News was released today of the recent exposure of a cemetery that has been buried
under 30 feet of water by the manmade Lake Buchanan near Bluffton, Texas.
The Fox News article included a photo of the tombstone for Johnny D. Parks who was born 17 Oct 1881 and died 15 Oct 1882 that is once again exposed to the sun.
The article goes on to talk about another cemetery that is now similarly exposed after being under the Navarro County, Texas reservoir. It may contain the graves of freed slaves .
Are there any genealogy and Find-a-grave volunteers in the area who will take the time to inventory these cemeteries and post the information and tombstone photos online and on Find-a-grave so the data and images are not lost to the world again when the lake levels rise?
Normally wet months are ahead of us, so the time to visit the cemeteries may be short. Please take this opportunity to Pay-It-Forward.
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I am very interested to inventory in this cemetery. In fact, I feel compelled. Please contact me.
Sonnie,
You’ll need to give me your email address or other contact method.
So glad someone is pursuing this. I did a cursory search for
Johnny D. Parker this morning on several sites, including the
Bluffton cemetery records, and there was no record of his death. I’ll follow up to see what you find. Thank you!
I have been doing genealogy research for over 20 years on my own and various friends/co-workers family trees. I am also a findagrave contributor and have been contributing there for a number of years. It would be an honor to help preserve this information for future generations.
Thanks Finnis. Please let everyone know when you are working on the project. The genealogy community appreciates your efforts.
hello my name is lynn i am thinking about doing a story on this case and would like to do some work together thanks
Lynn