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328    MITCHELL, ALER [L27.1]

Location - New Hope Township. 1.0 mile south of US 64, between Parkers Creek and New Hope Creek, under Jordan Lake

Coordinates: 35d 43m 22.0s N; 79d 01m 54.0s W Click here for Online Maps

According to "B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake, Cemetery Index Map, Exhibit C, Sheet 1 of 1" and Final Report for Relocation of Cemeteries, Group III, pages 2 and 4, four graves (8387-8390) were reinterred at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (L24.1) [Note 2], three graves (8385, 8386, and one unknown) were reinterred at Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery (L19.1) [Note 30], and six graves (8339, 8384, and 4 unknown) were reinterred at Gum Springs Baptist Church Cemetery (L80.3) [Note 4].

Owner: US Army Corps of Engineers.
Legal Description: Part of land conveyed my M. E. Holder and wife Nellie M. Holder to James D. Adams, 5 Feb 1965, Deed Book 304, Page 93, adjoining James D. Adams, J. P. Harward, Clinton Copeland, Earl F. Parker, et al..
Topo Quadrant: Merry Oaks.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 13.
Cemetery size: 40' x 45'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Under Jordan Lake
Not identified explanation: Under Jordan Lake.
Enclosed: Yes.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 8.
Last burial: 1939.
First burial: 1869.
Miscellaneous information: US Army Corps of Engineers, Group III, Tract #748-C. Reinterred at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (L24.1), Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery (L19.1), and Corps of Engineers Reinterment Site 4, Gum Springs Baptist Church Cemetery (L80.3)..
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 29 Apr 1995.