Cemeteries: Alphabetized List
Cemeteries by Township
© 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 D&C Research Group
Surveyed July 22, 2002
Directions: this cemetery is located on White Oak Street in downtown Franklin, NC across from the Old Franklin Baptist Church Cemetery. Some of the people who were buried here may have been reinterred in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Nick Youdell [no dates; this was inscribed on a nameplate that was
affixed to a large stone at the entrance to the cemetery]
Jesse Jacobs Born June 7, 1882 Died June 25, 1905 Gone but not
forgotten
Harry son of Jule & Rachel Jacobs Born Feb. 9, 1898 Died Feb. 5,
1907 [inscription faded]
Tombstone holder
Tombstone holder
Edwin S. Eldridge January 18, 1831 March 4, 1907
Vera Edith dau. of R. D. and Emma Sisk May 31, 1909 June 23, 1910
Jay Marion Gribble June 15, 1900 Dec. 2, 1917; footstone: [blank]
Double stone, At rest:
T. J. Roane Mar. 20, 1801 - May 30, 1860
His wife Mary W. Grant Mar. 10, 1803 - Apr. 29, 1882
James A. Roane son of Wm. Harris & M. F. Munday Roane Aug. 27, 1837
- Nov. 23, 1872 [WPA Survey: August 22, 1858 Nov. 23, 1872]
Rev. William S. Moore 1824 - 1865 Pastor of Ebenezer & Franklin
Presbyterian Churches; footstone: W. S. M. 1865; old stone:
Here reposeth hope in a glorious resurrection the mortal
remains of the Rev. William S. Moore Pastor of the Presbyterian
Churches of Franklin and Ebenezer who exchanged the toils of
Earth for the rest of Heaven on the 19th [****] in the 41st
year of his age. A follower of the Lamb, a faithful witness to
the truth, an uncompromising defender of the faith of God
elect, a character adorned with the beauties of holiness to
which he was an ornament and a blessing.
John Slagle 1787 - 1866
Sacred to the memory of Barbara Slagle wife of John Slagle who died
Feby. 4th 1860 Aged 68 years 4 mos. and 19 days She was a
practical Christian. Give her the fruit of her hand and [*****]
own [*****] [*****] [*****] in the gates.
Marked by stones at head and foot
Marked by stones at head and foot
Aaron P. Cunningham CO E 65 REGT NC CAV Confederate States Army
Dec. 29, 1822 Dec. 16, 1892
Rhoda Cunningham Aug. 18, 1828 Aug. 26, 1874 Wife of Aaron
Cunningham
Charly Harman son of [*****] Burden Died Oct. [15th?] 1862 Aged 6
years 2 months & 3 days
Bell dau. of George & Emmer Cunningham Born Aug. 22, 1902 Died
Aug. 18, 1903 Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest, God
called thee home, He thought it best
Freddie son of Geo. and Emma Cunningham Born May 12, 1904 Died
Feb. 5, 1905
Claudie son of Sam & Ellen Cunningham Mar. 20, 1903 Jan. 4, 1904
A little time on Earth he spent, till God for him His angel
sent
Edgar son of Sam & Ellen Cunningham Apr. 11, 1904 Apr. 14, 1905
Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest, God called thee home, He
thought it best
The following names were inscribed on plates and affixed to sections
of a large "building" that looked like a place where ashes might be
kept:
Eugene Lloyd Dec. 18, 1922 Dec. 21, 1997
One spot:
Edward Curtis Martin Apr. 9, 1905 Jan. 16, 1983
Mildred Tyler Martin May 22, 1905 Apr. 5, 1999
Nancy Sutton Winecoff Aug. 20, 1940 Nov. 24, 1998
Boice C. Munday Apr. 2, 1921 Sept. 2, 1996
One spot, Chaney:
John William Chaney Jr. January 5, 1912 February 20, 1999
Joseph Maxwell Chaney April 14, 1903 June 9, 2001
Joseph H. Pickels October 27, 1916 October 23, 1999
Marie L. Patterson June 2, 1913 Feb. 24, 1999
Howard Baker Houghton June 30, 1922 June 21, 1999
Eugene Howard Smith 10-3-22 11-15-01
I am the resurrection
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The following names were listed on the old WPA survey made by Horace
J. Hurst in 1939 but no tombstones were in the cemetery for them:
Douglas W. Rankin Nov. 23, 1859 Feb. 4, 1913
Jane B. Rankin wife of N. P. Rankin Apr. 17, 1833 Aug. 5, 1897
Nathaniel P. Rankin Oct. 1, 1828 July 28, 1913
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Cemeteries: Alphabetized List
Cemeteries by Township
© 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 D&C Research Group