HOUSAND HARRILL GRAVEYARD

Lying just in the edge of No. 7 Township, Cleveland County, NC about 350
yards east of Beaver Dam Creek on land of G. W. Cllahan [Callahan ?].
Some several colored slaves are buried here. The cemetery is covered
with oak and cherry trees.

Owner of Cemetery: C. W. [Callahan ?]

Approximate number of marked graves: 2
 Before 1914: 2
 After 1914: None
 Unmarked graves: 30

Earliest marked grave: John Harrill, d. 1820

General condition of cemetery: Grown up in bushes, but some family
pride is manifested in the markers.

Date of survey: Oct. 17, 1938
Workers: B. E. Weathers and A. G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Harrill, F. H.
B. 1758
D. 1835
(The great grandfather of the worker, A. G. Melton.)

Harrill, John
B. 1733
D. 1820
(This marker is a modern structure of small smooth yellow stones
cemented together. Erected 1918. Worker, A. G. Melton)

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