AARON BRIDGES CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 2 Township, Cleveland County, NC about
one mile slightly southeast of Boiling Springs, N.C. on the lands of Dr.
J. Y. Hamrick and lying nearly ¼ mile east of Zen Bridges' home and out
in a pasture on a knoll grown up in pines and oaks, some of which are 30
feet high or more.  This cemetery is not easy to find without a guide.

Owner of Cemetery:  Dr. J. Y. Hamrick

Approximate number of marked graves: 6
 Before 1914:      6
 After 1914:       None
  Unmarked graves: 33

Earliest marked grave: Bridges, ____ah, (Broken Stone), d. Oct. 20, 1818

General condition of cemetery:  The cemetery is completely abandoned,
all the markers being broken with one exception-the S. R. McSwain marker
being in good condition

Date of survey:  Jan. 7, 1939

Worker:   Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Bridges, Aaron
D.  June 22, 1852
Aged:  68 years

McSwain, S. R.
B.  Sept. 10, 1828
D.  April 7, 1908
Aged:  89 years, 4 mos., 27 ds.

Bridges, ____ah, (Broken Stone)
D.  Oct. 20, 1818
Aged:  70 years

Bridges, ___iah (Broken Stone)
D.  Nov. 3, ____
Aged:  6

Bridges, W. P. A.
B.  Mar. 4, 1858
D.  July 29, 1858
Aged:  4 months and 14 days

Bridges, Marinda J.
B.  June 18, 1859
D.  Jan. 15, 1950
Aged:  6 months and 3 days

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This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD,
copyrighted 2008, by Ann K. Propst and Derick S. Hartshorn.
All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represent the contions of that time.
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For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm