PINE GROVE M. E. CHURCH CEMETERY This church cemetery is located in No. 3 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. about 7 ½ miles south of Shelby, N.C. and about 400 yards west of Highway No. 18, on a hill sloping toward the southwest. The cemetery is in an oblong shape and on the south and west it is surrounded by second growth trees. It lies about 75 yards south of the old church structure, a wooden building about 28 feet x 38 feet. The building appears to have been there for many years. Owner of Cemetery: Pine Grove Methodist Church Approximate number of marked graves: 43 Unmarked graves: 76 Earliest marked grave: Harvey Randall, d. Nov. 10, 1832 Condition: The cemetery is kept clean, no grass or trees are growing in the cemetery Date of survey: March 29, 1939 [Workers: None listed] Inscriptions: Ellis, Clyde B. Oct. 20, 1884 D. May 19, 1906 Ellis, Orie B. Mar. 11, 1881 D. Oct. 25, 1904 Randall, Mildred, daughter of M. H. & M. C. Randall D. Aug. 31, 1896 Aged: 8 ds. Randall, Samuel C. Co. 71, N.C. State Troops, C.S.A. (Gov't Marker) [No dates-Ann P.] Randall, James, C. M. B. Jan. 30, 1856 D. Aug. 4, 1900 Randall, Jesse Lee, child of P. W. & M. J. Randall B. June 10, 1891 D. Dec. 18, 1891 Bryson, Jane Ann B. Mar. 28, 1837 D. Dec. 5, 1902 Randall, Elizabeth Dixon, wife of John Randall B. May 12, 1795 D. Dec. 15, 1872 Aged: 72 years, 7 months, 3 days Randall, John B. Oct. 2, 1795 D. June 28, 1870 Aged: 74 years, 8 months, 26 days Collins, Abigail Chapman, wife of Isac Collins B. Dec. 7, 1782 D. April 22, 1875 Collins, Isaac B. Oct. 16, 1778 D. April 14, 1870 Aged: 91 years, 5 mos., 3& 28 days (NOTE: this stone, broken and removed to home of L. Y. Randall for repair, near spring south of L. Y. Randall home place. Abraham Collins and Peter Quinn carried message for Major Ferguson from Gilbertown to Charlotte. See Logan's Hist., Page 497. (Data by P. Cleveland Gardner.) Bowin, Elizabeth S. D. July 14, 1868 Aged: 1 year, 2 months, 16 days Randall, Jacob E. D. June 3, 1878 Aged: 2 years, 4 months "J. B." (On an old gray-block stone about 20 inches high; very irregular in shape.) Runyan, Jeremiah B. 1758 D. April 5, 1851 Aged: 93 years Bradly, Thomas J. D. Feb. 22, 1861 Aged: 6 years, 1 month, 10 days Williams, Mary Williams, wife of M. S. S. Williams B. May 19, 1847 D. Nov. 6, 1893 Randall, Margaret H. B. Dec. 21, 1830 D. June 30, 1906 Randall, Margaret L. B. Mar. 15, 1837 D. Mar. 20, 1912 Randall, Mariah C. A., wife of S. D. Randall B. Oct. 2, 1830 D. Nov. 19, 1877 Aged: 38 years, 1 month, 17 days Randall, Clarazina, daughter of S. D. & Caroline Randall B. Feb. 18, 1867 D. Nov. 18, 1867 Randall, Harvey D. Nov. 10, 1832 in his 17th year (Earliest marked grave) Randall, Jacob R. B. Nov. 2, 1799 D. Nov. 21, 1889 Aged: 90 years, 19 days Randall, Jane D. April 4, 1857 in the 53rd year of her age Randall, Jno. A. B. Dec. 31, 1833 D. Aug. 12, 1862 Randall, Martin B. May 1, 1810 D. Dec. 8, 1881 Aged: 71 years, 7 months, 7 days Randall, Martha, wife of Martin Randall B. May 1, 1818 D. Dec. 8, 1881 Aged: 73 years and 7 days [Years lived and date of birth don't agree; suspect she was born in 1808 and lived 73 years, 7 months and 7 days. Someone marked a small zero above 1818 but did not cross it out. Randall, Infant daughter of S. & S. Randall D. March 28, 1848 Randall, Infant son of S. & S. Randall B. Dec. 20, 1841 Huss, Philip R. B. May 20, 1834 D. Aug. 11, 1894 Aged: 60 years, 2 months, 11 days Runyan, Sarah B. 1786 D. Aug. 11, 1853 Aged: 67 years. Runyan, Euvoline D. Aug. 8, 1856 Aged: 21 years, 6 days Runyan, E. D. Jan. 1857 Aged: 47 [years?-Ann P.] Warren, Sarah D. Aug. 3, 1872 Aged: 50 years * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but retains copyright protection by the authors. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm