How are you? My mother is ill and in a nursing home. I don't have as much time as I usually have. I am sending you a letter I received check it and let me know what you think.~~AM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Best" <tombest@edge.net> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Location of Cemetery > AM, > > First of all, there are 2 Pisgah cemeteries listed in the Bedford Co. > Cemetery book - one is between Flat Creek and Raus (south of Shelbyville), > the other one is west of Shelbyville, out Hwy. 64, a little northeast of the > Wheel community. The Coleman cemetery is closer to this second one. The > Coleman cemetery is on Comstock Rd., off of Hwy. 64. I looked in the > cemetery book printed in 1975; there are no Colemans listed in the Coleman > cemetery (a bone of contention with some who wish to change the name of the > cemetery even though JMH Coleman gave the land for the cemetery!!!!) > however, several members of JMH Coleman's family are there (married > daughters/grandchildren, etc.). The cemetery is in good condition now, but > it suffered neglect for many years; many gravesites are no longer marked, > with several sites in one corner, reportedly the slave section. > > This isn't the answer you wanted. Sorry. > > Reeda Best > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: AM <Amom45@WWW.ATT.NET> > To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:11 AM > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Location of Cemetery > > > > Where would information about a Coleman Cemetery in Bedford CO area be at? > > I am looking for the grave of Sarah Ann Byrd Coleman b. 1826 d. 6/16/1850. > > Her home was in the 23rd district Flat Creek area. After her death a > > daughter [ Eliza? Catherine] died before 1860 b. abt. 1846, a son [Joshua > > Riggs] died before 1870 from thyroid fever b. abt. 1844, her oldest child > > was Henry John or John Henry b. 1841 enlisted in the Civil War no one > knows > > what became of him. Her husband Joshua C. [Jack] married Jane Floyd 1850 > > widow of John Bearden d. 1850. [dates are correct] Jack [J.C.] and Jane > are > > buried at the Pisgah Cemetery. I have no information about where Sally and > > her two children were buried. For some reason I think I read a Byrd > married > > a Riggs in this area of TN [note 2nd son's name]. I need to say the name > > of Bird is on their marriage cert. Our family has always spelled her name > > Byrd. I hope some one can help!!! Just point me in the direction to look > up > > at the library. I am 20 minutes from the Fort Worth Library. Takes longer > to > > park than to drive there. My mother is a Coleman, she is 77, she is very > ill > > and I have no ideal if she can recover this time. I would love to have > this > > information before she dies. Her grandfather [William Samuel] was the 4th > > child of Sally Coleman b. 1848 d. 1883 TX. ~:~AM > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Sorrry I didn't mean to send that last e-mail to everyone on the list, guess I am more tired than I thought I was.~~AM ----- Original Message ----- From: "AM" <Amom45@WWW.ATT.NET> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Location of Cemetery > How are you? My mother is ill and in a nursing home. I don't have as much > time as I usually have. I am sending you a letter I received check it and > let me know what you think.~~AM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Best" <tombest@edge.net> > To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Location of Cemetery > > > > AM, > > > > First of all, there are 2 Pisgah cemeteries listed in the Bedford Co. > > Cemetery book - one is between Flat Creek and Raus (south of Shelbyville), > > the other one is west of Shelbyville, out Hwy. 64, a little northeast of > the > > Wheel community. The Coleman cemetery is closer to this second one. The > > Coleman cemetery is on Comstock Rd., off of Hwy. 64. I looked in the > > cemetery book printed in 1975; there are no Colemans listed in the Coleman > > cemetery (a bone of contention with some who wish to change the name of > the > > cemetery even though JMH Coleman gave the land for the cemetery!!!!) > > however, several members of JMH Coleman's family are there (married > > daughters/grandchildren, etc.). The cemetery is in good condition now, > but > > it suffered neglect for many years; many gravesites are no longer marked, > > with several sites in one corner, reportedly the slave section. > > > > This isn't the answer you wanted. Sorry. > > > > Reeda Best > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: AM <Amom45@WWW.ATT.NET> > > To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:11 AM > > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Location of Cemetery > > > > > > > Where would information about a Coleman Cemetery in Bedford CO area be > at? > > > I am looking for the grave of Sarah Ann Byrd Coleman b. 1826 d. > 6/16/1850. > > > Her home was in the 23rd district Flat Creek area. After her death a > > > daughter [ Eliza? Catherine] died before 1860 b. abt. 1846, a son > [Joshua > > > Riggs] died before 1870 from thyroid fever b. abt. 1844, her oldest > child > > > was Henry John or John Henry b. 1841 enlisted in the Civil War no one > > knows > > > what became of him. Her husband Joshua C. [Jack] married Jane Floyd > 1850 > > > widow of John Bearden d. 1850. [dates are correct] Jack [J.C.] and Jane > > are > > > buried at the Pisgah Cemetery. I have no information about where Sally > and > > > her two children were buried. For some reason I think I read a Byrd > > married > > > a Riggs in this area of TN [note 2nd son's name]. I need to say the > name > > > of Bird is on their marriage cert. Our family has always spelled her > name > > > Byrd. I hope some one can help!!! Just point me in the direction to look > > up > > > at the library. I am 20 minutes from the Fort Worth Library. Takes > longer > > to > > > park than to drive there. My mother is a Coleman, she is 77, she is very > > ill > > > and I have no ideal if she can recover this time. I would love to have > > this > > > information before she dies. Her grandfather [William Samuel] was the > 4th > > > child of Sally Coleman b. 1848 d. 1883 TX. ~:~AM > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >