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262    DARK [J71.1]

Location: Hickory Mountain Township. 900 feet north of SR 2151, McLaurin Road, 1,000 feet east of SR 2170, Rives Chapel Road, behind residence at 2540 McLaurin Road

Coordinates: 35d 39m 51.0s N; 79d 21m 17.0s W Click here for Google maps

On 23 May 1995, Will M. Heiser found the cemetery with the help of Charlie B. Thomas. Only 2 grave markers with illegible inscriptions were found. Charlie Thomas also said the following people were buried here: Ellison McIver, Fannie Thomas (his grandmother), Maggie Emerson, d. ca. 1925 (he helped dig her grave), and Marion Emerson.

On 20 February 1999, Will Heiser visited the cemetery with Mike Moody, Real Estate Broker, and 4 legible stones were recorded and about 4 broken or illegible markers were noted.

Owner: Charles E. Volk.
Legal Description: Deed 676-965, 13 Oct 1995, from Micci Swick; Plat 92-201.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City NE.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 12.
Cemetery size: 60' x 40'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Hard to find on private property
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 0.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser w/ Charlie B. Thomas and Fred Emerson. Date: 23 May 1995.

1. Dunlap,   (b. - d. )
Reported by Charlie B. Thomas.
2. Emerson, Maggie   (b. - d. 1925)
Daughter of Marion Emerson. Reported by Charlie B. Thomas.
3. Emerson, Marion   (b. - d. )
Reported by Charlie B. Thomas.
4. M., R. W.   (b. - d. )
5. McIver, Ellison   (b. - d. )
Reported by Charlie B. Thomas.
6. Messon, Rebeka-   (b. - d. )
Could this be Emerson?.
7. Muelton, S. A.   (b. 29 Jul 1911 - d. )
8. Ragland, Thomas, Sr.   (b. 1759 - d. 27 Jun 1837)
9. Thomas, Fannie   (b. - d. 1925)
Grandmother of Charles B. Thomas. Reported by Charlie B. Thomas.