CABARRUS COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Smith Family Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: George Edison Creel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith Family Cemetery, Cabarrus County, North Carolina File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by George Edison Creel, Hernando Beach, FL (gecreel@earthlink.net). Survey taken October 25, 2003. From exit 49 on I-85 north of Charlotte, NC, go east 1.3 miles on Speedway Blvd. Turn north into the Fleetwood RV Racing Campground Resort. The cemetery is located next to campsite WC26 on the west side of the campground. All the graves have full concrete slabs without headstones covering them. Most of the slabs are cracked, with some pieces missing. The cemetery is being maintained by the campground. I have assigned the name "Smith Family Campground" arbitrarily because most of those buried in the cemetery are Smiths. ALEXANDER, Elizabeth b. 30 Aug 1770 (year hard to read - may not be 1770) d. 30 Mar 1808 "Here lies the body of" "Wife of Willaim Lee Alexander" "The record of her virtue is engraved on the hearts of her children and friends" "Also lies here the body of Erasmus, the fifth child of William Lee Alexander and Elizabeth, his wife, who was born in April 1802 and died 25 Jun 1802" ALEXANDER, Erasmus b. April 1802 d. 25 Jun 1802 (Shares tombstone with Elizabeth Alexander) (No day of birth) ALEXANDER, William Lee b. 1 Nov 1765 d. 16 Mar 1806 "This stone is erected to the memory of" "In early life he entered the Army of the Revolution under General Greene as a Lieutenant and continued in the service until the close of the war. He was a soldier of approved valour, a statesman of undoubted purity, a man of unblenched (sic) integrity. As a son affectionate and as a husband and father kind and indulgent" PHIFER, Sarah b. 22 Jun 1816 d. 11 Jun 1855 (possible 1853) "To the Memory of Sarah, wife of William F Phifer" "Her charm and its source in religion. Her love of her neighbors was the genuine effect of her love of God. Her resignation was the (illegible word) of her faith and she died in hope because she had lived a Christian" SMITH, Margaret b. 24 Jan 179_(stone broken) d. 5 Dec 1843 "In memory of" "wife of Maj Robert W Smith" "The friend of the needy, Mother to the Motherless, In her tongue is the law of kindness" SMITH, Robert b. ----- d. 17 Jul 1805 "Here lies the body of GenL Robert Smith who departed this life on the 16th day of July 1805 aged 59 years." "This monument is erected to his memory by his son Robert W. Smith" SMITH, Robert W. b. 22 Feb 1777 d. 21 Sep 1856 (possibly 1836) "To the memory of Major Robert W. Smith" SMITH. Sarah b. ------ d. Oct 1813 "Here lies the body of" "Wife to GenL Robert Smith who departed this life in Oct 1813 aged 80 years. This monument erected to her memory by her son Robert W. Smith" (The death dates indicate Sarah was 13 years older than her husband, but that's what the tombstones say)