SAMMIE McBRAYER CEMETERY

The cemetery is located in No. 3 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. one
half mile west of Highway No. 18, one fourth mile northeast of Crawley's
Cotton Gin, and on lands of Lewis Woods (Col.), and is about four miles
south of Shelby, N.C.

Owner of Cemetery: Lewis Woods (Col.)

Approximate number of marked graves: 6
 Before 1914:                        6
 After 1914:                         None
 Unmarked graves:                    10

Earliest marked grave: Elizabeth Baity, d. Nov. 15, 1843

General condition of cemetery: Grown up in thick bushes and neglected entirely

Date of survey: Oct. 12, 1938
Workers: B. E. Weathers and A. G. Melton

Inscriptions:

R. B.
1815

E. B.
1820

E. B. 90 d. 1854

W. B. 1818 (Apparently these initial and dates indicate the name of
Baity inasmuch as we found two markers with the name Baity on them.
Worker: A. G. Melton)

Baity, Elizabeth
D. Nov. 15, 1843

Baity, F. B.
D. 1849


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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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For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm