NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

This cemetery is situated in Cleveland County, N.C. in Township No. 9
about three miles west of Fallston and a half mile north of Highway No.
180 leading from Fallston to Lawndale, and thirteen miles north of
Shelby, N.C.

Owner of Cemetery: New Bethel Baptist Church

Approximate number of marked graves: 394
 Unmarked graves: 75

Earliest marked grave: Elizabeth Elam, d. Feb.11, 1847

General condition of cemetery: In fair condition.

Date of survey: July 24, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Elam, Carme
B. Dec.11, 1864
D. Aug. 31, 1932

Burns, William David
(Born in Onslow County, N.C. and founder of
 Piedmont High School at Lawndale and
 Cleveland Mills. Cleveland County's greatest
 Benefactor. Data by P. Cleveland Gardner.)
B. Sept. 30, 1868
D. Oct. 6, 1937

Ivester, W. L.
B. June 26, 1873
D. Aug. 3, 1936
(Large, impressive, cream-colored brick-
 cement vault. A. G. Melton, worker.)


Beam, David A.
B. April 8, 1860
D. Jan. 8, 1937

Miller, William
B. May 27, 1874
D. Dec. 20, 1932

Putnam, W. Gordon
B. May 10, 1881
D. June 6, 1930

Cline, Paul Clark
North Carolina
Pvt. U.S. Army
D. August 8, 1935
(Govt. Marker)

Cline, Laura Alice, wife of
 H. S. Cline
B. May 12, 1861
D. Feb. 19, 1890

Cline, Willie May, wife of
 H. S. Cline
B. July 23, 1864
D. Aug. 19, 1897

Mitcham, B. B.
D. Aug. 29, 1897
Age: 78 years

Mitcham, wife of
 Berry Mitcham
B. June 14, 1822
D. Aug. 17, 1910

Mitcham, Margaret J. wife of
 V. A. Mitcham
B. Nov. 26, 1849
D. Aug. 7, 1912

Peeler, Alice
(Daughter of Andrew Peeler. Data
 by P. Cleveland Gardner.)
B. Jan. 6, 1869
D. Mar. 8, 1914

Peeler, Lucy Annie, wife of
 V. A. Peeler
(She was a Miss Arpp [Rapp ?] before marriage.
 Data by P. Cleveland Gardner.)
B. April 5, 1844
D. July 20, 1898

Peeler, Andrew
Co. F. 34 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
B. Sept. 9, 1833
D. June 3, 1911

Spurling, Infant son of
 M. F. & S. H. Spurling
1913 (Indefinite)

Lattimore, Ruffin, son of
 M. P. & A. L. Lattimore
D. Jan. 8, 1897
Age: 2 mos., 1 d.

Heffner, Sarah Ann Adeline
B. June 30, 1854
D. April 29, 1898
Age: 44 yrs., 2 mos., 1 d.

Pritchard, Nancy G., wife of
 S. V. Prichard
B. Aug. 1, 1860
D. July 7, 1902

Weaver, Mary C.
B. Mar. 7, 1852
D. June 13, 1891

Falls, S. Catherine
B. May 24, 1850
D. July 8, 1935

Falls, D. Tilden
B. Jan. 24, 1877
D. July 21, 1900

Stamey, Robert, son of
 T. A. & R. L. Stamey
D. Jan. 27, 1906
Age: 2 mos., 24 ds.

Cline, Thomas Cleveland
B. April 13, 1884
D. Aug. 22, 1893

Cline, Gazzie Lou, daughter of
 D. A. & M. J. Cline
B. Dec. 18, 1888
D. June 25, 1889

Randall, Frances Sophronia, wife of
 Pinkney A. Randall
D. Dec. 3, 1885
Aged: 25 years, 11 mos. 29 ds.

Lackey, Infant son of
 J. A. & S. L. Lackey
B. Nov. 5, 1876
D. Dec. 24, 1876

Williamson, Cicero, son of
 J. G. & D. Williamson
B. April 22, 1870
D. July 21, 1870

Falls, Louisa E., daughter of
 J. Z. & S. C. Falls
B. Nov. 5, 1874
D. Mar. 5, 1876

Lattimore, Samuel A.
B. Feb. 1, 1865
D. Oct. 23, 1905

Lattimore, D. D.
B. Feb. 4, 1832
D. Jan. 16, 1909

Lattimore, Mary A.
B. Mar. 4, 1834
D. April 8, 1909

Lattimore, Jethro S.
B. July 28, 1869
D. Oct. 21, 1921

Towery, Samuel E.
B. Feb. 12, 1862
D. Oct. 21, 1921

Green, D. Ada
B. Dec. 23, 1895
D. Feb. 7, 1896

Green, A. Gilbert
B. Feb.19, 1904
D. Dec. 2, 1904

Schenck, Lucinda P., second wife of
 Henry Schenck
B. Dec. 18, 1833
D. Aug. 28, 1892

Schenck, Henry
B. July 1, 1802
D. Jan. 30, 1882

Schenck, Sarah S.
B. Jan. 27, 1809
D. Oct. 23, 1873

Schenck, Charles E., son of
 H. F. & L. Schenck
D. Feb. 9, 1868
Aged: 4 yrs., 10 mos., 20 ds.
[Identical data repeated again.]

Schenck, Sarah J., daughter of
 H. F. & L. Schenck
D. Mar. 21, 1868
Aged: 2 years, 11 mos., 4 ds.

Weaver, Mary L., daughter of
 F. B. & L. A. Weaver
D. Nov. 20, 1892
Aged: 4 yrs., 1 mo., 3 ds.

Lattimore, C. Mills
D. Dec. 17, 1898
Age: 17 years, 11 mos., 9 ds.

Lattimore, Clint F.
B. Mar. 21, 1899
D. Sept. 11, 1902

Lattimore, William A.
B. Oct. 5, 1852
D. April 25, 1911

Edwards, Riddie
B. July 6, 1815
D. April 8, 1899
"The mother of Sarah R. Nolin,
 Amanda C. Peeler and D. D.
 Edwards."

Edwards, Amos
B. Aug. 8, 1793
D. Aug. 20, 1880
Aged: 87 years, 12 ds.

Willis, Ellen O., wife of
 L. B. Ellis
B. Mar. 2, 1860
D. Feb. 20, 1880

Willis, Infant of
 L. B. & E. O. Willis
B. & D. Jan. 25, 1880

Nolan, James R., son of
 A. & S. Nolan
D. Nov. 14, 1862
Age: 6 mos., 19 ds.

Nolan, A.
B. 1834
D. 1926

Nolan, Sarah
B. 1844
D. 1917

Hamrick, Susannah E.
B. Dec. 31, 1832
D. June 1, 1897

Wease, Susan C. Mitchem
B. 1863
D. 1939

Weace, James Marion, son of
 B. F. & S. C. Weast [per text]
B. Sept. 13, 1887
D. Oct. 24, 1887

West, Triplet sons of
 B. F. & S. C. Weast
B. Sept. 16, 1899
Ages 1, 6, 9 ds. Respectively

Weast, Fanni May, daughter of
 B. F. & S. C. Weast
B. May 22, 1892
D. Jan. 29, 1907

Blanton, J. J.
B. Oct. 13, 1856
D. Dec. 6, 1925

Blanton, Mary, wife of
 J. J. Blanton
B. Feb. 8, 1861
D. Sept. 5, 1929

Hamrick, Themer R., daughter of
 E. M. & A. M. Hamrick
B. April 6, 1908
D. Jan. 3, 1909

Putnam, Julia, wife of
 E. F. Putnam
B. Jan. 22, 1854
D. Nov. 9, 1900

Putnam, E. F.
B. May 17, 1851
D. Oct. 10, 1905

Putnam, Infant daughter of
 E. F. & J. Putnam
B. Mar. 30, 1883
D. June 17, 1883

Putnam, Clifton, son of
 E. F. & J. Putnam
B. Aug. 11, 1884
D. June 5, 1886

Putnam, Astor D., son of
 E. F. & J. Putnam
B. Nov. 3, 1887
D. July 8, 1888

Putnam, Everette, son of
 E. F. & J. Putnam
B. April 11, 1893
D. Aug. 2, 1893

Biggerstaff, Mary J.
B. 1860
D. Mar. 1891
Age: 31 years

Ledford, Rolen M., son of
 J. & S. F. Ledford
B. May 27, 1894
D. Oct. 28, 1904

Ledford, Sarah Francis, Mother, wife of
 Jos. Ledford
D. June 6, 1905

Wellmon, L. Bell, daughter of
 W. A. & M. J. Wellmon
D. Dec. 15, 1903
Age: 1 yr., 1 mo., 26 ds.

Wellmon, J. C. Amzi, son of
 C. P. & A. M. Wellmon
D. Sept. 5, 1892

Williams, Ella E., daughter of
 A. F. & C. Williams
B. July 1, 1883
D. Feb. 15, 1898
(NOTE: She was shot and murdered
 by her sweetheart, Sidney Grigg,
 while returning home from Fallston
 School. Data by P. Cleveland Gardner.)

Curtis, H. R.
B. Feb. 28, 1828
D. May 20, 1905
Age: 77 years, 2 mos., 2 ds.

Pritchard, R. Sophronia, wife of
 A. J. Pritchard
B. July 5, 1858
D. Nov. 1, 1895

Royster, W. Zeb, son of
 W. F. & E. Royster
D. Aug. 5, 1900

Royster, Maggie F., daughter of
 W. F. & R. M. Royster
B. Sept. 26, 1880
D. Jan. 5, 1902

Weaver, M. A.
B. Jan. 28, 1877
D. Mar. 19, 1905

Elam, Mary M. Ford, wife of
 Geo. A. Elam, Sr.
(No dates)

Elam, George
Sgt. Co. F. 34 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
"Killed at Gainesville, Va.,
June 17, 1862 and was buried there."

Gardner, Infant son of
 R. W. & S. D. Gardner
D. June 1, 1862

Elam, Letty
B. Sept. 17, 1795
D. Dec. 17, 1881
Age: 86 years, 3 mos.

Elam, Anderson S.
B. Oct. 26, 1792
D. Sept. 25, 1878

Gold, Willie R., daughter of
 C. S. & S. F. Gold
D. June 16, 1885
Age: 7 mos., 29 ds.

London, Martha J., wife of
 James London
D. Feb. 6, 1894
Age: 84 years

London, James
B. Mar. 3, 1818
D. May 21, 1903

Falls, Ralph, son of
 C. C. & L. E. Falls
D. July 11, 1910

Cline, R. C. L.
D. Oct. 18, 1892
Age: 64

Cline, D. (Letter broken off)
D. June 9, 1894
Age: 71 yrs., 6 mos., 4 ds.

Lattimore, Sophia
B. Mar. 4th, 1848
D. June 26, 1934

Lattimore, Frank
B. Nov. 3, 1848
D. Jan. 17, 1930

Mauney, Infant son of
 P. M. & Ella Mauney
B. Nov. 29, 1911
D. Dec. 10, 1911

Caldwell, Henry A.
B. Jan. 25, 1872
D. Aug. 16, 1909

Caldwell, C. H.
B. July 3, 1883
D. Nov. 25, 1899

Putnam, R. Jane
B. July 20, 1880
D. Jan. 8, 1911

Wellmon, W. A.
B. Feb. 10, 1879
D. Dec. 14, 1913

McCall, W. F.
B. Sept. 1, 1844
D. April 21, 1911
Age: 66 [years], 7 mos., 20 ds.

McCall, C. A.
B. Sept. 1, 1840
D. April 26, 1909

Fortenberry, Margaret C., wife of
 F. S. Fortenberry
B. Aug. 11, 1852
D. Jan. 29, 1919

Quinn, J. Smith
B. June 29, 1862
D. Nov. 7, 1901

Strong, Infant son of
 C. D. & Kate Strong
D. Dec. 17, 1906

Wright, Mary Francis, wife of
 A. B. Wright
D. June 7, 1905
Age: 54 yrs.

Dixon, T. Adolphus
B. Oct. 19, 1867
D. July 20, 1901
Age: 33 yrs.

Hendrick, Camelia Matilda, wife of
 Alex. A. Hendrick
D. April 8, 1878
Age: 22 yrs., 8 mos., 16 ds.

Wright, Nancy Elizabeth, daughter of
 A. B. & M. F. Wright
D. May 20, 1887

Wright, William Oni, son of
 H. B. & M. F. Wright
D. June 18, 1883
Age: 1 yr., 10 mos., 25 ds.

Wright, Infant daughter of
 A. B. & M. F. Wright
D. Sept. 11, 1879

Biggerstaff, Nancy D., wife of
 S. P. Biggerstaff
B. 1823
D. 1891

Biggerstaff, Samuel P.
B. 1822
D. May 16, 1889
Age: 67 yrs.

Biggerstaff, Matilda
B. 1856
D. Aug. 1888
Age: 32 yrs.

Lattimore, Samuel
B. 1838
D. Oct. 16, 1884

Lattimore, Ulyses
B. Nov. 11, 1844
D. Nov. 9, 1891

Beam, Susan Margaret, wife of
 Martin Beam
B. Oct. 18, 1836
D. Nov. 1, 1901
Age: 65 years, 13 ds.

Beam, Martin
B. June 20, 18190
D. Mar. 13, 1886
Age: 66 yrs., 8 mos., 23 ds.

Vaughn, Mary Ann [Gardner?], wife of
 Jackson Vaughn
B. May 3, 1824
D. July 4, 1901
Age: 77 yrs., 2 mos.
 /
(NOTE: By the side of this grave
 are buried two maiden sisters,
 Rebecca [Becky] Gardner and
 Elizabeth [Betty] Gardner, daughters
 of Thomas W. Gardner and wife, Ollie
 Martin Gardner, with no markers to
 their graves. Their parents, Thomas
 W. Gardner and Ollie Martin Gardner,
 are buried in Gardner Graveyard above
 old home of Richard Hord. Data by C.
 Cleveland Gardner.)
 /
Gardner, Rebecca "Becky"
 /
Gardner, Elizabeth "Betty"

Gill, T. S. M.
B. July 7, 1833
D. July 31, 1862

Hord, C. William, son of
 G. C. & Emma Hord
(No dates)

Hord, Maurice C.
B. June 11, 1890
D. May 16, 1892

Crowder, D. C.
B. June 8, 1854
D. Oct. 15, 1892
Age: 38 yrs., 4 mos., 7 ds.

Carpenter, Mary
B. 1899
D. 1903

Pritchard, Katie Katherine
D. May 30, 1914
Age: 75 years

Martin, W. E.
B. April 8, 1837
D. Sept. 13, 1892
Age: 55 yrs., 5 mos.

Royster, Clarence D., son of
 G. S. & M. A. Royster
B. July 27, 1875
D. Nov. 27, 1886

Suthard, Montgomery C.
B. Dec. 1, 1858
D. Dec. 19, 1909

Lattimore, Sophia, wife of
 Francis Lattimore, afterwards
 Married to C. S. Gold
B. Jan. 1, 1824
D. April 9, 1905

Cline, Infant son of
 H. S. & Louise Cline
D. July 23, 1900

Cline, Alice Dickson, wife of
 H. S. Cline
B. May 12, 1861
D. Feb.19, 1890

Cline, Willie Warlick, wife of
 H. S. Cline
B. July 23, 1864
D. Aug. 19, 1897

Cline, Rachel Charlotte, daughter of
 H. S. & Alice Cline
B. Feb.24, 1886
D. Feb.4, 1904

Cline, Henry Sylvester
B. July 30, 1862
D. Feb. 20, 1934

London, Ella C.
B. Oct. 6, 1867
D. Oct. 10, 1881

London, Plato D.
B. Dec. 31, 1869
D. July 10, 1892

London, Charles
B. Jan. 21, 1845
D. April 4, 1885
(Masonic Emblem)

Cline, Mrs. Ida Lee
B. May 11, 1878
D. June 27, 1913

Cline, David A.
B. Jan. 23, 1853
D. April 13, 1908

Sweezy, L. B.
B. Aug. 23, 1853
D. Jan. 31, 1891

Williams, Mary
B. Aug. 17, 1789
D. Aug. 16, 1883
Age: 94 years
(NOTE: She was a daughter of Rev.
 War Soldier William Wellmon and
 Wife, Rebecca Moss. Data by C.
 Cleveland Gardner.)

Williams, William
D. May 1, 1868
Age: 65 yrs.
(He was from Catawba County, N.C.
 and married Miss Mary Wellmon,
 above listed. Data by P. Cleveland
 Gardner.)

Scism, Pinkie T., wife of
 Peter Scism
D. Mar. 15, 1886
(She was first married to Geo.
 Hendrick; she was a sister of
 Rev. Thomas Dixon. Data by
 P. Cleveland Gardner.)

Elam, Martha J., wife of
 S. W. Elam
B. Mar. 1, 1840
D. Nov. 25, 1898
Age: 58 years, 8 mos., 24 ds.

Elam, S. W.
Mar. 15, 1826
D. Feb. 16, 1907
Age: 80 yrs., 11 mos. 1 d.

Elam, Elizabeth
D. Feb. 11, 1847

Ledford, J. R.
B. Feb. 16, 1819
D. Nov. 25, 1910

Ledford, Rebecca, wife of
 J. R. Ledford
B. Nov. 12, 1831
D. Nov. 19, 1912

Royster, Plato L.
B. Aug. 28, 1882
D. Sept. 29, 1902

Ross, Malinda
B. Sept. 10, 1824
D. May 3, 1897
Age: 72 yrs., 23 ds.

Wilson, Leander
B . May 21, 1881
D. June 19, 1883

Grigg, Plato
D. July 23, 1856
[No other data.]

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