ST PAUL'S BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY (Colored) This church cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 9 Township a mile and a half west of Lawndale on a road leading from Lawndale to Double Shoals and a half mile south of highway between Lawndale and Polkville. Owner of Cemetery: St. Paul's Baptist Church (Colored) Approximate number of marked graves: 8 Unmarked graves: 125 Earliest marked grave: Winnie Henderson, d. 1927 General condition of cemetery: In fair condition, but irregular with unusually high mounds. Date of survey: Oct. 16, 1939 Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton Inscriptions: Clark, Hiram Georgia, Wagoner 403 Res. Labor BN, QMC D. Jan. 22, 1935 Haynes, Westley B. B. Oct. 23, 1875 D. June 19, 1937 Henderson, Winnie B. 1901 D. 1937 25 years Henderson, Jerm B. 1901 D. 1927 Aged: 26 yrs. Wright, Bill B. 1849 D. 1929 Father Henderson, Love B. 1862 D. 1928 66 yrs. Sims, Eliza B. Feb. 11, 1911 D. Feb. 23, 1928 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 represent the conditions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm