I just received a message from my cousin that the Cemetery in Tazewell County VA where Hezekiah Whitt, Revolutionary War soldier and some of the Low/Lowe family are buried is going to be destroyed by the present day land owner. The old Whitt house was still standing, but the land owner is tearing it down. A neighbor in Tazewell wrote and told me that he was taking the fence down around the cemetery and planned to get rid of the stones. The old cemetery was south of Busthead. Can anyone give me some suggestions as to how to stop the cemetery from being destroyed? I live in Colorado so I need some suggestions of who to write in Tazewell who might help. Bev Tracy tracybev@plains.net

Bev, I did some research online and found that Virginia law requires a court order to remove a cemetery. I live in Richlands, so let me know if I can do anything. Darrell Lowe bigd4vt@adelphia.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Tracy" <tracybev@plains.net> To: <VATAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 1:21 PM Subject: [VA-TAZEWELL] Whitt Cemetery destrsuction >I just received a message from my cousin that the Cemetery in Tazewell >County VA where Hezekiah Whitt, Revolutionary War soldier and some of the >Low/Lowe family are buried is going to be destroyed by the present day land >owner. The old Whitt house was still standing, but the land owner is >tearing it down. A neighbor in Tazewell wrote and told me that he was >taking the fence down around the cemetery and planned to get rid of the >stones. The old cemetery was south of Busthead. > > Can anyone give me some suggestions as to how to stop the cemetery from > being destroyed? I live in Colorado so I need some suggestions of who to > write in Tazewell who might help. > > Bev Tracy > > tracybev@plains.net > > > > > ==== VATAZEWE Mailing List ==== > TAZEWELL LIST ADMINISTRATOR > VATazewe-Admin@Rootsweb.com >