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Mount Gilead Cemetery
Photo
courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
Historical
Marker TextMount
Gilead Cemetery This
burial ground originally served a pioneer settlement of related families who migrated
to the area from Missouri in 1847 as members of the Peters Colony. They were headed
by a widow, Permelia Allen (d. 1866), who is buried here in an unmarked grave.
This tract, adjacent to the Mount
Gilead Baptist Church and School, was first owned by her sons-in-law Daniel
Barcroft (1812-81) and Iraneous Neace (1816-79). The earliest marked gravesite
is that of William Joyce (1836-54). Homemade grave markers here reflect the pioneer
lifestyle the early settlers.
(1981)
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Mount Gilead Cemetery Historical
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
Pioneer Stone Burial Cairns
Marker
Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
"I think they were using
ground penetrating radar or some similar technology to figure out where these
unmarked graves are and the small stones were the "hits." I finally found something
on Google. http://mountaingenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/04/ unmarked-graves-raise-historical.html
But it says "outside the cemetery proper" and this was definitely inside the fence.
Hmm." - David Cole
See Dowsing
For Graves Witching For Water by Dana
Goolsby |
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Photo courtesy David Cole, July 2011 |
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