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Subject: Re: [PIATT] Federal Hall, Boone Co KY
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:51:04 EDT
Yes, I sent a brief reply to Twood email I believe on 4/5/01.
As most of you know I am still in my winter home in Florida without my
records and therefore cannot reply in definite terms. But, from memory, I
will relate what I know until I can get a name for you of the then present
owner of Federal Hall.
Back in the late 1970s or very early 1980s Joe Kearney made several attempts
to get into Federal Hall, succeeding on the second try. He was then greeted
by the owner who politely threw him off the property and threatened him with
a lawsuit. I have the property owners name and can supply it if anyone is
interested after I get home.
The plaque was stolen, an award offered and it turned up after the reward was
paid and returned to the gravesite. It was promptly stolen again, the same
$100.00 award offered and promptly "found" and returned. The plaque was not
returned to the cemetery as Joe Kearney and I were in the process of possibly
removing the remains back to NJ with his mother. Some years later, I donated
this plaque to the owner of the "Benjamin Piatt House" in West Liberty, Ohio
where the Piatt Castles are located. It was understood by me that it was to
go on display there.
Yes, Laverne, without my records I believe your descriptive location is
correct. The road back to the cemetery was closed many years ago and
therefore the cemetery is on the original Jacob Piatt property, without
access, as far as I know.
Dick Piatt
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