THE PRESTON GOFORTH CEMETERY This cemetery is located in No. 4 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. about 2 miles west of Kings Mountain, N.C., about 200 yards south of Highway No. 74 and about 75 yards east of an unpainted tenant house owned by Roy Williams. Owner of Cemetery: Roy Williams Approximate number of marked graves: 10 Unmarked graves: 10 Before 1914 10 After 1910: None Earliest marked grave: Preston Goforth, d. Oct. 7, 1780 Condition: The cemetery is cut in a clump of pines and cedars and is entirely neglected. Some of the markers are on the ground. Date of survey: May 1, 1939 [Workers: None listed] Inscriptions: Goforth, Elizabeth D. May 28, 1866 Aged: 90 years Goforth, Beaty D. May 28, 1866 Aged: 60 years, 11 months, 12 days Still born infant of C. & S. Goforth (No dates) Goforth, Preston, George, Pvt. Hamton's N.C. Troops, Rev. War D. Oct.7, 1780 According to tradition, Preston Goforth's side [wife?], when she heard he was killed in the Battle of Kings Mountain, she and a Negro servant took a sled and hauled him home. Reported by Ben Goforth, of Kings Mountain, N.C. Goforth, George D. Oct. 3, 1869 Aged: 93 years, 6 months Goforth, Violet K. D. Nov. 14, 1872 Aged: 53 years, 2 months, 24 days Goforth, L. Margaret D. 1843 Aged: 22 years Goforth, Sarah M. D. Feb. 23, 1844 Aged: 9 months Goforth, Sarah D. March 28, 1862 [No other data] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 represents the conditions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm