ANNA (HANNA) DEDMON GRAVE

The Anna (Hanna) Dedmon Grave is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland
County, N.C. on her plantation ¼ mile south of Metcalf Station on
Lawndale Ry., about one mile west of Zion Baptist Church. A large cedar
tree stands at head of grave. There is no other grave. She requested
to be buried here on her own land.

Owner of Cemetery: Hague Metcalf

Approximate number of marked graves: None
 Before 1914: None
 After 1914: None
 Number of unmarked graves: 1

Earliest marked grave: None

General condition of cemetery: Abandoned out in a field.

Date of survey: Feb. 13, 1939
Worker: Anson G. Melton

Anna Dedmon's maiden name was Miss Anna McEntire, and a sister of Bayard
McEntire. She was married to Jess Dedmon, and the U.S. Census for
Cleveland County of 1850 gives following data:

 Jess Dedmon, b. 1805
 Anna Dedmon, b. 1806
 Hezekiah Demon, b. 1837
 Elizabeth Dedmon, b. 1844

Jess Dedmon was son of Mark Dedmon. According to data supplied by
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., "Mark Dedmon was a Rev. War
pensioner, Claim W.3960. Mark Dedmon was born Aug. 15, 1758 in
Baltimore County, Maryland, and when a child, was taken to Rowan County,
North Carolina; the name of his parents are not known. While a resident
of Rowan County, N.C., Mark Dedmon enlisted Aug. 5, 1779, served three
months in Captain Lions' Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina
Regiment and was at the taking of several Indian towns; he enlisted in
the fall or winter of 1780, served in Captain Niten's and William
Wilson's companies, under Major McDowell, in the N.C. Troops and was in
the Battle of the Cowpens; he enlisted in 1781, and served three months
in Captain Haden's and in Captain Niten's company of Calvary under Major
Smith in the North Carolina Troops. In 1786, he moved to Greenville
District, South Carolina, where he lived one year, then moved to
Rutherford County, North Carolina, where he was residing when he was
allowed pension on his application executed Sept. 12,1834; he was
pensioned in name of "Mark Dedmon! He died March 23, 1839. "Mark
Dedmon was married in 1784 or 1785, to Hanna, maiden name not known, and
place not stated." "Hanna Dedman, widow of Mark Dedmon, was allowed a
pension on application dated January 27, 1842, at which time she was a
resident of Rutherford County, N,C., and gave her age as 76 years. In
1848, she stated that she was aged 84 years." The following data are
shown-family data:

 "Polly Dedman, b. Nov. 13, 1786
 Thomas Dedman, b. Jan. 15, 1788
 William Dedman, b. Mar. 12, 1791
 Sally Dedman, b. Sept. 29, 1793"

Old land deeds show that Jacob Christman conveyed to Mark Dedman 100
acres of land on First Broad River adjoining lands of John McEntire Feb.
8, 1795. Mark Dedman settled in Zion Baptist Church community, No. 6
Township, Cleveland County (formerly Rutherford County), where he reared
his family and died, and it is said that he was buried in said
graveyard, namely that of Zion Baptist church, as that church was
organized about 1814. Above data furnished by [P.] Cleveland Gardner,
Cleveland County Historian.

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