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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 18:45:14 -0700
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From: Shirley Griffin <shirlgrif(a)earthlink.net>
Shirley sent a very informative email about Burket Cemetery. Thanks Shirley!
Debby Beheler [listowner]
Francine and Cass County List
Yes, the Burket Cemetery certainly does exist., but not in admirable
condition.
Located 1/8th mile back a private lane at the edge of the landowners
barnyard, it
sits atop a little knoll, surrounded by thicketed woods. All of the
discovered stones
are lying flat on the ground and were previously completely buried under
dirt and
debris. When we spoke two years ago, the landowner told me he had probed
the ground when he
bought the land several years previous, unearthed the stones and situated
them flat
on the ground where he had found them. There are only seven or eight
readable stones,
several pieces of stones and I believe 3 stones with initials only.
As a project for the Burket Family Reunion, descendants of Solomon and
Sarah Burket's
eldest son, David and wife Susannah McDowell, visited the site with the
landowner's permission
to take pictures and discuss restoration and marking the cemetery. He was
at that time
reluctant to allow any sign at the road indicating the location, but he
did give permission for
a marker to be set in cement at the edge of the cemetery that reads Burket
Cemetery 1846.
He also was agreeable to fencing it off when the boundaries could be
established and our family
group offered compensation and assistance in mowing and keeping the forest
and weeds at bay.
Further, we have contacted the trustee for assistance in locating the
boundaries and are still
waiting for a reply. Hopefully, this summer more can be accomplished by a
larger group of descendants
of the Solomon Burket family. So, glad to contact you Francine and others
to get a working group
established. Please email me privately if you have an interest in the
photos I have made of the stones.
They are very weather-worn and difficult to read.
Shirley Snyder Griffin, Burket descendant
shirleygriffin(a)burkett.net
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