WILLIS CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in No. 10 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. 18
miles north of Shelby and 3 ½ miles northwest of Belwood, N.C., also
situated on the south side of Belwood-Casar Road, a distance of about ½
mile. It is near Julius Buff on the north and Gaston Spurling on the
west.

Owner of Cemetery: Gaston Spurling

Number of marked graves: 10
 Before 1914: 10
 After 1914: None
 Unmarked graves: 80

Earliest marked grave: Sarah Newton, d. June 15, 1845

Condition: The cemetery has been abandoned, although ten markers
remain. Large trees have been cut on the cemetery plot 8 x 16 x 25 feet
long. At the head of David Willis' and wife's graves are two cedar
trees.

Mr. Capas G. Richard, aged 70 a native of this community, states that in
the year of 1881 some twelve children died in this community during an
epidemic of diphtheria and were buried in this graveyard.

Date of survey: April 27, 1939
Workers: Forest B. Williams and A. G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Randall, J. H.
Co. D. 14 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(No dates)

Willis, John
B. Nov. 17, 1872
D. Jan. 16, 1898

Norman, James
D. Sept. 13, 1871
[No other data.]

Norman, John L.
D. April 13, 1866
Aged: 3 years

Ledford, Job
D. Feb. 9, 1885
Aged: 77 years

Gant, Annie Elizabeth, wife of
 Pinkney Gant
B. Dec. 16, 1834
D. Oct. 2, 1886

Jeffers, Fannie
B. 1827
D. Aug. 20, 1879

Jeffers, Joseph
Co. D. 2nd N.C. Jr. Res. C.S.A.
(No dates)

Beaver, William
B. Oct. 13, 1807
D. Sept. 17, 1892
Aged: 84 years, 10 mos., 29 ds.

Newton, Sarah
D. June15, 1845
Aged: 21 years.

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