HI- MACKLINE, EVANS, THOMPSON, KEAHEY, NELSON- THIS IS NOT THE BEECH- RUMPH PRIVATE GRAVEYARD WITH SEVERAL GRAVES AND A ROCK FENCE 100 YARDS OR MORE NORTH TOWARDS THE JOHN BEN RUMPH CHILDHOOD HOME. Entrance is at the first cattleguard on left north of U.s. 67. standing in the front of the pony Creek church, the cemetery is to your left about 40 degrees in large cedars at the top of the hill. The new cemetery is BEHIND the church. I found the old abandoned Box Methodist- Pony Creek Baptist cemetery yesterday after Cousin Maypearl Pendleton or Pemberton Carey's funeral , age 92, at Stephenville. Her husband was Perry Carey, son of George Carey of Arkansas and Selden, Texas. The above are the only readable names. Someone with better eyes good at crayon rubs might read one more. It has an overlapping heart around the names with a round top on the hearts, like a plumbob. There are 8 or 10 more nearby with foothigh native limestone walls and caps, and possibly 4 that are not marked or rocked. Headstones of 1880's appear to be white sandrock- unpolished but professionally cut and inscribed. Several graves have iron fences with no gates. The cemetery is not otherwise fenced. Cattle like the shade, so watch your step. They do clear out the tall grass and weeds. There appears tp be an unmarked grave , caved in, at the headstone & outside the fence of the Keahey grave. Could easily be a Rattlesnake den now. Carl Duke and I killed a large short one in a nearby grave 50 years ago. He was 4 feet into the grave. This cemetery is less than a mile north of U.S. 67 on Pony Creek- Duffau county road on the next hill west of Three Way school and Three Way Store, formerly run by Texas Rep. H.G. Perry, a Hurley grandson. When I attended church there I was told they abandoned the old cemetery because they feared it might be contaminating the hand dug well water. It is on the wrong side of the hill for that. Just to the west it drains into the Prairie or Hurley branch of the Duffau Creek which runs south . A few feet over the hill the water drains into the Pony Creek which flows north. Lone Mountain and the Paluxy valley are in the background. It is an unusual view. First grave :Infant son of L.E. AND A.E. MACKLINE, Oct. 10, 1860. Second Grave: REBECCA M. wife of S.T. EVANS 5/18/1824 d. 12/31/1897 Third Grave : S.T.EVANS 4/23/ 1818-8/30/1880 (3 ARE IN IRON FENCE- NO HEADSTONE ON THIRD) 4 th Grave JENNIE MAY, DAUGHTER OF T.J. AND M.J.THOMPSON 10/25/1845 (POSSIBLY A 75 BUT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A WORN 4) TO 5/28/1881 Next: WINIFRED, WIFE OF JOHN R. KEAHEY, B. 1841 REST IS UNREADABLE- NEEDS A RUBBING AND A 4' PIECE OF HEAVY PLYWOOD TO COVER THE POSSIBLE SNAKE OR SKUNK OR FOX DEN IN FRONT OF IT. rEADS THROUGH AN IRON FENCE & HELD DOWN BY A LARGE CEDAR. Next : H.P. NELSON, SON OF N.L. AND H.E. NELSON, B. 3/22/1827 d. 5/1/1861 At first glance ridges indicate there might be 10 to 20 more unmarked unfenced & unrocked graves, but i think a metal prod would show they are scars left by a bulldozer clearing cedars. John Rumph gave instructions that the cedars around the graves would not be touched. Carry some pruning shears, to get to the headstones without scratches, a hoe for snakes and whatever, a 4' piece of plywood to cover the hole in front of the Keahey headstone, and a stepladder to scale the iron fences . One of the Evans headstones was knocked into the fence and broken in two pieces. They are all 2 to 3 inches thick. One is 4 feet high, . I turned both halves of the Evans stone up to make it readable. I lost my Keahey request. If you still have it please forward this to him- maybe they will see it. My cousin Wayne Evans of Dallas needs help with his Evans ancestors past 3 genertions. Thanks and take care, Charles Wyly ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]