PRICE HAMRICK GRAVEYARD

Located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, NC on lands of John Hamrick
about five miles southwest of Shelby, N.C. on a hill covered with oaks.
It is about ½ mile northwest of Shanghai School.

Owner of Cemetery: John Hamrick

Approximate number of marked graves: 5
 Before 1914: 5
 After1914: None
 Unmarked graves: 30

Earliest marked grave: Price Hamrick d. 1820

General condition of cemetery: Poorly kept.

Date survey: Oct. 26, 1938
Workers: B. E. Weathers and A. G. Melton

(Mr. Collis Jones says: "Price Hamrick got too hot cutting wheat and
died within two hours afterwards and was buried on his own home place."

Inscriptions:

Hamrick, Price
B. Jan. 1785
D. Oct. 1820

R. H.
D. Aug. 10, 1859
Aged: 8 years and 15 days

Hamrick, Moses
B. Dec. 14, 1790
D. Aug. 10, 1867 [Handwritten
 Correction.]

Hamrick, Sarah Robinson, wife of
 Moses Hamrick
B. June 10, 1802
D. Dec. 10, 1850

Bowens, Elizabeth
B. Dec. 16, 1811
D. July 17, 1824 or 1834 [Typed
 over; illegible.]

Bowens, Benjamin
D. July 10, 1874
Aged: 56 years, 4 mos., and 13 days

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This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD,
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