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369    B. F. UPCHURCH [M02.1]

Location: New Hill. 0.5 mile north of US 64 and 0.65 mile east of SR 1745, John Horton Road (between NC 751 and Farrington Road)

Coordinates: 35d 44m 42.0s N; 78d 58m 34.0s W Click here for Google maps

In 2002 Jane Pyle inventoried three graves with two tombstones.

Owner: B. F. Upchurch Estate. Option to buy by Chatham Development Corporation (Heritage Pointe).
Topo Quadrant: New Hill.
Family owned: Yes.
Maintained and in use: Yes.
Number of graves: 3.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 2.
Last burial: 1928.
First burial: 1883.
Unusual situation: Yes.
Unusual situation: One marker with mezzo-relievo flower; double headstone has his death date scratched in instead of professionally chiseled..
Markers damaged: Yes.
Hazards: Developer seems very sympathetic to preserving.
Listed: Yes.
Miscellaneous information: Magnolia apparently planted on child's grave; now large but has not damaged stones..
Last canvassed by: Jane Pyle. Date: 21 Aug 2002.

1. Upchurch, Benjamin Franklin   (b. 1848 - d. 1925)
Husband of Mary G. Upchurch. "Gone Home". Double headstone. Date of death added to blank by incising carefully, but obviously by non-professional.
2. Upchurch, Mary G.   (b. 1842 - d. 1922)
Wife of Benjamin Franklin Upchurch. At Rest. Double headstone. Footstone.
3. Upchurch, W. Gammon   (b. 18 Oct 1876 - d. 22 Feb 1883)
Son of B. F. and Mary G. Upchurch. Large mezzo-relief flowers (roses?) on left side of stone. Magnolia, now full-grown apparently planted on grave. Chatham Record (16 Mar 1882) reports that 6 yr old of BF Upchurch died of lockjaw after having 2 fingers cut off with a knife.