GEORGE HAMRICK [HENDRICK?] CEMETERY

[Why is this cemetery named George Hamrick Cemetery when only Hendrick family members are buried therein?]

This cemetery is located about seven miles north of Shelby on west side
of State Highway No. 18 in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, N.C.
between home site of the late Chapel and Tom Vaughn, same being the old
home place of their father, Wm. Vaughn.

Owner of Cemetery: Heirs of Wm. Vaughn
Number of marked graves: 10
 Unmarked graves: 9
Earliest marked grave: Fidelia C. Hendrick, d. June 9, 1954

Condition: Shrubbery grows in the cemetery and is poorly kept.

Inscriptions:

Hendrick, Eusebius
Co. C. 55 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
B. 22 Dec 1820
D. Feb. 12, 1899

Hendrick Elzata D. Wellmon,
 his wife [Eusebius Hendrick]
B. Aug. 3, 1823
D. May 13, 1870
Hendrick, Fidelia C., dau. of
 Chapel and Mary Hendrick
D. June 9, 1854
Aged: 1 year, 4 months, 10 days

Hendrick, George, Sr.
B. ______; D. _________

Hendrick, Eddie Sizemore, wife of
 Geo. Hendrick
B. _______; D. _________

Hendrick, George, Jr.
B. _______; D. _________
Aged: 19, single, son of Geo.
 Hendrick, Sr.

Hendrick, Thomas, Infant son of
 Geo. Hendrick and 2nd wife,
 Pinkey Dickson Hendrick
[No Dates]

James Wright, Joseph Wright,
 Infant child of Job Wright, Jr.,
 & wife, Cynthia Hendrick

Gladden infant twins of
 Ansel C. Gladden and wife,
 E. Leana Vaughn Gladden
B. & D. July 13, 1878

Our work on this cemetery would be incomplete without the valuable
information given below by our County Historian, P. Cleveland Gardner:

George Hendrick was born in Mecklenburg County, Va. Nov. 2, 1794. Died
September 8, 1862 Eddie Sizemore, 1st wife of Geo. Hendrick, born in
Mecklenburg county, Va., Nov. __, 1791, d. Sept. 9, 1849. The above
named George Hendrick was a son of Thomas Hendrick and wife Mary (Polly)
Newton Hendrick. George and his said first wife were married in
Mecklenburg County, Va., and came to Rutherford County, N.C. (now
Cleveland County) with his mother. Said Geo. Hendrick was married a
second time to Pinky Dixon, a sister of Rev. Thomas Dixon, Baptist
minister and father of Clarence, Tom and Frank Dixon. Following the
death of Geo. Hendrick, his widow, Pinky Dixon Hendrick, was [married]
to Peter Scism and by said marriage two children were born, Lucrecia
Scism who married Pick Smith, and Philip Scism who married a Miss ______
Champion. Said Geo. Hendrick and wife Eddie Sizemore had nine children
whose names are as follows:

 1. Cintha Hendrick, married Job Wright, son of Jack Wright
 2. Eusibus Hendrick, married Miss Elzata Wellmon, daughter of Wm. N. Wellmon and wife,
  Rebecca Weathers Wellmon
 3. Jim Hendrick, married Elizabeth Glasco
 4. Finetta (Needle) Hendrick, married William Vaughan, son of Spincer Vaughan and wife,
  Leanna ((Leah) Gardner Vaughn. Spencer Vaughan, a son of William (Buck) Vaughn.
 5. Louisa Hendrick, married Larkin Howell and settled in Perry County, Ark.
 6. Chapel Hendrick, married Miss Mary Ann Wellmon, daughter of William N. Willmon and wife,
  Rebecca Weathers Wellmon
 7. George Marion Hendrick, Jr., born Jan. 1, 1830, d. July 29, 1848, single
 8. Lucinda R. Hendrick, married Joseph Costner, son of Daniel Costner
 9. Bedford Hendrick, married Miss Louzilla Vaughan, daughter of Spencer Vaughn and wife,
  Leanna (Leah) Gardner Vaughn.

[Listing of children exact per text.]

(P. Cleveland Gardner, Shelby, N.C., has written a full and complete
history of Thomas Hendrick and his wife, Mary Newton, and their
descendants, from which this data is taken.)

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