CARPENTER CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 9 Township 2
and a half miles east of Fallston, N.C. on lands of Ray Wilson on a
hillside out in a field about 300 yards east of Buffalo Creek and about
300 yards south of the old Carpenter home (200 years old) recently razed
by Mr. Ray Wilson, a part of the old lumber being used in a new tenant
house. Pictures of this old house are to be found in the Daily Star
Office.

Owner of Cemetery: Ray Wilson

Approximate number of marked graves: 26
Unmarked graves: 20

Earliest marked grave: Susannah Carpenter, d. July 17, 1826

General condition of cemetery: Out in a field and in fair condition.
Ray Wilson says that the cemetery is cleaned off every year.

Date of survey: Oct. 17, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

(Mr. Ray Wilson quit his work in a nearby field and came to us and
helped us read the inscriptions, offering valuable suggestions in regard
to the old cemetery and surrounding community.)

Mr. Ray Wilson reports that this cemetery on the old Carpenter
plantation originally consisted of 3,000 acres. He mentioned the fact
that the old Carpenter house (200 years old) had been occupied at the
time of its existence except two years, and that only three Negro
families had every lived in it. Mr. Wilson explained that Jacob
Carpenter was one of the original settlers and owners of this land, and
that later it was owned by Presley Brown, thence by himself.
Furthermore, Ray Wilson says that it is traditionally reported that
there is an Indian Graveyard about 200 yards northeast of the said old
Carpenter house place. Moreover, Mr. Wilson says that there are four
Indian graves on the west bank of Buffalo Creek opposite this cemetery.

The Old Indian Mound

This Indian Mound on Ray Wilson's land, originally the Carpenter land,
is on the east side of Buffalo Creek between the Carpenter Cemetery and
said creek. This Mound, says Mr. Wilson, is 150 yards in length and 50
yards wide. Right on top of the Mound is a solid rock. The Mound
appears to be altogether top-soil and produces luxurious corn on top of
it, giving evidence that it was actually built by the Indians-and not a
product of nature. The Mound's elevation is about 35 feet. It is now
covered with broom sedge and is in a pasture. The are no trees growing
on the Mound. Tradition has it, among the old settlers that this Mound
was built by the Indians upon which to dance. Data by Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

White, Naoma
B. Feb. 14, 1835
D. July 28, 1905
Aged: 70 yrs., 5 mos, 14 ds.

White, Mary S.
B. Sept. 11, 1870
D. Nov. 1, 1877

Carpenter, C. E.
B. June 10, 1870
D. April 19, 1877

Carpenter, Mary Clara
D. Jan. 30, 1863
Aged: 1 years, 5 mos., 18 ds.

Carpenter, Sarah S.
D. April 27, 1832
Aged: 4 mos., 27 ds.

Carpenter, Elie
D. July 1, 1848 in
 19th year of his age

Howell, Josh P. &
 Magie Howell
B. July 24, 1840
[No other data.]

Young, Infant son of
 S. & Susana Young
D. Aug. 24, 1843

Young, Solomon
B. Aug. 28, 1816
D. Aug. 28, 1844
Aged: 28 yrs.

Shytle, Henry
Co. C. 55 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Ledford, Fannie
B. Mar. 21, 1822
D. Aug. 16, 1859
Aged: 37 yrs., 4 mos., 26 ds.

Hoyle, Mary
D. Nov. 5, 1875
Aged: 93 years

Hoyle, Martin
D. Mar. 30, 1859
Aged: 75 years, 3 mos.

Hoyle, Mary
B. 1825
D. Sept. 27, 1849

Carpenter, Susanah
D. June 27, 1854
Aged: 97 years

Carpenter, Jacob
D. Mar. 9, 1830
Aged: 77 yrs.

Carpenter, Clarissa
D. July 13, 1881
Aged: 1 yr., 9 mos.

Carpenter, Susanah
D. July 17, 1826 in her
 20th year

Carpenter, Peter
D. May 14, 1874
Aged: 73 yrs.

Carpenter, Elijah
D. Dec. 14, 1859
Aged: 19 yrs., 6 mos., 12 ds.

Carpenter, Daniel
D. April 9, 1867
Aged: 67 yrs., 2 mos.

Carpenter, Rev. Daniel, son of
 Peter & grandson of Jacob
 Carpenter
B. Sept. 23, 1833
D. Aug. 9, 1911
Aged: 77 yrs., 10 mos., 16 ds.
"His first wife was Jane S.
 Hilderbrand and second wife
 Eliza Hullender."

Carpenter, Jane Sophronia, wife of
 Daniel Carpenter
B. Aug. 21, 1835
D. Jan. 20, 1894
Aged: 58 yrs., 5 mos., 29 ds.

Carpenter, Ida V., daughter of
 D. & J. S. Carpenter
Aged: 1 yr., 7 mos., 19 ds.
(No dates)

Brown, Infant daughters (twins) of
 C. P. & A. H. Brown
B. & D. Oct. 2, 1905

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This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD,
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