DICK LEE FAMILY CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC A.K.A. Tamassee, SC Version 2.3, 21-Jan-2003, C114.TXT, C114 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization, or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn Seneca, SC, USA Oconee County SC GenWeb Coordinator Oconee County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Oconee County SC GenWeb Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/cemeteries.html http://www.usgwtombstones.org/southcarolina/oconee.html **************************************************************** DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jan-2003 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jan-2003 G.P.S. MAPPING . : ____________ at ____________ in _______ HISTORY WRITE-UP : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : ____________ at ____________ in _______ LOCATION WRITE-UP: ____________ at ____________ in _______ TRANSCRIPTION .. : ____________ at ____________ in _______ CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > Latitude N__ __.___ x Longitude W__ __.___ CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ The old Dick Lee homestead is located near what is called Tamassee Knob. It's speculated that this homestead is one of the oldest in the general area and possibility part of a land grant. However, this has not been proven. The cemetery that the family used is located a short distance from the original home site. It's speculated that Dick Lee is buried there along with his kin. The cemetery is located on a mountain slop and 12-15 graves are marked with field stone. It's common for old grave shafts to collapse due to wooden coffin decay. Shallow graves will normally collapse when walked on, but deep ones hold their ground. One 6' deep grave is collapsed and it's possible that it might have been desecrated by vandals. Then again, maybe this grave was moved or it simply collapsed. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife >