Dear Family Researcher - I am trying to make a long story short and ask for your help in postponing the rezoning on a family cemetery in Fairfax County VA. If this rezoning precedes it will be a major step in allowing a builder/developer to absorb this cemetery (about ¾ acre) into a new housing development (11.04 acres) while there are unresolved legal issues. The cemetery in question was established or 'set aside' in a will of Archibald Hall in 1836 and does include graves. The families associated with this cemetery include - HALL, SUTHERLAND, DEAVERS, BEACH, LUDLOW, TAYLOR, and more There is a current lawsuit filed in Fairfax County claiming that the ruling regarding the legal ownership issue of this cemetery needs to be revisited and that fraud was involved in a previous "quiet title suit". However, pleas to the members Fairfax Board of Supervisors are being rebuffed - (I am just a single vote and am hoping more 'voices' will be heard). We're not asking the Board of Supervisors to make a legal ruling on this matter - only asking them to postpone or delay the vote on rezoning the cemetery property until the legal ownership question is resolved in the court system. If you would please support us and send an email to Gerald W. "Gerry" Hyland Supervisor, Mount Vernon District, Fairfax County, VA at Gerald.Hyland@fairfaxcounty.gov Or go to this link and fill in the form https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/gov/bos/cforms/mvd_feedback.asp Feel free to cut and paste the following email if you wish - Good Day Mr. Hyland; This letter is in reference to Public Hearing on RZ 2005-MV-001 (Brookfield Ridge Road, LLC) RZ Appl. to rezone from R-1 to PDH-2 to permit residential development at a density of 1.82 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). Located S. of Ridge Creek Way, S.E. of its intersection with Shepherd Ridge Ct. on approx. 11.04 ac. of land. Comp. Plan Rec: 2-3 du/ac. Mt. Vernon District. Tax Map 89-4 ((1)) 56, 57A and 69. I feel the Public Hearing on RZ 2005-MV-001 currently scheduled to be heard on Monday, June 26th, 2006 at 5 p.m. SHOULD BE POSTPONED, allowing the current court action to proceed until the ownership of the cemetery, included in this rezoning application, is legally resolved. Thank you, (Make sure you type your name, address, city & state - before sending) Please send me an email lannytaylor@att.net or a copy of the email you send to Mr. Hyland so I can keep track. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Diana Taylor

We sent a letter supporting your request. Dr and Mrs Dennis Perry -----Original Message----- From: Lanny Taylor [mailto:lannytaylor@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:12 PM To: VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAFairfax] Please Help Dear Family Researcher - I am trying to make a long story short and ask for your help in postponing the rezoning on a family cemetery in Fairfax County VA. If this rezoning precedes it will be a major step in allowing a builder/developer to absorb this cemetery (about ¾ acre) into a new housing development (11.04 acres) while there are unresolved legal issues. The cemetery in question was established or 'set aside' in a will of Archibald Hall in 1836 and does include graves. The families associated with this cemetery include - HALL, SUTHERLAND, DEAVERS, BEACH, LUDLOW, TAYLOR, and more There is a current lawsuit filed in Fairfax County claiming that the ruling regarding the legal ownership issue of this cemetery needs to be revisited and that fraud was involved in a previous "quiet title suit". However, pleas to the members Fairfax Board of Supervisors are being rebuffed - (I am just a single vote and am hoping more 'voices' will be heard). We're not asking the Board of Supervisors to make a legal ruling on this matter - only asking them to postpone or delay the vote on rezoning the cemetery property until the legal ownership question is resolved in the court system. If you would please support us and send an email to Gerald W. "Gerry" Hyland Supervisor, Mount Vernon District, Fairfax County, VA at Gerald.Hyland@fairfaxcounty.gov Or go to this link and fill in the form https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/gov/bos/cforms/mvd_feedback.asp Feel free to cut and paste the following email if you wish - Good Day Mr. Hyland; This letter is in reference to Public Hearing on RZ 2005-MV-001 (Brookfield Ridge Road, LLC) RZ Appl. to rezone from R-1 to PDH-2 to permit residential development at a density of 1.82 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). Located S. of Ridge Creek Way, S.E. of its intersection with Shepherd Ridge Ct. on approx. 11.04 ac. of land. Comp. Plan Rec: 2-3 du/ac. Mt. Vernon District. Tax Map 89-4 ((1)) 56, 57A and 69. I feel the Public Hearing on RZ 2005-MV-001 currently scheduled to be heard on Monday, June 26th, 2006 at 5 p.m. SHOULD BE POSTPONED, allowing the current court action to proceed until the ownership of the cemetery, included in this rezoning application, is legally resolved. Thank you, (Make sure you type your name, address, city & state - before sending) Please send me an email lannytaylor@att.net or a copy of the email you send to Mr. Hyland so I can keep track. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Diana Taylor ==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafairfa/ ============================== 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