THE SAUNDERS CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 6 Township, Cleveland County, NC and
inside the incorporate limits of the town of Shelby at the site of the
old Winett Hosiery Mill, southeast Shelby.

Owner of Cemetery: The Ella Mill Co.

Approximate number of marked graves: 1
 Before 1914: 1
 After 1914: None

Earliest marked grave: James Toliver Saunders

General condition of cemetery: A house has been built very near the cemetery
and it is actually enclosed by a wire fence used for domestic purposes.

Date of survey: Feb. 21, 1939
Worker: A. G. Melton

Inscriptions:

"Jas. Toliver Saunders, Co. G. 71 N.C. Jr. Res. C.S.A."

(This marker stands in an old cemetery very near a tenant house owned by
the Ella Mill Co. I found ten unmarked graves. It was reported by the
tenant that there were 15 or 20 others.
Worker. A. G. Melton.)

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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.
All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represents the conditions of that time.
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For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm