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426    HIRAM PHILLIPS [P63.1]

Location: Bear Creek Township. 0.2 mile east of SR 2319, Hoyte Scott Road, 0.3 mile north of SR 2314, Mert McManess Road

Coordinates: 35d 32m 43.0s N; 79d 27m 27.0s W Click here for Google maps

In 1989, Wayne Phillips reported 18 graves with 9 grave markers legible.

Owner: Dabney Phillips.
Legal Description: Deed 330-228, 10 Nov 1966.
Topo Quadrant: Bear Creek.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 18.
Cemetery size: 75' x 75'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. On private property, hardly accessibile
Poorly maintained: Yes.
Not identified explanation: In grove of trees in middle of cornfield. Accessible only in winter..
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Fence.
Enclosed conditions: Fair.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 9.
Last burial: 1943.
First burial: 1852.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Significant events: Near Phillips-Manness House, listed by Rachel Osborn and Ruth Selden-Sturgill in "The Architectural Heritage of Chatham Co., North Carolina," 1991, p. 214..
Last canvassed by: Wayne Phillips (1989) / Will Heiser. Date: 3 Feb 1992.

1. Moon, Jerry   (b. 1818 - d. 1875)
"In Memory".
2. Moon, Mary   (b. - d. )
3. Oldham, Estie Scott   (b. 1888 - d. 1919)
4. Phillips, Basil Manly   (b. 24 Apr 1849 - d. 26 Jun 1852)
Son of II and Nancy Phillips. "In Memory".
5. Phillips, Hiram   (b. 2 Aug 1817 - d. 24 Nov 1862)
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord". Marker made by Lauder Fayett.
6. Phillips, Miley   (b. 12 Dec 1868 - d. 5 Jul 1908)
Wife of C. C. Phillips. "To my wife Miley".
7. Scott, J. A.   (b. 16 Oct 1850 - d. 4 Jul 1934)
8. Scott, Nancy   (b. 1853 - d. 1943)
9. Scott, Sarah   (b. 22 Apr 1852 - d. 7 Mar 1892)