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280    WILLIAM ALSTON [K24.1]

Location: Center Township. 170 feet north of SR 2159, Alston Chapel Road, 0.277 mile west of SR 2160, Old Goldston Road, across from paved driveway

Coordinates: 35d 42m 44.0s N; 79d 11m 44.0s W Click here for Google maps

The house and cemetery of William and Anne (Yeargan) Alston at the home site, was on the north side of Alston Chapel Road, just south of Roberson Creek. [Related by John London as noted on two pages of notes by Michael D. Roper in Alston Family File in Pittsboro Memorial Library, Pittsboro, North Carolina.]

Mrs. Katherine S. Smith, former property owner, confirmed there was a cemetery on the property. On 4 April 1997, Will M. Heiser located an old lane, probably leading to the original house site overlooking Roberson Creek.

A search of Deeds shows that, on 29 April 1775, William Alston purchased from John Harrington 212 acres on the south side of Robertson (sic) Creek including tract whereon Mial Scurlock lived and the Court House of Chatham County stood.

The exact location of this cemetery was reported by Fred Judge. On 10 April 1997, Will M. Heiser recorded one grave marker (for Ann S. Hill), 7 field stones and 2 white marble rocks. Other burials reported in John London's notes.

Owner: Mark W. and Linda H. Wisen, Bloomington IN.
Legal Description: Deed Book 482, page 108, 28 May 1985, from B. C. and Katherine S. Smith.
Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 10.
Cemetery size: 20' x 40'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Difficult access over private property
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Rock wall, 3' high, w/ wrought iron gate entrance on west side.
Enclosed conditions: Good.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 1.
Last burial: 1838.
Significant events: William Alston was the younger brother of Col. Philip Alston (House in the Horseshoe) and older brother of Joseph John "Chatham Jack" Alston..
Miscellaneous information: William Alston was Clerk of Chatham County Court, December 1773 to May 1776, died 1778 and buried at Sulphur Springs VA.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 10 Apr 1997.

1. Alston, Anne (Yeargan)   (b. - d. 1786)
Wife of William Alston. Daughter of Samuel and Sarah Yeargan. Per John London.
2. Alston, Samuel Yeargan   (b. - d. )
Son of William and Anne (Yeargan) Alston. Per John London.
3. Alston, William Chancy   (b. - d. )
Son of William and Anne (Yeargan) Alston.
4. Hill, Ann S.   (b. 1798 - d. 9 Nov 1838)
Wife of Arthur Jones Hill. Daughter of Hugh and Ann (Moore) Wadell. "To the Wife and Mother, This stone is erected by her Husband and children" "May the affliction of Earth be". Slab. Marriage and Husband suppled by Henry S. Hill from S. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church records..