ELLIOTT AND CORBETT CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. approximately four
miles west of Shelby and about 300 yards west of Burwell Blanton old
home place and about 100 yards north of Highway No. 74 on an incline in
plain view of Shelby, N.C.

Owner of Cemetery: George and Charlie Blanton, bankers of Shelby, N.C.

Approximate number of marked graves: 6
 Before 1914: 6
 After 1914: None
 Unmarked graves: None

Earliest marked grave: Martin S. Elliott, d. June 1, 1837 [Handwritten
correction reads: 1831 and initials "JDM"

General condition of cemetery: Poor condition, covered with vines and shrubbery

Date of survey: Oct. 14, 1938
Workers: B. E. Weathers and A. G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Elliott, Martin S.
D. June 1, 1837 [handwritten correction
 Reads 1831 & initials "JDM"]
Aged: 41 years

Elliott, Narcissus N.
D. Sept. 1841
Aged: 17 years

Corbett, Mary Ann
D. Dec. 5, 1843
Aged: 6 years, 1 month, and 16 ds.

Corbett, Lewis
D. Nov. 20, 1851
D. Nov. 20, 1851
Aged: 48 years, 1 month, and 23 days

Corbett, William
D. June 14, 1855
Aged: 58 years, 9 mos., and 5 ds.

Elliott, R. M.
B. Sept. 22, 1841
D. Jan. 8, 1868
Aged: 26 years, 3 mos., 16 ds.

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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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