hope that's all the better to keep the vandals out! > > > > God bless, > > > > Dolores > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > >The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > > > > >==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > > > >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >

Mary, there is a coordinator in Pickens County Library in Pickens named....oh boy,...well she goes ,,ok her name is Tracy Parsons - Holder. her email is howdycuzin*aol.com She knows so much and she has dealt with a lot of cemeterys. Ithe last I remember on this subject when I was in Maine, is the landowners can do nothing to harm a cemetery, they have to keep it up. however descendants can get permission from them to go see their sleeping families. the descendants don't OWN the land per say, but they have legal rights to their descendants resting place. Especially if the person that owns the land destroys a cemetery. I think they are very much liable for that..... happing hunting Reba ----- Original Message ----- From: MaryClyde To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] Re: Cemeterys Hi David, If you can find that law please let us know. I have three generations of ancestors buried in the Hodges Family cemetery, just outside Hodges, SC, and the tombstones are being destroyed by people who attend a go-cart track... that was built right beside the cemetery. I've written to everybody who has any authority, from the governor of SC down to the Sheriff of Greenwood County, about this and can get nothing done. I offered to buy the cemetery, put up a fence, etc. and the owner of the property refused. One of the tombstones has been broken into twelve pieces and thrown about!!! If there's a law that says that this little piece of property belongs to the descendants... why can't we go in there and put up a fence and repair the damage that has been done? I sincerely hope that you are right, but I've never seen anything like that. Please let me know what you find... Mary Clyde At 05:28 PM 10/21/03 -0700, you wrote: >Judy, Dolores, and all, >I understand that in SC the descendants own the cemetery not the >landowner. They have to allow the descendants access to their property >(cemetery) too. >David > > >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:48:57 -0400 >From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" >To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > >I live in Myrtle Beach, and my aunt and uncle came in today for a few days. >I will ask her who owns the property. I am pretty sure she will know; she >is the one who helped me find the place. I'll let you know! >God bless, >Dolores >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Judy Ballard" >To: >Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:47 AM >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > Delores, > > > > Do you know who owns this property? I am trying to get my friend to visit > > Pickens and would like to visit this cemetery if I can. > > > > Thanks > > > > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > > To: > > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:45 PM > > Subject: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > Wanted to send this - in the event anyone is interested in this family. > > > Several days or a wk. ago, I posted the children of Joel R. JONES and >his > > > wf., Jane MCELREATH. This couple raised and left a large family in > > northern > > > Pickens Co., SC. Here are the directions to this cemetery (Joel and >Jane > > > are buried here as well as quite a few of their children); my aunt and I > > > went to it on Saturday: > > > > > > Leave Easley, SC, on Hwy. 135 and head north. Go past the Hwy. 186 turn > > > that goes to Dacusville. Soon after you pass the new Mt. Tabor Church >on > > > the right, you will come to Dalton Rd. Turn right on Dalton Road, and > > then > > > take a left on Hamilton Road. About 1/4 mi.+-, there is an old road bed > > on > > > the left which is blocked off by a white pipe and cable. The road is >also > > > posted "No Trespassing." {We knew that the JONES still owned the land >so > > we > > > went on as my aunt was a JONES.} When you walk abt 1/8-1/4 mi. down the > > > road bed, you will walk into a beautiful old clearing fenced in by a > > > relatively new chain link fence, and the cemetery is there. From >pictures > > > that are abt 125 yrs. old, the cemetery still looks pretty much the >same - > > a > > > little more moss, a couple of large trees inside the fence, and of >course, > > > the stones look older, but it's a lovely serene spot which is a >compliment > > > to the family members that have taken care of the cemetery. > > > > > > It is my understanding that there is another JONES cemetery somewhere in > > > Pickens Co., but this is the one that is in Vol. 1 of the Pickens Co. > > > Cemetery books on p. 68. All the graves are still marked as well as >quite > > a > > > few that are not marked, but maybe have stones only. > > > > > > I hope this will help someone who needs the info. Oh, yes, there are > > > several trees down on the road bed which you would need to climb over to > > get > > > there, but I hope that's all the better to keep the vandals out! > > > God bless, > > > Dolores > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > >==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net

FYI: Our family is in a family or indian burial ground off 178 in Pickens. I, too, would like to know if family retains right to clean, add a plaque, etc. Barb distler5@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah Medlin Crum" <erthmfin@msn.com> To: <SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:25 AM Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] Re: Cemeterys > Mary, > there is a coordinator in Pickens County Library in Pickens named....oh boy,...well she goes ,,ok her name is Tracy Parsons - Holder. her email is howdycuzin*aol.com She knows so much and she has dealt with a lot of cemeterys. Ithe last I remember on this subject when I was in Maine, is the landowners can do nothing to harm a cemetery, they have to keep it up. however descendants can get permission from them to go see their sleeping families. the descendants don't OWN the land per say, but they have legal rights to their descendants resting place. > Especially if the person that owns the land destroys a cemetery. I think they are very much liable for that..... > happing hunting > Reba > ----- Original Message ----- > From: MaryClyde > To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] Re: Cemeterys > > > Hi David, > If you can find that law please let us know. I have three generations of > ancestors buried in the Hodges Family cemetery, just outside Hodges, SC, > and the tombstones are being destroyed by people who attend a go-cart > track... that was built right beside the cemetery. I've written to > everybody who has any authority, from the governor of SC down to the > Sheriff of Greenwood County, about this and can get nothing done. I > offered to buy the cemetery, put up a fence, etc. and the owner of the > property refused. One of the tombstones has been broken into twelve pieces > and thrown about!!! If there's a law that says that this little piece of > property belongs to the descendants... why can't we go in there and put up > a fence and repair the damage that has been done? I sincerely hope that > you are right, but I've never seen anything like that. Please let me know > what you find... > Mary Clyde > > At 05:28 PM 10/21/03 -0700, you wrote: > >Judy, Dolores, and all, > >I understand that in SC the descendants own the cemetery not the > >landowner. They have to allow the descendants access to their property > >(cemetery) too. > >David > > > > > >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:48:57 -0400 > >From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > >To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > >I live in Myrtle Beach, and my aunt and uncle came in today for a few days. > >I will ask her who owns the property. I am pretty sure she will know; she > >is the one who helped me find the place. I'll let you know! > >God bless, > >Dolores > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Judy Ballard" > >To: > >Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:47 AM > >Subject: Re: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > Delores, > > > > > > Do you know who owns this property? I am trying to get my friend to visit > > > Pickens and would like to visit this cemetery if I can. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Judy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dolores Miller Pringle" > > > To: > > > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:45 PM > > > Subject: [SCPICKENS] JONES Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC > > > > > > > > > > Wanted to send this - in the event anyone is interested in this family. > > > > Several days or a wk. ago, I posted the children of Joel R. JONES and > >his > > > > wf., Jane MCELREATH. This couple raised and left a large family in > > > northern > > > > Pickens Co., SC. Here are the directions to this cemetery (Joel and > >Jane > > > > are buried here as well as quite a few of their children); my aunt and I > > > > went to it on Saturday: > > > > > > > > Leave Easley, SC, on Hwy. 135 and head north. Go past the Hwy. 186 turn > > > > that goes to Dacusville. Soon after you pass the new Mt. Tabor Church > >on > > > > the right, you will come to Dalton Rd. Turn right on Dalton Road, and > > > then > > > > take a left on Hamilton Road. About 1/4 mi.+-, there is an old road bed > > > on > > > > the left which is blocked off by a white pipe and cable. The road is > >also > > > > posted "No Trespassing." {We knew that the JONES still owned the land > >so > > > we > > > > went on as my aunt was a JONES.} When you walk abt 1/8-1/4 mi. down the > > > > road bed, you will walk into a beautiful old clearing fenced in by a > > > > relatively new chain link fence, and the cemetery is there. From > >pictures > > > > that are abt 125 yrs. old, the cemetery still looks pretty much the > >same - > > > a > > > > little more moss, a couple of large trees inside the fence, and of > >course, > > > > the stones look older, but it's a lovely serene spot which is a > >compliment > > > > to the family members that have taken care of the cemetery. > > > > > > > > It is my understanding that there is another JONES cemetery somewhere in > > > > Pickens Co., but this is the one that is in Vol. 1 of the Pickens Co. > > > > Cemetery books on p. 68. All the graves are still marked as well as > >quite > > > a > > > > few that are not marked, but maybe have stones only. > > > > > > > > I hope this will help someone who needs the info. Oh, yes, there are > > > > several trees down on the road bed which you would need to climb over to > > > get > > > > there, but I hope that's all the better to keep the vandals out! > > > > God bless, > > > > Dolores > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > >The New Yahoo! 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