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529    BUCHANAN [S69.1]

Location - Cape Fear Township. Southeast of NC 42, north of Cape Fear River

Coordinates: 35d 32m 53.3s N; 79d 00m 21.8s W Click here for Online Maps

In 1972, W. Harold Broughton, Page 4, recorded 17 grave markers. In February 1984, Martha Harrington reported 15 grave markers, recorded in Kathy Brooks Jones, Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I, 1984, page 11.
Photographs by Boe Goodwin in July 2021.

View #2 in the cemetery. View #3 in the cemetery. View #4 in the cemetery.

Owner: Buchanan Family.
Legal Description: Parcel 5324. Deed 1982/1073; 630/985; 568/799; 401/204. JZ/340.
Deed 630/985 refers to graveyard. Most deeds reference H.S. Buchanan
estate.
Topo Quadrant: Moncure.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 40.
Cemetery size: 0.2 acre. Not enclosed.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: No. Private property.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 18.
Last burial: 1922.
First burial: 1848.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: W. Harold Broughton, 1972. Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles," Vol. I, p. 11..
Last canvassed by: Martha Harrington. Date: Feb 1984; Boe Goodwin, Jul 2021.

1. Avent, Henry Evans   (b. 27 Feb 1829 - d. 18 Jul 1901)
Husband of Mary Ann Elizabeth Buchanan Avent. Son of Rev. William and Esther Watts (Clegg) Avent. "Asleep in Jesus, oh how sweet, where none ever wake to weep".
2. Buchanan, Alford   (b. 5 Dec 1796 - d. 5 Nov 1848)
Husband of Mary Polly (Smith) Buchanan.
3. Buchanan, Ethelbert   (b. 31 Aug 1820 - d. 21 Nov 1878)
Husband of Nellie (Rollins) Buchanan.
4. Buchanan, Hilliard Smith   (b. 25 Jun 1830 - d. 30 Sep 1905)
Husband of Emma Adeline (Lawrence) Buchanan.
5. Buchanan, Mary Polly (Smith)   (b. 14 Feb 1798 - d. 25 Jan 1882)
Wife of Alford Buchanan. Daughter of Rev. William Sihon Smith.
6. Buchanan, Miley J.   (b. 17 Jan 1835 - d. 3 Sep 1871)
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
7. Buchanan, Nellie (Rollins)   (b. 23 Dec 1820 - d. 22 Apr 1879)
Wife of Ethelbert Buchanan.
8. Buchanan, Sion Henry   (b. 12 May 1903 - d. 5 Jun 1905)
9. Buchanan, Wesley, Dr.   (b. 7 Feb 1819 - d. 9 Oct 1882)
Difficult to read in 2021.
10. Mansfield, L. M., Mrs.   (b. 1838 - d. 1898)
Broughton, p. 4.
11. Mansfield, L. W.   (b. 19 Apr 1834 - d. 23 Apr 1898)
12. Mansfield, W. Abner   (b. 5 Jan 1830 - d. 6 Mar 1893)
13. Marks, James Rufus   (b. 9 Jan 1857 - d. 19 May 1920)
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Buchanan Marks. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
14. Marks, Mary Elizabeth Buchanan   (b. 10 Dec 1861 - d. 25 Nov 1905)
Wife of James Rufus Marks. Daughter of Hilliard and Emma Adeline (Lawrence) Buchanan.
15. Marks, Minnie Bula   (b. 25 Feb 1889 - d. 23 Oct 1909)
Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.
16. Marks, Odell   (b. Unknown - d. Oct 1922)
17. Marks, W. A.   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Broughton, p. 4.
18. McIver, John M.   (b. 1 Jul 1889 - d. 24 Aug 1899)
I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith. Marker on ground in 2021.
19. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Grave marked with light colored stones.
20. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Grave marked with two square markers.
21. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Grave marked with a small obelisk stone.
22. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Grave marked headstone and foot marker with initials.