I am interested in the cemeteries of this church. I remember going to this church with my mother and grandmother around 1936-38. Have looked in the main cemetery behind the church for any Perdue/Perdew/Perduw/Perdieu graves but didn't see any. Bill Bryant ----- Original Message ----- From: <LLenz52063@aol.com> To: <VACAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:34 PM Subject: [VACAMPBELL] Old Concord Presbyterian Church & Cemetery > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBC.2ACI/1066 > > Message Board Post: > > The Appomattox Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is > working with the Old Concord Presbyterian Church of Spout Springs to > research the names and individual grave locations of persons buried in the > churches 4 cemeteries. The cemetery locations are: > > > #1 This cemetery was originally in Bedford County, then Campbell in 1784, > then Appomattox in 1845. It is in the woods approximately 30 feet off > Route 718 between intersection with Route 609 and 460. It is beyond the > present day Concord Cemetery. > > #2 This cemetery is located across the railroad tracks from Route 460 to > Route 648 on land now owned by Mickie Thompson. This is the road to > Paradise Lake. > > #3 This cemetery is located from Route 460 about .5 mile on Route 648 at > Spout Springs on the left side of the road across from the present brick > church. > > #4 This cemetery is located behind the present church. > > > The original church dates to about 1735 and their records were, at best, > poorly kept, some lost, and some may have been destroyed. > > The church members wish to fill in the gaps and write the history of the > church and its cemeteries. This massive task cannot be done without the > help of the citizens of the area who had family that were born into the > church, married at the church, and buried in the churches cemeteries. We > are asking anyone who has information concerning the Old Concord > Presbyterian Church to please contact us with any information that will > help reconstruct this wonderful old church history. Without the help of > genealogist, family historians, family Bibles, and family histories this > will be almost impossible. > > Please help us by contacting one of the following people: > > Ronnie Carter at RBackN67@AOL.com > or at (434) 352-8273 or (434) 352-4824 > > Carolyn Austin at cmeaustin@comcast.net > > Laurie G. Lenz at LLenz52063@AOL.com > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >