You by chance know if there is a list of the "Civil War veterans" that are buried in this cemetery? Thanks, Karen -----Original Message----- From: tabearc@msn.com <tabearc@msn.com> To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 18, 2002 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] White Family Cemetary >Susan: > >I totally agree with Pat. The state of the cemetaries in both Grayson and Fannin is a disgrace. >My Great Grandparents are buried in Greenwood Cemetery just south of Savoy and the brush >and overgrowth is so intense that I lost my glasses in it in June. My GGrandfather is a Civil >War veteran (having fought for the Texas 9th Infantry from the beginning until the end of the >war when he was released as a prisoner of war at Meridian Mississippi). There are numerous >other veterans from the Civil War buried there and there is a Special Civil War Marker inside >the Cemetery. > >The land was donated to Savoy by Col Langner (Jenkins descendent) who is retired military >and too old to take care of it. Cindy Page (BellsTx web page) recommended we ask the >Bonham prison warden to bring the prisoners out and have them do the clean up on these. >I fully support this action and am ready to do whatever is necessary to get this thing >organized. > >I will gladly approach the warden with this project with support and organization. We need >to know which cemeteries are in need and the extent of clearing out, their exact locations, >size, the estimated time, etc. This could become a big project that could reap the Warden >and his prisoners some accolades among the community with some good press coverage, >but achieve the desired results we are seeking. > >If interested, I'll be glad to do whatever I can. I've handled many projects in the past and >dealt with the press on numerous occasions, so this is a very familiar area for me. Have >anyone interested contact me and we'll get this project going. > >Jan Good >tabearc@msn.com > > >----- Original Message ----- >Wrom: YCGPKYL >Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:04 AM >To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] White Family Cemetary > >although you may have to explain it to the landowner, no one can stop >someone from visiting a cemetery in Texas. It doesn't' matter who owns >the land around it. Anyone can make 'reasonable' access to the cemetery >for visiting. If anyone needs the laws and the statutes to keep I can >send them . >It is frustrating how many landowners don't understand this but they >need to be informed. NO land owner can change the fact the cemetery has >precedence over their usage of the land. >susan > >PHa2221@aol.com wrote: >> >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Surnames: Paternal lines Moore, Burrell, White, Daugherty, Davis, Clack >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/1452 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Is there a way for decendants to be able to get to this cemetery. My Dad wanted to go to it one last time. But was unable to do so. I couldn't get his wheel chair through the dirt and barbed wire. >> >> That was a very sad moment for both of us. He has since passed away. I would like to be able to get there before all the markers are gone or destroyed but need someone to direct us decendants to the owner of the property and how we go about getting permission to cross into land that has been fenced to get to a cemetary that needs help before it is completely destroyed. >> >> Would appreciate all the help we can get. Oh by the way, the only sign I saw was "Goats for sale". >> >> Please someone help us. >> >> Pat >> >> ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== >> Genealogists are time unravelers. > > >==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== >Genealogists are time unravelers. > > >==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== >So many dead men! So little time! >