# Brice's Crossroads Verification Checklist

## Land and route

- Identify the exact family land or parcel if possible.
- Compare any parcel information with battlefield approach-route maps.
- Preserve private-land boundaries privately unless publication is approved and source-safe.

## Cemetery and marker

- Identify the cemetery.
- Identify the unknown Civil War burial section.
- Photograph or document the marker Aunt Nett referenced.
- Transcribe marker text if present and appropriate.
- Check cemetery records, battlefield records, county records, park records, and local historical society materials.

## Family archive

- Interview Kerry while the details are fresh.
- Look for family documents, deeds, maps, letters, photographs, or notes.
- Preserve Frank and Nett as family-memory anchors, but avoid publishing full names until approved.
- Try to identify the farm hand who found the skeleton, if recoverable and appropriate.

## Public safety

- Do not publish exact dig spots, find locations, private-land boundaries, or sensitive cemetery details.
- Do not encourage trespass, metal detecting, digging, cemetery disturbance, or artifact removal.
- Label all unresolved claims as family memory, place memory, artifact lead, or unverified / needs source.