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295    O'BRIANT FAMILY (Spring Wood Park Drive)

Location - Between and behind apartment buildings at 3004 Spring Wood Park Drive.

Coordinates: 35d 58m 11.0s N; 78d 50m 46.4s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: from intersection of Hwy 70 (S Miami Blvd) and Lynn Rd, take Lynn Rd north to Ivy Wood Ln. Turn right onto Ivy Wood Ln and trun right onto Spring Wood Park Dr. Go to the apartment buildings #5 and #6 on the right. The cemetery is in the woods between and behind these buildings.

The cemetery is enclosed by a fence and is overgrown. It has three headstones and field stones for the others. It is located on Ransom O'Briant's old farm.

Survey by Tammie Millard and Will Millard in February 2016. Photographs by Gail Vollmer in February 2016.

1. Merritt, Susan Ann O'Briant   (b. 1856 - d. 1880)
Born in Person Co. and died in Wake Co. 1st Wife of John W. Merritt, married 24 Dec 1879. 4th Daughter of Ransom O'Briant and Leah Long O'Briant. (buried here per family members)
2. Morgan, Amanda Ruth O'Briant "Kitty"   (b. 23 Dec 1847 - d. 23 May 1931)
Born in Person Co. and died in White Oak, Wake Co. Wife of Loranzo A. Morgan. 2nd Daughter of Ransom O'Briant and Leah Long O'Briant. (buried here per family members and death certificate)
3. Morgan, Lorenzo A.   (b. Jan 1845 - d. 2 Feb 1930)
Born in Wake Co. and died in Wake Co. Husband of Amanda Ruth O'Briant Morgan. Son of Lemuel W. Morgan and Anna Howard Morgan. (buried here per family members and death certificate)
4. O'Briant, James Buchanan   (b. 3 May 1865 - d. 3 Aug 1937)
Born in Person Co. and died in Patterson Township, Durham Co. Husband of Caroline Nancy Stanley, married about 1886. 5th Son of Ransom O'Briant and Leah Long O'Briant. (buried here per family members and death certificate) James & Caroline Family Picture.
5. O'Briant, John Dolphus   (b. 3 Nov 1853 - d. 15 May 1936)
Born in Person Co. and died in Durham Co. Husband of Rebecca Jane Stanley O'Briant. Son of Ransom O'Briant and Leah Long O'Briant. (buried here per family members and death certificate)
6. O'Briant, Leah Long   (b. 1819 - d. 1888)
Died in Oak Grove Township, Durham Co. Wife of Ransom O'Briant. Daughter of Ruben Long and Martha Parrish Long. (buried here per family members)
7. O'Briant, Nancy Caroline Stanley   (b. Feb 1861 - d. 10 Dec 1936)
Born in Wake Co. and died in Patterson Township, Durham Co. Wife of Ransom O'Briant. Daughter of Herod Stanley and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Gooch Stanley. Sister of Rebecca Jane Stanley O'Briant. (buried here per family members and death certificate) James & Caroline Family Picture.
8. O'Briant, Ransom   (b. 6 Sep 1819 - d. 1 Sep 1896)
Born in Bushy Fork, Person Co. and died in Oak Grove Township, Durham Co. (buried here per family members)
9. O'Briant, Rebecca Jane Stanley   (b. Apr 1850 - d. 5 Aug 1905)
Born in Oak Grove Township, Wake Co. and died in Oak Grove Township, Durham Co. Wife of John Dolphus O'Briant. Daughter of Herod Stanley and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Gooch Stanley. (buried here per family members)