MARTIN ELLIOTT GRAVEYARD This cemetery is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. about 100 yards west of road leading from Asheville to charlotte, Highway 74, and three miles due west of Shelby, on lands of George and Charlie Blanton, and being built up with rock and cement and having nice Government marker. Owner of Cemetery: George and Charlie Blanton Approximate number of marked graves: One Before 1914: One After 1914: None Unmarked graves: None Earliest marked grave: Martin Elliott, d. Mar. 4, 1882 General condition of cemetery: In good shape with rock and cement foundation. Date of survey: Oct. 14, 1938 Worker: B. E. Weathers Inscription: "Elliott, Martin-Virginia-Pvt. 1st Regtl Dragoons-Continental Troops-Rev. War. March 4th 1882." [?] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm