I received the following today and want to pass it along. I have asked for
some more information about this cemetery and workdays there.
Brad
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I would like to know if there is anything that you can do to help me get a
destroyed cemetery reconstructed.
This cemetery was set aside in original deeds dating back to 1832. It was
destroyed by a gentleman that bought the land, even though this parcel had
been set aside as a cemetery. He tore down the stones, went before a judge
and claimed it was never a cemetery. The judge ruled in his favor for him to
sell the property (my ancestors). However, it was brought back to court and
after further study of the case, in 1978, the first ruling was "set aside"
and the cemetery plot was ruled to remain a cemetery.
The MCCC (Madison County Cemetery Commission) have been wonderful and is
working on this project with me but if I could get the interest of other
groups, perhaps we could get this resolved quickly. There is a family that
bought a house approximately 50 feet from the end of one corner of the
cemetery area. However, they knew that it was a cemetery when they bought
the house, a tax record confirms this to be true.
The headstones that were taken down were piled in a corner of the property
and the MCCC have since taken them into custody to keep them from being
further destroyed.
Could you please help? There is an American Revolutionary soldier and two
War of 1812 soldiers buried in this cemetery. This is pioneers that helped
to settle the state of Indiana.
Thank you for any suggestions or help that you could offer.
Sincerely, Sunni Larsson