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014    FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Location - River Rd, Boonville, Yadkin Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 13m 59.1s N; 80d 41m 59.5s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of US Hwy 601 and NC 67 (E. Main St) in Boonville, go east on E. Main St for .5 miles and turn left on River Rd. Church is immediately on the left and cemetery is behind the church.

View of the church plaque. View of the church.

Surveyed by Bob Carter on July 13, 2007.
Township or district:  Boonville.
Public or Private:  Public access.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  27.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1082.
Status of cemetery:  Poorly maintained.

Ancestral evidence indicates cemetery is African-American and/or partially Native American. Names include Cundiff, Revels, Grinton, Bethea, Scales, Porter, Greenwood, Garrett, Stokes, Rayford, Booe, and Hall. Some evidence of graves without markers and some field stone markers without names or dates. A ffew early burials are John P. Revels (b. 1849, d. 1932) and wife Nancy J. Revels (b. 1844, d. 1939), and Dr. LeGrande M. OnQue (b. 4-18-1880, d. 10-11-1953) and wife Florence Mae OnQue (b. 1883, d. 1956).