BIG HILL METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. four miles east of
Casar in No. 10 Township on sand-clay road leading from Belwood to
Casar, N.C.

Owner of Cemetery: Big Hill Methodist Church

Approximate number of marked graves: 54 [Only 15 graves listed.]
 Unmarked graves: 37

Earliest marked grave: Joseph G. McClurd, d. March 10, 1870

General condition of cemetery: In fair condition

Date of survey: Aug. 1, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Buff, Peter
B. Dec. 10, 1859
D. April 26, 1928

Buff, Susan, wife of
 P. A. Buff
B. May 1, 1859
D. May 11, 1909

Hoyle, Margaret, wife of
 Peter Hoyle
B. Jan. 11, 1831
D. Oct. 26, 1874

Hoyle, Pinkney Plato, son of
 Rev. J. T. & E. J. Hoyle
B. May 13, 1872
D. June 27, 1873

Hoyle, Grover Vance
B. Oct. 27, 1884
D. Feb. 9, 1887

McClurd, W. A.
B. Aug. 11, 1839
D. Oct. 14, 1916

McClurd, Barbara
B. Oct. 15, 1837
D. Sept. 5, 1903

McClurd, Joseph G.
B. Mar. 1, 1868
D. Mar. 10, 1870

Groves, Thomas
B. 1829
D. May 30, 1885

Newton, John A.
Co. F. 34 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
B. Sept. 27, 1842
D. Oct. 27, 1893
Aged: 51 years

Groves, Susan, wife of
 Jackson Groves
B. 1822
D. Sept. 13, 1906

Willis, F. B.
B. Feb. 18, 1834
D. Mar. 10, 1914
Aged: 80 yrs., 22 ds.

Cook, Lonzo S., son of
 C. R. & H. S. Cook
D. Dec.2, 1910

Costner, Margaret, wife of
 W. A. Costner
B. Sept. 6, 1841
D. Jan. 5, 1917

Costner, William A.
B. Feb. 18, 1849
D. Feb. 24, 1936
Age: 87 years

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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.
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