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287    LUCAS -- TAYLOR [K27.1]

Location: Center Township. 180 feet west of Industrial Drive, Pittsboro, 378 feet south of US 64

Coordinates: 35d 42m 50.0s N; 79d 09m 40.0s W Click here for Google maps

On 5 March 1999, Will M. Heiser recorded 7 grave markers and 4 illegible stones.

Deed AH-195, 1838, from Sterling B. Everett to John D. Toomer, 700 acres, "except therefrom one-fourth of an acre of ground laid off so as to include near the center thereof the old Lucas Family burying ground, which was reserved in the sale of said land and premises to the said Sterling by Abraham Given and Sarah Ann his wife a family burying ground for them and their heirs forever." [Deed AD-129, 28 July 1834, 700 acres from Abraham and Sarah Ann Given to Sterling B. Everett.]

Owner: K. W. Cooper and W. D. Harris.
Legal Description: Deed 504-85, 13 Nov 1986, from Bruce H. Ward.
Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 11.
Cemetery size: 30' x 90'.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Rock wall.
Enclosed conditions: Fallen down.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 7.
Last burial: 1856.
First burial: 1817.
Significant events: George Lucas owned land from Moore's Bridge on Haw River to Pittsboro, and west of Pittsboro to the Alston lands..
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 5 Mar 1999.

1. Lucas, Mary   (b. - d. 12 Oct 1833)
2. Taylor, George   (b. 1797 - d. 24 Jul 1833)
3. Taylor, James   (b. 1765 - d. 24 Feb 1830)
4. Taylor, John   (b. - d. 21 Apr 1856)
"Departed this life".
5. Taylor, Tobias   (b. - d. 9 Oct 1817)
Footstone: TT.
6. W., A. A.   (b. - d. )
Footstone: AAW.
7. Womack, Mary W., Mrs.   (b. - d. 20 Apr 1823)
"Departed this life".