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307    LLOYD [K85.2]

Location - Oakland Township. East side of US 15-501, north of Rocky River. Address on parcel is 5763 NC 87 S, Moncure, NC 27559.

Coordinates: 35d 38m 13.5s N; 79d 10m 46.9s W Click here for Online Maps

In 1992 Franklin Glosson reported the abandoned family cemetery, which has a deeded right of way from the highway. The site was visited and documented in September 2024 by Boe Goodwin.

Goodwin found the cemetery very overgrown but identified approximately 15 burials within the walled area. The area outside the cemetery wall was not examined for possible additional burials.

Another view of cemetery wall. - - - - Plaque on cemetery wall: "Donated by Laura Lloyd Riddle 1926."

Legible markers include those for H. M. and Elizabeth Pattishall Lloyd. Henry Merrit Lloyd, age 17, is found in the 1850 census with his parents John and Nancy Lloyd, and siblings John, Harriet, and Caswell. He married Martha Elizabeth Emily Pattishall in 1858. In 1860, the couple is listed in Middle Division Chatham County with their one-year-old son, John. The 1880 record lists Henry, Martha, six daughters and one son in Oakland Township. Also in the household is Henry's 82-year-old mother Nancy. A marker for H.M. and Elizabeth's daughter Sadie is also found in the cemetery.

Owner: Parcel 18532. WNC Farm Lands in 2024, LLC. Formerly John P. and Patrica Dellavecchia, Joseph A. and Patricia L. Belskie, Silas and Alta P. Williams.
Legal Description: Deed 1935/301, 14 Jul 2017, WNC Farm Lands LLC from John P. and Patricia Dellavecchia; Deed 1008/755 4 Apr 2003, Dellavecchia from Joseph A. and Patricia L. Belskie; Deed 418/596, 28 Nov 1978, Belskie from Silas and Alta P. Williams. Deed 1935/301 mentions the cemetery, which is shown on plat 32-96 as straddling the border between parcels 18532 and 18492, with the larger part of the cemetery on parcel 18532.
Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes, via private property.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Rock wall.
Enclosed condition: Very good.
Cemetery size: Wall is approx. 35'x48'. Enclosed area is 0.04 ac.
Condition: Overgrown, easily identifiable as cemetery.
Markers: Yes. Some legible, others inscribed but not legible, and fieldstone markers.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes
Number of readable markers: 3 photographed.
Last burial:1908
First burial:1889
Markers damaged: Unable to determine.

Miscellaneous information: Deed 418/596 says: "A right-of-way is reserved from the Highway to the Lloyd Cemetery, this right-of-way to follow the existing road now being used." The cemetery was overgrown in 2024 so that a precise count of markers and other possible gravesites was not possible. Photo shows periwinkle and yucca outside of cemetery wall.
Last canvassed by: Franklin Glosson, 8 June 1992; Boe Goodwin, photographed the site and markers, September 2024.

1. Lloyd, Elizabeth E. Pattishall   (b. 16 Aug 1837 - d. 8 Sep 1908)
Shares marker with husband Henry M. Lloyd. "Her life was that it could well be said of her 'For me to live is...'" "Mother" Footstone.
2. Lloyd, Henry M.   (b. Dec 1833 - d. 8 Mar 1895)
Shares marker with wife Elizabeth E. Pattishall Lloyd. Son of John and Nancy Lloyd. "Many times during his last illness he repeated: 'Not my will but thine be done.'" "Father"
3. Lloyd, Sadie   (b. 10 Jan 1868 - d. 14 Apr 1889)
Daughter of H. M. and Elizabeth Lloyd. "At rest."
4. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
5. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
6. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Illegible.