DANIEL GOLD CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 7 Township, Cleveland County, NC on the
lands of Rev. Rush Padgett, situated about 100 yards east of
Lattimore-New House dirt road, and about 150 yards due east of Rev.
Rush Padgett's house in a patch of woods with evergreen shrubbery,
holly, oak and pine trees. Covering approximately a half an acres of
land, this cemetery is on an eastern slope lying about 75 yards west of
Ripley Branch.

Owner of Cemetery: Rev. Rush Padgett

Approximate number of marked graves: 14
 Before 1914: 14
 After 1914: None
 Unmarked graves: 50

Earliest marked grave: Albert M. Gold, d. Jan. 10, 1845

General condition of cemetery: Out in the woods and apparently
overlooked, but the markers are all here and in fairly good condition.

Date of survey: Nov. 17, 1838
Worker: Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Gold, W. M.
B. Jan. 22, 1800
D. May 1, 1862
Aged: 62 years, 3 mos., 9 ds
(Collis Jones says that W. M. Gold
 was elected in 1821 as J.P. &
 then served on Board of Equity.
 Died In office.)

Gold, G. J., wife of
 W. M. Gold
B. Aug. 5, 1816
D. Aug. 10, 1884
Aged: 68 yrs., 5 ds.

Gold, Daniel
B. April 7, 1764
D. 1846
Aged: 77 years, 10 mos., 26 ds.

Gold, Francis
D. Mar. 11, 1854
Aged: 80 years

"Owens, Elias P.,
 Co. H. 28 N.C. Inf. C.S.A."
[No dates]
(Collis Jones says that Sarah Gold
 was the wife of Elias P. Owens.)

Jones, Leander J.
D. June 9, 1848
Aged: 13 years, 7 mos., 20 ds.

Gold, Albert M.
B. Dec. 18, 1831
D. Jan. 10, 1845

Jones, Wilson M.
D. Dec. 20, 1854
Aged: 41 years, 10 mos., 5 ds.

Jones, Lucinda, wife of
 W. M. C. Jones
B. Mar. 4, 1811
D. Aug. 12, 1886
Aged: 75 years [5 mos.] and 8 ds.

Stroud, Thomas
D. Jan. 25, 1858
Aged: 63 years

Stroud, James G.
D. Jan. 16, 1859 in the
 20th year of his age

Gold, Daniel P.
B. 1816
D. Oct. 1878

Gold, Margaret Jenkins, wife of
 Daniel P. Gold
D. Oct. 1, 1878
Aged: 56 years

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