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003    ALLEN CEMETERY

Location - 350 Ayers Rd, Shoals, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 18m 31.0s N; 80d 28m 58.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of US Hwy 52 and NC Hwy 268 in Pilot Mtn, go south on US Hwy 52 for 5 miles to the Pinnacle exit on the right. At end of ramp, turn right on Perch Rd and go .95 mile and turn right on Mt. Zion Church Rd. Then go 2.1 miles until Mt. Zion Church Rd dead ends. Then left on Pinnacle Hotel Rd for .5 miles to Ayers Rd; then left on Ayers Rd for .4 miles, and cemetery is on left.

Surveyed by Bob Carter on May 6, 2006. View of cemetery name marker.

Also known as:  J. W. Allen Heirs Cemetery.
Township or district:  Shoals.
Public or Private:  Private property.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  975.
Status of cemetery:  Well maintained.

Is accessible and on side of road.

Burials survey by Bob Carter in December 2004. Updated in September 2009. Photographs by Martha Wick in December 2012.

1. Allen, Infant Son   (b. - d. )
(no dates) infant son of William R. Allen and Mary E. Brown. Original marker.
2. Allen, J. E.   (b. Nov 1861 - d. Nov 1861)
son of William R. Allen and Mary E. Brown. Original marker.
3. Allen, James E.   (b. 28 Nov 1861 - d. 5 May 1878)
son of William R. Allen and Mary E. Brown. Original marker.
4. Allen, John   (b. 20 Jan 1807 - d. 10 Nov 1902)
Husband of Malinda Brown, married 21 Sep 1831. Original marker.
5. Allen, John William   (b. 4 Jan 1856 - d. 17 Feb 1937)
son of William R. Allen and Mary E. Brown - Husband of 1) Lucinda Brown, married 22 Nov 1885 and 2) Susan Caroline Baker Marion Bennett, married 24 Aug 1921 (daughter of Benjamin Baker and Martha unknown) - Susan Baker previously married to 1) Lazarus Sidney Marion (married 6 Feb 1879) and 2) James Bennett (married 24 Oct 1905). Original marker.
6. Allen, Joseph Winburn   (b. 10 Apr 1833 - d. 25 Dec 1863)
believed to be son of William ALLEN and Malinda AYERS. Original marker.
7. Allen, Lucinda Brown   (b. 6 Sep 1855 - d. 27 Oct 1915)
Wife of John W. Allen - death record shows Lucinda as the daughter of Manuel Spainhour and Rosie Bean, but mother may have been Bathsheba Brown. Original marker.
8. Allen, Malinda Brown   (b. 19 Jul 1808 - d. 2 Mar 1891)
Wife of John Allen. Original marker.
9. Allen, Mary E. Brown   (b. 28 Oct 1836 - d. 10 Aug 1922)
Wife of William R. Allen - daughter of Ed Brown and Betty Barr. Original marker.
10. Allen, William R.   (b. 23 Oct 1831 - d. 16 May 1912)
Husband of Mary E. Brown, married 30 Jan 1867. Original marker.
11. Brown, Peggy   (b. 1825 - d. aft 1870)
grave has no death date, but shows as a sister to Malinda Brown Allen. Original marker.