I am reaching out to SHARE an update about the restoration of the Moore Chapel Cemetery maintained by the descendants of John Henry and Inez Moore and to ASK for your help in contacting any unknown family members who may still be alive who are related to the loved ones buried in the cemetery.
We received a match grant from THC for some of the
cost to survey and preserve the cemetery. The grant will locate unmarked graves
and publish a booklet about the cemetery survey. The project will also install
a sign about the history of the cemetery and the names of the loved ones buried
in unmarked graves in the cemetery. A
small pavilion will be installed to mark the location of the former Moore
Chapel building.
We have found 37 unmarked graves that will receive a flat
round marker, 3 historic headstones will be repaired, and 6 historic temporary
markers will be replaced this summer.
We
also plan to host an annual Homecoming: Ancestor Day at the
cemetery to honor our ancestors.
WE NEED YOUR
HELP.
Do you know any members still alive in the following family groups? We have
identified numerous family names buried in the cemetery. We know some families
and need help connecting with the other families.
The known families include: Boggs, Browning, Camp, Donloe,
Dunn, Green, Harrell, Harris, Hayes, Hooper, Jennings, Moore, Menzies, and
Murphy, Parsons, Rudd, Turner, Woods.
The families we
need HELP connecting with include: Barnett, Gossett, Hart,
McHaney, Matlock, North, Parker, Pervatt, Pettigrew, Shurley, Stanley, Tatum, Williams,
Andrews, Frazier, Medlock, Metlock, Mosley, Patterson.
If you know any people related to these families,
please have them contact me by call or text - 731.415.2588.
Thank you!
