Alexander County, NC - Old Pearson Family/
                       Old Russell Gap Baptist Church Cemetery

Old Pearson Family/Old Russell Gap Baptist Church Cemetery
Abandoned-Disappearing Cemetery
Alexander County, NC
On private land - church is gone.

Directions: Turn right off Hwy onto Mt Olive Church Road. Pass 
the Mt Olive Church sign and turn right at the first paved road.
Then turn into the first driveway. There is a gate and a trailer 
home. Please knock first and get permission from the homeowner. 
Go to the barn on the hill. The cemetery is just behind/below to 
the right. It is overgrown, in disrepair and being trampled by 
cattle-according to previous family members information. It would 
be great if someone could clean-up, repair the stones and place a 
fence to keep the livestock out. 

1. Alexander Pearson
(son of John Pearson 1786-1865 and Rachel Beaver 1790-1869)
born 5 December 1816
died 14 April 1865

2. Amanda Kilby Pearson
w/o Alexander
born 7 November 1829
death 16 March 1910

3. John B Pearson
son of Alexander and Amanda
born 1852
death ?
4. Mary J Pearson
daughter of Alexander and Amanda
born 1854
died 16 June 1876

5. Martha E Pearson
daughter of Alexander and Amanda
w/o DM Baker
born 1848
died 1 April 1877

6. D M Baker
h/o Martha E Pearson
born ?
died ?

****Children of Alexander and Amanda Kilby Pearson who are not 
buried in this cemetery are:
*Benjamin Pearson
born 1857
died unknown buried unknown
*Amanda C. Pearson
born 1860
died unknown  buried unknown
*Nancy Melinda Pearson-Fortner
w/o Thomas Leroy Fortner
born 16 March 1864
died 10 March 1933
Buried in Hiddenite Cemetery next to her husband.

Submitted by Kathy Georgine Current
Evansville, IN - 2009
Great-great granddaughter of Alexander & Amanda Kilby Pearson. 
Great-grandaughter of Nancy Melinda Pearson and Thomas Leroy Fortner. 

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