[setter]

“That is pretty heavy. Do you wonder about them and their lives? Would you ever allow anyone to disturb the sites, if it was your decision?”

I weedwack around the markers every so often and talk to them. The cemetary is in one of my wifes horse paddocks.The original farmhouse burned down in the 50’s and the farm was rented out to local farmers.

Years ago the guys from Barn Builders show (before they became famous) was going to buy our 3 barns but we could never come up with an agreement. One barn they dated 1840-1850, the other 1870’s and the third early 1900’s.

My wife and I have no kids. We are in talks with both the local state park which butts up against our farm and the local state university to donate it to them and keep it as a farm forever after we die.

We do not want it developed out

[gloryblaze]

Your post just plain made my day! Bless your ever-lovin'!

Now I can turn this computer off and get some work done. Thanks for taking the time.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

An ancestor of mine is buried on private land in similar circumstances. He was a militia captain during the Revolution, so the VA provided him with a headstone. His son was in the Continential Army, and later became a minister, and he is buried under a larger headstone in the churchyard.

Headstone in Cole Farm Cemetery, Carmel NY

Headstone in Old Baptist Cemetery Carmel, Putnam County, New York, USA