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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