Bill Grubbs: I was just cleaning out my e-mail and I noticed that on 06 July 1999 you wrote to Ray Jackson of the Shelby County, Texas GenWeb page: THE FOLLOWING: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Are you aware of any cemeteries that were flooded as a result of the creation of Toledo Bend Reservoir? My wife is doing research on the Jonathon Anderson line and it is believed some of their graves of now inaccessible. Do you have documentation of family burial plots that are not cemeteries as such? Bill Grubbs Billgrubbs@hotmailNOSPAM.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I WROTE THE FOLLOWING TO YOUR e-mail as above, but it returned to me. I am posting it in the event that you notice this. Here is what I wrote to you: I can say that the cemetaries going on line have among them cemetaries that are truly family plots. In fact, many of them started that way. In general, in Texas, law allows an existing cemetary to be added to, but often, the 'stray' names are related or connected by some quirk of life if the cemetary is old. In Texas, we are allowed by law to go onto private property to a cemetary (in general) but sometimes we do not know that they are there. I sense that you are referring to "family only" and there are those listed on the Shelby cemetary page too (family only buried); I presume that you have looked there. If so, you will see a few cemetaries where a small number are buried there and most are of the same name. These are the true family plots. Most were discovered, largely due to the efforts in the 1960's of MR. J.B. SANDERS of Center, Texas (now deceased) and now posted by the GenWeb crew. If Jonathan Anderson is not listed there, you probably will NOT find an undiscovered plot for him. You can notice the 'family plot' cemetaries in the last few days wherein RAY JACKSON has posted with his work, more obscure cemetaries with a few unmarked graves, and I think, one that he (Ray) could not locate precisely. It is fortunate that he posted them, for Mr. Sanders' original publication OUR DEAD, is in limited supply. I don't know where you live, so I don't mean to tell you something that you know better than me, but Toledo Bend probably covered thousands of acres on the Texas side and with it, some cemetaries or isolated graves lost to time, Caddo Indian, Anglo and Black. I know that the home site where my grandmother was born is supposedly under water and before the lake filled, there was some conversation that Carroll Cemetary might go under water. This is a BIG lake. If a person could stand to live that close to the Sabine River before the lake was built, then some small cemetaries probably went under. This is the kind of long shot thing that you might find in Mr. Sanders' materials which were donated to the San Augustine, Texas Library. He had a lakehouse on Toledo Bend and was aware of who lived and died on the Sabine River in the 19th century, although, I doubt if he made a list as such. You know, Jonathan Anderson is one of the earliest settlers of Shelby County patenting two ? abstracts of land. You can get a copy of the original paperwork pertaining to this from the General Land Office of Texas in Austin, either by mail or in person. They are very helpful there. NEXT: is a second e-mail that I sent to you that failed: I wrote: I've told you everything that I know on Jonathan Anderson (and I realize that there might be more than one in the same family) BUT, you might write to Mr. Harold Solomon of Deer Park, Texas. hsolomon@pdq.net He has been kind enough to write me and I noticed that he had "a" Jonathan H. Anderson in his records. I am not an Anderson researcher, but just like to help other researchers. Good luck, Tony Lanagan, Dallas, Texas Regards, Tony Lanagan unfortunately, if your grave that you wish to find is of Jonathan Anderson it is very likely 'unfindable'