To All - According to the Tazewell County courthouse they must have a name to check if a petition has been filed. The first person I spoke to was of no help but the person in the recording section said that with a name we could check if he filed a petition. Sounds like he may not be the type of person to arrange that. I am in Florida and am waiting to hear from my Uncle Bill (whose baby brother is buried in this cemetery) to see what he can do...he lives in Bluefield so could possibly make the trip. He too has said that the owner wouldnt allow family members to visit. Not only is Hezekiah (Rev War veteran) buried there - the remains of James W Lowe (my 4th great grandfather) who was a Civil War veteran is also there. Is there any way Tazewell County could relocate the graves? For those of you who aren't aware of who is buried there these are the names on the stones as listed on the Tazewell Genweb site and my notes. Just to help put names to the stones... Whitt, Hezekiah - * father of Rebecca Whitt and my 5th great grandfather b. 1761 departed this life march 1849"This is a hand crarved stone’ Lowe , Fernandez * son of James W. Lowe and Ruth Christian b. march 8-1858 d. dec.18-1934 Lowe, Sarepta Ann Wife of Fernandez feb.5-1865 d. July 10-1950 Lowe, William Blake * son of Fernandez and Serepta Lowe aug. 2-1900 d July 13-1939 Lowe, James W. * my 3rd great grandfather Co. E 8 Va. Inf. 1828-1897 Lowe, Lawrence Va.S2 U S Navy WW 1 April 30-1896 dec. 25-1954 Lowe, David C. 1865-1932 * son of James Lowe and Ruth Christian Lowe Mary M. Wife of David C. 1875-1934 * was Mary Melissa Lambert Lowe, James M. 1861-1931 * son of James Lowe and Ruth Christian and my 2nd great grand parents Lowe, Mollie H. Wife of James M. 1870-1936 * Mollie Ruth Hankins Lowe, Carl David infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Lowe May 27-1930 *grandson of James and Mollie Lowe Johnson, James B. Sept. 8-1877 Oct. 21-1937 Johnson, Laura Feb. 25-1880 Nov. 1-1949 Whitt, James all I could read was b. oct. d. sept. I found this info in Tazewell Vitals on the internet “Whitt James d. Sept.19-1855 Tazewell Co. age 73 Parents Hezekiah and Rachel Whitt [pob]Montgomery Co. [inf] Nancy Whitt wife Christian, Bill all we could read was b. may Does anyone have an e-mail to the paper or to the news? I have pictures of most of these people if it will help to put faces to the names. Thanks for all your help...a worried family member: Tracie Crawford

Tracie, From what Peggy Fuller Keen said in her post yesterday, he won't need a petition to remove the fence and headstones as long as he doesn't dig up the graves. I sent an email to WVVA TV in Bluefield but haven't received a response. ----- Original Message ----- From: <NOLES1574@aol.com> To: <VATAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: [VA-TAZEWELL] Destruction of cemetery > To All - > > According to the Tazewell County courthouse they must have a name to check > if > a petition has been filed. The first person I spoke to was of no help but > the > person in the recording section said that with a name we could check if he > filed a petition. Sounds like he may not be the type of person to arrange > that. > I am in Florida and am waiting to hear from my Uncle Bill (whose baby > brother > is buried in this cemetery) to see what he can do...he lives in Bluefield > so > could possibly make the trip. He too has said that the owner wouldnt > allow > family members to visit. Not only is Hezekiah (Rev War veteran) buried > there - > the remains of James W Lowe (my 4th great grandfather) who was a Civil War > veteran is also there. > > Is there any way Tazewell County could relocate the graves? > > For those of you who aren't aware of who is buried there these are the > names > on the stones as listed on the Tazewell Genweb site and my notes. Just to > help > put names to the stones... > > Whitt, Hezekiah - * father of Rebecca Whitt and my 5th great grandfather > b. 1761 departed this life march 1849"This is a hand crarved stone’ > > Lowe , Fernandez * son of James W. Lowe and Ruth Christian > b. march 8-1858 d. dec.18-1934 > Lowe, Sarepta Ann Wife of Fernandez > feb.5-1865 d. July 10-1950 > > Lowe, William Blake * son of Fernandez and Serepta Lowe > aug. 2-1900 d July 13-1939 > > Lowe, James W. * my 3rd great grandfather > Co. E 8 Va. Inf. 1828-1897 > > Lowe, Lawrence > Va.S2 U S Navy WW 1 > April 30-1896 dec. 25-1954 > > Lowe, David C. 1865-1932 * son of James Lowe and Ruth Christian > Lowe Mary M. Wife of David C. 1875-1934 * was Mary Melissa Lambert > > Lowe, James M. 1861-1931 * son of James Lowe and Ruth Christian and my > 2nd > great grand parents > Lowe, Mollie H. Wife of James M. 1870-1936 * Mollie Ruth Hankins > > Lowe, Carl David infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Lowe May 27-1930 > *grandson > of James and Mollie Lowe > > Johnson, James B. > Sept. 8-1877 Oct. 21-1937 > > Johnson, Laura > Feb. 25-1880 Nov. 1-1949 > > Whitt, James all I could read was b. oct. d. sept. > I found this info in Tazewell Vitals on the internet > “Whitt James d. Sept.19-1855 Tazewell Co. age 73 > Parents Hezekiah and Rachel Whitt > [pob]Montgomery Co. > [inf] Nancy Whitt wife > > > Christian, Bill > all we could read was b. may > > > Does anyone have an e-mail to the paper or to the news? I have pictures > of > most of these people if it will help to put faces to the names. > > > Thanks for all your help...a worried family member: > Tracie Crawford > > > ==== VATAZEWE Mailing List ==== > WATCH YOUR SUBJECT LINES > Take an extra second and > give them a good one for > the subject of your list > message. IT DOES MATTER! > >