Avery County, NC - John Johnson Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~ AVERY COUNTY JOHN JOHNSON CEMETERY LOCATION: Drive west from Crossnore towards Hughes, about one mile. The cemetery is easily visible on your right near the top of a hill. ACCESSIBILITY: Easy. CONDITION: Excellent. OLDEST DATED GRAVE: # 68, 1975. SURNAMES: ADCOCK, BENFIELD, BISHOP, BLALOCK, BUCHANAN, BURLESON, CALHOUN, CALLOWAY, CARPENTER, CLARK, CLINE, COOK, CUTHBERTSON, DELLINGER, DISON, FRANKLIN, HALL, HAMPTON, HANSON, HARMON, HOLTSCLAW, HORNEY, HUTCHESON, JOHNSON, LEDOUX, MILLER, MOHR, MOON, NELSON, OAKES, OLLIS, ORR, PENLEY, PHILLIPS, PITTMAN, POWLAS, PRITCHARD, RADFORD, RASH, REYNOLDS, SHOOK, STANLEY, VANCE, WAGNER, WARD, WEBB, WILSON. 1. Jerry L. Vance 8 Sept 1956 2 Nov 1985 2. (Living) 3. Mary Agnes Vance 1929 1982 4. (Living) 5. Jeter H. Vance 1 Aug 1898 25 March 1957 S/o 14 & 17. 6. Blanche S. Vance 28 April 1902 2 Nov 1979 Wife of # 5. 7. Unknown 8. Unknown 9. Delmar Ermest Penley 12 May 1926 3 Sept 2004 S/o Elvin & Hettie Penley. 10. Ira Vance 17 June 1917 27 Sept 1917 11. Charles R. Vance 8 Aug 1930 23 Aug 1996 S/o 12 & 13. 12. Irene M. Vance 12 March 1900 1 Jan 1963 13. Charles R. Vance 11 Nov 1888 12 Nov 1939 Husband of # 12. S/o 14 & 17. 14. Emma Aldridge Vance 5 Nov 1862 13 Sept 1944 D/o Waitsel & Polly Johnson Aldridge. 15. Dosa Hanson 1919 1986 D/o 11 & 12. 16. Haynes E. Vance 1923 1981 Husband of # 15. S/o 12 & 13. 17. R.M. Vance 15 May 1863 14 April 1910 (Richard Melvin Vance). Husband of # 14. S/o William & Elizabeth Franklin Vance. 18. Manerva Vance 1854 1927 19. Zeb Vance 1858 1884 S/o William & Elizabeth Franklin Vance. 20. Cordelia Vance 1853 1925 D/o William & Elizabeth Franklin Vance. 21. Asa Vance 15 Nov 1916 24 March 1917 "S/o Pearl & # 22". 22. Martin Brown Vance 27 March 1890 26 May 1963 S/o # 20. 23. Christine Holmes Wagner 1917 1989 24. Harry Andrew Wagner 28 March 1915 19 Nov 1979 "WWII". Husband of # 23. 25. Ruben C. Phillips 9 June 1907 20 March 1964 S/o 28 & 29. 26. Unknown 27. Unknown 28. Unknown 29. Loretta Phillips 27 April 1870 16 Nov 1933 D/o William A. & Mary Polly Eggers Vance. 30. Daniel Phillips 30 Oct 1862 25 Dec 1940 S/o Sarah E. Phillips. 31. A.B. Vance --- Jan 1901 (?) "Aged 11 mos." (?) 32. Unknown 33. Unknown 34. Darries W. Pritchard 20 May 1922 26 Nov 1992 "WWII". S/o Eliam & Vettie Wilson Pritchard. 35. Mary V. Pritchard 28 July 1925 11 Sept 1989 Wife of # 33. 36. Gary Lee Pritchard 10 Aug 1946 3 Jan 1986 S/o 33 & 34. 36A. Jack Junior Carpenter 25 Feb 1951 17 Aug 2001 36B. Carl Carpenter 30 April 1904 9 May 1991 36C. (Living) 36D. Caleb L. Shook 26 July 1874 10 March 1920 36E. Mary Ann Shook 17 March 1877 25 June 1947 Wife of # 36D. 36F. Mary C. Hise 28 March 1942 9 Sept 2006 37. Marie Carpenter 9 May 1933 11 May 1933 "D/o Carl Carpenter". 38. William Calloway --- Sept 1902 "Aged 15 yrs". 39. (Can't read) 40. L.C.W. Dison --- 8 Oct 1882 "3 yrs, 8 mos, 17 d." . 41. John Dison --- 11 Dec 1882 "5 mos, 3 d". 42. Mary Polly Eggers Calloway Vance Dison 19 July 1838 18 Nov 1914 Wife of # 43. D/o Joel & Sarah Wilson Eggers. 43. William A. Vance --- 24 May 1876 "Aged 35 yrs.". Husband of # 42. S/o Flemming & Ellender Vance. 44. Unknown 45. J.A. Dison 18 March 1856 11 April 1929 (James A. Dison). 46. Unknown 47. Elijah Holtsclaw 1847 1929 S/o William & Susan Smith Holtsclaw. 48. Joseph Joe Burleson Jan 1858 — [Nov 1929] S/o Russell & Lucinda Oakes Burleson. 49. Josie Franklin Burleson June 1862 30 June 1930 Wife of # 48. D/o 55 & 56. 50. Charlie Burleson 28 Dec 1894 16 April 1966 S/o 48 & 49. 51. Sam L. Burleson 3 Jan 1926 8 July 1973 S/o 50 & 52. 52. Ann Burleson 13 March 1904 25 July 1993 (Ann Singleton). Wife of # 50. 53. James F. Franklin 1869 1927 S/o 55 & 56. 54. Udora Franklin 1868 1966 (Udora Johnson). Wife of # 53. 55. Samuel David Franklin 1827 1901 S/o Isaiah & Nancy Emmert Franklin. 56. Rachel Gragg Franklin 1830 1916 Wife of # 55. 57. Unknown 58. Joella Ollis 24 Sept 1938 16 Feb 1947 D/o 59 & 60. 59. (Living) 60. Philip Charles Orr 14 May 1915 23 Aug 1978 61. Newburn W. Johnson 1884 1955 S/o 66 & 67. 62. Lillie Clark Johnson 1894 1982 Wife of # 61. 63. Reno E. Ollis 9 Aug 1909 20 March 1933 64. Will S. Ollis 18 Jan 1884 25 Jan 1910 65. Exie Johnson Oakes 4 July 1891 25 Feb 1951 D/o 66 & 67. 66. Rachel Mateldia Johnson 1846 1933 D/o Joseph McKinley & Mary Carpenter Cuthbertson. 67. Cpl. I.A. Johnson 5 March 1847 12 May 1905 (Isaac A. Johnson). Husband of # 66. 68. Victorann Johnson 1867 1875 "Daughter of I.A. and Rachel Johnson. First person buried in this cemetery". 69. Delva Johnson 1887 1901 D/o 66 & 67. 70. Unknown 71. Unknown 72. Unknown 73. Unknown 74. Harrison Johnson 28 Feb 1859 30 Dec 1930 S/o 118 & 119. 75. Florence Franklin Johnson 15 Sept 1859 16 Nov 1898 Wife of # 74. 76. Unknown 77. Unknown 78. Unknown 79. Adaline Franklin 1841 6 April 1903 Wife of John Wesley Wiseman. D/o Isaiah & Sally Taylor Franklin. 80. Frank Johnson 1890 1891 81. Verney Johnson 1899 1900 82. Vadie Johnson 1902 1903 83. Zebelian Johnson 11 May 1890 9 April 1916 S/o 84 & 85. 84. Perron L. Johnson 13 March 1853 1 Jan 1929 S/o 118 & 119. 85. Rhoda F. Johnson 10 May 1863 14 Jan 1952 Wife of # 84. 86. Beulah Gragg Pittman 19 Feb 1913 18 May 1993 Wife of Claude Pittman. D/o Thomas Melvin & Alberta Holder Gragg. 87. Martin Van Buren Johnson 24 Dec 1892 29 Oct 1960 S/o 84 & 85. 88. Martha Ann Johnson 9 Dec 1938 10 Dec 1938 89. Mary (Sis) Webb 1880 1895 90. Garlin Eugene Townsend 29 Jan 1930 12 Oct 1995 "Korea", "Vietnam". 91. Willard Pendley 5 Nov 1880 4 Aug 1909 S/o 93 & 94. 92. Unknown 93. D.J. Pendley 21 Oct 1850 28 Feb 1928 94. Polly Pendley 22 March 1851 23 Sept 1931 Wife of # 92. 95. Bernice Miller 13 March 1931 13 July 1933 96. Charlie F. Hall 5 Mach 1906 6 Nov 1950 97. Vergie J. Hall 7 Oct 1910 2 July 1995 D/o 98 & 99. 98. Virgil S. Johnson 29 April 1881 6 Sept 1941 S/o 66 & 67. 99. Bettie V. Johnson 14 Jan 1884 15 Jan 1957 Wife of # 98. D/o # 18. 100. Milow M. Johnson 24 May 1904 30 Dec 1930 S/o 98 & 99. 101. Thomas P. Dellinger, Sr. 12 April 1894 12 June 1993 102. Carry C. Dellinger 22 March 1900 15 Nov 1992 Wife of # 101. D/o 126 & 127. 103. Thomas P. Dellinger, Jr. 2 March 1923 13 March 1983 "WWII". S/o 101 & 102. 104. (Living) 105. Mildred Johnson Vance 4 Sept 1930 1 Jan 2005 D/o 130 & 131. 106. (Living) 107. Garfield Benfield 31 Aug 1880 24 Jan 1948 S/o Byard Henry & Betsy Isaacs Benfield. 108. (Living) 109. C.C. "Tex" Mohr 24 July 1915 8 Jan 2004 110. (Living) 111. Unknown 112. Unknown 113. Ben Johnson (?) --- 30 May 1901 114. Huldia D. Johnson 1879 1926 D/o Martin V. & Malinda Burleson Daniels. 115. Elbridge Johnson 1871 1924 Husband of # 114. 116. Alex A. Johnson 18 Aug 1867 12 May 1948 S/o 118 & 119. 117. Laura Pyatte Johnson 7 July 1874 25 Dec 1943 Wife of # 116. (Probably) d/o Nicodemus & Charity Rowan Franklin Pyatte. 118. John Johnson --- 22 July 1895 "Aged 76 yrs, 6 mos, 17 days". S/o Abraham & Jane Daniels McKinney Johnson. 119. Barbara Johnson --- 21 June 1907 "Aged 79 Yrs, 5 mos". Wife of # 118. D/o John & Elizabeth Davis Vance". 120. Frances Jeanette Franklin 15 June 1926 19 Nov 1946 D/o 123 & 124. 121. Thomas Richard Franklin 13 April 1928 13 Sept 1928 S/o 123 & 124. 122. Annabelle Lee Franklin 19 March 1925 4 July 1925 D/o 123 & 124. 123. Mamie L. Franklin 3 April 1895 29 March 1985 D/o 116 & 117. 124. J. Arlan Franklin 30 June 1896 3 April 1965 Husband of # 123. S/o 53 & 54. 125. Kermit Oni Johnson 9 Aug 1914 18 Dec 1974 S/o 126 & 127. 126. Gilmer M. Johnson 23 Oct 1871 7 June 1962 S/o 66 & 67. 127. Poppie J. Daniels 10 Feb 1874 21 Feb 1949 Wife of # 126. D/o Martin V. & Malinda Burleson Daniels. 128. Clide Kepter Johnson 11 Dec 1889 22 March 1928 S/o 126 & 127. 129. Cliffard A. Johnson 24 April 1928 28 Dec 1930 S/o 130 & 131. 130. Dorothy C. Johnson 16 March 1907 29 June 1981 D/o Enoch & Sarah Jan Calhoun Cornett. 131. Corbett I. Johnson 18 April 1903 2 Oct 1974 Husband of # 130. S/o 126 &127. 132. Herbie M. Johnson 6 Sept 1906 16 Nov 1959 S/o 126 &127. 133. Aldie Weld Johnson 21 April 1911 15 Oct 2003 Wife of # 132. D/o Myron & Bessie Carpenter Weld. 134. (Infant) 13 May 1958 13 May 1958 Child of 135 & 136. 135. Lina Lee Dellinger 2 Nov 1925 15 Oct 1995 136. (Living) 137. Harley T. Cook 15 April 1925 4 Nov 1946 S/o 138 & 139. 138. Charley R. Cook 13 Aug 1884 20 April 1955 139. Sarah M. Cook 8 Dec 1887 3 May 1982 (Sarah Storey). Wife of # 138. 140. Floyd Richard Cook 7 Aug 1931 19 March 2002 141. Phil Horace Johnson 21 June 1925 20 July 1983 "WWII". S/o Corbett I. & Dorothy Cornett Johnson. 142. (Living) 143. William Lloyd Johnson 29 Aug 1900 18 July 1931 S/o # 144 & William Sherman Johnson. 144. Laura Isaacs Johnson 28 Nov 1882 18 Sept 1965 D/o Rev. Emsley & Lydia Carpenter, Jr. 145. Ardric Buchanan Harmon 10 Dec 1920 19 June 1975 D/o Vance & Desta Buchanan. 146. Charles J. Wilson, M.D. 22 Sept 1933 5 April 1980 147. Patricia Johnson Wilson 9 Sept 1936 6 June 1979 Wife of # 146. 148. Charles Gregory Wilson 10 April 1966 5 April 1980 S/o 146 & 147. 149. Dana Carol Wilson 28 July 1962 5 April 1980 D/o 146 & 147. 150. Doris Elaine Wilson 10 May 1960 5 April 1980 D/o 146 & 147. 151. Stephen A. Johnson 1897 1979 "WWI". S/o 116 & 117. 152. Elizabeth Johnson Nelson 30 Oct 1898 13 Oct 1991 Wife of Handley Nelson. D/o 116 & 117. 153. Fred R. Stanley 17 May 1910 28 Dec 1956 154. Anne Johnson Stanley 3 Jan 1908 31 Oct 2005 Wife of # 153. D/o 116 & 117. 155. Coleman Johnson 23 June 1891 27 April 1972 S/o 116 & 117. 156. Mamie Johnson 13 Sept 1898 21 June 1977 Wife of # 155. 157. W. Monte Johnson 1903 1984 S/o 116 & 117. 158. Lucille P. Johnson 1904 1999 Wife of # 157. 159. Mary Beth Johnson 1944 2005 160. Oscar Obie Johnson 26 Sept 1905 30 Nov 1993 S/o 116 & 117. 161. Lessie Sheets Powlas 10 Feb 1907 15 Feb 1971 162. Ted Norton Vance 4 June 1928 7 July 2004 "WWII", "Korea". 163. Terri Lynn Vance Moon 21 Oct 1958 2 Dec 2001 D/o # 162. 164. Samuel Lambert Johnson 11 March 1893 10 Jan 1971 S/o 116 & 117. 165. Cora Franklin Johnson 25 Sept 1905 3 Dec 2003 Wife of # 164. 166. Wallace Robert Buchanan 13 Dec 1892 22 July 1986 "WWI". S/o Dont & Adelaide Buchanan. 167. Nell J. Buchanan 10 Feb 1901 5 Feb 1998 Wife of # 166. D/o 116 &117. 168. Hobert Jennings Harmon, Jr. 23 Sept 1942 25 March 2004 169. John McKinley Calhoun 1961 1961 170. Betty Lou Johnson 26 April 1961 4 May 1961 "D/o Cecil & Dorothy Johnson". 171. Unknown 172. Unknown (Photo of young woman on homemade memorial). --- --- 173. Nanie S. Johnson 1889 1962 (Nanie Cuthbertson). 174. Ivory M. Johnson 1883 1965 Husband of # 173. S/o 74 & 75. 175. William Harley Bishop 6 Nov 1913 6 Oct 1976 176. Florence J. Bishop 27 Sept 1919 4 Aug 1963 Wife of # 175. D/o 173 & 174. 177. Wayne E. Johnson 15 Feb 1917 27 Dec 1965 S/o 173 & 174. 178. John Marvin Johnson 25 Aug 1952 13 Aug 1972 179. Willie L. Johnson 3 Sept 1914 30 June 2002 S/o 173 & 174. 180. Rosa Isabelle Johnson 27 Dec 1919 12 Sept 1989 Wife of # 179. D/o William Houston & Mollie Merritt Vaughn. 181. Randy Burleson 30 Aug 1959 8 Feb 2006 "S/o Betty Jean & Charles Burleson". 182. Jerry Lee Horney 17 Sept 1952 19 Aug 1954 S/o 183 & 184. 183. Vickie C. Horney 24 March 1916 14 Sept 1992 D/o 138 & 139. 184. Richard F. Horney 19 March 1911 7 Feb 1980 Husband of # 183. S/o Harmon & Effie Horney. 185. Theodore Johnson 2 Oct 1904 15 Feb 1981 S/o 173 & 174. 186. Mary J. Johnson 12 Sept 1914 19 April 1999 (Mary Brown). 187. George Johnson 17 Feb 1907 8 Aug 1990 Husband of # 186. S/o 173 & 174. 188. Mary J. Cline 2 March 1963 2 Feb 1987 189. (Living) 190. Edna J. Hutcheson 18 June 1924 3 Sept 1989 D/o James & Annie Corrigan Garwood. 191. Gorman Atlee Johnson 23 July 1913 5 March 1976 Husband of # 190. S/o 61 & 62. 192. Lena Johnson Hutcheson 16 Feb 1919 7 May 1978 D/o 61 & 62. 193. W. Doyle Hutcheson 3 May 1913 30 Aug 1993 Husband of # 192. S/o Woodson & Mary Patton Hutcheson. 194. W. Doyle Hutcheson, Jr. 8 March 1941 22 April 1968 S/o 192 & 193. 195. (Living) 196. Frank W. Clark 16 June 1908 2 Dec 1990 S/o John & Artimus Loudermilk Clark. 197. Ella Lee Clark 5 Aug 1905 11 March 1973 Wife of # 196. D/o 84 & 85. 198. Paul A. Ward 21 April 1900 18 March 1983 199. Stella J. Ward 5 Aug 1905 2 Dec 1995 Wife of # 198. D/o 84 & 85. 200. Rhoda W. Hampton 1 July 1940 5 Feb 1988 D/o 198 & 199. 201. (Living) 202. Althea M. Ledoux 19 Sept 1901 27 Aug 1981 203. Homer Ledoux 25 June 1894 10 Dec 1975 Husband of # 202. 204. William R. Ledoux 26 July 1923 26 July 1923 S/o 202 & 203. 205. Homer Martin Ledoux 9 June 1922 18 Dec 2001 S/o 202 & 203. 206. Theresa Johnson Ledoux 21 June 1926 30 June 1975 Wife of # 205. 207. Virgil Blalock 1902 1988 208. Debbie Blalock 1906 2006 (Debbie Johnson). Wife of # 207. 209. Linzie Daniels 1903 1974 S/o Perion & Martha Marilda Franklin Daniels. 210. Dona J. Daniels 1908 1990 Wife of # 209. D/o 98 & 99. 211. Ruth R. Clark 19 June 1936 24 May 1999 212. (Living) 213. Terri Lynn Clark 22 Oct 1959 15 Nov 1981 D/o 211 & 212. 214. Kemp Blencoe Reynolds 7 Jan 1912 23 March 1993 215. (Living) 216. Sam Avery Carpenter 30 Sept 1928 11 Sept 1994 S/o Will J. Carpenter. 217. (Living) 218. Pat Carpenter Hicks 16 June 1953 30 Jan 2002 D/o 216 & 217. 219. Moryl S. Johnson 1917 1981 S/o 98 & 99. 220. (Living) 221. Paul E. Rash 1 Sept 1911 18 April 1977 222. Bonnie J. Rash 22 May 1912 20 July 1975 Wife of # 221. D/o 98 & 99. 223. Lois Herman Adcock 4 May 1914 21 Aug 2004 D/o Freeman Philo & Emma Seaboch Herman. 224. Frances E. Burleson 23 Oct 1928 23 Oct 1928 225. Stokes Burleson 29 Sept 1904 20 Oct 1990 S/o Jeff & Hettie Johnson Burleson. 226. Lucille Burleson 18 Jan 1911 25 Sept 1998 Wife of # 225. D/o Freeman Philo & Emma Seaboch Herman. 227. Jerry C. Burleson 30 July 1934 30 April 2005 S/o 225 & 226. 228. (Living) 229. Cecil Harlond Johnson 13 Dec 1920 23 Dec 1978 S/o Wesley & Cora Johnson. 230. Larry Dale Johnson 26 May 1950 5 Nov 1976 231. Minnie Radford 20 Oct 1902 27 July 1993 D/o Enoch & Sarah Jane Calhoun Cornett. 232. J.T. Radford, Jr. 15 Sept 1928 16 Oct 1930 S/o 231 & 233. 233. Thurmon Radford 3 Feb 1905 10 Oct 1995 Husband of # 231. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mark Lawson - rmlawson67@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________________________