Hi Listers, After looking at the publications of the VA/NC PGS I'd like to know more details about becoming a member. Would someone please be kind enough to furnish this information? It really looks like a very interesting organization. Thank you, Shirley McCoy [email protected]

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/3AC.2ACE/1413 Message Board Post: Could someone please tell me where these people are buried? Thank You Larry carter 802 137 Midkiff Daniel F 03/Aug/1855 M TRUE Pittsylvania Flux 4Mo 20Days Geo W & Martha Midkiff Pittsylvania Geo W Midkiff Head of Family 243 17 27 Midkiff Martha J 09/Jul/1856 F TRUE Pittsylvania Cnty Disease Not Known 31Yrs Pittsylvania Cnty Geo W Midkiff Geo W Midkiff Head of Family

Hello, As webmaster of the site mentioned by Mary Leigh below, I can safely tell you that the entire URL should read www.rootsweb.com/~vancpgs/Index.htm. Check it out and I hope you enjoy what you find! 8-) Best wishes, Richard B. Anderson, Jr. -----Original Message----- From: Mary Leigh Boisseau [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VAPITTSY-L] Endangered Cemeteries The way these cemetery inscriptions get in the VA/NC PGS publications and files is for those who visit the cemeteries to write down the inscriptions and location of the cemetery and send it to the society. We have published five volumes of those we do have and are collecting for the next volume. We would greatly appreciate anyone sharing their cemetery data with us to help preserve this important information for future searchers. Having them in the society files at the library ensures their continued value. Visit the society's web page : www.rootsweb.com/~vancpgs/ Mary Leigh Boisseau Karen Wood wrote: > I have another couple. Colbert on Deer View Rd, though I recently had > a relative clean it as well as Scruggs near there. The other is a > large cemetery with a number of markers in it. Beleive it or not, no > one has taken down the info (that I've seen yet) and it's right behind > Amos' grocery in Gretna, though you have to go either through > someone's yard to get there, or behind the vets. The vet's shop was > (long ago) a livery stable run by one of the Moon's. There is a large > granite marker there for Daniel P. Moon, though he's not buried there. > His second wife was. But, I guess the second set of kids didn't want > to go out to the farm where he is buried along with a neice and a son, > with granite markers for all three, but in the middle of the > cornfield. > > There is also a large cemetery on what is/was Joe Farmer's farm on > Dews Rd, but over run with cows at the moment. There are Moon's, > Allen's Worshams and a number of others there. None of these appear in > any of the current VA/NC books. > > I'm not sure anyone's surveyed the Ward cemetery off Rose St. near > Brights. There are many Wards' as well as Leftwich's, and my ancestor, > Robert Adams (he has a Rev. War marker there) and his brother, John > Lynch Adams (also had a Rev. War marker, but I found his original > stone in the grass and up righted it). > > There are hundreds of them. I have a number of them, but I know they > are not in books. I'm not sure the Dove Cemetery on Jack Shelton's > farm is in any book, as of yet. We're trying to have a memorial marker > for William Dove, Rev. War soldier, sailor and marine installed there, > as well as one for his son. There are many markers and many more > "rocks" in a row. > > Thanks Mike for bringing up the subject. The saddest one I know of is > a Yeatts Cemetery out on what was J Crawford Yeatts farm. It's totally > in the woods now, though one section still in use is taken care of. > However my GGGrandmother Sallie Keesee Colbert's pretty marble stone > was about to be broken by a leaning cherry tree in 2000. I"m sure by > now it's long gone. There were, perhaps, 50 stones in the woods, not > maintained at all. Living far away, there is no way I can do them, but > I surely wish some of my local cousins could get the weed whackers out > now and then. > > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:38 PM > Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] Endangered Cemeteries > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Classification: Cemetery > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1409 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > A partial list of family burial grounds in Pittsylvania Co. that are > endangered/run down that I have visited within the past year. This > list does not include dozens of cemeteries that are located off main > highways down farm roads that have been blocked off by the current > land owners, most of whom don’t reside there. > > > > Most have no fences and are being covered by weeds and fallen trees > > from > storms, etc. Some are in remote areas where no one lives anymore. > Luckily, the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogy Society has inscriptions for > most of these, gathered over the past 40 years before they became > inaccessable. > > > > Endangered are: Aaron, Faulker; Allen, James G.; Barbour, Berry; > > Barber, > Wm; Barber-Rorer; Barker, Clark H.; Bennett, Booker; Berger, Seth; > Blair, Wm A.Y.; Bradley, Thomas; Bryan, George; Burnett, Henry T.; > Clopton, Robert; Cocke, Guy; Cocke, W.H.H.; Collins, David; Conway, > Christopher; Crawley, Wm; Cumby, Wylie; Dallas, J.T.; Dalton, Wm; > Davis, James W.; Dickenson, Rev. Griffeth; Dickenson, Wm A.; Dodson, > Green; Glass, Willis; Goggin Cem; Hays, Ambrose; Henderson, W.T. > > > > Hodges, Adolphus; Hudson, Howard; Jones, Elisha; Lea-Gunter; > > McDowell, Wm > V.; McLaughlin, Charles; Moorman, Achilles; Owen, Bruce; Parsons, > Martha; Poindexter, Thomas; Reynolds, Charles; Rowles, Wm; Scholfield, > Jacob; Shelhorse Cem.; Simpson, Wm R.; Smith, Edmund; Terry-Ford Cem.; > Trent, James; Vaden, Granville; Wall, Emard; Womack-Power Cem.; > Yeatts, Oba. > > > > It is particularly sad that the burial site on Hickeys Road of the > > beloved > preacher Griffeth Dickenson (1757-1843) is in such bad shape. The > graves have no fence around them and in the summer the stones are > covered by tall weeds. The stones are barely readable. > > > > > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > > New folks are joining the list everyday. Have you posted your > > surnames > and/or queries recently? > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > Too much email? Don't unsub! Switch to Digest Version & get your > Pittsylvania County posts combined into one neat email per day. ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== To subscribe to other county mailing lists visit http://www.rootsweb.com

The way these cemetery inscriptions get in the VA/NC PGS publications and files is for those who visit the cemeteries to write down the inscriptions and location of the cemetery and send it to the society. We have published five volumes of those we do have and are collecting for the next volume. We would greatly appreciate anyone sharing their cemetery data with us to help preserve this important information for future searchers. Having them in the society files at the library ensures their continued value. Visit the society's web page : www.rootsweb.com/~vancpgs/ Mary Leigh Boisseau Karen Wood wrote: > I have another couple. Colbert on Deer View Rd, though I recently had a > relative clean it as well as Scruggs near there. The other is a large > cemetery with a number of markers in it. Beleive it or not, no one has taken > down the info (that I've seen yet) and it's right behind Amos' grocery in > Gretna, though you have to go either through someone's yard to get there, or > behind the vets. The vet's shop was (long ago) a livery stable run by one of > the Moon's. There is a large granite marker there for Daniel P. Moon, though > he's not buried there. His second wife was. But, I guess the second set of > kids didn't want to go out to the farm where he is buried along with a neice > and a son, with granite markers for all three, but in the middle of the > cornfield. > > There is also a large cemetery on what is/was Joe Farmer's farm on Dews Rd, > but over run with cows at the moment. There are Moon's, Allen's Worshams and > a number of others there. None of these appear in any of the current VA/NC > books. > > I'm not sure anyone's surveyed the Ward cemetery off Rose St. near Brights. > There are many Wards' as well as Leftwich's, and my ancestor, Robert Adams > (he has a Rev. War marker there) and his brother, John Lynch Adams (also had > a Rev. War marker, but I found his original stone in the grass and up > righted it). > > There are hundreds of them. I have a number of them, but I know they are not > in books. I'm not sure the Dove Cemetery on Jack Shelton's farm is in any > book, as of yet. We're trying to have a memorial marker for William Dove, > Rev. War soldier, sailor and marine installed there, as well as one for his > son. There are many markers and many more "rocks" in a row. > > Thanks Mike for bringing up the subject. The saddest one I know of is a > Yeatts Cemetery out on what was J Crawford Yeatts farm. It's totally in the > woods now, though one section still in use is taken care of. However my > GGGrandmother Sallie Keesee Colbert's pretty marble stone was about to be > broken by a leaning cherry tree in 2000. I"m sure by now it's long gone. > There were, perhaps, 50 stones in the woods, not maintained at all. Living > far away, there is no way I can do them, but I surely wish some of my local > cousins could get the weed whackers out now and then. > > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:38 PM > Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] Endangered Cemeteries > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Classification: Cemetery > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1409 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > A partial list of family burial grounds in Pittsylvania Co. that are > endangered/run down that I have visited within the past year. This list does > not include dozens of cemeteries that are located off main highways down > farm roads that have been blocked off by the current land owners, most of > whom don’t reside there. > > > > Most have no fences and are being covered by weeds and fallen trees from > storms, etc. Some are in remote areas where no one lives anymore. Luckily, > the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogy Society has inscriptions for most of these, > gathered over the past 40 years before they became inaccessable. > > > > Endangered are: Aaron, Faulker; Allen, James G.; Barbour, Berry; Barber, > Wm; Barber-Rorer; Barker, Clark H.; Bennett, Booker; Berger, Seth; Blair, Wm > A.Y.; Bradley, Thomas; Bryan, George; Burnett, Henry T.; Clopton, Robert; > Cocke, Guy; Cocke, W.H.H.; Collins, David; Conway, Christopher; Crawley, Wm; > Cumby, Wylie; Dallas, J.T.; Dalton, Wm; Davis, James W.; Dickenson, Rev. > Griffeth; Dickenson, Wm A.; Dodson, Green; Glass, Willis; Goggin Cem; Hays, > Ambrose; Henderson, W.T. > > > > Hodges, Adolphus; Hudson, Howard; Jones, Elisha; Lea-Gunter; McDowell, Wm > V.; McLaughlin, Charles; Moorman, Achilles; Owen, Bruce; Parsons, Martha; > Poindexter, Thomas; Reynolds, Charles; Rowles, Wm; Scholfield, Jacob; > Shelhorse Cem.; Simpson, Wm R.; Smith, Edmund; Terry-Ford Cem.; Trent, > James; Vaden, Granville; Wall, Emard; Womack-Power Cem.; Yeatts, Oba. > > > > It is particularly sad that the burial site on Hickeys Road of the beloved > preacher Griffeth Dickenson (1757-1843) is in such bad shape. The graves > have no fence around them and in the summer the stones are covered by tall > weeds. The stones are barely readable. > > > > > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > > New folks are joining the list everyday. Have you posted your surnames > and/or queries recently? > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > Too much email? Don't unsub! Switch to Digest Version & get your Pittsylvania County posts combined into one neat email per day.

Ditto--- Cindy (Hubbard) Headen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [VAPITTSY-L] Deeds/Gifts (C-D) > Mike, THANK YOU , what a great good deed you are doing for all Pittsy county > researchers.....can't wait to you get to the latter part of the alphabet. > warm regards, Margie Brown

Mike, THANK YOU , what a great good deed you are doing for all Pittsy county researchers.....can't wait to you get to the latter part of the alphabet. warm regards, Margie Brown

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDowell and Henry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1409.2 Message Board Post: Could you please give the location of the cemetery that McDowell is buried?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Deed Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1412 Message Board Post: The purpose of the following is to prove relationships via court documents. The entries are in deed books for 1767-1850. Only gifts are listed. Posted FYI. Please don't contact me about details. Dallas, Robert to son Bird Dallas, a gift of land. Dec 1826. Dallas, Robert & Nancy to son Jabez Dallas, a gift of land. Dec 1826. Davis, Jordan R. Davis to his infant children Bethana John Davis, Henry Thomas Davis & George G. Davis, a slave. Apr 1821. Davis, Joseph to son William Davis, a gift of land. Jan 1822. Davis, Thomas to children Anna Chiles Davis & John Henry Davis, a gift of 4 slaves. Feb 1817. Davis, Thomas & Isabell his wife to son Jordan R. Davis, a gift of land. Nov 1819. Davis, Thomas & Sallie (Sr.) to William Davis, a gift of land. Aug 1829. Davis, William to William Humphrey Davis & John Humphrey Davis, a gift of livestock. No relationship stated. Jan 1808. Dickenson, Griffith & wife Susanna to Vincent Dickenson, a gift of land. Apr 1813. Dickenson, Griffith, Sr. to Griffith Dickenson, Jr., a gift of land. Jul 1824. Dickson, Benjamin to son-in-law William Dodson & daughter Judith Dodson, land on which he lives. Mar 1820. Dillard, Benjamin of Washington Co. TN to son Lynch Dillard, interest in the estate of John Ward, dec’d of Campbell Co., VA & my dec’d wife Anna Dillard, daughter of said John Ward. Dec 1818. Dillard, Lynch to daughter Sarah J.C. Johns, a gift of land. Mar 1837. Dillard, Lynch to daughter Martha Ann Ward, a gift of land. Mar 1837. Dixon, William to daughter Elizabeth Dixon, a gift of a slave. Jul 1825. Dodson, Caleb of Halifax Co. to son Stephen Dodson of Pittsylvania Co., a gift of land in Pittsylvania Co. Dec 1829. Dodson, Elisha to children: Presley Dodson, Wm Dodson, Margaret wife of Rawley Dodson, Lydia wife of John Waller, Ruth wife of Jesse Dodson, Jemima wife of Joshua Hardy & Elisha Dodson, Jr. gifts of land & slaves. Apr 1791. Dodson, Joshua to son Allen Dodson, a gift of land. Apr 1803. Dodson, Joshua to gr-daughter Lydia Chaney, a female slave about one year old. Aug 1835. Dodson, Thomas to son Jesse Dodson, a gift of land. Mar 1772. Doss, John to sons Azariah Doss & Stephen Doss & daughter Rachel Doss, land in Arkansas near land of Dr. Lynch Dillard. Downing, James & Mary (late Mary Marlowe) to James Nowlin & Susanna his wife (dau of Mary Marlowe), a gift of slaves. Aug 1793. Downing, James & Mary (late Mary Marlowe) to Kinsey Marlowe, son of Mary (Marlowe) Downing, a gift of slaves. Drain, William to son Hezekiah Drain, a gift of land & slaves. May 1819. Dunning, William to Honor Shelton, a dau of Joel Shelton, dec’d, & Ann his wife, household furnishings. Dyer, Hamon to son William Dyer, a gift of land. Feb 1813.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barbour, George, Rorer, Hudson Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1409.1.1 Message Board Post: The Barber-George-Rorer cem is on Rt 750 near New Bethel Church. The Howard Hudson cem is on Museville Rd., on the left if you're going North, about 75 feet from the highway beside a dirt road. I don't have a location on the other one.

Want to thank all the great folks in and out of the county of Pitts. that have added so much information for my 2-vol. book called The Gosney Family in America. Their help on locating cemeteries was really terrific. Book, covers Gosneys and their collateral families, in VA and westward. The book is now at the printers. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] Beth Shields

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ferguson, Ratliff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1225.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Does anyone have a Sally Ferguson b. 1760-1770, d. 1839, m. Benjamin Ratliff in their files? Thanks, Linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Deed Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1411 Message Board Post: The purpose of the following is to prove relationships via court documents. The entries are in deed books for 1767-1850. Only gifts are listed. Posted FYI. Please don't contact me about details. Adams, Ann to grandchildren John Adams, Peter Adams, George Adams & William Adams, a gift of slaves. Feb 1814. Adams, George & John Wilson to George A. Shelton, Margaret Shelton & Abraham Shelton, children of Tavenor Shelton, a gift of slaves. Apr 1806. Adams, George, Sr. to son John Adams, a gift of land. Feb 1814. Adams, George to son William Adams, a gift of land. Oct 1815. Adams, George to son George Adams, Jr., a gift of land. Oct 1815. Adams, George to son Peter Adams, a gift of land. Oct 1815. Adkins, Edward to son Abner Adkins, a gift of land. Dec 1793. Adkins, William, Sr. to grand-daughter Pamelia Adkins. Gave her household furniture. Jun 1847. Allen, William Welcome and wife Mary to daughter Martha Allen, livestock & furniture. Feb 1822. Anderson, Thomas & Polly to Robert H. Slaughter, he having intermarried with their daughter Nancy, a gift of land. Nov 1812. Astin, Jeffrey to Stokely Jefferson Gray, s/o Benj Gray, land upon Astin’s death. Relationship not stated. Mar 1843. Astin, Margaret to Nathaniel Wilson, slaves. Relationship not stated. Aug 1825. Astin, William to grandchildren Sally A. Adams, Wm A. Adams, Isabella Adams, Sylvester Adams, children of my daughter Mary Adams, a gift of slaves. Jul 1823. Astin, William to grandchildren Margaret Gregory, Mary Gregory, John Gregory, William McKenzie & Eliza McKenzie, a gift of slaves. Jul 1823. Astin, William to son Peter Astin, a gift of land. May 1827. Bailey, Elizabeth to son Moses Allen, personal property. Jan 1812. Balgrave, Henry to Aaron Hutchings, “as a father to a son,” a gift of a slave. Aug 1782. Ballinger, Joseph to daughter Milly Ballinger, a slave. Jan 1782. At the same time he gave slaves to daughters Elizabeth Ballinger & Delilah Ballinger. Barrott, John, Sr. to son John Barrott, Jr., a gift of land. Mar 1777. Beasley, Stephen to son Warner Beasley, a gift of land. Feb 1815. Beck, Richard B. to son James W. Beck, a gift of land. Dec 1835. Beck, Samuel to Wm T. Beck, Rebecca D. Beck, Sally C. Beck & Lucy Beck, a gift of livestock. Relationship not stated. Feb 1832. Beck, William & Nancy to William B. Stowe, s/o John Stowe. (land of Joel Stowe when William becomes of age.) Dec 1829. Beck, William, Sr. to wife Irena Beck & son Wm R. Beck, a gift of slaves. Mar 1832. Beggarly, Abigail to daughters Sarah Baggerly & Precilla Baggerly, a gift of personal property. Dec 1829. Bennett, James & Bartlett Bennett to David Perry, a gift of land. Relationship not stated. 1815. Bennett, Reubin to Thomas Bennett, a gift of land. Relationship not stated. 1789. Bennett, Thomas to son William Bennett, a gift of land. Jun 1825. Bennett, William, Sr. & Hannah his wife, to grandson William Bennett, Jr., son of Peter Bennett, a gift of land. Feb 1776. Bennett, William, Sr. to grandson Reubin Bennett, son of Peter Bennett. (land that was willed to him via the will of Richard Randolph of Henrico Co.). Feb 1776. Benson, Selby & Nancy his wife to heirs of Thomas Worsham, dec’d, to their sons: William Hix Benson & Thomas Rodney Benson, infant children…their part of the estate of Thomas Worsham, dec’d. Worsham’s widow: Elizabeth Worsham. Jan 1824. Berger, Daniel, a gift to sister Nancy Berger, his interest in the estate of “my grandfather Jacob Berger.” Sep 1837. Blakely, James to James Blakely, Jr., a gift of land. Relationship not stated. Sep 1792. Boaz, Shadrack to son Thomas Boaz, a gift of land. Mar 1805. Bowling, Susannah to daughter Eliza Shelton, a slave. Jun 1830. Bozzell, Charles to son James Bozzell a gift of land. Feb 1840. Bradley, William (dec’d) children release their interest in their late father’s estate to their mother, Sally Bradley. Children: Susanne Bradley, Jane Bradley, Isham Bradley, Henry Rolling & Martha his wife (late Bradley) of Caswell Co., NC; Daniel Reynolds & Polly his wife (late Bradley) of Rockingham Co., NC. Oct 1837. Breedlove, David W. returns his part of the estate back to his mother, Mary. May 1842. Brown, Daniel to daughter Nancy Brown, a slave. Jun 1808. Brown, Elizabeth N. of Campbell Co. to daughter Mary Ann Snow, wife of Abner Snow. (household furnishings). Feb 1846. Brown, John, Sr. to the Baptist Society under the care of Rev. William Stephens, one acre of land on Cascade Creek. 1803. Brown, John of Campbell Co. to daughter Lucy Pitts of Pittsylvania Co., land in Pittsylvania Co. Oct 1822. Brumfield, William to William B. Brumfield, land. Relationship not stated. Aug 1821.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pruitt Barber Stanley Hutson Hopkins Hutcherson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1409.1 Message Board Post: Could you please tell me where the William Barber, Barber-Rorer, and Hudson cemeteries are located in Pittsylvania County? I have visited the Weal Presbyterian Cemetery where some of my Hutson ancestors are buried and would like to visit the ones listed above. Thank you.

Surnames: Weeks, Creasy, Duffy Query I have a James Lewis Weeks b. Mid 1800s in Pittsylvania County at an area called "The Pocket". His parents are reported to be Columbus Weeks and Johanna D. Creasy. Columbus was b. 1813 in Bedford County. Columbus and Johanna were married on Dec. 8, 1836. James married Nancy Henry Duffy. Anyone have any info on these people.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Taylor, Aleiff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1410 Message Board Post: I have an Otis Banks Taylor b. Mar 5, 1921 d. Sept 1983. His parents are reported to be Fluornoy Taylor & Jenny Aleiff. Otis was reported born in Danville, VA. Anyone have any info on these people?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3AC.2ACE/45.50.1 Message Board Post: Was Peter Helton from Wilton in Knox County Kentucky or any of his kin. and also from little Indian Creek

I have another couple. Colbert on Deer View Rd, though I recently had a relative clean it as well as Scruggs near there. The other is a large cemetery with a number of markers in it. Beleive it or not, no one has taken down the info (that I've seen yet) and it's right behind Amos' grocery in Gretna, though you have to go either through someone's yard to get there, or behind the vets. The vet's shop was (long ago) a livery stable run by one of the Moon's. There is a large granite marker there for Daniel P. Moon, though he's not buried there. His second wife was. But, I guess the second set of kids didn't want to go out to the farm where he is buried along with a neice and a son, with granite markers for all three, but in the middle of the cornfield. There is also a large cemetery on what is/was Joe Farmer's farm on Dews Rd, but over run with cows at the moment. There are Moon's, Allen's Worshams and a number of others there. None of these appear in any of the current VA/NC books. I'm not sure anyone's surveyed the Ward cemetery off Rose St. near Brights. There are many Wards' as well as Leftwich's, and my ancestor, Robert Adams (he has a Rev. War marker there) and his brother, John Lynch Adams (also had a Rev. War marker, but I found his original stone in the grass and up righted it). There are hundreds of them. I have a number of them, but I know they are not in books. I'm not sure the Dove Cemetery on Jack Shelton's farm is in any book, as of yet. We're trying to have a memorial marker for William Dove, Rev. War soldier, sailor and marine installed there, as well as one for his son. There are many markers and many more "rocks" in a row. Thanks Mike for bringing up the subject. The saddest one I know of is a Yeatts Cemetery out on what was J Crawford Yeatts farm. It's totally in the woods now, though one section still in use is taken care of. However my GGGrandmother Sallie Keesee Colbert's pretty marble stone was about to be broken by a leaning cherry tree in 2000. I"m sure by now it's long gone. There were, perhaps, 50 stones in the woods, not maintained at all. Living far away, there is no way I can do them, but I surely wish some of my local cousins could get the weed whackers out now and then. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:38 PM Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] Endangered Cemeteries > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Cemetery > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1409 > > Message Board Post: > > A partial list of family burial grounds in Pittsylvania Co. that are endangered/run down that I have visited within the past year. This list does not include dozens of cemeteries that are located off main highways down farm roads that have been blocked off by the current land owners, most of whom don’t reside there. > > Most have no fences and are being covered by weeds and fallen trees from storms, etc. Some are in remote areas where no one lives anymore. Luckily, the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogy Society has inscriptions for most of these, gathered over the past 40 years before they became inaccessable. > > Endangered are: Aaron, Faulker; Allen, James G.; Barbour, Berry; Barber, Wm; Barber-Rorer; Barker, Clark H.; Bennett, Booker; Berger, Seth; Blair, Wm A.Y.; Bradley, Thomas; Bryan, George; Burnett, Henry T.; Clopton, Robert; Cocke, Guy; Cocke, W.H.H.; Collins, David; Conway, Christopher; Crawley, Wm; Cumby, Wylie; Dallas, J.T.; Dalton, Wm; Davis, James W.; Dickenson, Rev. Griffeth; Dickenson, Wm A.; Dodson, Green; Glass, Willis; Goggin Cem; Hays, Ambrose; Henderson, W.T. > > Hodges, Adolphus; Hudson, Howard; Jones, Elisha; Lea-Gunter; McDowell, Wm V.; McLaughlin, Charles; Moorman, Achilles; Owen, Bruce; Parsons, Martha; Poindexter, Thomas; Reynolds, Charles; Rowles, Wm; Scholfield, Jacob; Shelhorse Cem.; Simpson, Wm R.; Smith, Edmund; Terry-Ford Cem.; Trent, James; Vaden, Granville; Wall, Emard; Womack-Power Cem.; Yeatts, Oba. > > It is particularly sad that the burial site on Hickeys Road of the beloved preacher Griffeth Dickenson (1757-1843) is in such bad shape. The graves have no fence around them and in the summer the stones are covered by tall weeds. The stones are barely readable. > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > New folks are joining the list everyday. Have you posted your surnames and/or queries recently? >

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/3AC.2ACE/1259.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Please note new email address [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1409 Message Board Post: A partial list of family burial grounds in Pittsylvania Co. that are endangered/run down that I have visited within the past year. This list does not include dozens of cemeteries that are located off main highways down farm roads that have been blocked off by the current land owners, most of whom don’t reside there. Most have no fences and are being covered by weeds and fallen trees from storms, etc. Some are in remote areas where no one lives anymore. Luckily, the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogy Society has inscriptions for most of these, gathered over the past 40 years before they became inaccessable. Endangered are: Aaron, Faulker; Allen, James G.; Barbour, Berry; Barber, Wm; Barber-Rorer; Barker, Clark H.; Bennett, Booker; Berger, Seth; Blair, Wm A.Y.; Bradley, Thomas; Bryan, George; Burnett, Henry T.; Clopton, Robert; Cocke, Guy; Cocke, W.H.H.; Collins, David; Conway, Christopher; Crawley, Wm; Cumby, Wylie; Dallas, J.T.; Dalton, Wm; Davis, James W.; Dickenson, Rev. Griffeth; Dickenson, Wm A.; Dodson, Green; Glass, Willis; Goggin Cem; Hays, Ambrose; Henderson, W.T. Hodges, Adolphus; Hudson, Howard; Jones, Elisha; Lea-Gunter; McDowell, Wm V.; McLaughlin, Charles; Moorman, Achilles; Owen, Bruce; Parsons, Martha; Poindexter, Thomas; Reynolds, Charles; Rowles, Wm; Scholfield, Jacob; Shelhorse Cem.; Simpson, Wm R.; Smith, Edmund; Terry-Ford Cem.; Trent, James; Vaden, Granville; Wall, Emard; Womack-Power Cem.; Yeatts, Oba. It is particularly sad that the burial site on Hickeys Road of the beloved preacher Griffeth Dickenson (1757-1843) is in such bad shape. The graves have no fence around them and in the summer the stones are covered by tall weeds. The stones are barely readable.

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/3AC.2ACE/21.470.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I would love to recieve a copy of that photo of Charlie and his first wife. I will ask my in laws about Charlie and verify that he was married to these 2 women. Carol