The James Abernathy Family Cemetery - Gaston County, NC. The cemetery is located on Turner Road. (S.R. 2005). Turner Road is located off of Hickory Grove Road, not far from Hickory Grove Baptist Church. Many of the graves in the cemetery are not marked. There are a few large, flat field stones lying in the brush that surrounds two sides of the cemetery. Stone fence posts surround the cemetery, but whatever rope or chain once fenced the cemetery exists no longer. The cemetery is kept mowed, but many of the markers are broken or badly eroded. ROW 1 Daniel L Abernethy 22 Sep 1857 ~ 23 Jun 1930 M Ellen Abernethy 14 Feb 1860 ~ 31 May 1943 Lillie C Abernathy 29 Jan 1889 ~ 27 May 1968 Myrtle E Abernathy 07 Apr 1902 - 07 Dec 1974 ROW 2 field stone marker ROW 3 Susan I daughter of DF & S Abernathy died 11 Oct 1862 aged 5m 2d foot stone - initials T S obelisk - surface badly eroded, no visible writing foot stone - initials M B A field stone marker foot stone - initials F A W ROW 4 Mary Etta daughter of WS & C Skidmore 25 Sep 1867 ~ 13 Feb 1871 Amanda L M Skidmore daughter of WS & C Skidmore 18 Nov 1858 ~ 13 Dec 1858 ROW 5 OBELISK marked on four sides as follows: Base of North side is engraved with the name WITHERSPOON Names engraved on this side: James Abernethy Jerry Abernethy C. Mark Abernethy George W. Abernethy Susan Abernethy Base on East side is engraved with the name ABERNETHY Names engraved on this side: Hollie Abernethy Elizabeth Abernethy Fannie Abernethy Martha Abernethy Margaret Abernethy Base on South side is engraved with the name SKIDMORE Names engraved on this side: Etta Skidmore Manda Skidmore Burke Abernathy Tilman Stone Frances Witherspoon J. A. Abernethy Base on the West side is engraved with the name STONE Names engraved on this side: Susie Abernethy Barnette Abernethy William Abernethy Miles Abernethy Fannie Abernethy Daniel L. Abernethy M. Ellen Abernethy Infant of CM & SS Abernathy died 31 Aug 1861 Infant of CM & SS Abernathy died 6 Jun 1858 Wm H son of CM & SS Abernathy 9 Dec 1866 ~ 21 May 1871 Jerry F son of CM & Hetty Abernathy 25 Jul 1854 ~ 21 Jun 1858 C M Abernathy: 23 Dec 1827 ~ 29 Mar 1881 aged 53 years ROW 6 George Washington Abernethy: 1824 ~ 15 Apr 1897 Hollie Goodson Abernethy: 7 Apr 1827 ~ 30 Jul 1860 field stone field stone field stone field stone ROW 7 foot stone - initials A L M S foot stone - broken ROW 8 foot stone - initials (C or G) W A James Abernethy: 1787 ~ 1860 Fanny Clodfelter Abernethy: 1800 ~ 1875 These foot stones are no longer in place: foot stone - initials S A foot stone - initials (broken) B A (I noted in 1997 that this foot stone was engraved C B A, but a corner has since been broken off) foot stone - initials C A J foot stone - initials B V A there are other broken fragments of footstones, with partial initials. ************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must contact the submitter or the listed USGenWeb archivist. ************************************************************** Surveyed and submitted on 25 August 1998 by Donna J. Johnson bounty@charlotte.infi.net **************************************************************