You may also wish to try NARA-Atlanta which I believe has the TVA records.
Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS
PO Box 1273
Orange, VA 22960
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On 5/23/2011 11:19 PM, James Burnett wrote:
> Let's don't quit yet.
> I would e-mail the Tennessee State Archives and ask if they have the records
> for the cemetery relocations resulting from the TVA project.
> Three answers possible. Yes, No, XYZ has the records. Two out of three ain't
> bad odds.
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Jerry Lee Midkiff<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>> Hello James,
>> Thank you for your
>> reply. I have tried everything I could think of in contacting
>> sextons etc. still no luck. thanks again.
>> Jerry
>> Depending upon your level of interest I have a suggestion for locating
>>> Isaiah. I had a similar but different situation. I had a Rev War
>> ancestor
>>> and I had visited his grave but Thought he had been
>> moved from the
>>> original
>>> graveyard. He is in Bedford
>> County Va. I went to the Bedford Museum and
>>> they
>>> had
>> the records from Va Power Company who did the hydro electric project
>>> that gave us Smith Mtn Lake. VPC had relocated a number of graves
>> and my
>>> ancestor's was one. The VPC records indicated church and
>> located of his
>>> original burial and I was able to locate it on a
>> map and the site is now
>>> in
>>> about 200 feet of water.
>> I guess I will never visit there but it was
>>> interesting to find
>> original burial site.
>>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 5:32
>> PM, Jerry Lee Midkiff<[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Good afternoon,
>>>> I'm Jerry
>> Midkiff and I had 2
>>>> family members in the Rev. War both
>> were privates, John and Isaiah
>>>> Midkiff, both from Halifax
>> county VA. Both had pensions. John died
>>>> in VA. and Isaiah
>> in Grainger co. Tenn. I think his grave is
>>>> under water by
>> the TVA. but no proof. thanks
>>>> Jerry
>>>> Midkiff
>>>> Delton,MI
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Douglas Burnett
>>> Satellite Beach
>>> FL
>>>
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