GORE CEMETERY Lay's Lake, Columbus County, NC Submitted by Dave High, June 1998 North Carolina, Columbus County, NC All rights reserved, 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Search: Ctrl + F Overlooks Lay's Lake, one mile from NC/SC state line. Go 2m past Olyphic Missionary Baptist Church on NC 905, turn at sign for Lay's Lake on left, dirt road to an old house, cemetery about 250 yds on left. Visited by Mack & Anita Barfield, Kay Duncan and son Jonathan in Dec 1982. Transcribed by David B. High, May 1998 from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1883" dated December, 1983. Permission granted by the authors. 01 Daughter of E. C. & Elma Gore, 1911 02 Daughter of E. C. & Elma Gore 03 Susan Jane Gore, wife of Benjamin N. Ward, 4/10/1830-11/1852 04 Walter P., son of Moore L. & Lou Gore, 9/11/1882-1/28/1920 05 Blanche J., daughter of M. L. & Lou Gore, 1/22/1890-2/12/1904 06 John T., son of Moore & Lou Gore, 10/16/1896--2/5/1920 07 Lou Thomas, wife of M. L, Gore, 10/22/1861-11/7/1932 08 M. L. Gore, husband of Lou Gore, 11/15/1856-1/29/1936 09 John H. Lay, 9/18/1860-11/4/1937 10 Lizzie V. Lay, daughter of W. J. & S. V. Lay, 3/5/1868-7/21/1929 11 Victoria, daughter of Col. John Gore, wife of W. J. Lay, 5/6/1846-1/24/1930 12 W. J. Lay, 10/24/1844-12/10/1928 13 Venice B. daughter of H. C. & M. L. Smith, 11/2/1907-8/2/1908 14 Mary L., wife of H. C. Smith, 1/5/1876-5/14-1908 15 Katie L. daughter of W. J. &S. V. Lay, 3/22/1874-6/23/1877 16 Wooden marker 17 William Gore, 3/16/1807-8/8/1833 18 Susan J., 2nd wife of John Gore, Sr., 3/2/1803-5/22/1842 19 Rhoda Reaves, 1st wife of John Gore, Sr., 3/21/1781-8/29/1823 20 Emily D. Gore, 2/18/1833-7/10/1846 21 R. H. Gore, son of J. H. & Annah L. Gore, 9/1/1844-4/26/1862 22 Mary A., daughter of J. H. & Annah L. Gore, 6/20/1853-8/11/1867 23 Narcia R., daughter of J. H. & Annah L. Gore, 12/2/1848-9/18/1860 24 John A., son of J. H. & Annah L. Gore, 4/1/1855-7/26/1855 25 Annah L., 1st wife of J. H. Gore, 12/13/1821-4/14/1855 26 Jno. H. Gore, 2/13/1816-12/25/1903 27 Mary Gore, 2/12/1820-9/3/1903 28 Rosalie H. Gore, wife of T. K. Thomas, 8/13/1861-5/19/1889, d/o J. H. & Mary Gore 29 T. K.Thomas, son of C. Thomas, 9/6/1854-12/17/1890 30 Cleopatra, daughter of S. L. & Hattie Gore, 1872-1/29/1878 31 Emily V., daughter of S. L.& Hattie Gore, 1/28/1868-1/10/1878 32 Harriet W. Bryan, wife of Solon Gore, 10/15/1846-2/21/1920 33 Solon L. Gore, 1/8/1839-9/3/1920 34 John Gore, Sr., 1/23/1779-3/2/1871 35 Elizabeth Stevens, 3rd wife of John Gore, Sr., 7/6/1818-10/5/1867 36 Gussie V. Gore, 11/6/1890-7/6/1924 Note: Family relationships described are from inscriptions on the stones. ©1998 Jerome Smith, Columbus County Coordinator Columbus County, North Carolina, USA All rights reserved. ====================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must contact the submitter or the listed USGenWeb archivist.