COSTNER-GIBSON CEMETERY

This cemetery is situated in No. 9 Township, Cleveland County, N.C.
being about three miles northwest of Lawndale, N.C., Coleman Mauney on
the west and John Canipe on the north. It is about 300 yards southeast
of a spring on Coleman Mauney's land on top of a hill.

Owner of Cemetery: Quince Whisnant

Approximate number of marked graves: 2
Unmarked graves: 2

Earliest marked grave: Jane Gibson, d. Nov. 1858

General condition of cemetery: Covered with pines, cedars and
underbrush. It is oval shaped and is about 25 x 60 feet.

Date of survey: Nov. 23, 1858
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Costner, Laurence
D. Aug. 28, 1881
Aged: 40 yrs.

Gibson, Jane
D. Nov. 1858
Aged: 88 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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For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm