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From: "Ginny and Ike" <>
Subject: [MOMONROE] Re: Family Cemetery in Monroe County
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:31:29 -0400
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Thanks for your reply, Mike. That sounds like an interesting possibility.
Is the road passible at all? What road does it cross or branch from?

Here is some more information about the area.

On the 1876 plat map of Monroe County, this land was owned by my great great
granduncle, James Elliot Cox and was bordered on the north and west by land
belonging to Donaldson family members. On the south it was bordered by land
owned by J. C. Greening and on the east by land owned by J. H. Hobbs (my
gggrandfather).

In 1898 the plat map shows J. M. Painter as the owner of the land and it is
still bordered by the Donaldson and Greening land owners. On the east the
land owner is M. B. Vanschoiack, my great grandaunt. Her father, J. H.
Hobbs died in 1896.

Here is an obituary, courtesy of Kathleen Wilham, that I obtained indicating
that there was a family plot. I found that Amelia Cox Pollard is presently
buried with her husband H. O. B. Pollard, in the Stoutsville Cemetery, so
she must have been moved at some time from the family plot.

4 August 1905 PARIS MERCURY
Mrs. Amelia Cox Pollard died 20 July, she was buried on the old Cox farm
east of Stoutsville. She was born
19 Oct 1843 at age 20 married H O B Pollard. She had 7 children, 4 are
alive. Mr. Pollard died 7 May 1901.
She has been down since 20 July 1897.

The land where the family cemetery may be was originally owned by my
ggggrandfather, Jonathan Cox, d. Oct. 1853 who was married to Nancy (or Ann)
Huston d. 5 July 1848, sister of William Huston, who was a large land owner
in Monroe County, d. 8 Sept. 1881, and who is buried in Big Creek Cemetery
in Ralls County.

Just hoping this will strike a chord with someone.
Ginny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Flannigan" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: Family Cemetery in Monroe County


>
> I really know nothing about it, but I'm taking a wild guess that it is
> down on Shell Branch, barely over into section 20. There is a
> long road that goes north on the far east side of section 20, for
> 3/4 miles all the way to the creek bottom. The road just ends
> at the creek bottom. That road must lead to something that
> used to be there - maybe the cemetery.
>
> Feel free to post to the list if you want.
>
>
> Mike Flannigan
>
>
>
> > Subject: [MOMONROE] Family Cemetery in Monroe County
> > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 13:16:00 -0400
> > From: "Ginny and Ike" <>
> > To:
> >
> > I am just grabbing at straws to ask this, but you never know. I am
trying
> > to find out the location of the COX family cemetery in Monroe County.
> >
> > It was probably located on land designated Township 55 North, Range 7 &
8
> > west. It is in the north west corner of the 21st square and crosses
into
> > the South west corner of the 16th square on the 1976 plat map. Shell
Creek
> > runs through the south west corner of the property from NW to SE.
> >
> > I am told that the Hilbert family that owned it in 1976 still owns the
> > property and I am trying to contact them. The owners in 1976 were John
&
> > Julia Hilbert according to the plat map.
> >
> > Just thought someone might have heard of this cemetery.
> > Ginny
>

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