McCAGGIE CORNWELL CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. about
four miles northwest from the city limits of Shelby, N.C. on the crest
of a small hill and the south side of a farm road leading from the
present home of Frank Cornwell, and beingabout125 yards north of First
Broad River on present farm of Charlie Cornwell and Frank Cornwell, old
farm of Ab Cornwell, their grandfather, and also the old farm of
McCaggie Cornwell, their great grandfather.

Owner of Cemetery: Frank and Charlie Cornwell

Approximate number of marked graves: 3
 Unmarked graves: 18

Earliest marked grave: George Cornwell, d. Aug. 27, 1829

Condition of cemetery: The cemetery is grown up in bushes and other
undergrowth. Until recently many large oak trees stood in the cemetery,
all of which are now dead. The ground surrounding the cemetery is in
cultivation. The cemetery shows no care whatever.

(Hon. P. Cleveland [Gardner], County Historian, says that Elvira
Gardner was the daughter of McCaggie Cornwell, wife of James Gardner,
and mother of Rufus W. Gardner. It is said that McCaggie Cornwell is
buried here. Worker: A. G. Melton.)

Inscriptions:

Cornwell, George
D. Aug. 27, 1829
Aged: 35 years

Gardner, Elvira
D. July 2, 1854
Aged: 39 yrs., 6 mos., 21 days

Cornwell, Wm. S.
D. March 27, 1842
Aged: 1 year

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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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