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141    HAW RIVER [E84.1]

Location: Williams Township. 6,000 feet east of SR 1700, Mt. Gilead Church Road, at end of lane opposite SR 1711, Bynum Ridge Road, in Jordan Lake area

Coordinates: 35d 45m 56.0s N; 79d 04m 26.0s W Click here for Google maps

In 2004 Jane Pyle and John David Eliason recorded 24 readable markers and noted a number of sunken areas and unmarked fieldstone markers.

Topo Quadrant: Farrington.
Church owned: Yes. Denomination: Baptist.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 100.
Cemetery size: 200' x 150'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Difficult to access
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 24.
Last burial: 1947.
First burial: 1887.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Other damage explanation: Age, neglect.
Hazards: probably will remain; residential development encroaching.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: Location identified on topographic map.
Significant events: Located on Old Redfield Road, sometimes called Raleigh Road. Said to be remnant of settlement with school, church.
Miscellaneous information: Many fieldstones and depressions indicating earlier burials.
Last canvassed by: Jane Pyle, John David Eliason. Date: 16 Apr 2004.

1. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Gone But Not Forgotten".
2. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
NC/ Pvt. US Army. Date is not identified as birth or death; have assumed it is death.
3. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"May the resurrection find thee on the bosom of thy God". Age 65 years.
4. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"And I heard a voice from heaven". Double headstone.
5. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"And I heard a voice from heaven". Double headstone.
6. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Gone to a brighter home where grief cannot come".
7. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
NC/ Pvt 826 Co. Trans Corps.
8. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Safe in the arms of Jesus".
9. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"He followed virtue as his truest guide / Lived as a Christian / as a Christian died".
10. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"A place is vacant / within our home / which never can be filled". Age 33 years. Footstone.
11. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
Information from funeral home marker (Mrs. Mary Couch).
12. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"God gave He took He will restore He doeth all things well".
13. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
AEF France / Co. C 344th Labor Battalion.
14. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
At Camp Sherman Ohio/ Watts Hospital. Footstone: B. F.
15. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Those whom God loves die young".
16. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Forever with the Lord".
17. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Then a voice from heaven saying unto me Write this: blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth Yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labour and their work do follow them Rev. 14 Chap 13 V __". Erected by the New Hope Baptist Association. Footstone: C L H.
18. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Now his labors done / Now, now the goal is won".
19. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
Rev. Concrete block with name nailed on with metal letters.
20. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep/ from which none ever wake to weep".
21. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
NC / Corp. 121 Serv Bn QMC.
22. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
"Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep / a calm and undisturbed repose unbroken by the last of foes" "In loving remembrance of our dear father" "At rest".
23. Brown, Betsy   (b. 24 May 1834 - d. 16 Apr 1902)
Wife of Thomas Brown. "Gone but not forgotten".
24. Burnett, Ernest   (b. - d. 12 Apr 1930)
North Carolina / Pvt. US Army. Date is not identified as birth or death; field researcher assumes death.
25. Burnett, Mary Lee   (b. 28 Jun 1921 - d. 06 Nov 1923)
Daughter of R. B. and Dora Burnett. "Our loved one".
26. Burnett, Patsy   (b. ca. 1859 - d. 02 Jul 1924)
Wife of Garrott Burnett. "May the resurrection find thee on the bosom of thy God". Age 65 years.
27. Burnette, Jefferson Davis   (b. 8 Mar 1864 - d. 03 May 1947)
Husband of Susanna Clark Burnette. "And I heard a voice from heaven". Double headstone.
28. Burnette, Rhodie   (b. ca 1838 - d. 2 Feb 1908)
Wife of Jones Burnette. "Gone to a brighter home where grief cannot come". Age 70 years.
29. Burnette, Susanna Clark   (b. 10 Oct 1861 - d. 29 Jul 1941)
Wife of Jefferson Davis Burnette. "And I heard a voice from heaven". Double headstone.
30. Clark, Charlie   (b. - d. 05 Jun 1940)
North Carolina / Pvt. 826 Co. Trans. Corps.
31. Clark, Mary A. E.   (b. 20 May 1903 - d. 29 Mar 1904)
Daughter of R. C. and R. M. Clark. "Safe in the arms of Jesus".
32. Clark, Robert C.   (b. 22 May 1875 - d. 06 Sep 1915)
"He followed virtue as his truest guide / Lived as a Christian / as a Christian died".
33. Clark, Sarah   (b. Dec 1886 - d. Feb 1919)
Wife of Colfax Clark. "A place is vacant within our home which never can be filled". Age 33 years. Footstone.
34. Couch, Mary   (b. ca 1898 - d. 5 Jun 1937)
Age 39 years. Concrete marker with name; info from funeral home marker (Mrs. Mary Couch).
35. Crump, J. H.   (b. 4 Jul 1893 - d. 25 Aug 1915)
"God gave, He took, He will restore. He doeth all things well".
36. Durham, Gurnie   (b. 6 Sep 1892 - d. 9 Dec 1918)
A.E.F. France/ Co. C 344th Labor Bn.
37. Fearrington, Broadie   (b. 14 Aug 1893 - d. 25 Oct 1918)
Camp Sherman Ohio / Watts Hospital. "Gone but not forgotten". Footstone: BF.
38. Fearrington, Grant B.   (b. 11 Nov 1903 - d. 12 Mar 1920)
"Those whom God loves die young".
39. Fearrington, Hallie   (b. 27 Apr 1893 - d. 05 Apr 1903)
Daughter of G. F. and C. F. Fearrington. "Forever with the Lord".
40. Hackney, C. L., Rev.   (b. 05 Mar 1817 - d. 22 Mar 1887)
"Then a voice from heaven saying unto me Write this: blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth Yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labour and their work do follow them. Rev. 14 Chap 13 V". Footstone: CLH. Erected by the New Hope Baptist Association.
41. Hackney, Jerry   (b. ca 1842 - d. 27 Feb 1922)
"Now his labors done/ Now, now the goal is won". Age 80 years.
42. Smith, J. J.   (b. - d. )
Concrete block with name nailed on with metal letters. Rev.
43. Taylor, Alice   (b. 10 May 1854 - d. 12 Oct 1916)
"Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep".
44. Taylor, E. J.   (b. 27 Jan 1875 - d. 18 Jun 1933)
45. Taylor, Prince Albert   (b. - d. 02 Jul 1936)
North Carolina / Corp. 121 Service Bn QMC.
46. Taylor, William   (b. 25 Dec 1834 - d. 27 Jul 1905)
"Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep/ from which none ever wake to weep/ a calm and undisturbed repose unbroken by the last of foes. "In loving remembrance of our dear father … aged 70 years … At rest.