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Subject: Re: [AL-CEM] cemetery presavation
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:24:45 -0400


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> From: "Delilah" <>
> Date: 2006/08/03 Thu PM 04:17:33 EDT
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> Subject: [AL-CEM] cemetery presavation
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> The following artlcle appears in 'The Houston Home Journal', Perry, Ga.,
> Wednesday, August 2, 2006. I do not know where Camden is, but it should not
> be too hard to find. This ruling by this county attorney has set a
> precident, although it is probably only a county ruling, it still stands
> until is is overturned. The paper may still be on-line if you want to try
> and pull up the article. It is under 'State Briefs" so it is probably in
> Georgia.
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> "CAMDEN MAN MUST HALT FOR SURVEY"
> WOODBINE (MNS) - "A man building a house near an old African-American
> cemetery in west Camden County has been ordered to stop construction until a
> comprehensive survey is conducted to determine whether there are unmarked
> graves on his property."
> "County Attorney Brent Green said the property owner, James Herrin, must get
> permission from the Camden County Commission after the study is completed
> before he can resume construction of the home on a piece of property
> adjacent to the Bullhead Bluff Cemetery."
> "The order was issued by the county in response to complaints by area
> residents that Herrin's home was being built over the oldest part of the
> cemetery, where an undermined number of unmarked graves are located."
> "This is a very critical and touchy issue for these people", Green said."
> "Herrin did not return calls Monday for comment. But Loretta Riggins-Hylton,
> a senior planner for the county, said she spoke with Herrin on Monday and he
> said he'd be willing to accept an archaeologist's offer to use
> ground-penetrating radar at no cost to determine whether there are unmarked
> graves on his property."
> END
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>
> Ok now I said I don't know where Camden County is, so someone should get in
> contact with this county attorney and get a copy of the legal ruling he
> made, its possible it could be used in other counties to keep further
> destruction of old cemeteries. At this time, this ruling affects only Camden
> County, but it is a legal ruling and could probably be used in other places
> until it has been overturned by another ruling by a higher attorney. JMO, I
> would not want to live in a house built over a cemetery. I think finding out
> about the ground-penetrating radar would also be useful.
> delilah evans
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Jimmy

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