Joan, Do you have a death date for Henry Singleton? What was your source of information for his burial In City #7? If he died between 1890 & 1976 you may find a digital image of his death certificate on http://pilot.familysearch.org. City #7 has been in serveral places . It was located in what is now downtown San Antonio. Along about 1911, city fathers saw land values increasing and decided to move the poor house farther away & sell the property. ( You can find that property location on Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps) Rather than move the burials next to it, they simply took down the markers. A reporter for a local paper got hold of the story and published names and stories of some of the people buried there. There was such a hue and cry that the city was forced to move the cemetery. They did so, to one corner of Pittman Sullivan Park. I don't believe the burials were re- marked, because over the years the city "forgot" the burials were there and in the 1940s St. Gerard Church bought this property to build a new high school. When foundation excavaton began about 1946, they found bones. These bones were "placed in a box" and removed to an unknown location, possibly Stinson Airfield where there was another pauper cemetery. Most of the burials remained on the now St. Gerard property. There were over 2500 of them. The first book of 1000 went missing before 1911. The 2nd book, or a portion thereof was recently found at San Jose (formerly City #8.) Those names are now being extracted by the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society (www.rootsweb.com/~txsaghs2) . The 1911 article was reprinted in the Society's journal Our Heritage a couple of years ago. Knowing his death date may help with his burial location. There are no markers. Hope this helps bj Froebel ----- Original Message ----- From: <txbexar-request@rootsweb.com> To: <txbexar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:01 AM Subject: TXBEXAR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 86 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. City Cemetery #7 (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:05:27 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [TXBEXAR] City Cemetery #7 > To: <txbexar-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1213761929.177869@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: jstate111 > Surnames: Singleton > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.bexar/2661/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I just found out that a relative - Henry Singleton - was buried in the > City Cemetery #7, also known as the pauper's cemetery. Does anyone know > where this cemetery is located and whether it is accessible? Additionally > is there anyone who would be willing to go out and look for him? I'm not > even sure that there would be a headstone. > > Thanks, > > Joan > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the TXBEXAR list administrator, send an email to > TXBEXAR-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the TXBEXAR mailing list, send an email to > TXBEXAR@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXBEXAR-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of TXBEXAR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 86 > ************************************** >