Wayne if your familiar with the McComas area the graveyard sits on a mountain top across the road in front of the old Pinnacle Elementary School (which is now a church). Traveling from the school heading towards Matoaka its the first dirt road that turns off to the left. You follow this road up the mountainside (American Coal Company - Pinnacle Mine had tram tracks around the mountainside many years ago - they were torn out probably in the 1950s). I've heard tales of burials taking place at the Harmon Cemetary in bad weather with the casket being taken up to the graveyard using a mine trolley on the tram track. There are several families still living in the area. I also see where someone pointed you into the area of Linda Akers - she visited the gravesite last fall and is planning a cleanup this spring sometime. She can give you more detailed directions as to where it sits on this hillside area. The Jones and Thompson familes had/still have homes in the general area. Linda Akers website has a picture of my grandfather Andrew Spicer along with his brothers and sisters taken at the Harmon graveyard on this website. I'd estimate the picture was taken in the 1920/30s timeframe. http://www.angelfire.com/wv/akers/hdirect.html I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Linda Akers for her assistance helping me with my Spicer genology - she's a great wealth of information. We have discovered we share kinship through hers and my Harmon grandparents. Keep up the good work Linda - the web has made genology searching such a great experience and its people like Linda and all the other great contributors to the Mercer County and other Genology websites that make it so pleasurable. Kudos also to our Mercer County Web Managers - you provide a great service. Pat Smith Pasadena, MD Born and raised at McComas (Thomas Community) ---------- > From: Wayne Arrington <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WVMERCER] Harmon Cemetery > Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:40 PM > > I am trying to find where the Harmon Cemetery is located in McComas,WV I > have a ggrandfather John Henry Booth who was buried there in 1904. I have > tried the USGS site but there are no Cemeterys listed for this area. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Arthur Davidson" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WVMERCER] Fw: FREEMAN, WV cemeteries > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:12:06 -0500 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Davidson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:07 PM > Subject: FREEMAN, WV cemeteries > > > > Kim:::::There are three town/areas that almost touch each other:FREEMAN, > > SIMMONS, and,BRAMWELL. > > Simmons is the area at the bottom of Pinnacle Rock Mountain, on Route 52, > > and lies NE of Bramwell. > > Freeman is the area off of 52 west of Simmons. There are 39 (yes, 39) > > cemeteries listed as being in > > Bramwell. The site that has this info does not list any cemeteries in > > Freeman proper. However, this > > does not mean that there definitely are none. You can access this info > on > > the following URL: > > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Select WV for the state, > > type Mercer without the word > > county, and, select Cemetery from the drop-down. DO NOT fill in any > other > > info. Click the button and > > away you go. This site is a little unpredictable, so if you don't get > > access, try again after a while. > > > > Another idea, to possibly give you some first-hand guidance, is my first > > cousin that lives in Freeman, a > > real historian, genealogist, visitor of cemeteries, life-long resident of > > the area. I will give you his phone > > number, if you will contact me privately at [email protected] > > . Those are (2) r's. > > > > Arthur Davidson > > 1931------4th generation Mercer County > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >