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Forgotten Souls Series - Massachusetts LbNA #6233 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Oct 12, 2003
Location:
City:Georgetown
County:Essex
State:Massachusetts
Boxes:1
Planted by:Memlili
Found by: oldhounder & Siamese
Last found:May 24, 2006
Status:FFFFFFFFaaFFFaaaaaa
Last edited:Oct 12, 2003
Forgotten Souls Massachusetts #1 - The Spafford Family

Status update ~ This box has been pulled for repairs.

This is a continuation of my Forgotten Souls Series from Maine and my first out-of-state box.

The early settlers of Georgetown are buried in this cemetery. There is a wide variety of gravestone art to be seen, from fierce death's heads to lovely Victorian weeping willows and urns. One style of art was particularly interesting to me and the inspiration for the stamp in this box. As in most old cemeteries you can trace the development of the spelling of a family name as you walk among the stones. The Spafford family has quite a number of variations here. I have also been told that in the early days of this cemetery, blacks were not allowed to be buried within the cemetery proper, but were buried in unmarked graves in a spot just outside. As the cemetery grew over the years that spot has come to be in the very center of the cemetery...

As with all of my Forgotten Souls boxes, I ask that you be respectful of the sacred place you are visiting. Walk gently and enjoy the history around you. My boxes, including this one, are hidden in such a way that you will not need to trample or destory anything to get to them. Though a stone wall is mentioned in the clues it is just a landmark - THE BOX IS NOT IN THE STONE WALL. If you follow the clues correctly the box will be obvious, requiring you to only move a rock or a few sticks. If it requires more effort than that, go back over the clues. Feel free to email me for additional hints if needed. I would love to hear from you.

Memlili
memlili54@yahoo.com



To a place where souls in Union sleep

A quiet vigil the old trees keep

Midst death's heads and cherubs old settlers rest

Here is the place to begin your quest

A quiet hill with leaning stones

The resting place of settlers bones

On a little knoll, gathered close

The Spaffords lie in gentle repose

An alien sight on one stone you spy

Seems out of place with others nearby

"Here lyes buried" it states 'neath the face

Nearby rests "Mrs. Bettey" in her own quiet place

Due south a large maple on the edge of the grass

Beside it a dirt road where visitors pass

Twenty-five steps to the west, a stone wall nearby

Look just beyond and the treasure you'll spy.