PHILADELPHIA METHODIST CHURCH (Colored)

This church cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 9
Township two miles west of Fallston on Route 2 on a country road a half
mile south of Highway No. 180 and twelve miles of Shelby, N.C. The
cemetery consists of about one acre and thickly filled.

Philadelphia Methodist Church (Colored) organized in a log church in
1866. Frame building. Second building painted white; dimensions 35 by
40 feet; one Sunday School room; heated by stove; lighted with carbide
lights. Present building erected in 1906. Two old maids, Miss
Elizabeth and Miss Rebecca Gardner gave the land for the cemetery.
Church owns one and a half acres of land. Data by A. G. Melton and
Forest Williams (Said Rebecca Gardner and Elizabeth Gardner were
daughters of Thomas W. Gardner and wife, Ollie Martin Gardner, pioneer
settlers of Tryon and Rutherford Counties. Data by P. Cleveland
Gardner.)

Owner of Cemetery: Philadelphia Methodist Church (Colored)

Approximate number of marked graves; 21
 Unmarked graves: 321

Earliest marked grave: Cisily Lattimore, d, June 24, 1874

General condition of cemetery: In fair condition.

Date of survey: July 31, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Stroud, Magor
B. Jan. 23, 1848
D. Jan. 23, 1918
Age: 70 years

Ross, Harrison
B. May 8, 1836
D. May 10, 1916
Age: 60 years

Eaves, John
D. Feb. 14, 1932
Aged: 62 years

Caviness, W. T.
B. Dec. 15, 1883
D. July 10, 1913
Age: 32 yrs., 5 mos., 25 ds.

Lattimore, J. C.
B. Aug. 2, 1832
D. Jan. 88, 1888

Lattimore, Cisily, daughter of
 J. C. Lattimore
B. Sept. 30, 1858
D. June 24, 1874

Thompson, D. T.
B. 1857
[No other data.]

Thompson, M. J.
B. Oct. 1855
[No other data.]

Elmore, John B.
Born in Green County, Ga.
Died April 2, 1925
Age: 38 years

Gulton, Adeline
B. Aug. 14, 1849
D. June 6, 1889

Gulton, Jacob
B. Jan. 19, 1887
D. June 12, 1889

Logan, Hugh T., son of
 C. & A. Logan
D. May 4, 1907
Age: 1 mo., 9 ds.

Neal, Harrison
North Carolina
Pvt. 365 Inf. 92 Div.
D. Oct. 3, 1932

Peeler, Able
B. 1837
D. 1909

Peeler, Mariah Ramseur
B. 1840
D. 1914

Schenck, William
B. Dec. 1861
D. 1929
(Interred in vault, Forest
 Williams)

Neal, Jackson L.
B. Mar. 21, 1883
D. Oct. 10, 1927
Age: 74 yrs., 7 mos. 18 ds. [Dates of birth & death don't agree with length of life.]

Dixon, Lillie A., daughter of
 W. A. & N. A. Dixon
B. Oct. 11, 1883
D. April 24, 1904

Dixon, William A.
D. April 24, 1906
Age: 75 years

Williamson, Elmina, wife of
 J. A. Williamson
B. Nov. 18, 1867
D. June 12, 1911

Beam, Plato
North Carolina
Pvt. 161 Depot. Bridge
D. March 4, 1919

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