Cemetery Explored
December 9, 2000
On the evening of August 23, 2000, the Elk Run Church Site Preservation Committee received permission from William and Jacqueline Patton to search for the Church Cemetery on their adjoining property.
On December 9, 2000, the search for the suspected adjacent Church Cemetery begins by using a backhoe with a smooth blade to dig shallow parallel trenches to expose possible graves. By late afternoon, the first gravesite was confirmed, was photographed and the measurements documented.