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Subject: [TXBRAZOR-L] The Nueces County Historical Survey Commission
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:33:17 EST

The Nueces County Historical Survey Commission has "undertaken" (no pun
intended :)) an ongoing project to catalog, upgrade and further preserve
Old Bayview Cemetery, the city's oldest burial site, which is also the
oldest interment of Federal soldiers in the state, and this side of the
Mississippi. A new Old Bayview Cemetery Preservation Association is in
the process of being organized. Although Brooks Noel has listed the
names of those buried there in his cemetery books, the committee is
trying to contact any and all descendants of those people. We are
hoping to replace and/or restore as many of the broken or missing
monuments as possible. The Veterans Administration has approved
headstones for the eight Federal soldiers from Zachary Taylor's troops
who were killed in the explosion of the steamship DAYTON when it
exploded in Corpus Christi Bay in 1845. And the city is, slowly but
surely, putting up a metal bar fence to replace the chain link fence
that has been frequently cut by vandals.

As the sites are improved, we plan to have an online catalog and cross
reference to the location and family history of each which will be
linked of our county site.

If any of you have ancestors or knows anyone else with family buried
there, or is interested in learning more about the project or the
cemetery's history please contact me for more info. (The cemetery books
are also available.) As I get details and site up and running we would
appreciate links to it. I will keep you posted.

Thanks, and Happy Discoveries,
Nancy Cooper , Nueces Co.

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