I was in Waco this weekend and also saw the article. I grew up in that school district and they have been planning to buy this acreage for many years. The graves are on the Walker family property and very possible are part of the Walker and Standfield families. The graves will be relocated to the old Standfield Cemetery in Lacy-Lakeview. I feel very confident that every measure is being taken to properly relocate these graves. Sandra Carter Van Wyk Denton County TX ----- Original Message ----- From: charles a Wyly <wyly1@juno.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 1999 6:27 PM Subject: [ERATH] Unmarked McLennan County Cemetery moving for new Connally Schools. >Hello to researchers, > >I know this is Erath County pages- Erath County records were kept in >Waco- McLennan County tax office for a year or so. and many south of >Stephenville had marriage records in the Meridian, Bosque County >Courthouse, including my Great Grandad Robert Augustine Wyly of Selden >and some of his siblinbgs. John B. Erath, Stephenville surveyor, had a >home in Waco when he wasn't surveying or fighting Indians with Texas >Rangers. > >TODAY'S WACO TRIBUNE HERALD front page tells of an unmarked pioneer small >frontier cemetery which is being moved so the Conally Independent School >District, Don Hancock, Supt. can buy it for a new campus. (north of Waco >on old Chisolm Trail & I-35) South of West, Texas and east of Steinbeck >Bend of the Brazos and Bosque rivers. . Field stone headstones have no >names- apparently 12 graves, more or less. >A Killeen Archeology contractor is sending all remains to Austin to >determine race, sex, age and health of corpses that are found. WHO ARE >THEY? can the DNA be tested of partially decomposed bodies in wood >coffins and could someone with missing ancestors have theirs checked for >a match? There were no fences separating white from black burials in Hill >County 30 years ago, such as jasper had. Waco once had one by Fort >Fisher, but it was cleaned and removes a few years ago. Separate >cemeteries were either paupers buried by the county or executed or >lynched criminals of the same race as the other cemeteries. > >Thought you might want to know and post. My computer has been down and >this is the only address I could find. Can you post it on U.S. Gen. >line? > >Thanks >Charles A. Wyly >Selden, Texas and Hewitt, Texas > >___________________________________________________________________ >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] > >