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453    BEVERLY POE [Q29.1]

Location: Gulf Township. 350 feet west of lane, 0.5 mile south of SR 2142, Henry Oldham Road, across from residence of J. B. Oldham, Sr., 810 Henry Oldham Road

Coordinates: 35d 35m 43.0s N; 79d 15m 19.0s W Click here for Google maps

On 4 March 1991, Frances Oldham Johnson recorded 7 grave markers and noted at least 4 more unmarked graves. On 30 May 1995, the cemetery was reported by Charles Aycock Poe, Jr. On 10 March 1997, J. B. Oldham, Sr., located this cemetery for Will M. Heiser, who recorded 6 legible grave markers and noted 12 field stones.

Owner: J. B. Oldham, Sr. and Frances P. Oldham.
Legal Description: Deed 389-955, 4 Sep 1975, H. L. and Mattie F. Oldham, 128 acres to J. B. Sr. and Frances P. Oldham.
Topo Quadrant: Goldston.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 19.
Cemetery size: 40' x 70'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property, need owner's permission
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 7.
Last burial: 1957.
First burial: 1873.
Significant events: Beverly Poe is the son of Jesse Poe, Sr..
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 10 Mar 1997.

1. Poe, Beverly   (b. 1805 - d. 3 Mar 1876)
1' by 2'. 'BEVELY' ON STONE Frances O. Johnson, 2-91.
2. Poe, Grace   (b. 20 Oct 1870 - d. 18 Mar 1873)
1' by 2'. Frances O. Johnson, 2-91.
3. Poe, J. D.   (b. 5 Oct 1873 - d. 18 Feb 1883)
1' by 2'. Frances O. Johnson, 2-91.
4. Poe, L. C.   (b. 9 Oct 1875 - d. 19 Sep 1899)
"Dead but not forgotten". 1' by 2'. Frances O. Johnson, 2-91.
5. Poe, Meta B.   (b. 29 Dec 1883 - d. 3 Feb 1900)
"Loved one gone" "Sistere read as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I, As I am now so you myst be [hidden]". 1' by 2'. Frances O. Johnson, 2-91.
6. Ward, Carl "Bud"   (b. - d. 14 Mar 1942)
Funeral marker. Frances O. Johnson, 2-91.
7. Ward, Liz   (b. - d. 6 Dec 1957)
Undertaker's marker partly legible. Location row 3,3.