I may have just located the graces of my grandfather and Uncle,who were buried on property where the family lived until 1900. I now own the property. but there is now a new development right next to it. What should I do to protect these graves, in the event the property is sold after my death. It is in Fluvanna county,va Lois Carey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodger Reedy" <rreedy3@woh.rr.com> To: "Pat Baber" <pbaber@gemlink.com>; <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] R. G. & Ella Thomasson > Don't you love progress. This happened to a family cemetery down the road > from me last year. Our Township Historical Society (Beavercreek, Ohio) and > the parks board worked out a deal with the developer to have all the stones > , fence and what ever was underground moved into another pioneer cemetery > that wasn't too far. The Historical Society and I searched around using the > web to find relatives for about a year while all the paper work was being > processed. I had been on the cemetery board. The developer insisted it had > to be moved because the remains were on the best lot overlooking the valley. > On the other hand ,when we lived in Fairfax , Virginia ,Lord and Lady > Fairfax were still buried in someone's back yard in our development off > Braddock Road and the developer had laid out the plans to not disturb the > remains. Better plan. I'll help you search for someone but it probably won't > help if the county gives them the go ahead. > > Marie > > Researching in Louisa county: > Shelton, Barnett, Glen/Glenn, Winston, Jones > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Baber" <pbaber@gemlink.com> > To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 7:55 PM > Subject: [VALOUISA] R. G. & Ella Thomasson > > > > Is anybody on the list researching the R. G. & Ella Thomasson family? > > I have no information on them, but I am concerned that developers are > > moving > > a cemetery that is on property once owned by them. R. G. Thomasson bought > > the land November 23, 1877. The cemetery is reserved in a deed dated 30 > > Sept. 1916, but the land has been sold to a developer for a subdivision > > and > > there is a legal ad in the Central Virginian that any interested parties > > need to respond before June 16th. > > Witnesses to the deed were Ivy L. Thomasson, Ruby V. Parrish, Ethel T. > > Hardenburgh, M. R. Hardenburgh, and Hallie G. Thomasson. > > I hope to find the cemetery before that date and, at least, document and > > photograph > > it before they "relocate" all the tombstones (if there are any). > > I had the same thing to happen to one of my family cemeteries in > > Williamsburg and their idea of "relocating it to a more suitable > > repository" > > was dumping everything, "substantial evidence of an ancient cemetery" in a > > hole at the edge of the property. It took me years for find out where > > they > > had relocated my cemetery to. I hate to see this happen to somebody else. > > If you need more information, please contact me. > > Pat Baber > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/787 - Release Date: 5/3/07 2:11 > > PM > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hey Lois, First, I would make sure the cemetery is noted on your plat and that it is reserved in the deed. I would ask at the courthouse how to go about doing that. Make sure you document the cemetery yourself, with gps, photographs and a map of the known graves within the cemetery, just in case. Make sure your family member know who is there. Give a copy of your documentation to the historical society or the VHS or LVA to make sure it is available for future generations. Beyond that, I don't know how you can prevent it being moved in the future. The Virginia laws concerning private cemeteries are at this link: http://www.iwchs.com/virginia_laws_regarding_cemeteries.html Pat Baber Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Philippians 2:4 Protected by www.Spam-Stop.com {5zfwwPqKAymBw34bZt} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Long Carey" <lcarey@bcpl.net> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] R. G. & Ella Thomasson > I may have just located the graces of my grandfather > and Uncle,who were buried on property where the > family lived until 1900. I now own the property. > but there is now a new development right next to it. > What should I do to protect these graves, in the event > the property is sold after my death. It is in Fluvanna > county,va > Lois Carey -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.5/791 - Release Date: 5/6/07 9:07 AM