my mom thinks her property was a battlefield back in the day and i would like to know where i can find some info on it. Any ideas would be great!
2007-10-11 14:43:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
My mom lives in Georgia, just southwest of Savannah
2007-10-12 00:53:21 · update #1
Not knowing where you are located I would suggest first make sure of course that your home town is old (example at least 200 to 300 years for American Civil War or American Revolution) or close (no more than 15 miles) to an old town of about the same age. The next step would be to check the Internet like google (or library if you are dedicated) and see what dates match up for wars that would have been going on in your area. If you really what to know more take a visit to your local town or state archives. Give them a call (most archival people are very kind and willing to help those with questions) ask if you can look in their collection for land records...you'll be amased out how land can change. Look for any long lasting structures such as rivers, roadways,and land dividers like stone fences, or very old trees these may match up to something still existing today. Depending on what you find take a metal detector out, if it was a large scale battle you might find what enthusiasts call, "Bullets and Buttons" Depending on what you find it may even be crucial enough to have an archelogical team come out and dig in your back yard. GOOD LUCK!
2007-10-11 15:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by Hist-Nerd1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call the history department at the nearest university. What they will need to know is it's location, particularly in relation to natural landmarks, such as rivers and mountains. The buildings and roads nearby are likely to be newer. While rivers do shift in their banks, there may be some indication of the older course in the land.
Another source might be if any recent highway work was done. Then find the agency that supervised it (state highway department, county highway department) and see if any archaeological surveys were done beforehand. Archaeological artifacts aren't just ancient native items, they dig up bullets and the like as well.
2007-10-11 23:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by william_byrnes2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you said which country you are in and the location of your mom it might be a help
2007-10-12 02:07:13 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
odds are it was. not really a definite way to find that out though
2007-10-11 21:57:34 · answer #4 · answered by God Told me so, To My Face 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋