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Africa (Patterson) Cemetery

sray9641  (View posts) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:29AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Patterson, Lehew, Hughes
Could someone tell me about this cemetery located in Battelle District around Wadestown. In this Marion County Cemetery Book for that area, there is no stone readings, even by the WPA. Does this mean that there are no stones, or does it mean that no one has ever read it. I have several Patterson's that are probably buried there but would like confirmation. Does anyone know when it was named Africa Cem.? Does anyone know who I might contact for imforation regarding this cemetery?

Thank you.

Sherry Ray
Kent, WA

Re: Africa (Patterson) Cemetery

frostfreedet  (View posts) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 4:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
This may seem obvious, but Wadestown was in Monongalia Co. So if you are looking at cemetery readings for Marion County no listings would be there for another County.

I do not have the published readings by WPA for Battelle Dist., so can't comment further on what is or is not included among those listings.

In general, however, if the first headstones were erected in or after 1940 (when the local cemetery reading project ended), they could not have been included.

'Contact persons' for family cemeteries on private land would be the present land-owners, who may or may not be interested in inquiries about the cemeteries. No burial records were formally kept for these, not all graves were marked by durable gravestones, and old gravestones may have fallen, weathered to illegibility, broken and/or become buried by soil and sod over the decades. Some have been at least partly destroyed by storm and flood. Many family cemeteries have been plowed after an uncaring subsequent owner removed the markers; markers have been removed from a great many such over the years. In short, if you know where the cemetery is or was exactly, your solution may be to go there yourself and touch base with the present landowners, or arrange with someone else to do so.

Re: Africa (Patterson) Cemetery

sray9641  (View posts) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
The Marion County Genealogical Society read and published the cemetery readings for Monongalia County. I have the Battelle District Book, that is how I know that there are no stones listed. I live in Washington state so it's a little difficult to inquire in person.

Thank you for your reply.



Sherry

Re: Africa (Patterson) Cemetery

sray9641  (View posts) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
The Marion County Genealogical Society read and published the cemetery readings for Monongalia County. I have the Battelle District Book, that is how I know that there are no stones listed. I live in Washington state so it's a little difficult to inquire in person.

Thank you for your reply.



Sherry

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