It has been determined from older maps that the original cemetery property at one time was established on an old road and has since been moved. That explains why the property has been so hard to get an accurate survey of the original acre donated to Liberty Christian Church and cememtery. We have decided that it is best just to let it go for now since Fourenrat actually gave up some land in the front and back because of his unwillingness to properly research the issue. Not only that... the land where the utility shed was located is now actually proven original cemetery property that he grabbed and quit-claimed for himself and fenced it off so we had to move it to an area that he has to see it everyday (which I'm sure he considers an eye sore) since he has made mention of it numerous times through his letters from his lawyer. I laugh at it everytime I see it. He brought it on himself. Several stressed and diseased trees have fallen on his fence now and popped the strands of the barbed wire. His lawyer was trying to stop us from cutting any more live trees although they would have prevented this damage to his fence.
At some point we will try to figure out if his fence is on old graves. Mr. T. Jones, a life-long resident, insist that it is on graves.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Foreign Rat
Every one met at the cemetery today. Representative Dubois showed up and I gave him a tour of the Liberty cemetery including the property in dispute. He crossed the fence looked into the toolshed and examined the markers of the two different survey lines. The second survey line was made using old intermitent fencing along the trees that had been there for a long time. Some of the fencing was lodged in the middle of the trees, some over 100 years old.
Went back up out of the Duck River flood plain to meet with the others from the SCV and other friends of Liberty. The archeologist and Turner Jones was also there. I don't think the archeologist did a very thorough job in examining the area for depressions--Turner found many more later.
Although, he did mark several places that had been desecrated by the newly erected fence that Barney Fourenrat had recently erected across the cemetery, vitually eliminating over 3 acres of cememtery property according to the land deed.
He marked many of the known graves that had already been determined to be grave sites. I'm sure Barney laid a brick when he got back tonight and saw all the markers and the ones along side the fence. He has known about the grave but removed two symbolic markers, nonetheless.
Dubois seemed to act as though we should have the fence moved off 10 feet and the maintenance shed moved over on this side of the fence and let it rest. Everyone else, seems to think otherwise including myself. Many things need to be answered and all need to see how this shady deal was accomplished. I think the SCV is willing to go further with the investigation.
Christy has a baby girl last month. Anna Sloane. All are doing fine.
New documents have come to light since this original post. It explains why this whole issue has been just one snafu after another.
Went back up out of the Duck River flood plain to meet with the others from the SCV and other friends of Liberty. The archeologist and Turner Jones was also there. I don't think the archeologist did a very thorough job in examining the area for depressions--Turner found many more later.
Although, he did mark several places that had been desecrated by the newly erected fence that Barney Fourenrat had recently erected across the cemetery, vitually eliminating over 3 acres of cememtery property according to the land deed.
He marked many of the known graves that had already been determined to be grave sites. I'm sure Barney laid a brick when he got back tonight and saw all the markers and the ones along side the fence. He has known about the grave but removed two symbolic markers, nonetheless.
Dubois seemed to act as though we should have the fence moved off 10 feet and the maintenance shed moved over on this side of the fence and let it rest. Everyone else, seems to think otherwise including myself. Many things need to be answered and all need to see how this shady deal was accomplished. I think the SCV is willing to go further with the investigation.
Christy has a baby girl last month. Anna Sloane. All are doing fine.
New documents have come to light since this original post. It explains why this whole issue has been just one snafu after another.
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