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546    AUSLEY - PIPKIN [T52.1]

Location - Cape Fear Township. Along west side of NC 42, 0.5 mile south of Buckhorn Creek

Coordinates: 35d 33m 11.0s N; 78d 58m 14.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In February 1984, Martha Harrington recorded seven grave markers and noted five graves marked with field stones. These were recorded by Kathy Brooks Jones in Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I, 1984, pages 1 and 176.
Pictures of grave markers by Boe Goodwin in November 2019.

Owner: Robert Wesley Cotten and Mabel Cotten Breske.
Legal Description: Parcel 5638. Latest deed 726/883, also references 97E/220, Mabel O. Cotten estate. Deed JE-23, 19 May 1944, W. C. Pipkin to Robert A. and Mabel D. Cotten, 173 acres "excepted from this conveyance is 1/2 acre where the cemetery is located.".
Topo Quadrant: Cokesbury.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 12.
Readable grave markers: 9.
Cemetery size: 0.5 acre.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes. Wire fence.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles," Vol. I, 1984, pp. 1, 176..
Miscellaneous information: Second page of survey form is missing.
Last canvassed by: Martha Harrington. Date: Feb 1984. Pictures by Boe Goodwin in Nov. 2019. Updates by Allen Dew in Nov. 2019.

1. Ausley, Elbert Albert   (b. 1834 - d. 26 Apr 1917)
Husband of Sarah Florence Goodwin Ausley. Son of Thomas Ausley and Mary Polly Dennis Ausley. Pvt. Co.D 61 NC Infantry, CSA.
2. Ausley, Richard S.   (b. 1841 - d. 21 Mar 1864)
Husband of Julia Ann Goodwin Ausley. Son of Thomas Ausley and Mary Polly Dennis Ausley. Cpl. Co.D 61 NC Infantry, CSA.
3. Ausley, Thomas A.   (b. 15 Aug 1862 - d. 12 Feb 1951)
Husband of Zilla Annie McIver Ausley. Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I," 1984, p. 1,176.
4. Ausley, Zilla Annie McIver   (b. 7 Jan 1867 - d. 31 Jul 1945)
Wife of Thomas A. Audley. Daughter of John McIver and Martha Catherine McIver. Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I," 1984, p. 1,176.
5. McDonald, Infant   (b. 25 Nov 1909 - d. 21 Jun 1910)
Infant of J. E. McDonald and M. L. McIver McDonald. Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I," 1984, p. 1,176.
6. McDonald, M. L. McIver   (b. 21 Oct 1878 - d. 1 Jun 1910)
Wife of J.E. McDonald (he remarried to Ida Pipkins in 1916). Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I," 1984, p. 1,176.
7. Pipkin, Alvin J.   (b. 10 Jan 1852 - d. 4 Oct 1929)
Husband of Mary Wesley Ausley Pipkin. Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I," 1984, p. 1,176.
8. Pipkin, Mary Wesley Ausley   (b. 28 Jan 1857 - d. 8 Nov 1942)
Wife of Alvin J. Pipkin. Daughter of Thomas Ausley and Mary Polly Dennis Ausley. Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I," 1984, p. 1,176.
9. Pipkin, Roy Hal   (b. 12 Jun 1898 - d. 18 Jul 1923)
[Killed by mule]. Son of Alvin J. Pipkin and Mary Wesley Ausley Pipkin. Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I," 1984, p. 1,176.