THOS. WALKER GRAVEYARD

This small cemetery is located in Rutherford County, N.C. just across
the Cleveland County Line adjoining No. 8 Township, 16 miles west of
Shelby and 3 miles west of New House on the land of Laudus E. Jenkins
(formerly owned by Misses M. A. & M. J. Walker, popularly known as the
"Twin Walker Girls"). It is tow miles south of Hopewell M. E. Church
adjoining lands of Mr. Foster Beam, 76, and is within 200 yards (west)
of the M. A. & M. J. Walker old home place.

Owner of Cemetery: Mr. L. E. Jenkins, Ellenboro, N.C.R.F.D.No.

Approximate number of marked graves: 2
 Unmarked graves: 7

Earliest marked grave: Thos. Walker, d. 1850

General condition of cemetery: Four large cedars and two mimosa trees
stand in the graveyard as a sort of protection. The mounds are still
visible with unlettered native rocks still standing. Though it is
practically abandoned, yet there are no signs of deliberate destruction.

Date of survey: June 26, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Walker, Thos.
B. 1790
D. 1850

Walker, Susannah, wife of
 Thos. Walker
B. 1795
D. 1874
(Mr. Foster Beam, 76, says that
 Thos. Walker's wife was a
 Bostic.)

Melton, Columbus
(No marker; but Mr. Foster Beam assures us that he (Columbus Melton) was
buried in this old Family graveyard. This Columbus Melton is the
grandfather of Anson G. Melton, Government worker on The Historical
Records Survey of Cleveland County, N.C.)

Walker, M. A. or Mary Ann
(No Marker)
 /
Walker, M. J. or Martha Jane
(No Marker)
These "girls" never married, left at their death 160 acres of the best
land in the southeastern part of Rutherford County and were buried' on
the land they owned and lived upon all their lives. They were held in
high esteem and were well known throughout Rutherford and Cleveland
Counties. But having made no provision in their will for a marker to
their graves, they as yet, have no marker. Date by Anson G. Melton,
worker.

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