Cemeteries of Mt. Pleasant, Martin, County, IN


	I undertake this volunteer work in an effort to help record some of
the early genealogy history of Martin County, IN.  This work represents not
only the many hours that I have contributed but also early work performed
by other residents of Martin County.  This book covers the three early
cemeteries located at Mt. Pleasant.  One of the cemeteries, Reily Cemetery,
is still occasionally being used.

	Three cemeteries are located at Mt. Pleasant: (1) St. Rose, (2)
Brooks, (3) Reily.  A separate listing is provided for each cemetery.  This
work presents a fourth listing simply named Mt. Pleasant.  Mt. Pleasant is
not a real cemetery.  During this research information was uncovered
recording the fact that a person was buried somewhere at Mt. Pleasant with
the cemetery name not being mentioned.  It is these entries that you will
find in the Mt. Pleasant listing.

	Each cemetery listing began with the original work performed by the
Martin County Historical Society between 1963 and 1971.  This original work
was entered into a computer database.  The original work was then
systematically compared to the tombstone inscriptions as they survive
today.  Corrections were made wherever possible.  Several new entries were
made too.  The three cemeteries suffer varying degrees of neglect and
erosion.  Entries are annotated as to whether the tombstone still exists or
is now missing.  Local records were then searched for additional
information.  

	I would like to acknowledge the contributions and say thank you for
help provided by the following organizations and individuals:  The Martin
County Historical Society, The Martin County Genealogy Society, The Shoals
Library, Natalie Montgomery Baker, Deloris Sherfick, Herman J. McAtee,
Robert Green and my family who helped me with the field research in the
cemeteries.  I apologize to anyone whom I have inadvertently failed to
mention.

	Every precaution was taken to record factual information.  Data
sources are also included in the cemetery listings.  Each cemetery listing
has its own preface that explains the data source annotations.  Care was
taken not to introduce new errors, however, with work such as this errors
inevitably do creep in.  I apologize for errors that I may have introduced.

	My plans are to eventually produce plot maps of the three
cemeteries.  This work is progressing very slowly as I am only dedicating
my spare time to this effort.  I am releasing this information at this time
because much new information was uncovered and I feel there may be someone
out there who would be interested in it.

	I hope you find this work helpful and interesting.

				Evan C. Hand