LONG BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY (Colored)

This African-American cemetery is located in Cleveland County, No. 4
Township on old Shelby and Yorkville Road, 4 ½ miles northeast of
Grover, NC

Owner of Cemetery:  Long Branch Baptist Church (Colored)

Approximate number of marked graves:  30
 Unmarked graves:   185
Earliest marked grave:  Cordelia Bell, d. May 1, 1861

General condition of cemetery: Fairly well kept
Date of survey:  July 10, 1939
Workers:  Forest Williams and Anson Gustavus Melton

Inscriptions:

Froneberger, Lee
B.  1869
D.  May 23, 1898
Age:  29 years

Froneberger, Amanda, wife of
  L. Froneberger
B.  Nov. 1, 1869
D.  Oct. 9, 1905
Age:  33 yrs., 11 mos., 8 ds.

Jackson, Forest
North Carolina Pvt. 801
  Pioneer Inf. (Govt. Marker)
July 12, 1935

Odum, Marvin
B.  May 13, 1910
D.  June 22, 1912

Allison, Rebecca, wife of
  John Allison
D.  July 28, 1919
Aged:  40 years

Ross, Ollia
D.  Jan. 30, 1813
Age:  90 years

Ross, Anderson
D.  Nov. 21, 1903
Aged:  80 years

Bell, Cordelia, wife of
  Frank Bell
B.  1836
D.  May 1, 1861
Aged:  25 years

Bell, Delia, daughter of
  F. & G. Bell
B.  April 1861
D. 1861

Border, Infant of
  Hanah Border
D.  Mar. 1, 1872

Border, Mariah
D.  June 17, 1873
[No other data]

Borders, Joe
B.  1825
D.  1903

Borders, Minnie
B.  1897
D.  1898

Border, Adam
B.  1894
D.  1912

Borders, Isaac
B.  1894
D.  1907

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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.
All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represents the conditions of that time.
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For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm