JONATHAN GILLISPIE CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, NC on the
lands of Tom Cornwell, formerly Mr. A. H. Cornwell homeplace, about 100
yards west of the Shelby-Double Shoals Road on a knoll.

Owner of Cemetery: Tom Cornwell

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

Earliest marked grave: Jonathan Gillespie, d. May 15, 1859

General condition of cemetery: Bad condition

Date of survey: Jan. 16, 1939
Worker: A. G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Gillispie, Jonathan
D. May 15, 1859
Aged: 51 years, 6 mos., and one day

Gillispie, Martha E.
D. June 9, 1859
Aged: 4 years, 4 mos., and 25ds.

(There are two unmarked graves. They are said to be Pools. Information
given by Miss Cora Cornwell, the granddaughter of Jonathan Gillispie.)

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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 CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm