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289    STEPHEN PETTY [K29.1]

Location: Center Township. Behind brown frame house, 700 feet north of lane, 0.2 mile west of SR 1943, Hanks Chapel Road, 0.2 mile west of SR 1944, Dee Farrell Road

Coordinates: 35d 42m 51.0s N; 79d 07m 44.0s W Click here for Google maps

On 17 March 1995, Will M. Heiser recorded 4 inscribed grave markers, 2 bases without headstones (one with footstone), and 26 unmarked field stones.

Owner: Ronald J. and Terry U. White.
Legal Description: Deed Book 613-758, 8 April 1993, from Henry W. White, except for graveyard.
Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 32.
Cemetery size: 60' x 90'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 5.
Last burial: 1876.
First burial: 1817.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Other damage explanation: Ladies from Chapel Hill removed inscribed stones.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 17 Mar 1995.

1. ??, ??   (b. - d. )
Headstone removed from base. Henry White reported ladies from Chapel Hill removed inscribed stones 10 years ago. Location row 1. column 5.
2. Hartso, Kitty   (b. 5 Jan 1817 - d. )
Flat field stone, letters scratched on stone. Location row 1. column 6.
3. P., M. J.   (b. - d. )
Footstone: MJP. Headstone removed from base. Henry White reported ladies from Chapel Hill removed several stones 10 years ago. Location row 1. column 4.
4. Petty, Lutilda   (b. 17 Nov 1805 - d. 20 Dec 1876)
2nd Wife of Stephen Petty. "In memory of our Mother" "She has gone to live with Jesus". Location row 1. column 2.
5. Petty, Sarah   (b. 9 Mar 1769 - d. 22 Jan 1820)
1st Wife of Stephen Petty. Weathered. Location row 1. column 1.
6. Petty, Stephen   (b. 1774 - d. 8 Apr 1850)
Husband of Sarah Petty and Lutilda Petty. Location row 1. column 2.