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091    UNKNOWN - POSSIBLY LLOYD [E13.1]

Location - Baldwin Township. West side of US 15-501, on parcel 3087, between parcels 3087 and 3062.

Coordinates: 35d 51m 35.4s N; 79d 05m 00.8s W Click here for Online Maps

In 1989, Gerald Oldham reported eight graves. Several visits were made by Jim and Bev Wiggins to locate the graves with the property owner.

Owner: Robert and Margery Gates.
Legal description: Parcel 3087; Deed 1740/1132, 14 Jun 1994, Margery A. Gates to Robert J. and Margery A. Gates. Plat 11-3, does not show cemetery. Deed 644/690, Joseph Robert English (who acquired title as Robert Scott English) to Margery Anderson (later Gates). Deed 519/727, 23 Nov 1987, Raymond J. Paren and Kathleen E. Paren to Robert Scott English and Deborah Jean English. Deed 384/694 27 Sep 1974, Andrew and Betty Milliner Gutierrez to Perry L. McKenney and Mary Ruth, subdivision of CS Partin land. Deed LY/60, May 1955, CE and Margaret Dolan and Harry D. and Virginia Andrews to Gutierrez. LC/73, 1951, Harry D. and Virgina Andrews to Charles E. and Margaret B. Dolan.

Topo Quadrant: Farrington.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Type: White.
Number of graves: 8.
Cemetery size: 15' x 15'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property.
Overgrown and not easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: No.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Listed: Yes. Gravesites of Chatham County.
Miscellaneous information: Originally reported in 1989 by Gerald Oldham and described as having 8 graves with no markers, not enclosed, overgrown and not easily identifiable and on the property of "Scott" English (parcel 3087). There have been several efforts to locate the graves since Oldham's report. The property has been disturbed by road construction on the east side and a power easement on the north boundary. The land is rocky and overgrown. Bev and Jim Wiggins were accompanied by property owner Margery Gates and neighbor George Campbell on 31 May 2015. The graves could not be located on parcel 3087 at that time. In April 2024, Margery Gates contacted Beverly Wiggins to say that she believed she might have located the graves on her property. She had noticed indentations behind a shed where building debris had been deposited and had had the area cleared of debris and leaves. The Wiggins revisited the site with Ms. Gates in April 2024. Because the area had been disturbed, no definite identification of the cemetery could be made, but this area should be examined by professionals if any additional disturbance is contemplated.

The parcel appears to have been owned at one time by Alexander Merritt Lloyd and wife Ella Pritchard Lloyd, but both are buried in Lystra Baptist Church, so the reason for Oldham's attachment of the Lloyd name to the site is unclear. Deeds BW-63 and BW/64 suggest that the Pritchards and Lloyds owned property in this vicinity. A more extensive title trail might provide additional information.

Last canvassed by: Gerald Oldham, 1989; Margery Gates, Jim and Bev Wiggins, 31 May 2015; Margery Gates, Jim and Bev Wiggins, April 2024.