John Byars Cemetery

This cemetery is located in No. 1 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. on
Mrs. Buie Byars' plantation, with two large oak trees, one to the east
and one to the south, with flowery shrubbery in a field on the eastern
slope of a hill about one mile north of No. 1 Township Brick School
building, and, also, about one mile west of Camp's Creek Baptist Church.

Owner of Cemetery:      Mrs. Buie Byars

Approximate number of marked graves:    2
                Before 1914:            2
                After 1914:             None
                Unmarked:               11

Earliest marked grave:  John S. Byars, D. Jan. 3, 1888.

General condition of cemetery:  Shows little care or attention.
Date of survey:  Nov. 30, 1938
Workers:        B. E. Weathers and A. G. Melton
                Mr. M. B. Earls, aged 67, very kindly assisted us in locating this cemetery.

Inscriptions on markers:

Byars, John S.
B.  April 9, 1833
D.  Jan. 3, 1888

Byars, Emeline, Wife of John Byars
D.  Jan. 14, 1905
Aged:  56 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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For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm