THE MOORE-GILLESPIE GRAVEYARD

This cemetery is situated in Cleveland County, NC.  In No. 2 Township,
13 miles southwest of Shelby, and 4 miles west of Boiling Springs on
lands of Mrs. Gordon Bostic out in a field adjoining woods to the west,
being one-half mile east of Grogg Creek.

Owner of Cemetery:  Mrs. Gordon Bostic

Approximate number of marked graves: 11
  Before 1914:       11
  After 1914:        None
 Unmarked graves:    32

Earliest marked grave: Columbus L. Gillespie, d. June 13, 1854

Condition: Grown up in weeds, but clear of bushes

Date of survey: June 23, 1939

Inscriptions of Graves Marked:

Bridges, O. S., son of
  C. B. & M. A. Bridges
B.  Aug. 31, 1874
D.  June 16, 1876

Bridges, H. D.
D.  Aug. 8, 1864
(Dim on old rock.)

Moore, Geo. M.
B.  Feb. 12, 1822
D.  May 23, 1895
Aged:  73 years, 3 months, 11 ds.

E. F. G. (G indistinct; no dates)

W. M. G. H.
D.  Jan. 16, 1860
Aged:  17 years, 11 months

Gillespie, Columbus L.
D.  June 13, 1854
Aged:  7 years, 4 months, 16 days

Jolley, J. Asbury, son of
  B. A. & M. Jolley
B.  May 20, 1862
D.  Dec. 3, 1862

Jolley, Emily J., daughter of
  B. A. & M. Jolley
B.  Nov 8, 1856
D.  Feb. 6, 1859

"J. W. D."
D.  Nov. 2, 1855

Moore, J. C.
D.  Oct. 8, 1862
Aged:  31 years, 9 days

Mr. K. D. Noah Jolley points out the grave (unmarked) of Aunt Jane Moore
in extreme northeast corner of graveyard, explaining that she was the
last person to be buried here perhaps 35 or 40 years.  Her husband, a
Mr. Moore, was killed in the Civil War.

--Workers:  Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

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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 represent the contions of that time.
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For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm