Great going, Sarah!!!!!!!!!! What an impact you have made... thank you! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Reveley To: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:39 PM Subject: [VASTAFFO-L] Woodend update I wanted to share all of this with you, in case you have a cemetery you are concerned about. There is hope, and with the internet, you can have daily instant communication with everyone who should be involved. I want to thank everyone who sent me their letters of support, you were a big help!! I am off to find the colonial Reveleys of Woodend, near Falmouth,(across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg) Virginia. On Saturday the developer is meeting me to show me the 3 cemeteries on the green belt. He has also retained a consultant from the James River Institute to research all the deeds further, so we can positively identify the location of the property. We know the shape, where Gravelley Creek is sorta, and that Gravelley Creek borders the property on one side. Hopefully, one of those cemeteries will be in a location that works in with the site info we have. There is one with over 20 graves, no tombstones....it could very easily be the Woodend burying ground. By googling USgenweb and other family websites, I found several references to Gravelley, as well as other early owners whose property was next door to Enoch Innis, the man who owned Woodend before the Reveleys. I also discovered that the property was in King George County, which became Stafford in 1776. Well *duh* no wonder the records were missing, they are in another courthouse. The best news is that there are 3 cemeteries out there that they know about, and luckily they are in the green belt owned by the City of Fredericksburg, and they have agreed to allow us the put up a fence and a marker. The developer will have to provide access thru his golf course. The Virginia Department of Historical Resources will help me get it registered as a national historic site. The Stafford County Cemetery Association is involved, and I still have to email the Sons of the American Revolution. My new cousins are also getting involved. I'm excited about meeting them. On other interesting note, fifty years after the Reveleys sold Woodend.....Their land was on Bank's Road where the old crossing was, and Banks' Ford is a landmark in the Battle of Chancellorsville during the Civil War. Sarah Reveley Researching Reveley, Towles, Payne, Stubblefield, Goodson, Sydnor, Jennings, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/02

Thanks, but it is all in treating it like a business, sending out memos to everyone, keeping everyone posted, making everyone aware of what the other guy is or isn't doing. I started out rather emotional, then realized this approach might work!! God bless the internet and email!!!!!!!! And people like you who are committed to our research, and supply the means for the rest of us. When I get back, I will provide you a list of all the emails of people in Stafford County for others who have a cemetery issue. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: Suzanne Shephard To: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [VASTAFFO-L] Woodend update Great going, Sarah!!!!!!!!!! What an impact you have made... thank you! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Reveley To: VASTAFFO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:39 PM Subject: [VASTAFFO-L] Woodend update I wanted to share all of this with you, in case you have a cemetery you are concerned about. There is hope, and with the internet, you can have daily instant communication with everyone who should be involved. I want to thank everyone who sent me their letters of support, you were a big help!! I am off to find the colonial Reveleys of Woodend, near Falmouth,(across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg) Virginia. On Saturday the developer is meeting me to show me the 3 cemeteries on the green belt. He has also retained a consultant from the James River Institute to research all the deeds further, so we can positively identify the location of the property. We know the shape, where Gravelley Creek is sorta, and that Gravelley Creek borders the property on one side. Hopefully, one of those cemeteries will be in a location that works in with the site info we have. There is one with over 20 graves, no tombstones....it could very easily be the Woodend burying ground. By googling USgenweb and other family websites, I found several references to Gravelley, as well as other early owners whose property was next door to Enoch Innis, the man who owned Woodend before the Reveleys. I also discovered that the property was in King George County, which became Stafford in 1776. Well *duh* no wonder the records were missing, they are in another courthouse. The best news is that there are 3 cemeteries out there that they know about, and luckily they are in the green belt owned by the City of Fredericksburg, and they have agreed to allow us the put up a fence and a marker. The developer will have to provide access thru his golf course. The Virginia Department of Historical Resources will help me get it registered as a national historic site. The Stafford County Cemetery Association is involved, and I still have to email the Sons of the American Revolution. My new cousins are also getting involved. I'm excited about meeting them. On other interesting note, fifty years after the Reveleys sold Woodend.....Their land was on Bank's Road where the old crossing was, and Banks' Ford is a landmark in the Battle of Chancellorsville during the Civil War. Sarah Reveley Researching Reveley, Towles, Payne, Stubblefield, Goodson, Sydnor, Jennings, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/02