TAN YARD CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, NC in No. 8 Township one
half mile from Kistler's Church, five miles north of Lawndale on the
lands of Velix Ivester.

Owner of Cemetery: Velix Ivester

Approximate number of marked graves: 12
 Unmarked graves: No reported

Earliest marked grave: Sarah White, d. July 11, 1881

General condition of cemetery: Not reported

(This cemetery was formerly used by a church as a burying ground. Forest Williams, worker.)

Date of survey; Nov. 1, 1939
Workers: Forest B. Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Ivester, Barbara, wife of
 J. Ivester
B. Oct. 21, 1821
D. July 7, 1891

Ivester, John
B. April 12, 1822
D. April 26, 1907

Gantt, Infant daughter of
 Amos & Laura Gantt
B. Oct. 25, 1891
D. Nov. 15, 1891

Gantt, Clifton Cleo, son of
 Amos & Laura Gannt
B. July 21, 1895
D. Nov. 9, 1914
Aged: 19 yrs., 3 mos., 20 ds.

Gantt, Mangum D., son of
 Amos & Laura Gantt
B. July 21, 1895
D. Oct. 20, 1913

Norman, Cladius L., son of
 J. R. & S. M. Norman
B. Aug. 16, 1874
D. Sept. 1, 1882
Aged: 8 yrs.

White, Sarah
B. Jan. 18, 1865
D. July 11, 1881

Kistler, Elizabeth
B. May 1874
D. Mar. 8, 1925

Kistler, John
B. Feb. 3, 1847
D. Mar. 6, 1925

Kistler, Mary
B. Feb. 26, 1844
D. July 14, 1927

Kistler, Elizabeth
B. Jan. 17, 1834
D. Mar. 22, 1918

Spurlin, Alvin, son of
 E. V. & A. L. Spurlin
D. June 11, 1913
Aged: 1 yr., 1 mo., 17 ds.

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This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD,
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