Passing this information on for fellow genealogists.
Jeanette Richart
My web site at
geocities.com
/SouthBeach/Pointe/6262/
don't forget to put www before the word geocities
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Mahan" <rushcocemetery(a)lds.net>
To: "Regine Brindle" <tchantches(a)excite.com>; "Jeanette
Richart"
<jamvrich(a)kiva.net>; "Randi Richardson" <gftl(a)bluemarble.net>;
"INRUSH
County List" <INRUSH-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Cc: "Tom Vernon" <hazeland(a)aol.com>; "Sharon Conner"
<sharrob(a)skyenet.net>;
"Kevin L Green" <kevinlgreen(a)Hotmail.com>; "Ed Kent"
<jonednjo(a)reliable-net.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 6:27 AM
Subject: Cemetery & Battlefield in danger of WalMart paving
This came from the cemetery preservation list I belong to. I thought
some
of you might want to help with the petition
Diana in Rush Co., Indiana
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PETITON TO SAVE THE BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY
Since many of our pre-Indiana pioneers have roots in VA and parts that
later became WV, you may be interested in the following:
Paramount Development Corp. has approached the City of Fayetteville, WV
and
asked that they re-zone a 60-acre farm on the edge of town for
commercial
use. Paramount Development intends to build 2 large buildings that
Wal-Mart
and Lowes will occupy as well as several smaller out parcels. The
60-acre
tract of land however is what is known as the Fleshman/Clark farm, it was
the site of the Sept 10, 1862 Battle of Fayetteville. The site also
contains
a battlefield cemetery, which contains the graves of at least 24
American
soldiers.
This property is in imminent danger of being developed, which would mean
this hallowed ground would be lost forever. We are asking that the City of
Fayetteville deny the request by Paramount Development Corp. to rezone the
property and help to preserve Americas ever shrinking battlefield land, as
well as preserve and protect the hallowed ground. We owe it to ourselves
and
to our ancestors to protect this land that they fought and died for,
this
honored field where the dead from the battle rest in their graves.
The above petition can be signed at:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/faybat04/petition.html
Please sign and pass this on. I cannot locate anything in the Code of WV
to
legally prevent this action.