BEDFORD AND STROUD CEMETERY This cemetery is located in Rutherford County, N.C. one mile from Cleveland County Line adjoining Township No. 8 on a sand-clay road leading from New House to Hollis. Owner of Cemetery: Lax Stroud Approximate number of marked graves: 7 Unmarked graves: 35 Earliest marked grave: Hazy Bedford, d. Jan. 1, 1848 General condition of cemetery: Grown in underbrush and trees, consisting of about one half acre. Date of survey: Sept. 26, 1939 Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton Inscriptions: Stroud, Thomas J. B. Nov. 2, 1837 D. Dec. 21, 1895 Aged: 58 yrs., 1 mo., 9 ds. Bedford, Jonas D. Oct. 15, 1869 Aged: 65 yrs. Bedford, Margaret, wife of Jonas Bedford D. Jan. 6, 1880 Aged: 59 yrs., 5 mos., 10 ds. Bedford, Peter R. D. April 9, 1855 Aged: 38 yrs., 8 mos. Bedford, Hazy, wife of Peter Bedford D. Jan. 1, 1848 Aged: 26 yrs., 3 mos., 18 ds. Bedford, Nancy, wife of Peter R. Bedford D. Nov. 1, 1887 Aged: 78 yrs. Stroud, Sarah G. B. Oct. 1, 1892 D. May 27, 1894 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 conditions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm