In a message about the Moses Phillips grave it mentioned three "tented graves". I assume this refers to a tent shape concrete type cover over the grave. I have noticed several graves with this type of covering in the Overton County area including my great-great grandparents Andrew Jackson Walker and his wife Clementine Verbel Walker. Does anyone know the significance of the "tented" covering? Leota ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:58 AM Subject: [TNOVERTO] Moses Phillips grave > > I was recently in Overton County and decided to go to Moses Phillips grave. > My grandfather took me there years ago. > > The graveyard is about a quarter of a mile north of Harris Chapel on the > Livingston - Monterey road. There are about 20 graves there. Some have > inscriptions. Others do not. > > The graveyard sits on top a hill in the middle of a large field. There is a > tree at the top of the hill right by the graves. > > The three tented graves at the uppermost point of the graveyard (in the > northeast corner) are Moses Phillips and his two wives. I no longer recall > which was his. They are marked with field stones and stone tents, but no > inscriptions. > > Moses Phillips came into southeastern Overton County in the 1820's. It > would be a shame to loose track of his burial site. > > Ron Phillips > > > > > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > ADDRESS OVERTON LIST MESSAGES > TOT: [email protected] > > ============================== > 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 >