Thanks Arthur..... You always come thru. I've been trying to figure out this Black Oak Mtn Cemetery FOREVER!! I must have plenty of graves to look for in that one!!! Hopefully someone can confirm & I'll make a trip up there. If there is anyone out there who lives close, please let me know!!! I am looking for those of Rosa Hawks Ballard Perdue & John Perdue, as well as the Velvie listed below. I assume other family members may be there as well. I visited one old cemetery on the Kegly side, up on a hill that was overgrown. A gentleman was trimming & cutting away tall grass (last summer). We also got .... well, I'll put it this way.... told very strongly that we had parked on this man's property & he was not happy. (There wasn't any place to park). Looked like 2 or three cemeteries that had maybe split from 1. I'm thinking that this was not the one Arthur is discussing to be the specific location. Look forward to hearing if anyone knows for sure. Thanks to all!!! Melissa. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Davidson Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WVWYOMIN] John Wesley Farmer burial Help me out here a little bit, you all ---- I am leaning toward the following info to be the burial location of John Wesley Farmer of primarily your current discussion. The cemetery transcription reads:: John W. Farmer, 1924-1978, at the Johnston Cemetery, Black Oak Mtn., Mercer County, West Virginia. Note the year 1924, which I believe may be in error, and possibly would read in the 1904 era. I submit the following information from contributor Karen, with my reasoning below the quote: Karen Willey; Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 8:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WVWYOMIN] Roll Call - Ballard, Farmer, Perdue From the June 20, 1958 Beckley Post-Herald: J. Farmer Has Worked With Railroad SS Years; HERNDON. June 19 (KS5); John Wesley Farmer, 54. has been working on the railroad for a long time--33 years to be exact, as of June 16. The veteran section hand is proud of the record he has accumucumulated since he began work for the Virginian Railway at Kegley near his native home at *****Black Oak, Mercer County*****. <SNIP> Reasoning with very little evidence: John's birth in the above info extrapolates to be 1904. His age in 1910 census is 5, and in the 1920 as 15. John's home place was the Black Oak Mtn. territory. Will you join me in considering that either the cemetery transcription, or, the tombstone date may be incorrect? For those of you who are not acquainted with the geography of the area of this cemetery --- today, from the community of Rock on Route 71, at the end of the new concrete bridge across Bluestone River, a road leads off going up the mountain. This is the higher elevation, [rather than the road thru the valley alongside the River coming out near the Shawnee Lake, then going south on Route 10, up the hills to Kegley], scenic route from Rock to Kegley[being approximately north of Princeton a few miles]. This route over the hills leads to the Johnston Cemetery. A more interesting quaint explanation would describe the natural and man-made beauty of 65 years ago. Walk gently through the past. Arthur ------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message