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049    COCKERHAM-WHITE FAMILY CEMETERY

Location: Off Dobbins Mill Rd, Elkin, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 19m 54.8s N; 80d 46m 26.2s W Click here for Google maps

Directions: From intersection of Poplar Springs Rd and Bessie's Chapel Church Rd, turn Right on Bessie's Chapel Church Rd and go under I-77 to the end. Then turn right on Dobbins Mill Rd and go about .25 miles and turn left on High Cotton Lane (dirt road). Then turn immediately right on Jay Lane. Cemetery is on left hand side of Jay Lane just past a mobile home at 133 Jay Lane.

Surveyed by Joe Hicks on October 1, 2006.
Township or district:  Marsh.
Public or Private:  Private property.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  17.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1120.
Status of cemetery:  Well maintained.
Surry County Parcel Number:  4974-00-74-4331.

Richard C. White (b. 07-18-1837, d. 05-28-1917) and wife Elizabeth Cockerham (b. 09-04-1837, d. 09-20-1887), Thomas W. Cockerham (b. 09-08-1839 D06-13-1862), William Cockerham (b. 1798, d. 03-30-1852) and wife Elizabeth Hill (b. 07-26-1792, d. 1839) Mary Nancy Brock ( 1798-1866.), 2nd w/o William Cockerham. He is buried between his two wives. There is a Revolutionary war Vet and Civil War..

1. Cockerham, Elizabeth Hill   (b. - d. 1839)
wife of William Cockerham
2. Cockerham, Thomas W.   (b. 8 Aug 1839 - d. 13 Jun 1862)
Co. H, 54 NC Infantry, CSA. (name is spelled Cockheram on stone)
3. Cockerham, William   (b. 1798 - d. 1852)
husband of Elizabeth Hill Cockerham
4. White, Richard C.   (b. 18 Jul 1837 - d. 28 May 1917)
Co. A, 28 Regt. NC Troops, CSA