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023    GRIER'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY (OLD) (John Oakley Road)

Location - off Hwy 86 South, at 1648 John Oakley Rd, on Panther Creek, near the site of Loves Grist Mill.

Coordinates: 36d 19m 32.7s N; 79d 12m 38.6s W Click here for Online Maps

The church moved from this site in the mid 1850's leaving the cemetery abandoned with little care. Through the years in 1997, James Clair Wilkinson, age 79, cleared and repaired the cemetery. There are numerous graves here marked with plain brown rock, some with rock walls around them.

Survey as recorded by W. Ernest Blalock in 1953.

1. Allen, Janette L.   (b. 29 Sep 1837 - d. 29 Jun 1888)
Wife of J. W. Allen (Dove - broken)
2. Allen, Mary Ann   (b. 26 Oct 1876 - d. 16 Feb 1877)
Daughter of J W and J L Allen
3. Burton, Catherine A. McMullen   (b. 8 Jan 1810 - d. 28 Jun 1853)
Wife of Drury Burton, Jr. Aged 43 Yrs. 5 Mos. & 20 Dys.
4. Burton, Drury A   (b. 15 Aug 1841 - d. 26 Jul 1844)
Son of Drury and Catherine A McMullen Burton
5. Burton, Drury Jr   (b. 1 Feb 1815 - d. 17 Dec 1892)
Husband of Catherine A McMullen Burton
6. Burton, Elizabeth G   (b. 5 May 1848 - d. 28 May 1853)
Daughter of Drury and Catherine A McMullen Burton.
7. Collins, Frances   (b. 25 Jan 1818 - d. )
8. Currie, Sally   (b. 6 Sep 1771 - d. 9 Feb 1832)
Married 29 Aug 1793
9. Currie, William   (b. - d. 16 Oct 1819)
10. Johnston, Annie G   (b. 22 Jul 1874 - d. 19 Oct 1875)
Daughter of J A and S F Johnston
11. Johnston, Willie G   (b. 7 Sep 1876 - d. 26 Aug 1877)
Son of J A and S F Johnston
12. Love, Maggie (Miss)   (b. - d. about 1913)
(no stone, probably last burial here)
13. Mitchell, Alexander   (b. 14 Oct 1832 - d. 10 Jul 1847)
Son of John Mitchell
14. Mitchell, Ann   (b. - d. )
"Sacred to the memory of Ann" Wife of David Mitchell. Aged about 66 Yrs.
15. Mitchell, David   (b. 1755 - d. 1831)
Husband of Ann Mitchell. Aged 76 Yrs. (Crown over cross - To the memory of)
16. Mitchell, E Garion   (b. 13 Feb 1837 - d. 6 Oct 1879)
Husband of J Fannie Mitchell
17. Mitchell, Elizabeth   (b. 1 Jun 1793 - d. 18 Jul 1857)
Wife of John Mitchell. (willow tree at top)
18. Mitchell, J Fannie   (b. 20 Aug 1830 - d. 5 Jan 1900)
Wife of Garion Mitchell
19. Mitchell, Johnnie   (b. - d. c.1860)
Age 7 years, 5 mos, 21 days. Son of E. Garion and J. Fannie Mitchelle
20. Moore, Cornelia A   (b. Unknown - d. 3 Jul 1855)
Age 2 Mos
21. Moore, Cornelia F. Oakley   (b. 1826 - d. 28 May 1855)
1st wife of Lawrence H. Moore. Aged 29 Yrs. 3 Mos. 23 Days (willow tree)
22. Morgan, Mary Ann   (b. 23 Aug 1845 - d. 16 Aug 1862)
Daughter of Goodloe W. and Mary L. Morgan
23. Morgan, Mary L.   (b. 7 Dec 1812 - d. 6 Sep 1882)
Wife of Goodloe W. Morgan. Aged 69 Yrs. 8 Mos. 29 Dys. (anchor at top)
24. Oakley, John A   (b. 13 Sep 1855 - d. 26 Nov 1855)
25. Richmond, C. J.   (b. 28 Apr 1817 - d. 14 Aug 1895)
26. Richmond, Martha A.   (b. 12 Jul 1803 - d. 12 Jan 1886)
27. Smith, Berta Harris   (b. 4 Jun 1876 - d. 13 Jun 1946)
Wife of Charles C. Smith
28. Smith, Charles C.   (b. 28 Jul 1875 - d. 1 Jan 1952)
Husband of Berta Harris Smith
29. Smith, Frank W.   (b. 1886 - d. 1905)
Son of T. B. and H. A. Smith
30. Smith, Hulda A.   (b. 1843 - d. 1898)
Wife of T. B. Smith
31. Smith, Keran   (b. 3 Nov 1866 - d. 17 Feb 1902)
Wife of L. A. Walker
32. Smith, Thomas B.   (b. 1832 - d. 1904)
33. Wade, Lucile   (b. 29 Jun 1902 - d. 6 Nov 1903)
Daughter of J T and J C Wade
34. Wells, Martha J. Mitchell   (b. 1829 - d. 2 May 1857)
Wife of Stephen M. Wells (rose over bible)
35. Woods, Martha A. Laftis   (b. 3 Feb 1818 - d. 21 Jan 1883)
Wife of A. S. G. Woods