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255    OLD TICK CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH [J50.2]

Location: Hickory Mountain Township. 1,000 feet southwest of of Rives Chapel Baptist Church and 1,400 feet south of SR 2120, Ike Brooks Road

Coordinates: 35d 40m 30.0s N; 79d 22m 12.0s W Click here for Google maps

Thirty-seven (37) markers were recorded by W. Harold Broughton in 1972. See pages 47-48 of his cemetery records in Wren Memorial Library, Siler City, North Carolina. Fifty-two (52) markers were recorded by Elva Butler, May 1992, including thirty-one (31) previously recorded by Broughton, and four (4) blacks. Butler also reported there are about thirty-seven (37) unmarked white graves and about thirty-six (36) unmarked black graves. On 2 November, Audrey Heiser reread about 12 grave markers with corrections, and recorded 5 additional markers, making a total of about one-hundred thirty (130) graves in this cemetery.

On 10 February 1999 Charlie Thomas showed Will Heiser the location of a spring above the branch and the approximate location where the original Tick Creek Chapel stood, south of the cemetery.

Owner: Bertis E. and Louise Moore.
Legal Description: Deed 489-603, 8 Jan 1986, from Harold K. and Faye S. Hart, Plat A-539.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City NE.
Church owned: Yes. Denomination: Baptist.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 130.
Cemetery size: 1+ acre.
Black: Yes.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Difficult to get beyond locked pasture gate
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Wire fence.
Enclosed conditions: Needs replacement.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 57.
Last burial: 1926.
First burial: 1824.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: W. Harold Broughton, 1972, Cemetery Records, Wren Memorial Library, Siler City NC.
Last canvassed by: Eva Butler and Audrey Heiser, May 1992. Date: 2 Nov 1997.

1. ??, B. C.   (b. - d. )
2. Brooks, Archiball Donald   (b. 8 Mar 1849 - d. 1 Sep 1882)
Butler had death 1881,AOH read 1882.
3. Brooks, Charles Chalmers, Dr.   (b. 3 Aug 1831 - d. 15 Jun 1859)
Son of Samuel and Sarah Brooks. "To the memory". Butler read death Jan;AOH and Broughton read June.
4. Brooks, Luther Preston   (b. 25 Oct 1855 - d. 23 May 1891)
5. Brooks, Martha Rives   (b. 22 Feb 1843 - d. 27 Sep 1852)
6. Brooks, Sarah   (b. 29 Feb 1808 - d. 20 Mar 1857)
Wife of Samuel Brooks.
7. Brooks, Thomas J., Capt.   (b. 8 Apr 1838 - d. 4 Jun 1865)
Son of Samuel and Sarah Brooks. Capt. Civil War? W. Harold Broughton, 1972, pp. 47-48, Wren Lib. says "Thomas J., son of Samuel and Sarah Brooks, b. 1838, d. 1885".
8. Brooks, William Terrell   (b. 9 Oct 1767 - d. 24 Aug 1824)
Husband of Susanna (Warren) Brooks.
9. Bynum, J. C__n   (b. 1784 - d. 26 Jan 186_)
Black.
10. Campbell, Elizabeth   (b. Dec 1815 - d. 4 Oct 1873)
11. Campbell, Mathew C.   (b. 4 May 1802 - d. 1 Mar 1869)
12. Clegg, Flora Ann (Brooks)   (b. 22 Feb 1839 - d. 20 Jun 1873)
2nd Wife of Luther Clegg. Daughter of Samuel and Sarah Brooks.
13. D., L. R.   (b. - d. 01/30/1918)
Footstone only, with "L.R.D.".
14. Dark, Aaron B.   (b. 17 Aug 1830 - d. 17 Oct 1882)
15. Dark, Emily A.   (b. 7 Aug 1828 - d. 27 Aug 1887)
16. Dark, M. N.   (b. 24 Mar 1861 - d. 3 May 1926)
"Father".
17. Dark, Mary Ann   (b. 26 Jul 1818 - d. 4 Jan 1873)
"A Great sufferer for many years.".
18. Dark, Thomas J.   (b. 2 Jun 1819 - d. 12 Dec 1897)
19. Dunlap, Bryan Edwin   (b. 13 Jun 1856 - d. 12 May 1857)
Son of N. B. and M. M. Dunlap.
20. Emerson, Aaron   (b. 4 Jul 1795 - d. 18 Nov 1858)
Husband of Rosanna D. Emerson.
21. Emerson, James   (b. - d. 1786)
"Patriot". "A Regulator at the Battle of Alamance, condemned to death by Gov. Tryon, pardoned by Gov. Martin, lived to take part in the issue of American Independence.".
22. Emerson, James H.   (b. 24 Aug 1789 - d. 15 Oct 1849)
23. Emerson, Mary A.   (b. 1799 - d. 1835)
Consort of John Emerson.
24. Emerson, Rosanna D.   (b. 30 Sep 1805 - d. 26 Jul 1856)
Wife of Aaron Emerson.
25. Emerson, S. E.   (b. - d. )
26. Glover, Infant   (b. - d. )
Infant of Carn Glover.
27. Hackney, Robert   (b. 7 Mar 1800 - d. 2 Feb 1859)
28. Headen, Andrew J.   (b. 22 Jul 1831 - d. 11 Sep 1911)
29. Headen, Carrie   (b. 1853 - d. 1861)
Daughter of W. J. and M. Headen.
30. Headen, George William   (b. 1864 - d. 1864)
Son of W. J. and M. Headen.
31. Headen, John L.   (b. 1841 - d. 9 Jul 1858)
Son of William and Fannie Headen.
32. Headen, Susannah   (b. 17 Aug 1798 - d. 20 Apr 1880)
Wife of William Headen. "Wife of William Headen and one of the purest".
33. Headen, William   (b. 9 Oct 1798 - d. 8 Apr 1869)
Husband of Susannah Headen.
34. Headen, William   (b. 1795 - d. 1 Jan 1869)
35. Headen, William Joseph   (b. 1837 - d. 13 Jul 1865)
Husband of M. Headen.
36. Hunter, Sarah   (b. Nov 1771 - d. )
Black.
37. Johnson, Lizzie Cleveland   (b. Nov 1883 - d. 18 Jan 1884)
Daughter of Sheriff J. J. and F. M. Johnson.
38. Johnson, Tarlton A., Sr.   (b. 1813 - d. 1879)
Father of Sheriff J. J. Johnson. Husband of (1) Susan Ellis Andrews (4) Eliza Ann Burke. Married 4 times. Duane Hall says correct name is Tarlton not Carlton.WMH/4-13-01 New stone provided by James Johnson.
39. Moody, Charles   (b. - d. )
Co. E, 26 NC Inf. CSA. Confederate Soldier.
40. Murchison, Martha A.   (b. 1831 - d. 1863)
Wife of D. C. Murchison.
41. Tomo, Mary   (b. - d. )
Black.
42. Utley, M. C.   (b. 30 Dec 1784 - d. 26 Jan 1806)
43. W., M. H.   (b. 23 Nov 1781 - d. May)
Black.
44. Watson, John C.   (b. 1857 - d. 1880)
45. Webster,   (b. 6 Jul 1816 - d. 8 Dec 1869)
46. Webster, D. P.   (b. 1814 - d. 8 Feb 1865)
47. Webster, Elizabeth   (b. 7 Jul 1824 - d. 23 Feb 1904)
48. Webster, J. J.   (b. 20 May 1829 - d. 16 Aug 1908)
Husband of S. A. Webster.
49. Webster, Martha A.   (b. Apr 1871 - d. 24 May 1887)
Daughter of J. J. and S. A. Webster.
50. Webster, Mary   (b. 1 Jan 1821 - d. 18 May 1896)
51. Webster, S. A.   (b. 14 Jan 1843 - d. 16 Apr 1879)
Wife of J. J. Webster.
52. Webster, Thomas   (b. 1847 - d. 1852)
53. Webster, Tobitha   (b. 15 Jul 1758 - d. 15 Sep 1860)
"In memory of".
54. Webster, W. S.   (b. 23 Sep 1818 - d. 18 Feb 1902)
55. Webster, William M. Sperman, Capt   (b. 2 Sep 1813 - d. 12 Dec 1898)
Capt. Co. E, 26 NC Inf, CSA.
56. Yarbrough, Thomas S.   (b. 6 Jun 1827 - d. 27 Nov 1860)
"Elder. Baptised by Elder J.J. James, 20 Oct 1846. Made Deacon, 17 Nov 1849. Ordained at the Beulah Association at Ephesus, Person County, Aug 1852".