Javan Michael DeLoach wrote: > Yesterday, I visited the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, DC, > This cemetery is very old, and has over 1900 deceased buried there, I sure hope they were all deceased. ;o) (kidding) > > I asked at the office about what had to be done to repair the tombstone. I > was advised that their policy was that family descendents were responsible > for the maintenance of the stones. > > Samuel P. Carter had two sons by his first wife, Carolyn C. Potts. The > first son, Alfred P. Carter, died when he was 7 years old. The second son, > Samuel P. Carter, Jr. never married, so there were no descendents. > > Does anyone know if there is an organization or society in Carter County > that could take on the project of repairing Samuel P. Carter's tombstone? I am not a descendant and heaven only knows where all those descendants are by now. But, if there were a fund set up to repair the stone I would be happy to contribute. Most historical societies I know of are barely getting by on what little money they get from us researchers. Any clues on how much it would be to get it fixed? This guy, Mark Davis, might be able to tell us something about costs: http://www.geocities.com/md9105/StoneSaverCemeteryRestoration.html Kathy in MN