JAMES LUCAS AND JOHN GLADDEN CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, NC two
miles north of Shelby on farm of the late ______ Botts, now owned by
Robert Botts, and facing on the west side of the road turning to left of
Botts' house and being 1/2/ mile west on road _______ Dedmond's. Being
in a small patch of pines and the road being graded very close the
cemetery. The above graves are beside the road in a single row. [Next
listed graves that follow.]

Owner of Cemetery: Robt. Botts

Approximate number of marked graves: 7
 Before 1914: 7
 After 1914: None
 Unmarked graves: 13

Earliest marked grave: Rebecca Lucas, d. July 26, 1838

General condition of cemetery: Grown up in pines-bad condition.

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

Inscriptions:

Gladden, John, "Grandfather"
B. Mar. 10, 1800
D. May 23, 1884

Gladden, Patience, "Grandmother"
B. Aug. 15, 1802
D. Feb. 6, 1868

Gladden, Washington Lafayette
D. July 23, 1844
Aged: 18 years, 7 months, and 4 ds
This monument erected by John L
 Gladden, Aug. 1845

Lucas, James
D. Nov. 19, 1841
Aged: 78 years, 7 mos., and 14 ds.
"A native of Georgia but was raised
 in Fairfield District, South Carolina."

Lucas, Rebecca S.
D. June 10, 1855
Aged: 2 years, 8 mos., and 26 ds.

Collins, Two infant children of
 James & J. Elizabeth Collins
D. June 28, 1843

There are eight or ten Negro graves at south end of cemetery.
Information given by Cleveland Gardner, great grandson of John L.
Gladden. And, he furnished this additional data:

James Lucas was born in Georgia and reared in Fairfield District of
South Carolina. His wife, Rebecca, is buried by his side. He came to
this section soon after 1800 and settled near this graveyard.

According to family tradition, John L. Gladden was born in South
Carolina. His mother died when he was only ten days old and his father
placed him with said James Lucas and family.

The only family Bible of John L. Gladden is now in the possession of
Mrs. Ansil G. Gladden, Blacksburg, S.C., Route 1, and contains
considerable data.

John L. Gladden was a man of unusual natural ability with a mind trained
and developed far superior to that of almost any man of his community
during this time. He was a prominent school teacher, singing school
teacher, a Justice of the Peace, for many years; also, he held the
office of County Ranger in Cleveland County from date of its
organization in January 11, 1841 until the new State Constitution of
868. He was "Attorney and Counselor" for the people of his community.
He probably drafted more wills, deeds, mortgages and liens, and married
than any other one man of his community.

John L. Gladden was first married to Patience Hardin and they had eight
children born to them, to wit:

 James A. Gladden
 Leonlous Frank Gladden
 Washington L. Gladden
 Hosea M. Gladden
 Rebecca E. Gladden, wife of William Riley Wellmon, son of Wm. N. Wellmon
 Martha S. Gladden (Patsy) m. Jacob Costner
 John Turner William Alexander Forsyth Gladden

His second marriage was to Mary A. Hardin, Sept. 27, 1868, who was
related to his first wife. They had eleven children, all of whom died
in infancy with the exception of two, Amanda and Issiah Davis.

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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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