JOHN E. PRUETT CEMETERY This small cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 11 Township one fourth mile west of Sheep Knob in the lower edge of the South Mountains and about three miles north of Casar, N.C. Owner of Cemetery: Tom Stroup Approximate number of marked graves: 3 Unmarked graves: 5 Earliest marked grave: E. S., d. Feb. 24, 1847 General condition of cemetery: A small cemetery out in a field about 30 yards from the road and grown up in small bushes. Date of survey: Oct. 24, 1939 Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton Inscriptions: Pruett, John E. Co. D. 3 S.C. Res. C.S.A. (Govt. Marker) [No dates] Prewit, Hulda D. Aug. 22, 1853 Aged: 15 years, 3 mos., 2 ds. E. S. D. Feb. 24, 1847 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represent the conditions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm