Thanks, Jane! I knew it sounded familiar (The Williams family); the fire sounds familiar too. Sure would like more info on the Shannon place -- one of my great-aunts is kin to 'em, and I thought they were all on Springfield Hill. At 12:45 PM 10/19/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Cheryl, > >"The Berg" is Isaac Mean's house that passed into the Williams family. The >house sits at the corner of Rt. 50 and Fox's Hollow Rd. The graveyard is >in the middle of the gravel storage area next to Fox's Hollow Rd. to the >north of the house. There used to be a huge barn between the house and the >cemetery but it burned down in the 1950's because the hay stored in it >heated up. I think Danny Oates inventoried this cemetery. > >I don't know anything about the other cemeteries you mention. > >Jane > >At 12:05 PM 10/19/02, you wrote: >>While sorting through to find the Ebenezer burials for Wayne, I encountered >>these others ... I checked the GNIS and not much joy there, but then not >>all the little family graveyards are ON the GNIS. >> >>Redland Cemetery -- is this up at Red House or somewhere in Hampshire? >> >>Morgan Cemetery -- MAY be over in Berkeley County, at least GNIS shows one >>over there. >> >>Aline Family graveyard -- absolutely no clues >> >>"The Berg" -- Somewhere around Romney -- Jane, would you know? >> >>Shannon -- in Springfield, WV, but not on GNIS >> >>Fairchance -- absolutely no clues >> >>McIntyre -- absolutely no clues >> >>Sugar Hollow -- absolutely no clues >> >> >> >>Context for all of these implies they're in a "reasonable" distance of Romney. >>However, I'm unable to tell whether some of these are possessive usage >>rather than nominative usage -- Hilton's (where Hilton lives) as opposed to >>Hilton's house (which Hilton owns) or as opposed to Hilton Hotel (the name >>of the bulding) or Hilton Head (the name of the town). That might make >>McIntyre cemetery the cemetery USED by the McIntyres rather than one named >>McIntyre. >> >>Still, I found county residents reported buried in these places, and >>figured I should mention 'em. >> >>Cheryl >>*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* >>Cheryl Singhal ([email protected]) >> >>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ >>http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ >>http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC) > >