KNOB CREEK M. P. CHURCH CEMETERY

This church cemetery is located in No. 10 Township, Cleveland County,
N.C. 15 miles north of Shelby, north of Belwood about 1 ½ miles and
about 25 yards north of Belwood-Casar adjoining land of Cicero Falls.

Owner of Cemetery: Knob Creek M. P. Church

Number of marked graves: 138
 Before 1914: 98
 After 1914: 40
 Unmarked graves: 73

Earliest marked grave: Rev. James Pauley, d. Feb. 6, 1809

Condition: The cemetery is very well kept.

Date of survey: April 13, 1939
Workers: Not listed

Inscriptions:

Pauley, Rev. James
D. Feb. 6, 1809
Aged: 69 years
(Rev. James Pauley was the first to Preach here, using an arbor. Also,
He was the first man buried here.)

Cline, Mima
D. 1831
Aged: 1 year, 6 months

Cline, Catherine, wife of
 John Cline
B. April 15, 1796
D. Jan. 22, 1881

Cline, Jacob
D. Sept. 16, 1845
Aged: 18 years

Cline, John
D. Oct. 13, 1845
Aged: 55 years

Lackey, Samuel
D. Sept. 11, 1847
Aged: 51 years

Lackey, Sarah
D. June 20, 1845
Aged: 51 years, 26 days

Cline, Jacob
D. Aug. 16, 1842
Aged: 17 years

Cline, David
D. Dec. 20, 1828
Aged: 62 years

Carpenter, Joseph
D. Jan. 24, 1839
Aged: 86 years

Carpenter, Susanah
D. Oct. 27, 1825
Aged: 66 years

Carpenter, John
B. Mar. 29, 1791
D. Jan. 7, 1857

Carpenter, Margaret, wife of
 John Carpenter
B. Mar. 9, 1791
D. April 10, 1869

Peeler, Andrew
D. June 8, 1839
Aged: 69 years

Endsley, John
D. Oct. 22, 1831
Aged: 82 years

Endsley, Jane
D. Sept. 8, 1851
Aged: 30 years

Endsley, John
D. Aug. 20, 1827
Aged: 65 years

Peeler, Peter
D. Nov. 26, 1813
Aged: 49 years

Peeler, Elizabeth, consort of
 Peter Peeler
D. Nov. 26, 1853
Aged: 91 years

Cline, Sarah Ann
D. Oct. 27, 1852
Aged: 18 yrs., 8 mos., 10 ds.

Richards, Isaac M.
B. July 25, 1837
D. Sept. 26, 1906
Aged: 69 yrs., 2 mos., 1 d.

Peeler, E.
B. Aug. 21, 1830
D. Sept. 7, 1812
Aged: 12 years, 16 ds.
(Inconsistent date)

Peeler, Joseph
B. Mar. 10, 1801
D. May 28, 1833

Peeler, Isabelle
D. May 25, 1880
Aged: 81 years, 15 ds.

Osborn, Dr. J. E.
B. Nov. 8, 1821
D. Sept. 23, 1903

Osborne, Ann
B. Aug. 1, 1828
D. Mar. 15, 1924

Goodman, William P.
B. April 26, 1854
D. Dec. 24, 1896

Goodman, Marvin, son of
 W. P. & A. H. Goodwin
B. Oct. 13, 1891
D. June 14, 1892

Goodman, Lucy May
B. July 14, 1819
D. Dec. 16, 1913

Goodman, Infant daughter of
 W. P. & A. L. Goodman
D. Jan. 20, 1910

Jeffers, John
B. Aug. 20, 1820
D. July 29, 1910

Beaver, Mary
B. Aug. 8, 1840
D. June 4, 1903

Fortenbery, Hattie E., daughter of
 F. A. & G. A. Fortenbery
D. Jan. 17, 1905

Fortenbery, Georgia Anna, wife of
 F. A. Fortenbery
B. Sept. 5, 1870
D. Feb. 15, 1912

Pool, Mamie Ella, daughter of
 C. H. & M. L. Pool
(No dates)

Warlick, John
D. June 15, 1862
Aged: 6 years

Warlick, Jane C.
B. Jan. 1, 1812
D. Oct. 9, 1883
Aged 7 years, 9 mos, 8 days
[Dates of birth and death don't
 agree with length of life.]

Warlick, David P.
D. July 6, 1862
Aged: 20 years, 5 mos., 11 days

Warlick, Lawson
D. July 18, 1858
Aged: 14 years, 5 months, 18 days

Justice, P. A.
B. Mar. 14, 1849
D. Nov. 19, 1906
Aged: 57 years, 5 days

Shitle, Ester Matilda
B. Oct. 23, 1861
D. Sept. 8, 1862

Pool, James W.
D. Dec. 2, 1854
Aged: 30 years

Pool, Mary
D. Oct. 14, 1870
Aged: 50 years

Talbert, Samuel Forest, son of
 St. & M. A. Talbert
B. June 5, 1906
D. Jan. 2, 1908

Pool, Miles
D. Sept. 13, 1874
Aged: 85 years, 8 months, 7 days

Hartman, J. H.
Co. C. 71 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(No dates)

Pool, Elizabeth
B. Aug. 23, 1826
D. Feb. 5, 1906

Young, M. A., wife of
 Solomon Young
D. July 4, 1857
Aged: 56 years, 1 mo., 24 ds.

Young, Solomon
B. Feb. 9, 1798
D. Feb. 19, 1878
Aged: 80 years, 4 days

Young, John
D. Sept. 10, 1840
Aged: 26 years

Young, John
D. Aug. 30, 1840
[No other data.]

Young, Nancy
D. Sept. 4, 1854
Aged: 46 years

Young, Elizabeth
D. July 12, 1834
[No other data.]

Young, Samuel
D. Mar. 20, 1826
Aged: 78 years

Wilson, Samuel
D. Feb. 8, 1854
Aged: 80 years, 11 mos., 4 days

Wilson, J., wife of
 Samuel Wilson
D. Mar. 8, 1853
Aged: 77 years

Wilson, Moses
D. July 14, 1810
Aged: 2 months

Wilson, John
D. Nov. 23, 1843 "near
 4 o'clock P.M."
Aged: 29 years

Wilson, John
D. May 30, 1850
Aged: 13 yrs., 11 mos., 21 ds.

Wilson, Thomas
D. Oct. 3, 1851
Aged: 49 years, 9 mos., 2 ds.

Wilson, Rebecca
B. Dec. 29, 1804
D. June 2, 1868
Aged: 64 years

Wilson, Anna
D. Mar. 28, 1854
Aged: 44 years, 9 months, 5 days

"Wilson, Alexander
Enlisted in Co. C. 49th N.C. Regt. Killed in the battle of Malvern
Hill July 1st, 1862 and buried on the battlefield where his remains now
rest. Aged 43 years 4 months 19 days."

Wilson, Samuel
D. Aug. 6, 1865
Aged: 36 years

Wilson, John T., son of
 F. J. & F. L. Wilson
D. Oct. 20, 1874
Aged: 4 years, 9 mos.

Wilson, Edward A., son of
 F. J. & F. L. Wilson
D. Oct. 24, 1874
Aged: 3 yrs., 1 mo.

Boggs, Sarah Wilson
B. 1767
D. 1857

Boggs, James
B. 1767
D. 1842

Boggs, William C.
D. Oct. 14, 1842
Aged: 24 years

Boggs, Richard
D. June 15, 1823
[No other data.]

Boggs, Rebecca
D. July 1, 1823
[No other data.]

Boggs, Margaret
D. Oct. 15, 1828
[No other data.]

Boggs, William C.
D. Nov. 16, 1842
Aged: 65 years

Boggs, Martha
B. 1778
D. Nov. 18, 1860

Boggs, Arcie H., son of
 N. E. & S. C. Boggs
D. Oct. 12, 1898
Aged: 1 yr., 2 mos., 24 ds.

Dickson, Thomas
D. July 4, 1841
Aged: 83 years

Dickson, Rosannah
D. Jan. 10, 1823
Aged: 48 years

Dickson, Rachael, 2nd wife of
 Thomas Dickson
D. Oct. 1861
Aged: 70 years

Kendrick, Willie, daughter of
 S. T. & M. R. Kendrick
D. Jan. 24, 1894
Aged: 27 yrs.

Boggs, Mary E.
B. Mar. 24, 1824
D. Feb. 21, 1888
Aged: 62 yrs., 10 mos., 27 ds.

Boggs, William L.
D. Nov. 9, 1848
Aged: 17 years

Dickson, Capt. E. D.
B. Mar. 8, 1833
D. Jan. 24, 1930

Dickson, James, wife of
 Capt. E. D. Dickson [per text]
B. Aug. 5, 1838
D. Oct. 20, 1925

Dickson, Martin A.
Mar. 8, 1899
Aged: 35 years
[Date not specified.]

Dickson, Maude
D. Dec. 22, 1894
Aged: 12 years

Queen, Garland Fred, son of
 W. W. & E. L. Queen
D. July 19, 1910
Aged: 1 year

Queen, Martha, wife of
 J. A. Queen
B. 1844
D. 1894

Gant, Pinkney
B. Dec. 16, 1835
D. Dec. 6, 1908

Gant, Pasha
B. Aug. 6, 1836
D. July 10, 1908

Price, James L.
B. Nov. 25, 1866
D. June 11, 1910

Johnson, Pheby, wife of
 Joseph Johnson
B. Dec. 18, 1853
D. Aug. 23, 1911

Johnson, Susanah
B. Aug. 25, 1832
D. July 10, 1894

Johnson, David
B. Oct. 26, 1825 or 1825 [typed over;
 Illegible.]
D. July 6, 1863 "in Richmond, Va., where
 He now sleeps."

Upton, Infant son of
 M. R. & L. E. Upton
D. June 10, 1900

Upton, Infant daughter of
 M. R. & L. E. Upton
D. Dec. 23, 1899

Upton, Hazel Alexander, son of
 M. R. & L. E. Upton
D. July 4, 1909
Aged: 5 mos.

Talbert, Bessie May, daughter of
 St. & M. A. Talbert
D. June 29, 1903
Aged: 8 mos.

Talbert, John R., son of
 St. & M. A. Talbert
27 years, 2 mos., 23 ds.
(Only date given)

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