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Farrow-Barnett Cemetery (Buxton)

From Hwy. 12 in Buxton, NC take the National Park Service Rd. and go .3 of a mile and turn to the right on Flowers Ridge Rd. and go .1 of a mile.  The cemetery is on the left in a wooded area close to the road.   Mr. Bruce Pritchard, owner of part of the property, has kept this cemetery clean and has even put up a fence around the portion of the cemetery that sits on his land. This cemetery was photographed by Dawn Taylor and Angel Roller in March 2011.  Google Maps for this cemetery.

NAME BIRTH DEATH EPITAPH / COMMENTS
Barnett, L.C. [Lorenzo] July 25, 1853 Aug. 10, 1890 My loving Wife and parents dear, I am not dead but sleeping here.
Burnett, unknown [no date] [no date] Co. I, 1st NC Inf.
Farrow, Christina May 29, 1817 April 11, 1898 Wife of Lorenzo Farrow - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
Farrow, Hezekiah D. [David]   Feb. 19, 1858 Age 50 yrs, 10 mos, 24 days
Farrow, Lorenzo B. Jan. 9, 1811 Aug. 5, 1869 The battle is fought, the victory is won. My joys in Heaven is now begun.
wooden marker     [no visible inscription]
wooden marker     [no visible inscription]
wooden marker     [may not be a tombstone marker]

Cemetery directions are taken from Sacred to Their Memory by Lois Johnson Meekins and Amy Midgett Gamiel; © 2001No part of this document may be used for any commercial purposes. However, please feel free to copy any of this material for your own personal use and family research.  Images are for personal use only, not for redistribution.

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