Sheri ,I read this entire report. I have a question regarding this. Since they are trying to say it was a slave graveyard what is the explaination for the caskets with handles etc that make it clear it was not a slaves grave? Also has anyone considered this may be a Quaker Graveyard. One reason I think this is because from other Quaker burial sites and comments by Quaker dscendants, they did not mark their graves in any way. This seem to be what may have been the case at Pebble Creek. If they have found no markers or stones at all it is unusual. Could ths have been a Quaker area ? Also does anyone know who the actual original owner of the property was or at least at time of Civil War.? This is really sad. Pat

Pat, It took us four hours to determine who originally owned the property and the original deed of transfer is on the website link to show that the graveyards were excluded from transfer. The original owners were the Sydnor family (VERY wealthy family in Hanover County) There is a slave graveyard there, however, that is not where they are digging and they refuse to listen the local community who knows more about the history than these developers who did no "homework". They bypassed the Dept.of Historic Resources who could have told them this too. Pebble Creek was marked, but the markers were bulldozed. Yes, you're right...it truly is VERY sad. Sheri ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Attn all genealogists, historical/heritage groupmembers, etc. > Sheri ,I read this entire report. I have a question regarding this. > Since they are trying to say it was a slave graveyard what is the > explaination for the caskets with handles etc that make it clear it was > not a slaves grave? Also has anyone considered this may be a Quaker > Graveyard. One reason I think this is because from other Quaker burial > sites and comments by Quaker dscendants, they did not mark their graves > in any way. This seem to be what may have been the case at Pebble Creek. > If they have found no markers or stones at all it is unusual. Could ths > have been a Quaker area ? Also does anyone know who the actual original > owner of the property was or at least at time of Civil War.? This is > really sad. Pat > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >