Elon College, North Carolina Sm (p?)-fn 1809% Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/familyburyinggroOOsmit Family Burying Grounds and Abandoned Church Cemeteries in Guilford County, N. C. and Immediate Environs O. Norris and Rebecca H. Smith '9.309- r3fa i Publication 1978 I 1 Acknowledgements The tombstones herein recorded were viewed and transcribed by us with two exceptions; Haw River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockingham County, N.C., which was given to us by the late Mrs. C.L. Pritchett of Osceola, N.C. and The Cone Family Cemetery. Gr< 3nsboro, N.C, which was furnished by Herman Cone, Jr. Every effort was made on our part to find and record accurately all tombstones existing todayinthese old cemeteries. However, due to vandalism, erosion of stones and in many instances dense impregnable undergrowth, we cannot state with absolute certainty that we found allremaining markers. We would like to thank our many guides for their assistance in our exploration of the county and its bordering territory, especially Mrs. Margie Green, Mrs. Ruth Thompson, MissKathleen Hoskins, the late Mrs. C.L. Pritchett, Messrs. Poley Adams, Gordon Cable, C.H. Darden, Ned Dillard, W. Calvin Hinshaw, Clarence Lewis, Egbert Murrow, Jerry Nix, Garland Stout, and Ellis Swain. '*' — — '» » » '» — ^ <m ^^tI NorrisandRebecca Smith f COUEdf . L/ Elon College, North Carolina l ^ ^ ^, ^, _ . m _ .7p Q j ^ I Published by Guilford County GenealogicalSociety P.O. Box9575 Greensboro, N.C. 27408 I Family Burying Grounds and Abandoned Church Cemeteries in Guilford County. N. C. and Immediate Environs Including Guide to Published Tombstone Inscriptions Greensboro Public Library Greensboro, N. C. Compiled by O. Norris and Rebecca H. Smith Under the Auspices of Earl of Shaftesbury Chapter XVIIth. Century Colonial Dames Published by Guilford County Genealogical Society 1978 ontenii Introduction 1 Maps 2 Elm Grove Methodist Cemetery 8 John Cummings Cemetery (Rockingham Co.) 9 . Witty Cemetery (RockinghamCo.) 9 Unidentified Church Cemetery, Scalesville Rd. (RockinghamCo.) 9 Winchester-Reed Cemetery(Rockingham Co.) 9 Unidentified Church Cemetery, Scalesville Rd. (RockinghamCo.) 10 Stephen Henry Cemetery (Rockingham Co.) 10 Patrick Cemetery (RockinghamCo.) 10 Phibbs Cemetery 10 Brann-Marsiliot-Stanfield Cemetery(Rockingham Co.) 10 Haw River Presbyterian Cemetery(Rockingham Co.) 11 Pritchett Cemetery (RockinghamCo.) 12 Nelson-Brookbank Cemetery 12 Tatum Cemetery 12 Peagram-Endsley Cemetery 13 H. G. Moore Cemetery 13 Bruce Cemetery 13 Case Cemetery 13 Highf Cemetery No. 13 ill 1 W. Highfill Cemetery 13 J. Highf Cemetery No. 2 13 ill Carter-Hobbs Cemetery 14 Doak Cemetery 14 Heath-Smith Cemetery 14 Moore-Wright Cemetery 14 Caffey-Moore-Bevill Cemetery 14 Maxwell Cemetery 15 Gordon-Vaughn Cemetery 15 Thacker-Moore Cemetery 15 Watlington Cemetery 15 Field Cemetery 16 Gum Grove Presbyterian Cemetery 16 Flack Cemetery 16 Simpson Cemetery 16 Graham-Holt Cemetery 16 Old Union Church Cemetery, Harrell Rd 17 McMichael Cemetery 17 Unidentified Family Cemetery, Lake Brandt Rd 17 Unidentified Family Cemetery, Church St. Extension 17 Pitchford Cemetery No. 1 17 Pitchford Cemetery No. 2 18 Davis Cemetery 18 Fulton Cemetery 18 Weatherly Cemetery 18 Wyrick Cemetery No. 18 1 Jenkins Cemetery 18 McCuiston Cemetery 18 Lambeth Cemetery 19 Dover Meeting House Cemetery 19 Cone Cemetery 19 Phillips Cemetery 19 McCadams Cemetery 20 Midway Presbyterian Cemetery 20 Proximity Mill Cemetery 20 Holt's Chapel Methodist Cemetery 23 Sikes Cemetery 23 Lindsay Cemetery 23 Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery 23 Mt. Zion Methodist Cemetery 23 Isaac Weatherly Cemetery 25 Dick Cemetery 25 Unidentified Family Cemetery, U. S. 70 25 Horney Cemetery 25 Walnut Grove Primitive BaptistCemetery 25 Armfield-Millis Cemetery (PineyGroveMethodist) 26 Hatton Cemetery 26 Old Union Cemetery (Holton-Vickrey) 27 Unidentified Family Cemetery, Drummond Rd 27 Breedlove-Hill-Holder Cemetery 27 Dickey Cemetery 27 Gossett Cemetery (RandolphCo.) 28 Timber Ridge Primitive BaptistCemetery (Randolph Co.) 28 Bowman-Deviney Cemetery 28 Grace Methodist Cemetery, Smithwood Church Rd 28 Long's Friends Meeting HouseCemetery 28 Providence Baptist Cemetery(Black) 29 Celia Phelps A. M. E. Cemetery(Black) 29 Union Cemetery (Black) 30 Wyrick Cemetery No. 2 (Black) 32 "Lost, But Not Forgotten" Cemeteries 32 Cemetery Records, GreensboroPublic Library 33 Surname Index 35 Introduction Guidelines and Abbreviations 1. Identity, description andlocationofseventy-nine cemeteries are given, including fouroldBlackcemeteries. 2. Inscriptions from eachcemeteryarelistedin alphabetical order, limitingmost entries topre-1915deathdates. 3. FamilyCemetery is a smallgroupofgraves. 4. ChurchCemetery is a large cemeteryor a scatteredgroupoftombstones covering a largearea. 5. Genealogicaldata are recordedfromeachinscribed tombstone. 6. Description ofstones foundinmiddlecolumn. VAUGHN, Thomas scratchedstone Dec 22, 1835 Feb 9, 1844 7. Brackets are used to designateeditorializing by the authors. CONE, Sadie [Frank] w/oClarence Apr 2, 1879 Jun25, 1965 8. Integral symbol used toindicatemultiplenames onone stone. LAMBERT, Joseph one stone 1761 1851 [ ElizabethLoftin J 1762 1831 9. Slash marks are used toindicatedifferentlines of anoddlyinscribedstone. RachelPel agram Sep/ X 1789/ 26yrs. 10. A line undera digit, number, letterornamemeans the authorsarenotcertainofthat portionoftheinscription. BURNEY, ElizabethM. May 12, 1835 Feb 4, 1832 1 1. A dashis used to signify thenumberofillegible letters ordigitsintheinscription. — OAKES, Anneyw/o -jsnk 18-- 1867 12. The following form and headingsareusedthroughout this book. SURNAME, Givenname Add. Info. Birthdate Deathdate Yrs. Mos. Days 13. Abbreviations used: ca about c/o childof d/o daughterof s/o sonof w/o wifeof h/o husbandof 14. The Guilford County map available at the County Administration Building, Greensboro, N.C, has been divided into six sections as numbered below to designate the approximate location of each recorded cemetery. More specific instructionsaccompany eachcemeterylisting. B D G H J K L 1 1 2 3 MapNo. 1 MapNo. 2 MapNo. 3 page 2 page 3 page 4 4 5 6 6 i 1 7 7 MapNo. 4 MapNo. 5 MapNo. 6 8 8 page 5 page 6 page 7 9 9 10 10 11 11 B D H I K