I sent the petion on to one of my other list....I got this back. Does any
one know anything about who or what the names might be.
Diana in Rush Co.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanette Richart"
To: "Wayne Mahan"
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: Cemetery & Battlefield in danger of WalMart paving
I am getting good feed back from passing this on to others. The WV
DAR is
getting into this. I think that is wonderful news. My friend Ivan
Lancaster mentioned a good point in his e-mail to me. Ivan writes:
Are the names of the 24 soldiers known? If so, the petition should also
go
to the surname lists. I'm sure that would bring in lots of
names.
I think he has a very good idea here.
Thanks for keeping us all informed.
Jeanette
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
>
>
____________________________________________________________________________
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>