JOHN CRENSHAW ELLIOTT CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 8 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. one
mile west of Polkville and eleven miles west of Shelby, and is in a
triangular shape on a rolling hillside covered with pine, cedar and
locust trees and one large poplar. It is bounded on the west by lands
of Plato Elliott, on the north by the lands of Mrs. Coleman Elliott, on
the south by lands of Plato Elliott and Mrs. Coleman Elliott, and on the
east by Mrs. Coleman Elliott. Services are held at Polkville Methodist
Church annually, on which day the Elliott Cemetery is beautifully
decorated. John Crenshaw Elliott lived adjoining this cemetery, and was
buried in his garden, which was the beginning of said graveyard.

Owner of Cemetery: Permanent reservation.

Approximate number of marked graves: 54
 Before 1914: 38
 After 1914: 16
 Unmarked graves: 31

Earliest marked grave: John C. Elliott, d. Sept. 8, 1827

General condition of cemetery: It is a nice cemetery and I understand
it is decorated annually. The markers here are far beyond he average
family graveyard.

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

John Crenshaw Elliott was a son of Martin Elliott; Martin Elliott was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War; moved from Mecklenburg County,
Virginia to Rutherford County, NC. In 1802, settled between First Broad
River and Brushy Creek, south of Dover Mill, and now known as Cleveland
County. He was buried there, and a Government Marker is erected at his
grave in a few yards of his old home site. Martin Elliott was the
progenitor of the Elliott family in Cleveland County, N.C. Data by P.
Cleveland Gardner, Cleveland County Historian

Inscriptions:

Elliott, John C.
B. Dec. 11, 1787
D. Sept. 8, 1827

Elliott, Mary Donoho
B. Feb. 17, 1784
D. Jan. 21, 1864

White, Melvin L.
D. May 19, 1932
Aged: 74 years, 11 mos., 11 ds.
(He married a Miss Elliott, a sister of James C. Elliott. He was a
gifted writer and noted school teacher. He was born in Kentucky.
"Corncracker" was his pen name.)

White, John Curtis
B. April 17, 1824
D. May 31, 1894
(He was the father of Melvin L. White and lived in Kentucky, but died on
a visit to his son in Cleveland County.)

White, Johnnie G., son of
 M. L. & M. J. White
B. Oct. 16, 1884
[Only date shown.]

Nowlin, Thomas L.
Co. F. 56 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
B. July 10, 1845
D. Dec. 10, 1864

Elliott, James C.
B. July 12, 1845
D. June 17, 1936
(James Carson Elliott was an accomplished writer and author, and C.S.A.
Veteran. He was known as "Long Jim". Date by P. Cleveland Gardner,
Cleveland County Historian.)

Elliott, Biddy Gettys, wife of
 J. C. Elliott
B. Jan. 27, 1853
D. Dec. 3, 1897

Elliott, James Carson, son of
 J. C. & B. G. Elliott
B. Feb. 9, 1888
D. Aug. 5, 1900

Elliott, Henry Bedford, son of
 J. C. & B. G. Elliott
B. Dec. 6, 1889
D. Nov. 8, 1916

Elliott, George A., son of
 J. C. & B. G. Elliott
B. Oct. 28, 1879
D. Dec. 19, 1924

Elliott, Robert L.
B. May 21, 1866
D. Oct. 21, 1925

[Elliott], Infants, son and daughter of
 Mr. & Mrs. Foster Elliott
(No dates)

Gold, Mary Susan, daughter of
 J. C. & J. A. Gold
B. Sept. 2, 1919
D. June 4, 1921

[Palmer] "In memory of Twin infant
 son and daughter of J. B. & V. R.
 Palmer.
Born and died Mar. 5, 1894

[Palmer] "Dead born infant child of
 J. B. & V. R. Palmer,
Aug. 19, 1890"

Elliott, Nancy, daughter of
 J. & N. C. Bedford
B. May 4, 1832
D. Nov. 26, 1887
Aged: 55 years, 6 mos., 22 ds.

Palmer, Thomas Rowell, son of
 V. J. & M. D. Palmer
B. Aug. 11, _____
D. Sept. 11, 1887
Aged: 27 years and one month

Palmer, John Daniel, son of
 V. J. & M. D. Palmer
B. Nov. 3, 1866
D. Mar. 12, 1887

Palmer, Valentine Jackson, Jr., son of
 V. J. & M. D. Palmer
B. June 7, 1862
D. April 28, 1877
Aged: 14 years, 10 mos., 21 ds.

Palmer, Susan Louise, wife of
 W. B. Palmer
B. Oct. 10, 1861
D. Dec. 31, 1886

Elliott, Rachel Ann, daughter of
 F. D. & M. S. Elliott
B. Nov. 10, 1933
D. Dec. 17, 1933

Elliott, Sarah Tressia, daughter of
 T. E. & Bell Elliott
B. Feb. 25, 1881
D. Mar. 4, 1895

Elliott, Thomas F.
B. Feb. 1, 1851
D. June 25, 1914

Elliott, Belle Hoyle
B. Dec. 23, 1862
D. Jan. 17, 1904

Palmer, Joseph Bedford
B. July 9, 1858
D. Dec. 30, 1928

Palmer, Victoria Rollins
B. Nov. 28, 1865
D. June 13, 1930

Palmer, Dr. V. J.
B. Feb. 9, 1829
D. June 23, 1915
 /
Palmer, Mary Donoho
B. June 29, 1830
D. Oct. 31, 1895 (Father and Mother)

Elliott, Col. A. J.
B. April 11, 1882
D. July 13, 1893
Aged: 71 years, 3 mos. And no days
(Home guard-Reported by L. J. Wiggins)
[Error possible with date of birth as his wife, Sarah, was born in 1835.]

Elliott, Sarah, wife of
 Col. A. J. Elliott
B. Mar. 10, 1835
D. Aug. 18, 1892
Aged: 57 years and 8 ds.

Elliott, Dorcas, dau. of
 A. J. & Sarah Elliott
B. April 23, 1872
D. June 19, 1889
Aged: 17 years, 1 mo., 26 ds.

Elliott, Coleman
B. Oct. 31, 1855
D. July 20, 1880

Elliott, James Reinhardt
B. July 13, 1863
D. Oct. 14, 1892
Aged: 29 years, 3 mos., 1 d.

Packard, John Z.
B. Dec. 7, 1853
D. Aug. 2, 1892

Packard, Susan Francis
B. Oct. 22, 1860
D. Dec. 28, 1918

Elliott, Oliver Beam
B. Sept. 13, 1853
D. May 30, 1932

Elliott, Virginia Ann
B. April 17, 1875
[No other data.]

Elliott, Infant son of
 Oliver B. & Virginia Ann Elliott
B. Feb. 25, 1894
D. Feb. 26, 1894

Powers, Sarah M., wife of
 L. E. Powers
D. Jan. 20, 1893
Aged: 40 years, 2 mos., and 12 ds.

Elliott, Edward D.
North Carolina
Pvt. Dickenson's Co. 3 N.C. Mil. Cherokee War 1873
[Date not specified as to b. or d.]

Elliott, Sarah
B. June 22, 1825
D. Mar. 23, 1895
Aged: 69 yrs., 9 mos., 2 d.

Elliott, John P.
B. Jan. 5, 1817
D. June 5, 1873
Aged: 56 years

Elliott, Corpl. C. B.
Co. B. 49 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
B. June 28, 1843
D. Jan. 27, 1862

White, William Elliott
B. Feb. 11, 1887
D. March 21, 1836
(Debater and orator, first Cleveland County Historian, graduate of
U.N.C., and principal of high school; Killed by automobile. Data by P.
Cleveland Gardner, present Historian.)

Elliott, Thomas Wm.
49 N.C. Inf. C.S.A. (No dates)
 / His Wife
Elliott, Elizabeth Houser (No dates)

Covington, Catherine A., wife of
 R. C. Covington
B. Oct. 18, 1850
D. July 6, 1887
Aged: 36 years, 8 mos., 18 ds.

Elliott, Joseph L.
B. Feb. 2, 1856
D. June 26, 1880

Elliott, William M.
B. Mar. 9, 1813
D. June 1, 1869
(Son of John Crenshaw Elliott, and
 father of James Carson Elliott. Data
 by P. Cleveland Gardner, Cleveland
 County Historian)

Elliott, Barbara R. Carson, wife of
 W. M. Elliott
B. Mar. 12, 1820
D. Oct. 8, 1909

Hayes, Novella L., wife of
 W. A. Hayes
D. Mar. 15, 1886
Aged: 20 years, 10 mos., 15 ds.

Powers, Alice Anne, daughter of
 L. E. & S. M. Powers
B. June 20, 1874
D. May 9, 1914

Powers, Lieut. L. E.
B. Mar. 24, 1841
D. July 8, 1921
Aged: 80 years, 3 mos., 16 ds.
Co. A. 21st N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
"A soldier of the Cross and of his Country." (L. E. Powers was a
Member of N.C. House Representa- tives from Cleveland County, N.C. In
1879. Data by P. Cleveland Gardner, Cleveland County Historian.)

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