At

least a dozen Boy Scouts in Fayette County have

earned their Eagle Scout rank by cleaning up

cemeteries.

Erik

Walton, 17, Peachtree City Troop 209, chose one

of the more mysterious ones in the county. It is

at the top of a ridge in Planterra Ridge. There

are at least 30 grave sites in it, but none have

gravestones.

One

of the owners of the property in years past, the

late W. Tucker Penson, said that as far as he

knew, in all the years he lived on the property

there were never any burials in this century.

Other area natives also are unaware of any family

names associated with the site.

Walton

has been in Scouting for 12 years and his troop

is sponsored by Saint Andrew's-in-the-Pines

Episcopal Church. Dave Dale serves as

scoutmaster.

He

enlisted the aid of fellow troop members Brent

Moore, Alex Hermann, Drew Dolan, Brad Plunkett,

Darryl Walton, Justin Cook, Ryan Cook and Jacob

Byers, who came over from Troop 603 to help out.

Once

his project is completed, Walton must submit a

report documenting numbers of helpers and hours

spent, as well as donations received for

equipment, etc. It will then go before the local

Eagle Board of Review, made up of senior Scout

leaders and troop leaders.

He

will then appear before a review board and the

application will be forwarded to Boy Scout

national headquarters for a final decision.