IVEY HILL COLORED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in Township No. 11
one mile east of road leading from Casar to Rutherford County line, on
lands of Rob. Wilson, and near an old sawmill place. It is near the
home of Mr. T. D. White

Owner of Cemetery: Rob. Wilson

Approximate number of marked graves: 2
 Unmarked graves: 25

Earliest marked grave: Manuel Hunt, d, June 28, 1910

General condition of cemetery: Abandoned completely. It is out in the
woods, apparently virgin forest. One of the markers was broken down,
the pieces of which could not be located. The other marker was broken
in five pieces, but could be reassembled and read distinctly.

Glen White, son of T. D. White, helped the workers located this isolated
cemetery. There were approximately 25 or 30 unmarked graves. This old
church has been abandoned. It is now a dilapidated affair out on a
rough hillside in timber. The sills are still there; almost rotten.
The rafters have fallen down upon the sills. The church, as far as the
workers could learn, disbanded a number of years ago and is no longer in
existence. Apparently, the church house was about 24 x 20 feet and
built of logs from the nearby forest. The pillows were of native stone.
Data by Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Date of survey: Nov. 1, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Hunt, Manuel
D. June 28, 1910
Aged: 75 years

(This marker, apparently new, has been broken down by rude boys of this
community. It was broken in five pieces. After we had located the
different pieces and placing them back together, we could read the
inscription clearly. Mr. T. D. White said that Manuel Hunt was well
thought of by the white people of the community. Workers: Forest
Williams and Anson G. Melton.)

Another new marker had been broken down, the pieces removed. We failed
to locate them. But the base of the marker showed that it was a modern
slab and appeared to be the marker of Manuel Hunt's wife, inasmuch as it
was by his side.

Mr. T. D. White, well known farmer of this section, said Walt Hunt, who
was killed by a half-white Negro, was buried here.

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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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