TUCKER OR UNKNOWN CEMETERY

Situated in Number 5 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. on farm of Mr. R.
Lee Carpenter, and in open field one quarter miles east of Carpenter's
residence. This farm was formerly owned by Van Tucker, and is situated
about one and one half mile of Buffalo Cotton Mill, and about one mile
from Buffalo Baptist Church, and to reach the Carpenter home leave
Shelby-Cherryville Highway at Buffalo Cotton Mill, on east side of
highway, up by buffalo Baptist Church, turn right at church, thence
south less than one mile to Carpenter home. Below present Buffalo
Cotton Mill about one half mile is the site of an old corn and wheat
mill and cotton gin at one time owned by Jake Hoyle, thence, Henry Cline
and his son, Tommie Cline. The old road leading by way of this mill
site leaves present highway between home of T. Clarence Gardner and A.
V. Dedmon on southeast side, thence down east by present home of Buren
Dedmon, thence crossing Buffalo Creek, thence east. This mill was
probably operated between 1835 and 1880 or about time buffalo Cotton
Mill and present big stone dam were built. On west side of Buffalo
Creek one quarter mile at home of Buren Dedmon once stood the home of a
Mr. Tucker, an early settler. This Mr. Tucker had two sons who settled
near him; one on the south and one on the north. The son who settled on
the north side was John M. Tucker, and the old log residence in which he
lived is still standing and now used by J. Frank Dedmon for a barn.
This John M. Tucker has two sons; one named Lum and one John, both of
whom lived to a ripe old age, but have been dead several years. It is
though that the cemetery on east side of Buffalo Creek is that of this
Tucker family, and in which the grandfather of said Lum and John tucker
were buried.

Data by P. Cleveland Gardner, this August 1, 1939

Below I quote a footnote from a letter, dated Nov. 21, 1939, from Mr.
Gardner:

"Mr. Melton: I have found this sheet in my papers, but do not find it
recorded in permanent book. This data is important as showing location
and settlement of first TUCKER family in county, and I wish you would
record it as indicated, under Township 5, page 32."

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