MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

This church cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 11
Township about five miles west of Casar and twenty-two miles north of
Shelby, N.C. The church was organized in 1848; rebuilt in 1935-brick.
Data by Forest Williams, worker.

Owner of Cemetery: Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Approximate number of marked graves: 53
 Unmarked graves: 80

Earliest marked grave: Milard Deviney, d. Jan. 13, 1857

General condition of cemetery: Fair condition.

Date of survey: Sept. 19, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Price, Julius, Jr.
B. Feb. 7, 1896
D. April 16, 1898

Price, T. Cleveland
B. Mar.15, 1885
D. June 11, 1905

Price, Julius B.
B. Nov. 17, 1857
D. Oct. 10, 1895

Price, Junnie Hoard
B. July 31, 1863
D. April 4, 1929

Dayberry, Lula L.
B. Oct. 30, 1882
D. Aug. 23, 1902

Proctor, Susanna W.
D. April 4, 1894
Aged: 67 yrs., 5 mos.

Proctor, Samuel A.
Co. I, 48 Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Richards, James
D. Sept. 11, 1886
Aged: 70 yrs.

Deviney, John
B. Feb. 26, 1830
D. July 29, 1881

Deviney, Malinda H.
B. Oct. 23, 1835
D. Feb. 23, 1915

Deviney, Ulisia
D. Dec. 9, 1881
Aged: 63 yrs. 2 mos., 8 ds.

Deviney, J. G., Jr.
B. May 25, 1806
D. June 15, 1888

Mode, William
Co. B. 49 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
[No dates]

Towery, Julia C.
B. Dec. 13, 1866
D. June 13, 1912

Towery, Joseph
B. Jan. 24, 1862
D. Sept. 11, 1914

Deviney, Milard
D. June 13, 1857
[No other data.]

Price, J. T.
D. Dec. 29, 1879
Age: 66 yrs. 14 ds.

Price, Sarah
B. Feb. 1, 1817
D. Mar. 11, 1889
Aged: 72 yrs., 3 mos., 10 ds.

Deviney, William G.
Co. B. 49 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Brackett, John F.
B. Sept. 18, 1866
D. May 24, 1890

Brackett, Joseph
B. Feb. 18, 1834
D. Aug. 30, 1904
Aged: 70 yrs., 6 mos., 12 ds.

Brackett, Christena
B. July 30, 1845
D. May 11, 1919

Brackett, W. J.
B. Mar. 23, 1862
D. Nov. 17, 1904
Aged: 42 yrs., 7 mos., 24 ds.


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MT. MORIAH M. P. CHURCH CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, NC in No. 11 Township four miles west of Casar, N.C. and about twenty-two miles north of Shelby, N.C.

Owner of Cemetery: Mt. Moriah M. P. Church [Mt. Moriah M. P. Church was organized in 1850;  rebuilt 1877-1911-1938.]

Approximate number of marked graves: 133
 Unmarked graves: 200

Earliest marked grave: Katherine Hunt, d. Mar. 11, 1856

General condition of cemetery: Very good condition. Some shrubbery and two cedars about center.  About four acres in the plot. Slants to the west.

Date of survey: Sept. 21, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Hicks, W. G.
Co. G. 50 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Walls, Vassie E., daughter of
 Z. T. & M. H. Walls
D. Dec. 23, 1900

Moss, Susan, wife of
 Milton Moss [per text]
B. May 20, 1822
D. Sept. 19, 1909

Moss, Hilton
B. Aug. 17, 1823
D. May 5, 1902

Towery, A. H.
(No dates)

Towery, Robert P.
Co. B. 49 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Ledford, Elizabeth, wife of
 F. M. Ledford
B. Oct. 3, 1845
D. Aug. 7, 1885

Walker, James P.
Co. F. 55 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Ledford, Sarah L., wife of
 F. M. Ledford
B. June 9, 1848
D. Aug. 5, 1906

Ledford, Eliza C., wife of
 A. E. Ledford
B. Dec. 24, 1866
D. Aug. 5, 1913

Hunt, Rev. Adam
B. Mar. 25, 1825
D. Aug. 9, 1882
Aged: 57 yrs., 4 mos., 14 ds.

Towery, J. R.
B. Feb. 29, 1869
[1969 was not a Leap Year.]
D. Oct. 24, 1889

Hunt, Katherine
D. Mar. 11, 1856
Aged: 82 yrs.

Queen, William
Co. G. 16 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
[No dates]

Price, Sergt. W. P.
Co. B. C.S.A.
B. Nov. 17, 1837
D. Aug. 10, 1912

Jones, David
Co. B. 49 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Ledford, William
Co. F. 55 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Lindsey, William
Co. C. 55 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Ledford, William
Co. B. 11 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Brackett, Gennie
B. June 20, 1877
D. Feb. 4, 1911

Towery, William P.
B. Aug. 25, 1860
D. Oct. 11, 1900

Towery, Limie
B. April 27, 1858
D. June 19, 1913

Logan, Vacy A., son of
 D. A. & L. H. Logan
B. July 3, 1907
D. Dec. 31, 1909

Waters, Elizabeth, wife of
 E. Waters
B. April 19, 1820
D. Jan. 28, 1893

Black, John F.
Co. I. 48 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Towery, James B.
B. Oct. 23, 1880
D. Aug. 21, 1881

Black, James
B. Nov. 8, 1812
D. July 2, 1898

Deviney, Nancy
B. Nov. 22, 1866
D. Aug. 13, 1883

Deviney, J. B.
B. May 18, 1873
D. Mar. 9, 1910

Richard, Harvey R.
B. May 20, 1838
D. May 19, 1902

Richard, Eliza D., daughter of
 H. R. & M. M. Richard
B. Nov. 3, 1875
D. May 4, 1884

McAlester, Ida
B. Nov. 18, 1874
D. Oct. 19, 1897

Queen, John D., son of
 J. A. & E. D. Queen
B. Dec. 9, 1870
D. Feb. 3, 1871

Queen, James O., son of
 J. A. & E. D. Queen
B. Oct. 11, 1873
D. Jan. 4, 1874

Queen, Eliza E., daughter of
 J. A. & E. D. Queen
B. April 2, 1884
D. Aug. 6, 1886

Hastin, Hazel
B. Feb. 3, 1853
D. April 22, 1907
Aged: 54 yrs.

White, Hugh
Co. C. 55 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

McNeely, Alexander D.
B. July 15, 1823
D. Jan. 15, 1891
Aged: 67
Co. F. 34 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.

McNeely, Sarah
D. April 27, 1880
Aged: 49 yrs., 2 mos., 4 ds.

McNeely, John
B. Jan. 1, 1861
D. Sept. 19, 1894
Aged: 33 yrs., 8 mos., 18 ds.

McFarland, W. J.
B. Aug. 17, 1831
D. Dec. 3, 1896

McFarland, Elizabeth Self, wife of
 W. J. McFarland
B. Mar. 1, 1839
D. Feb. 21, 1920

Hunt, Elizah
B. Sept. 10, 1868
D. July 4, 1921

Melton, Jesse
Co. G. 50 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Black, Jemima
B. June 18, 1819
D. Nov. 21, 1901

Angle, H. Lee
B. Mar. 1, 1888
D. Feb. 16, 1907

Page, Lemuel
Co. I, 11 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Black, S. H.
Co. D. 71 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
[No dates]

Towery, J. Fred, son of
 F. S. & S. P. Towery
B. Jan. 24, 1898
D. Mar. 11, 1899

Towery, Brunnie M., daughter of
 J. & F. S. Towery
B. Aug. 23, 1892
D. Sept. 8, 1893

Sills, Sarah Hester, daughter of
 J. P. & R. M. Sills
B. Aug. 12, 1876
D. June 11, 1895

Diviney, Oma M., daughter of
 J. B. & A. L. Diviney
B. May 30, 1908
D. Aug. 30, 1908

Diviney, J. C.
B. June 7, 1843
D. Aug. 23, 1889
Co. B. 49 N.C. State Troops C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)

Deviney, Eliza Jane
B. Oct. 7, 1848
D. Feb. 20, 1922

Wortman, Lila May, daughter of
 David Wortman
B. Jan. 31, 1849
D. July 4, 1901

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