JAMES ROSS CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. on
lands owned by First National Bank of Shelby (formerly A. M. Hamrick
land) and about three miles northeast of Shelby, and being somewhat in a
clump of bushes on the north side of road leading from Eure Blanton's
Garage on Highway No. 18 to Rock Cut Road near Buffalo, consisting of
one half (1/2) acre.

Owner of Cemetery: First National Bank of Shelby, N.C.

Approximate number of marked graves:  9
 Before 1914:    9
 After 1914:    None
  Unmarked graves:  50

Earliest marked grave:  James Ross, d. May 22, 1829

General condition of cemetery:  The tombs are all broken down, some of
which were entirely covered with leaves and grass.  This cemetery shows
the poorest care of any I have visited thus far.

Date of survey:  Jan. 9, 1939
Worker:   A. G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Ross, Julia Ann
D.  Dec. 7, 1869
Aged:  28 years, 9 mos., and 23 ds.

Ross, Margaret C.
D.  April 29, 1864
Aged:  17 years, 9 mos., and 26 ds.

Ross, Rachel
D.  April 29, 1863
Aged:  58 years, 11 mos., 14 ds.

Ross, James
D.  May 22, 1839
Aged:  95 years

Ross, Hannah
D.  April 11, 1835
Aged:  90 years

______, Elizabeth Jan (surname not given)
D.  May 10, 1835
Aged:  10 years

Ross, Moses
D.  Nov. 21, 1878
Aged:  93 years, 7 mos., and 5 days

Propst, Elizabeth
D.  Jan. 5, 1855
Aged:  69 years

Nowlin, Elizabeth
D.  Jan. 6, 1848
Aged:  22 years

(It is remarkable that out of the nine markers, three of which indicate lives from 90 to 95 years.)

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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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