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From: "George Stone" <>
Subject: Re: [CEMETERY-L] Where to bury when theres no records?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 98 08:45:39 PST


The same was true for Tennessee. If you had a spot you could have buried someone. Legislation in the last few years has said that burials must be in an established cemetary. There are thousands of very small cemetaries in the state and they are discovered on a routine basis. The stones have either fell over and sunk or they were only marked with common field stones with no marking or weak marking which was scratched into them and soon weathere away.

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: Norma Lewis wrote:
: >
: > And is there
: > anything like a free burial plot, or a long ago paid for plot? Just
: wondering!
: >
: Sure is. All our burial plots are free. When my uncle died, Grandpa
: started a brand new family cemetery in the backyard. Traditionally,
: that is what everyone in Western North Carolina did early on before
: there were churches. It probably seem weird and it did pretty much
: shock my Mom (From New Hampshire). But to me the idea of spending
: thousand of dollars for a hole in the ground so that someone else does
: the maintenance is pretty dreadful. Guess it all depends on what you are
: used to. I can see our little cemetery from my office window - it's
: just across the valley. That's where to plant me when my time comes.
:
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: http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree
: Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More!
: American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator
: Related to at least half the county at least once ; )
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