COL. P. T. GRIGG & DR. O. P. GARDNER CEMETERY

This family cemetery is located in No. 9 Township, Cleveland County,
N.C. on a very high and commanding hill overlooking the town of Lawndale
and Piedmont High School, just about 150 yards east of Walter Lee's
residence. Also being approximately 250 yards NW of the Lawndale bridge
spanning the First Broad River. The location of the cemetery is very
beautiful, high and impressive. It is about fifty feet square, in a
field with one large poplar tree on the western side thereof, and small
oaks, shrubbery and grasses thereon.

Owner of Cemetery: Not shown

Number of marked graves: 3
 Before 1914: 3
 After 1914: None
 Number of unmarked graves: 13

Earliest marked grave: Nancy Grigg, d. Nov. 17, 1839

Condition: The cemetery is greatly neglected.

Date of survey: March 14, 1939
Workers: None listed

Inscriptions:

Gardner, Roxanah A. D., consort of Dr. O. P. Gardner
D. Dec. 11, 1857
Aged: 26 years, 24 days

Gardner, Infant son of Dr. O. P. & R. A. D. Gardner
D. Dec. 5, 1857

Grigg, Nancy, consort of Col. P. Grigg
D. Nov. 17, 1839
Aged: 40 yrs., 3 mos., 4 ds.

(Information by Dr.  W. T. Grigg, aged 76 years and son of Spencer Grigg
and great grandson of Jessie Grigg who came from England:  In addition
to above listed markers the following persons are buried here-John
Grigg, died single, aged 17 years; Lem Williams and Celia Williams,
children of Mrs. Ellen Grigg Williams; and _____ Williams [husband who
died in Civil War] were buried here.)

 Data by P. Cleveland Gardner, County Historian:

Roxanah A. D. Gardner was the first wife of Dr.  Oliver P. Gardner, by
which marriage two children reached aged of maturity that is, Jasper
Gardner who died in Texas, and Miss Hessie who became the second wife of
Jessie J. McCurry of Shelby.  Dr.  Gardner's second wife was Miss
Margaret Young, daughter of James Young, by which he had a number of
children including Gov.  O. Max Gardner, Mrs. Bessie Gardner Hoey (wife
of Gov.  Clyde R. Hoey), and Col.  Junius T. Gardner, and others.
Roxanah A. D. Gardner (Grigg) and Dr.  O. P. Gardner were married Sept.
3, 1852.  Her father was Col.  Paschal Threat Grigg and her mother was
Nancy Elliott, a daughter of Martin Elliott who was a Revolutionary War
soldier in Virginia, and settled near what is now the Dover Mill just
west of Shelby.  Co.  Grigg was married the second time to Miss Carrie
Gardner, sister of William Gardner, and a daughter of Pioneer settler
Thomas Gardner and wife of Ollie Martin.  Col.  Grigg and his second
wife had no children.  Col.  Grigg was a son of Fredrick Grigg and wife
Sallie Crowder; Fredrick Grigg was a son of Jessie Anderson Grigg.
Brothers and sisters of Col.  Grigg were:  Berry Grigg, Spencer Grigg
(Dec. 24, 1811), Hilliard Grigg, Jack Goode Grigg, Nancy Grigg, Sussie
Grigg, Tildsa and Roxanna Grigg.  Dr.  Oliver P. Gardner was the second
child of William Gardner and wife, Miss Rebecca Beam, a daughter of
Martin Beam; William Gardner was a son of Pioneer settler Thomas Gardner
and wife, Ollie Martin; William Gardner had eleven brothers and sisters,
as follows:  Lewis Gardner m. Polly Kendrick; Jerry and Martin Gardner
were twin brothers, Jerry m. Jane Alexander; Martin Gardner m. Nancy
Glasco; Dave Gardner m. Miss ____ Carpenter; Elizabeth Gardner died
single; Rebecca Gardner died single; Leanna Gardner m. Simeon McCurry;
Carrie Gardner m. Col.  Paschal Threat Grigg; and James Gardner m.
Elvira Cornwell.  William Gardner and wife had ten children, as follows:
Oliver Jane Gardner d. single; Dr.  Oliver P. Gardner 1st m. Roxanna
Grigg, and 2nd m. Margaret Young; Mary Ester Gardner m. Christy Gold
Martin; Margaret Gardner m. Jacob C. Williams; Thomas S. Gardner (my
grandfather) m. Mary Jane Williams; Harriett Gardner m. 1st Jeff Petty,
and 2nd James Bostic; Tyler Gardner, single and was killed in the Civil
War, Co.  I, 38th Regiment (Int.)  (Also, Thomas S. Gardner was killed
in same Co.); Sarah Gardner m. Columbus Peeler; Nancy Gardner m. 1st Dan
Crowder, and 2nd m. James Weaver (no children); and Elizabeth Gardner
died at age about 16 months.  (NOTE:  Above date has been gather by me
during the last fifteen years and taken from family Bibles, grave yard
markers, Federal Censuses, and records of Register of Deeds and Clerk of
Superior Court, etc.  P. Cleveland Gardner.)

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