Leas Cemetery(Submitted by chapter member and cemetery volunteer, MaryKay Emmerth) In the fall of 2003 it was the beginning of an exciting new adventure! That’s when Elaine and I became involved in the Jefferson County Cemetery Project. We were new and inexperienced in this world of “reading tombstones.” We quickly learned how to use mirrors, flour and rubbings to extract tombstone information. We learned the sadness that comes from finding families who had lost many small children and the young men that died during the wars. Most of all we gained a deeper appreciation for “those who have gone before us.” Elaine Simon and I finished reading Leas Cemetery and toward the end of 2003. It was a fairly easy cemetery to read as it is well maintained by the Leas family. The cemetery is still used today. All the information is now entered on the spreadsheet and the deed searches are complete. The Annapolis (old) Cemetery. We are “thankful” for sunshine and spring temperatures so we can get busy!
{Photo taken by MaryKay Emmerth} The above photo was taken of an old slate style tombstone located in the southeast portion of the Leas Cemetery. The inscription reads, “In memory of John Shoemaker, who departed this life Sept. 23rd, 1836, Aged 51 years & 8 mon.”
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