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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. Amanda Perrell provided some photos of unknown date.

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. Another view.
2. Burns, John   (b. 1767 - d. 1851)
Broughton, p. 39. Another view.
3. Burns, Joseph   (b. Unknown - d. 1838)
Broughton, p. 39.
4. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
5. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
6. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)