ESKRIDGE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY (Colored)

This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, NC in No. 6 Township being
five miles northwest of Shelby on sand clay road between Shelby and
Washburn's Switch.

Owner of Cemetery: Eskridge Grove Baptist Church (Colored)

Approximate number of marked graves: 22
 Unmarked graves: 200

Earliest marked grave: John Eskridge, d. 1898

General condition of cemetery: Fair condition, north and surrounded by pines and oaks

Date of survey: Oct. 4, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Lott, Frank
(No dates)

Camp, Bessie C.
B. 1870
D. 1914

Blanton, Jane, wife of
 C. P. Blanton
B. June 10, 1854
D. Feb. 8, 1908

Poston, Hattie E.
B. Mar. 8, 1862
D. Mar. 28, 1907

McCombs, Two infants of
 Mattie McCombs
(No dates)

Wilson, Charles
B. 1859
D. 1904

Maddox, Tom
(No dates)

Eskridge, John
D. 1898

Eskridge, Catherine, wife of
 John Eskridge
D. 1901

Allen, Moses
(Georgia) Pvt. U.S. Army
D. Nov. 21, 1934

Newsom, Andrew
Member, United Gospel Aid Society, Spring Creek Lodge #36, Green County,
Ga. Oldest Deacon Wrightsville Baptist Church, Greensboro, Ga. (No dates)


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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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