OBETH CEMETERY, BURKE CO., NC CEMETERIES File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: William T. & Becky L. Austin OBETH CEMETERY BURKE COUNTY, NC WILLIAM T. AND BECKY L. AUSTIN SOME HISTORY There has not been an existing Methodist Church on the property since early 1900's when the forerunner of Duke Power bought out all lands to flood for Lake James. Duke Power leases this land to Paddy's Creek Hunt Club & apparently another Company is clear cutting the trees & bulldozing all up & around the Cemetery. Buried in Obeth Cemetery named is Rev. William Fullwood, born 11/10/1763-10/27/1851 who fought in the Revolutionary War. He was born on the Black River, in South Carolina at age 17, He fought Tories in the Swamps with Gen. Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. National Archives File # as 18829/32470 South Carolina. Besides those listed there are a lot of just plain upright rocks with noinscriptions in the back of the cemetery marking graves. The Fullwood's had slaves according to Rev. William Fullwood's will dated2/1849. Are these graves of slaves or Potters graves? We were told there is another Black Cemetery & church farther down the road,besides 2 more cemeteries back in there, totaling 4 in all. On USGS maps for NC, you need 35081 p.7: G7- Oak Hill, G8-Ashford, F7-Glen Alpine, & F8-Marion East, the OBETH CEMETERY is actually found on G8, but other sections give you some perspective. Location of OBETH CEMETERY, BURKE COUNTY, NC from OLD BURKE CO. COURTHOUSE. Take 181 North. Take left at Independence Blvd & then right on 126. Travel 17.3 miles to dirt road/ 1281 & turn left. Cemetery is approximately 2 miles on left side of this road. Old church site is across from the cemetery on right side of road. If from the opposite direction coming from Tennessee on I-40 take Exit 90, Nebo, turn to the left.Follow signs to state park. Drive a few miles until on 126. Continue past state park & the Canal Bridge Access about 2.5 miles. When you pass Longtown Grocery on your right look for a gravel road to the right, (less than a mile) either called Rock Hill Street or Forest Service Rd.1281. In April of '99 there was not any sign of any kind on that road. It dead ends into a locked gate that says, "Leased by Paddy's Creek Hunt Club. The house on the right is residence of the Burke County Sheriff who has a key to the gate if driving in. You can call Burke Co. Records Dept- Sheriffs Dept 828-438-5528 if you need to make arrangements to open the gate to drive in, but if you don't have a truck, we don't recommend driving on the red clay road with lots of ruts. If you're just walking in you can walk around the locked gate. If it's during Hunting Season wear orange, or red, so no hunter makes a mistake. Mr Williams allowed us to park on his property & it took us 30 minutes leisurely walking down the road to hike back in to the cemetery. SURNAMES ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, AUSTIN, BOON, BROWNMUN, CLARK, CONLEY, DALE, DENNY,DOBSON, FULLWOOD, GIBBS, GILES, GRIFFIN, HOUK, JAMES, JANES, LAIL, LINDSAYLINDSEY, McCALL, McGIMSEY, MINISH, MOORE, MOSTILLER, REID, RENSHAW, THOMAS,THOMPSON, UNGER, WHETSTINE, WILD, WILSON LIST OF THOSE BURIED AT OBETH CEMETERY, BURKE CO., NC Information that we know from our research is marked in parentheses and is not marked on the gravestones ALEXANDER, INFANT NO DATES A.F. ( AMOS FAN) ALEXANDER 10/17/1846- 05/14/1928 ALEXANDER, SARAH E. 03/28/1834- 08/16/1899 WIFE OF A.F.ALEXANDER ANDERSON, HASY J. 01/05/1841- 02/09/1841 ANDERSON, JOHN B. 04/22/1821- 04/02/1866 AUSTIN, SARAH E. (ELIZABETH FULLWOOD) 09/18/1834- 12/16/1912 WIFE OF WILLIAM THOMAS AUSTIN AUSTIN, WILLIAM (THOMAS) (1832-) 01/16/1912 AUSTIN, WINNIE L. 09/20/1892- 03/11/1913 BOON, CAROLINE NO DATE- 03/14/1871 41 YEARS BROWMUN, RACHEL 03/22/1761- 08/15/1815 CLARK, N.N. 06/10/1832- 06/30/1926 ( SON OF JOEL CLARK) CONLEY, ROSAHNAH NO DATE- 03/01/1860 DALE, MIRAS 12/15/1844- 01/04/1863 WIFE OF M.L.DALE DENNY, WM. C. 11/08/1852- 04/04/1910 DOBSON, ELIZABETH M. 03/17/1858- 06/06/1899 DOBSON, GRACIE R. 06/06/1910- 10/09/1910 DOBSON, J.C. 10/29/1827- 07/05/1886 DOBSON, J.M. 01/17/1856- 02/15/1872 DOBSON, SARAH E. NO DATE- 06/29/1859 FULLWOOD, ELIZABETH BANNING 03/12/1772- 10/06/1844 (WIFE OF REV. WM. FULLWOOD) FULLWOOD, ELIZABETH B. 07/31/1800- 12/14/1881 WIFE OF J.M. FULLWOOD FULLWOOD, JENNIE A. 03/15/1819- 08/14/1896 WIFE OF WM. FULLWOOD REV. WM. FULLWOOD REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER 11/10/1763- 10/27/1851 WILLIAM FULLWOOD 06/23/1802- 09/20/1887 GIBBS, ANNA M. 07/07/1857- 08/27/1862 DAUGHTER OF J.B. & E.H. GIBBS GIBBS, ARCHIBALD 01/19/1807- 11/27/1857 GIBBS, ARCHIBALD JOHN 04/30/1857- 09/15/1877 SON OF ARCHIBALD & MARGARET A. GIBBS GIBBS, CALEB NO DATE- 08/17/1848 GIBBS, CALEB J. 04/04/1902- 10/24/1904 SON OF C.B. & L.R. GIBBS GIBBS, CORO E. NO DATE- 12/26/1880 DAUGHTER OF J. & M.A. GIBBS GIBBS, INFANT 08/02/1908- 08/02/1908 GIBBS, JAMES F. 05/30/1873- 01/07/1888 GIBBS JOHN F.(FULLWOOD) 11/15/1822- 01/16/1902 GIBBS, JOHN REV. 03/17/1755- 01/26/1847 GIBBS, JOSHUA 06/03/1822- 05/24/1908 GIBBS, LAURA JANE NO DATE- 05/28/1854 GIBBS, MARGARET NO DATE- 1887 GIBBS, REBECCA 02/05/1756- 01/15/1847 WIFE OF REV. JOHN GIBBS GIBBS, SOPHRONIA NO DATE- 06/20/1877 GIBBS, THOMAS J. 01/23/1893- 02/18/1893 SON OF J.B. & E.H. GIBBS GIBBS, W.W. 1842-1862 SON OF J.K. & H.C. GIBBS GIBBS, WILLIAM NO DATE- 12/21/1850 AGED 71YR 9MO GILES, F.M. NO DATE- 11/22/1869 1YR 1MONTH 13DAYS GILES, JULIA 02/02/1850- 06/17/1909 GRIFFIN, DAVID 1835- 12/13/1900 HOUK, JOSEPH C. NO DATE- 08/12/1857 AGED 2YR 3MO JAMES, ELLA AUSTIN WIFE OF WILLIAM W. JAMES DIED JAN. 1891 ( BORN 1858) ( DAUGHTER WM. T. & SARAH E. AUSTIN) JANES, INFANT 01/30/1856- 7/30/1857 JANES, JAMES G. 12/30/1814- 06/04/1865 JANES, MARY ANN REBECCA NO DATE- 04/19/1841 AGED 4YR 3MO 11DAYS JANES, NANCY D. 1810- 09/06/1899 WIFE OF JAMES G. JANES LAIL, LAWRENCE PRESTON 12/06/1908- 01/24/1909 SON OF H.C. & M.L. LAIL LINDSEY, ANN P. NO DATE- 09/08/1858 WIFE OF H.P. LINDSEY LINDSAY, JOHN MONTZUMA CARSON 05/05/1854- 11/04/1859 SON OF H.F. & ANN P. McCALL, ANNIE LOU 02/12/1898- 01/02/1912 McGIMSEY, SALLIE 01/10/1877- 02/05/1912 WIFE OF W.A. McGIMSEY MINISH, BLANCHE 03/30/1878- 04/03/1902 WIFE OF T.N. MINISH MOORE, ELIZABETH B. 10/24/1799- 07/12/1824 (GRANDAUGHTER REV. WM. FULLWOOD) MOSTILLER, LETTIE 09/08/1879- 04/27/1911 WIFE OF CHARLEY MOSTILLER REID, W.M. 01/20/1821- 06/20/1838 RENSHAW, ABRAHAM NO DATE- 01/04/1835 THOMAS, LARKIN A. 02/03/1838- 06/16/1916 THOMAS, MARY M. 11/26/1841- 08/26/1893 WIFE OF L.A. THOMAS THOMPSON, MARGARET NO DATE- 12/31/1846 AGED 72YR THOMPSON, WILLIAM NO DATE- 01/19/1850 AGED 80YR 1DAY UNGER, LAWRENCE NO DATE- 02/15/1840 AGED 91 YR UNGER, NANCY ANN NO DATE- 04/01/1849 AGED 75YR 8 MONTH WHETSTINE, ELIZABETH ANN 09/21/1831- 11/08/1909 WILD, JOHN H. 03/09/1819- 01/21/1846 WILSON, ROBERT L. 02/07/1816- 05/28/1822 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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