BURKE COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Swink Cemetery
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			SWINK CEMETERY
		       Burke County, NC
			By W. D. Floyd

This cemetery is on the west side of Old Highway NC-18 at the intersection of 
Persimmon Road that goes off to the northeast. The cemetery is atop a red 
hill. It has about 30 graves marked with fieldstones and the ones listed 
below. I was there March 14, 2000.

THE SURNAMES

BRADSHAW, CARSWELL, MARTIN, HUFFMAN, HUDSON, MARTIN, PRUITT, STAMEY, STEVENS,
SWINK

Martin, Charlie Arthur   Oct 4, 1885   Jan 9, 1974
Martin, Sarah Cordelia   Apr 21, 1882   Feb 11, 1964
Stevens, William   1932   1990   Temp.
Swink, John Thomas   Jul 4, 1905   May 31, 1956
Swink, Nancy   No Dates   Temp.
Bradshaw, Tammy Angela   Sep 13 1984   Sep 19, 1984
Bradshaw, Monroe Junior   Feb 15, 1957   Jul 9, 1999
Bradshaw, Christopher Paul   Jul 6, 1970   Feb 25, 1988
Bradshaw, Nellie Effie   Sep 21, 1921   May 16, 1986
Bradshaw, David Monroe   Nov 1, 1909   Dec 26, 1978
Swink, Caroline Lail    Dec 19, 1844   March 2, 1919   w/o Peter
Swink, Peter   Oct 4, 1846   Jun 26, 1929
Swink, Sarah Jane   Feb 16, 1880   Dec 17, 1965
Swink, Sophronia Alice   Mar 15, 1874   Jul 16, 1948
Swink, W. Kelley   Mar 18, 1880   Oct 9, 1963
Stamey, Ruby Ella   Apr 26, 1946    Aug 7, 1949   d/o Alvin & Elizabeth
Carswell, Infant   Jun 22, 1949   Jun 22, 1949   s/o Ellis & Gladys
Carswell, Infant   May 21, 1954    May 22, 1954   s/o Ellis & Gladys
Carswell, Gladys S.   Oct 25, 1925   May 24, 1954
Swink, William Lester   Feb 10, 1901   Nov 16, 1963
Swink, Mable M.   Nov 30, 1907   Dec 20, 1981
Huffman, Eva Pruitt   Mar 22, 1917   May 18, 1986
Huffman, Forest   Apr 18, 1915   May 21, 1959
Huffman, Vickie Jean   Mar 31, 1956   Mar 31, 1956
Huffman, Charlie E.   Nov 10, 1939   Nov 15, 1939   s/o Forest & Eva
Swink, Richard   1853   1930   Temp.
Swink, Elizabeth    1844   1924   Temp.
Swink, Robert Ellis   Jul 31, 1907   Nov 15, 1912
Swink, Infant   No Dates   i/o Richard
Pruitt, Lavinia   1914    1916
Pruitt, Mary Jane   Feb 17, 1885   Sep 30, 1921
Pruitt, Edison   May 27, 1919   Feb 23, 1969   WW II
Pruitt, Ernest    1933   1994   Temp.
Pruitt, Joseph F.   1897   1945   Temp.
Pruitt, Eller Hudson   1898   1940   Temp.
Pruitt, Julie Elizabeth   1876   1960   Temp.
Hudson, William   1876    1930  Temp.
Hudson, Baby Boy   1896   1896   Temp.
Stamey, Jack P.   Mar 20, 1937   Aug 30, 1988
Swink, Azor   Aug 25, 1871   May 26, 1926
Swink, Mary   No Dates   Temp.
Swink, Florence   No Dates   Temp.