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496    BURNS, GREENBURY [R20.1]

Location - Oakland Township. 300 feet west of end of private road, Lalon Rd. which is off the 2400 block of Lydia Perry Rd., Bear Creek, NC 27202.

Coordinates: 35d 35m 23.1s N; 79d 14m 14.3s W Click here for Online Maps

In 1972, W. Harold Broughton recorded 3 grave markers and noted other graves marked with rocks and illegible stones. In 1989 Reba Thomas reported an abandoned family cemetery shown on plat 90-10. Julie King-McDaniel surveyed and photographed the site in 2023. She confirmed the three inscribed markers and noted many other graves marked with fieldstones.

Topo Quadrant: Colon.
Family owned: Yes.
Legal: Parcel 81125. Cemetery shown on plats 90-10 and 2004-33. Property shown on 1946
plat2-23.
Owner: Raeford and Sandra Oldham, 2837 Rosser Road , Bear Creek 27207 (2025).
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: At least 10.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Private property.
Enclosed: Yes. Stone wall remnants.
Size: 35' by 50' per plat.
Site is heavily overgrown but recognizable as a cemetery.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 3.
Last burial: 1851.
First burial: 1838.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: W. Harold Broughton, 1972, p. 39.
Last canvassed by: W. Harold Broughton, 1972; Surveyed and photographed by Julie King-McDaniel, Aug 2023.

1. Burns, Greenbury   (b. abt 1830 - d. 1850)
Broughton, p. 39. Much of stone is illegible, dates were obtained from Federal Census Mortality Schedules
2. Burns, John   (b. 1767 - d. 1851)
Broughton, p. 39.
3. Burns, Joseph   (b. Unknown - d. 1838)
Broughton, p. 39.