Betty, I'll be glad to contact the developer and I'm sure others will also. Please tell us how to reach him. You forgot to give his name or any contact information. Also, please explain what the dowsing rods are and how they're used. Anna Bertram abertram@heartoftn.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Jane Hylton" <bjhylton@ureach.com> To: <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] CEMETERY ALERT > This afternoon, Jackie and Dawn Peters, Chester Willis and I met > Mrs. Sue Overbay, granddaugther of Dr. Joe Clark. Dr. Clark > built the big yellow house at 2362 Boones Creek Rd., JC (now the > Grapevine Cottage) and owned the farm land surrounding the > house. Mrs. Overbay remembers where the barn set and that there > was a cemetery beside the barn. She pointed out the spot and we > located 11 graves with dowsing rods. We have a call in to the > developer, Mr. Roy Jones (423-794-6415) to inform him of the > cemetery. Mrs. Overbay stated that the graves were marked with > field stones and at one time there was a fence around them. > > This is part of the land grant to Joseph Crouch (1749-1830) for > his Revolutionary War service. He was also sheriff of Washington > County. This cemetery could contain graves of Crouch family > members. Descendants should voice their concern to the > developer. The bull dozers are at work on the hill now for a new > housing development. > > > Betty Jane Hylton > Co-cordinator, Washington Co. TN TNGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin > Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwag > Cemetery Survey Team of NE TN > http://cemeterysurveyteamofnortheasttennessee.com > ==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send request to TNWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com > or TNWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com with only the word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. >