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057    ORANGE CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY-BLACK (CA. 1880)

Location - In Cheeks Township near the township line just NW of Hillsborough on Orange Crossroads Church Road (SR #1333), which goes south off Highland Farm Road (SR #1332 - formerly called Old Cedar Grove Road or High Rock Road). The church and cemetery are a short distance south of the intersection. In 2005 the church was beyond an automobile junkyard which had overflowed onto both sides of the road.

Coordinates: 36d 06m 58.0s N; 79d 08m 09.0s W Click here for Google maps

Survey - This cemetery was surveyed on October 25, 1975. Photograph by Milton Forsyth in 2005, who also revised the location directions.

Graves, Marked - 39 marked graves (earliest Addie Tinnin, died 1910).

Graves, Unmarked - 105 (approx.) including four partially legible funeral markers.

Note - The church was organized in 1880.

1. -----, ----- (1)   (b. - d. 6 Aug 1848)
Aged 22 Yrs.
2. -----, ----- (2)   (b. - d. )
Aged 62 Yrs. Died Jan, 1956
3. -----, Ellan (Mrs.)   (b. - d. )
Aged 41 Yrs.
4. -----, Marg-- (Mrs.)   (b. - d. )
Aged 45 Yrs. Died Mar, 192-. Name Could Be Mary
5. Allen, Corina (Mrs.)   (b. 4 Apr 1886 - d. 5 Nov 1957)
6. Allen, George   (b. 25 Dec 1874 - d. 20 Apr 1939)
Footstone: G.A.
7. Boswell, Fannie Tinnin   (b. 1921 - d. 1972)
8. Bradshaw, Howard Preston   (b. 7 May 1950 - d. 11 Nov 1969)
Son of S P and Carrie R Bradshaw - Aged 19 Yrs. 6 Mos. Footstone: H.P.B.
9. Breeze, James Henry   (b. - d. 23 May 1968)
Aged 59 Yrs.
10. Brown, Terrence R   (b. - d. 1970)
11. Clark, Margaret Elizabeth (Mrs.)   (b. - d. 29 Jan 1960)
Aged 88 Yrs.
12. Clark, Mittie Woods   (b. 25 Jun 1857 - d. 24 Mar 1928)
Wife of Tom Clark
13. Clark, Thomas H   (b. 25 Jan 1857 - d. 8 Mar 1943)
14. Currie, Bessie H. (Mrs.)   (b. - d. 28 Dec 1959)
Aged 42 Yrs.
15. Faucette, Margaret W (Miss)   (b. - d. 27 Aug 1971)
Aged 70 Yrs., 11 Mos., 27 Ds.
16. Gattis, Inez Jones   (b. 9 Feb 1902 - d. 17 Feb 1971)
Order of Eastern Star Emblem Footstone: I.J.G.
17. Hughes, Carr M   (b. 6 Jan 1877 - d. 11 Jun 1942)
Footstone: C.M.H.
18. Jones, Alexander   (b. 7 Jan 1867 - d. 21 Oct 1951)
Son of Mr and Mrs. Joe Jones - 'Father' Footstone: A.J. (2 Stones)
19. Jones, Joseph H   (b. 2 Sep 1864 - d. 4 Mar 1939)
'Father' Footstone: J.H.J.
20. Jones, Lawrence A   (b. 13 Aug 1913 - d. 5 Jun 1965)
21. Jones, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.)   (b. - d. 15 Sep 1953)
Aged 29 Yrs., 3 Mos., 10 Ds.
22. Jones, Sue   (b. - d. 13 Mar 1934)
23. Jones, Willie   (b. 25 Jun 1899 - d. 1 Jan 1937)
Aged 38 Yrs. Footstone: W. JONes
24. L--ze, Burk Woodrow   (b. - d. 8 Jul 1930)
Aged 19 Yrs. (Name Listed: L--ze, Burk(?)woodrow)
25. Mauldin, Novella Jones   (b. 1 Dec 1907 - d. 22 Jul 1961)
Wife of Floyd Mauldin
26. Pearley, -----   (b. - d. 5 Jun 1933)
Aged 73(?) Yrs. (fun. Marker Illegible)
27. Pearley, Susan   (b. - d. 10 Aug 1939)
Aged 67 Yrs.
28. Pettiford, John K   (b. 7 Sep 1892 - d. 25 Nov 1969)
Footstone: 'Father'
29. Pettiford, Mary C   (b. 19 Feb 1890 - d. )
(Wife of John K Pettiford) Footstone: 'Mother'
30. Raply, Jim   (b. May 1898 - d. 10 Jun 1939)
31. Terrell, Erie Lee (Mrs.)   (b. 1906 - d. 1954)
(Mother)
32. Thompson, Odell P   (b. 3 Jun 1922 - d. 9 Mar 1960)
Footstone: O.P.T.
33. Tinnie, Currie   (b. 1 Apr 1888 - d. 18 Apr 1920)
F.l.t. Emblem
34. Tinnie, Katie (Mrs.)   (b. 1881 - d. Sep 1959)
35. Tinnin, Addie (Mrs.)   (b. 1876 - d. 3 Jul 1910)
Wife of William Tinnin Footstone: A.T.
36. Tinnin, Claudia E Bradsher   (b. 18 Nov 1904 - d. 29 Aug 1970)
Wife of Hassel T Tinnin Footstone: 'Mother'
37. Tinnin, Clyde William   (b. 22 Oct 1914 - d. 26 Mar 1917)
Son of Wm. and Annie Tinnin Footstone: C.W.T.
38. Tinnin, Nellie Lou   (b. 3 Jul 1908 - d. Oct 1911)
Daughter of Wm. and Addie Tinnin Footstone: N.L.T.
39. Tinnin, Nuba Calvin   (b. 22 Jan 1917 - d. 16 Mar 1917)
Son of Wm. and Annie Tinnin Footstone;: N.C.t.
40. Tinnin, William   (b. - d. 9 May 1960)
Aged 89 Yrs.
41. Vinson, -----   (b. - d. )
(Two Children In Anqueneta Vinson Grave?) Died 16 Jan 196-
42. Vinson, Anqueneta   (b. - d. )
(Marker Illegible; Two Children In Grave?) Died 16 Jan 196-
43. Winston, Mary H   (b. - d. 12 Sep 1960)
Aged 94 Yrs.