PARKER CEMETERY

Located in No. 4 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. two miles west of
Kings Mountain, ¾ mile north of Highway No. 74 on a high knoll, and very
steep approaching from the east.  It is covered with small cedars, oaks,
and wild cherry trees

Owner of Cemetery: J. O. & C. S. Plonk

Number of marked graves:  10
 Before 1914:  7
 After 1914:  3
   Unmarked graves: 3

Earliest marked grave: Andrew Parker, d. 1863

Condition:  Grown up in small bushes and trees and out in a field.  The
markers, however, are in good shape.  The cemetery is about 30 x 50 feet.

Date of survey:  June 6, 1939
[Workers:  Not listed]

Inscriptions:

Parker, Nancy
Aged:  unknown (The marker is
  practically new.)

Parker, Andrew J.
B.  1836
D.  1863

Parker, Hester
Age:  unknown (On a new marker.)

Parker, Sam
B.  July 20, 1852
D.  Nov. 17, 1922

Parker, Samuel
B.  Mar. 1807
D.  Dec. 1898
Aged:  91 years

"R. P." (on small stone)

Parker, Hettie
B.  1833
D.  1925

Parker, Martha
B.  Sept. 23, 1811
D.  Nov. 6, 1901
Aged:  90 years

Parker, Polly
B.  May 12, 1833
D.  Oct. 8, 1914

Parker, Nancy
B.  1881
D.  Jan. 5, 1920

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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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