I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Steven Stymiest. I am 46 years old, retired USAF and live in Rock Hill, South Carolina. I have been researching my family history since 1986. I am the coordinator for Saving Graves South Carolina, as well as Saving Graves York County, South Carolina. I am also the coordinator for South Carolina Ghost Towns at ALHN & AHGP and York County, South Carolina at ALHN & AHGP. ALHN is the American Local History Network and AHGP is the American History and Genealogy Project. I would like to invite you to visit and participate in all of these web sites. Help us preserve our history and heritage. What is Saving Graves? Saving Graves is dedicated to providing leadership, education and advocacy in preserving and restoring endangered and forgotten cemeteries. What is Saving Graves South Carolina? Saving Graves South Carolina is the state website for the collection of information on endangered and forgotten cemeteries, as well as a center for documenting, recording and providing a central location for cemetery transcriptions. It also is a central location for links to State Cemetery preservation law, State Government, State Law Enforcement, Endangered Cemeteries, State Cemetery Index, Cemetery Locating Services, and Statewide Preservation Groups. The information contained within these websites is provided as a public service and is submitted by its users. Saving Graves makes no guarantee that the information is current or accurate. Readers should make every attempt to verify the information before acting on it. State and county websites are volunteer operated. Volunteers are need for all counties. York and Spartanburg counties have been adopted. The South Carolina state site is located at: http://www.savinggraves-us.org/sc/ . For volunteer information, go to http://www.savinggraves.org/about/volunteer/county.htm . For any other questions on Saving Graves, please check out: http://www.savinggraves.org/about/mission.htm. To volunteer for a county, contact me at scarolina@savinggraves.org . York County at ALHN/AHGP is a county website for those of researching our family histories. You can visit this site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scyork2 . South Carolina Ghost Towns is a site dedicated to the towns which have been abandoned or just lost a great many of there population throughout the years. These towns may be nothing more than ruins or they may have some homes and businesses that are in disrepair or they may have some individuals still living there. Please check the site out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scghstwn/ . Thanks again for this opportunity. Hope to see you in your internet travels. Steven Stymiest Saving Graves South Carolina Coordinator Saving Graves York County Coordinator South Carolina Ghost Towns Coordinator York County, South Carolina Coordinator

Steve: Need help with saving the Springhill Cemetery which is Laurens or Union County South Carolina. I am a born northerner with southern roots. In my middle age, I have become interested in preserving the history of my people. The original church burned down, in the 50's or so, and I went out with my cousin a couple of years ago to find the old cemetery which was behind the old church because my greatgrandmother is buried there. We found the place, it is totally overgrown, and only Lord knows when the last burial was. As with many small towns in the rural south, the young people have moved away. The church seems to by dying because there is not young blood to carry it on. Be that as it may, I want to get the old cemetery preserved, and cleaned up. Any help with how to go about that would sincerely be appreciated. Before you ask, I am not from Plains Georgia, and no relation to the former President, although I do admire him. --- Webmaster 7 <webmaster7@comporium.net> wrote: > I would like to take this opportunity to introduce > myself. My name is Steven Stymiest. I am 46 years > old, retired USAF and live in Rock Hill, South > Carolina. I have been researching my family history > since 1986. I am the coordinator for Saving Graves > South Carolina, as well as Saving Graves York > County, South Carolina. I am also the coordinator > for South Carolina Ghost Towns at ALHN & AHGP and > York County, South Carolina at ALHN & AHGP. ALHN is > the American Local History Network and AHGP is the > American History and Genealogy Project. I would like > to invite you to visit and participate in all of > these web sites. Help us preserve our history and > heritage. > > What is Saving Graves? > > Saving Graves is dedicated to providing leadership, > education and advocacy in preserving and restoring > endangered and forgotten cemeteries. > > What is Saving Graves South Carolina? > > Saving Graves South Carolina is the state website > for the collection of information on endangered and > forgotten cemeteries, as well as a center for > documenting, recording and providing a central > location for cemetery transcriptions. It also is a > central location for links to State Cemetery > preservation law, State Government, State Law > Enforcement, Endangered Cemeteries, State Cemetery > Index, Cemetery Locating Services, and Statewide > Preservation Groups. > > The information contained within these websites is > provided as a public service and is submitted by its > users. Saving Graves makes no guarantee that the > information is current or accurate. Readers should > make every attempt to verify the information before > acting on it. > > State and county websites are volunteer operated. > Volunteers are need for all counties. York and > Spartanburg counties have been adopted. The South > Carolina state site is located at: > http://www.savinggraves-us.org/sc/ . For volunteer > information, go to > http://www.savinggraves.org/about/volunteer/county.htm > . For any other questions on Saving Graves, please > check out: > http://www.savinggraves.org/about/mission.htm. To > volunteer for a county, contact me at > scarolina@savinggraves.org . > > York County at ALHN/AHGP is a county website for > those of researching our family histories. You can > visit this site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scyork2 > . > > > > South Carolina Ghost Towns is a site dedicated to > the towns which have been abandoned or just lost a > great many of there population throughout the years. > These towns may be nothing more than ruins or they > may have some homes and businesses that are in > disrepair or they may have some individuals still > living there. Please check the site out at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scghstwn/ . > > > > Thanks again for this opportunity. Hope to see you > in your internet travels. > > Steven Stymiest > > Saving Graves South Carolina Coordinator > > Saving Graves York County Coordinator > > South Carolina Ghost Towns Coordinator > > York County, South Carolina Coordinator > > > ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== > The Union County SC GenWeb Archives is at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/sca_unio.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Steve, I am from Alabama, two years ago we traveled to Union County, SC to do some "digging" on my acestors. The people we encountered in Union and the surrounding area were unusually helpful. They were very friendly and willing to be of help. BUT, even with this help we were unable to locate the SMITH CEMETERY. Was told that it is near Kelton community. Out there a very nice couple told us that it was now on some man's property, and he was hard to deal with and had probably destroyed what remaining graves there were. I am very interested in locating and preserving this cemetery. The names I am aware of are: John SMITH, and Robert P. SMITH. These are my ancestors, my father is a SMITH. Can you help me? I know that this cemetery is listed in the book on SC Union County Cemeteries by E. W. Whaley. And from a map service on the computer I found the the Latitude is 345158N and Longitude to be 0813521, hope this can help you. May I hear from you? Faye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Webmaster 7" <webmaster7@comporium.net> To: <SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:29 PM Subject: [SCUNION] New Member Intro