BROOKS'S CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH (Colored) This church cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 8 Township, a half mile off Highway No. 190 and fives miles north of Polkville, N.C. being twenty-one miles north of Shelby, N.C. Owner of Cemetery: Brook's Chapel Methodist Church Approximate number of marked graves: 43 Unmarked graves: 225 Earliest marked grave: Winnie Brooks, d. July 11, 1883 General condition of cemetery: In foul shape. (This church, Brook's Chapel, is a comparatively old colored church. The Withrows, Gidneys, and Hunts were well-known colored people and bore a good name among the whites throughout this section. Worker, Anson G. Melton.) f Date of survey: Sept. 14, 1939 Workers: Anson G. Melton and Forest William Inscriptions: Brooks, Daniel B. Mar. 9, 1822 D. Jan. 29, 1896 Aged: 73 yrs., 10 mos., 20 ds. Brooks, Nathaniel, who donated five acres on which the church and schoolhouse stand to be used for religious and educational purpose of the colored people of this community. B. 1818 D. Feb. 11, 1886 Donahoe, John D. May 20, 1888 Age about 89 years Brooks, Winnie B. Mar. 15, 1809 D. July 11, 1883 Brooks, Eli B. 1847 D. 1886 Withrow, A. B. B. Sept. 15, 1833 D. Feb. 29, 1919 Withrow, Mary Jane, wife of A. B. Withrow B. Feb. 23, 1854 D. Dec. 17, 1917 Withrow, Joseph, son of A. B. & M. J. Withrow B. Sept. 13, 1890 D. Nov. 16, 1913 Withrow, Charlie, son of A. B. & M. J. Withrow B. April 16, 1885 D. April 16, 1901 Withrow, Clarence, son of A. B. & M. J. Withrow B. Oct. 15, 1897 D. Sept. 7, 1896 Withrow, Callie, daughter of A. B. & M. J. Withrow B. July 8, 1888 D. June 23, 1913 Benson, P. E. L. B. April 9, 1866 D. Dec. 11, 1886 Aged: 20 yrs., 8 mos., 2 ds. Tyler, Woodrow B. Feb. 7, 1915 D. Jan. 23, 1924 Hunt, J. C. B. April 6, 1874 D. Feb. 10, 1935 Hawshaw, Clarence Clifford B. Oct. 14, 1922 D. Feb. 24, 1934 AN. (No dates) Elliott, Lilly, daughter of J. Z. & W. L. Elliott B. July 4, 1895 D. April 19, 1914 Schenck, Ella, wife of G. T. Schenck B. Dec. 20, 1870 D. July 22, 1904 Schenck, Carrie Leallen, daughter of G. T. & F. Schenck B. June 20, 1893 D. May 20, 1911 Schenck, Fannie, wife of G. T. Schenck B. April 5, 1872 D. 1894 Gidney, Samuel B. 1888 D. 1911 Gidney, Lucinda B. 1827 D. 1902 Elliott, Thomas B. May 24, 1868 D. June 25, 1928 Hunt, Mattie M., wife of J. J. Hunt B. 1869 D. 1925 William, Sallie, wife of Charley Williams [per text] B. 1882 D. June 24, 1927 Clements, Lessie J. B. Sept. 11, 1926 D. Feb. 10, 1927 Gidney, Carrie, wife of J. D. Gidney B. July 28, ____ [Blank] D. Mar. 16, 1912 Hunt, Caren B. Feb. 15, 1904 D. May 5, 1905 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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