LEMUEL PEARSON CEMETERY This cemetery is located in No. 2 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. on lands of L. V. Blanton about ¼ mile east of a country road leading from Boiling Springs-Gaffney Road towards Flint Hill Baptist Church and about ½ miles west of Flint Hill Baptist Church in the edge of a dense forest of pines. The said cemetery being well kept; it lies in an oval shape in a slightly elevated place. Owner of Cemetery: L. V. Blanton Approximate number of marked graves: 3 Before 1914: 3 After 1914: None Unmarked graves: 16 Earliest marked grave: J. Blanton, d. May 21, 1861 General condition of cemetery: It is free from grass and shrubbery and apparent has annual attention. Date of survey: Nov. 25, 1938 Workers: B. E. Weathers and A. G. Melton Inscriptions: "Pearson, Lemual, 18 N.C. Inf. C.S.A." (This is a Government Marker with no dates given. Worker, A. G. Melton.) Blanton, J. H., Born Feb. 13, 1852, Died Oct. 1862 Blanton, J., Born July 10, 1858, Died May 21, 1861 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 contions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but retains copyright protection by the authors. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm