Thanks for your interest, Glenn. I'll post anything I find to the list. About 4 years ago my cousin, Jackie, and I were determined to find the graves, if they existed. The only sign of human habitat ever on that land was a small blooming tulip? plant that my grandmother, Taylor's wife Rissie, had planted well over 50 years ago. Luckily, Jackie remembered it and where it was located in relationship to the house. But it made no difference. All of the property is so overgrown, trees down, thorn bushes, large nettles, etc.not to mention the nats. I'm sure you know what those hills can be like if left alone for years upon years. Although the grave site would probably have been fairly close to the house, within walking distance I think, there is still 40+ acres of it and there is no walking distance! Anywhere! So we gave up. As a Californian now I find it amazing and wonderful to find that much wilderness today so close to civilization. About those nats - how did my/our grandparents generation deal with them? Or did they have to? I don't remember them from my childhood spent in the Matoaka area in the 1950s. Glenda ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com