WILSON FAMILY CEMETERY

This little family cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. or on
the line between Cleveland County and Lincoln County adjoining No. 9
Township three miles east of Fallston, 500 yards south of sand clay road
leading from Fallston to Bethlehem Church and 300 yards north of cotton
field.

Owner of Cemetery: G. A. Royster

Approximate number of marked graves: 1
 Unmarked graves: 10

Earliest marked grave: Nancy Wilson, d. Aug. 1815

General condition of cemetery: Out in a woods, big trees growing on
this cemetery indicating it has been there a long time. There is no
trace of a road ever being to the cemetery.

Date of survey: Nov. 13, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Wilson, Nancy
D. Aug. 15, 1815
Aged: 52 yrs.

Eaton, Catherine S.
B. Nov. 21, 1821
D. July 1892
Aged: 70 yrs., 8 mos. (This marker was found at a Mr. Turner's home
near this cemetery. It is probably that it could be from this Wilson
graveyard, but it is not certain. Worker, Forest Williams.)

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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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