SHOAL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY (Colored)

This African-American cemetery is located in Cleveland County, NC in No. 3, Township on road to Ellis' Ferry.

Owner of Cemetery:  Shoal Creek Baptist Church

Approximate number of marked graves: 26
 Unmarked graves:  140

Earliest marked grave: Caroline Surratt, d. Dec. 21, 1893

General condition of cemetery: In foul condition.  Now abandoned by the church.

Date of survey:  Aug. 23, 1939
Workers:  Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Turner, George
B.  1870
D.  1920

Accor, Mary Miller, daughter of
  C. A. Accor
B.  Sept. 15, 1889
D.  Aug. 16, 1916

McBrayer, Abe
B.  Mar. 25, 1852
D.  Mar. 16, 1913

Turner, Perry
B.  July 13, 1822
D.  Nov. 17, 1903
Aged:  81 yrs., 4 mos., 4 ds.

Turner, Mary, wife of
  P. T. Turner
B.  1827
D.  June 7, 1904
Aged about 78 years

Hardin, Louis H.
D.  Sept. 26, 1915
Aged:  63 yrs.

Hardin, Kizzie
D.  May 8, 1914
Aged:  63 yrs.

Ross, James Herbert
B.  Oct. 25, 1884
D.  Feb. 26, 1921

Borders, Winey
b.  1855
D.  Sept. 24, 1904
McBrayer, David
B.  Nov. 13, 1898
D.  Nov. 18, 1900

Chambers, Anthy
B.  Mar. 4, 1848
D.  Dec. 26, 1918

Hopper, Francis, wife of
  Win Hopper
B.  1870
D.  Mar. 19, 1914

Ellis, Ella
B.  Nov. 27, 1885
D.  April 5, 1914

Wood, Riley
North Carolina Corp. 35 M.G. BN. 92 Div.
D.  June 5, 1934
(Gov't. Marker)

Surratt, Caroline
B.  Oct. 23, 1825
D.  Dec. 21, 1893

Rudisille, Andrew
North Carolina Pvt. 829 Co. Trans Corps
D.  March 3, 1936
(Gov't Marker)

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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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