Lenoir County, NC - Cemeteries

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Jack D. Elliott, Jr. <jde3@ra.msstate.edu>

There's a very small Wooten cemetery--mid-19th c.--in Clay County in
which Sutton Hardy's daughter Unity Hardy Wooten is buried.  I visited
the cemetery with my mother in mid-1970s, and it had been destroyed.

However, there is a listing for the cemtery which I came across years
ago, copied, but somehow or the other failed to get the source.  FWIW,
here is the entry, typed up verbatim:

[page 130]

WOOTEN CEMETERY

Location - Clay County, Mississippi, 2 miles west of West Point, on the
place of Russell Hawkins [note: this cemetery is actually northWEST of
West Point.-Jack Elliott].  To go to the cemtery, go on Highway #50 west
from West Point, turn right on gravel road; go 2 miles to pasture gate
on right side of gravel road (gate has name of Russell Hawkins on it);
go through gate for about 1 mile to house.  The stones from the cemetery
have all been piled together under a tree at the back of hte house.
Copied by - Mrs. John H. Bryan and Mrs. Joe Hawkins
Submitted by - Mrs. John H. Bryan
Adress - West Point, Clay County, Mississippi
Date copied - Summer of 1960.

Note: William M. Wooten (d. 8/7/1846/ was the son of John and Sarah
Hewes Wooten/ and grandson of Shadrack Wooten of Lenoir County, N. C.

Shadrack was a Revolutionary soldier, born in Lenoir Co., N.C., 1739:
died in Columbia Co., N.C. 1812.  He was Ensign in the 5th N.C.
Army.Ref: (1) Heitman's Officers in the Continental Army, p. 606: (2)
DAR's North Carolina Soldiers in the Revolution, p. 50: (3) DAR National
#123971.

Unity Hardy Wooten (d. 9/15/1864) was the daughter of Sutton and Martha
Taylor Hardy of Dobbs (Greene) County, N.C., and the granddaughter of
Mary Sutton and Lemuel Hardy.  Lemuel Hardy, Revolutionary War soldier,
was born in Bertie County, N.C. May 20, 1730: died in Dobbs (Greene)
Co., N.C. Feb. 8, 1797: married 1762.  He served as a private in N.C.
Militia, 1777, from Bertie County.  Ref: (1) State Records. Vol. 1, p.
A-M, No. 6, p. 18: (2) Vol. 24, p. 26, N.C. State Auditor's Office: (3)
DAR National #'s 223, 705 and 223, 708.  Mrs. Lawson N. Dick, R #5, Box
382, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Many descendants of the Wooten family live in West Point and Clay
County, Mississippi. - Mrs. John H. Bryan.

[page 131]

William M. Wooten/ died Aug. 7, 1846/ aged 54 years.

William J. Wooten/ son of M.F. and S.W. Wooten/ died 1853.

Unity Wooten/ died Sept/ 15, 1864/ aged 70 years, 11 mos.

Lucy Frances/ dau. of Allen and Martha Ellis/ b. March 9, 1845/ d. Jan. 12, 1858

Little Martha/ who departed this life May 20, 1857/ age 8 days

There was a foot stone with the initials W H W.

There was a foot stone with Martha/ no last name.

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