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140    LUTTERLOH, HENRY LEWIS [D53.1]

Location - Hadley Township. The address is 174 Clear Springs Court, Pittsboro NC 27312. Lot 16 Laurel Ridge subdivision.

Coordinates: 35d 48m 18.0s N; 79d 12m 22.0s W Click here for Online Maps

The cemetery has two parts. One has a collapsed wall that was approximately 4' high with 4 graves -- two with original inscribed markers from the 1700s -- very rare for Chatham County. An adjacent extension with an intermittent lower wall has 3 graves with evident sunken areas. The two parts were documented by an archaeologist in 2008 in a report for the developer, but the smaller section has been all but erased by maintenance activities since then. The wall of the smaller plot has been completely removed, and the sunken areas are no longer visible. When the damage was discovered in 2024, CCHA requested that the developer restore the wall around the extension to protect the now unmarked graves from further degradation, but no response to this request has been forthcoming.

The area east of the walled cemetery is covered with myrtle (periwinkle), as is another area on lot 16.

The Lutterloh family did enslave people, and in a 2009 letter to the developer, as well as in subsequent correspondence, we have requested that the area around the family cemetery be examined for the possible presence of additional graves. As of 2024, this had not been done.

Another view of the graveyard wall in 2008.

Photos from March 2024: Larger section of cemetery with two inscribed markers. - - - Larger section of cemetery. - - - Smaller section of cemetery -- now cleared of border wall and sunken areas disturbed.

Photos from October 2024: Larger section of cemetery, looking south.- - - Smaller, disturbed plot, looking south.

Plat showing cemetery location on lot 16.

Owner: Laurel Ridge Development, Inc in 2008 and 2024.
Legal Description: Parcel 86403, DB 1367/1148 Plat 2007/493.
Topo Quadrant: Bynum D.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 7.
Cemetery size: 30' x 50'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property. The developer has provided a procedure for gaining access to the cemetery.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Dry stacked stone wall. Collapsing around the larger plot; removed from the smaller plot.
Enclosed conditions: collapsed and damaged.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 2.
Last burial: 1791.
First burial: 1789.
Unusual situation: Yes.
Unusual situation: original 1700s stones are rare.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Other damage explanation: Weather has damaged stones. The smaller part of the cemetery with three graves has been mowed over and stones outlining the plot and surface of the graves disturbed. This happened sometime between 2008 and 2024, likely during maintenance activities by the developer.

Significant events: Lutterlohs were early settlers. The two inscribed stones are believed to be for daughters of Henry Lewis and Elizabeth Lutterloh. According to Deed T/259, 8 June 1814 which divides the estate of Elizabeth Lutterloh, this parcel went to son Lewis, with one acre reserved for family graveyard. Deed Y/187, Feb 1823, Lewis sells to Nathaniel Brewer and excepts from the sale 1 acre family graveyard where --his mother and father are buried. --

Miscellaneous information: Two adjoining plots -- one with collapsed wall that was approx. 4' high with 4 graves, extension with lower wall and 3 graves. The area outside of the walls of the family cemetery has not been examined for possible additional graves. 2009 Letter to Developer expressing CCHA concerns and outlining the history of the property.

Last canvassed by: Jim & Bev Wiggins, John Clauser, 6 Aug 2008; Bev Wiggins and Jane Pyle, 2 Dec 2008; Bev Wiggins with developer Robbie Swain, 18 Mar 2024.

1. Lutterloh, Charlot   (b. Unknown - d. Jun 1789)
[Daughter of Henry Lewis and Elizabeth Lutterloh--not on stone]. Departed this life Jne 1789 Age ? years. Roughly shaped sandstone. Stone has guidelines. Another view from 2008. -- Another view from 2024.
2. Lutterloh, Elizabeth   (b. Unknown - d. 10 Oct 1812)
Wife of Henry Lewis Lutterloh. No marker--data from other sources, including Deed Y-187 from Lewis Lutterloh to N. Brewer excepting 1 acre graveyard where Lewis' mother and father are buried. Death date given in estate file for Elizabeth Lutterloh is 10 October 1812.
3. Lutterloh, Henry Lewis   (b. 1723 - d. 1797)
Husband of Elizabeth Lutterloh. No marker--data from other sources, including Deed Y-187 from Lewis Lutterloh to N. Brewer excepting 1 acre graveyard where Lewis' mother and father are buried.
4. Lutterloh, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Jan 1791)
[Daughter of Henry Lewis and Elizabeth Lutterloh--not on stone]. Departed this life January 1791. roughly shaped sandstone. next to Charlot. Stone has guidelines. Another view from 2008. - - - Another view from 2024.