Frequently Asked Questions

Who is buried in this cemetery?

We know that there are some Civil War Veterans, Black WWI veterans, some people who were poor...
One report says that as many as 2000 people are buried in this cemetery

What needs to be done?

Trees need to be cleared.
We need McCandless to fix some waterways. They won't do this until there is enough money reserved for perpetual care of the cemetery.
Arvind Venkat is working on the funding.
We need people to haul garbage out and away.
We need people with weed eaters to clear out areas.
We will need people to dig to help find markers that are below the surface.
Just pick and area and clear it out.

Who owns the property?

No one. Be careful while working there.

When do you want us to work?

You can go almost anytime. Try not to interrupt church services.

We will have multiple days where we get groups in there to clean.
This job may take years. But we can do this.
The woman who has been instrumental in working on this tells the story about a man in India who worked for years, with people telling him daily that he was crazy... and now after years, his village has water. It takes just steady work.