Yesterday, I visited the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, DC, to find the burial plot for Admiral/General Samuel Powhatan Carter. This cemetery is very old, and has over 1900 deceased buried there, many of them famous politicians, war heroes, and members of the Georgetown high society. The cemetery office has a very efficient index system, and I was directed to Lot #822. I did a survey of the lot, which has been posted in the Carter County USGenWeb Archives: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/carter/cemeteries/carter02.txt The office manager informed me that about four years ago, one of the old trees had been blown down directly onto Adm. Carter's grave stone. I found the stone broken into three pieces, the angel that was perched on top, the base that the angel sat upon, and the main stone. The main stone itself was two large pieces, a base and a roughly 2'x2'x3' stone which held the inscriptions. This stone had been twisted about 20 degrees on the base when was hit by the tree, but had not fallen like the top two pieces. 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? Mike