MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Bear Creek Cemetery --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- This data is taken from the Historical Records Survey of North Carolina. The survey was done in the 1930s and 1940s, and included only graves dating from before 1914. Information has been reformatted from the original by Patrick Barrett (2003), working from a microfilm of the original typescript (FHL US/CAN Microfilm #882939). Question marks are not in the original; they indicate places in which the microfilm was impossible to read. Compiled by: HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY OF N. C. 1939 Worker: Warren H. Pritchard MITCHELL COUNTY PENLAND, N. C. BEAR CREEK CEMETERY LOCATION: On the Spruce Pine-Bakersville highway about 5½ miles from Spruce Pine. It adjoins Bear Creek Baptist Church. CONDITION: Excellent. NAME BORN DIED REMARKS Bartlett (Infant) 24 Apr. 1911 8 Jul. 1911 Dau. of George & Nell Bartlett Bartlett, Ann 14 Jan. 1844 23 Aug. 1893 Blalock, Christena 6 Jun. 1899 7 Jul. 1901 Blalock, Claudia 17 Dec. 1897 16 Mar. 1905 Blalock, Cordia 10 May 1878 28 Apr. 1900 Blalock, D. M. 8 Aug. 1872 10 Jan. 1900 Blalock, Joseph W. 28 Apr. 1868 31 Aug. 1871 Blalock, Maurice W. 7 Nov. 1896 15 Jan. 1898 Blalock, N. 1870 1893 Blalock, Nancy S. 3 Mar. 1844 26 May 1895 Bogan, Volney B. Co. F 1, S. C. Inf. Spanish American War. Bradshaw, James 15 Apr. 1878 (Civil War Veteran) Brinkley, Alex. Rev. 6 Jan. 1815 25 Sep. 1898 Brinkley, Anne 11 Mar. 1816 23 Jul. 1901 Buchanan (Infant) 10 Sep. 1895 19 Dec. 1897 Dau. of J. A. & L. Buchanan Buchanan (Infant) 17 Mar. 1905 24 Apr. 1905 Son of Samuel & Sara Buchanan Buchanan (Infant) 1 Feb. 1909 2 Jul. 1909 Son of J. A. & L. Buchanan Buchanan, Andy 26 Oct. 1910 18 Dec. 1911 Buchanan, Avery 2 Oct. 1891 29 Sep. 1906 Buchanan, Bashiea 1832 1871 Buchanan, Effey 8 Nov. 1894 25 Nov. 1900 Buchanan, Elizabeth 1834 1909 Buchanan, James 27 Apr. 1903 Buchanan, John 10 Feb. 1869 10 Sep. 1893 Buchanan, Myree 28 Jul. 1908 16 Mar. 1909 Buchanan, Richard 2 Feb. 1887 2? Apr. 1910 Buchanan, Samuel 1834 1893 Buchanan, Samuel 1 Aug. 1881 11 May 1907 Killed by an explosion on Blue Ridge. Buchanan, Vernon 20 Jun. 1891 14 Jul. 1911 Buchanan, Wilson 5 Jul. 1870 1 Mar. 1900 Duncan (Infant) 14 Nov. 1910 Son of Steven & Jane Duncan Ellis (Infant) 19 Aug. 1898 19 Aug. 1898 Son of R. N. & G. Ellis Hensley, Lillian May 27 Apr. 1910 26 Sep. 1910 Mace, Adam 2 May 1847 29 Sep. 1907 Mace, Adar 6 May 1900 6 Jan. 1903 Mace, James 19 Sep. 1886 28 Dec. 1907 Melvin, Avery 17 Oct. 1890 11 May 1907 Miller, Annie E. 1853 1903 Miller, J. C. 1850 1884 Norman, Elizabeth 1873 Norman, Green 11 May 1857 6 Jun. 1873 Norman, Henry 1861 Norman, Mary L. 28 Jul. 1902 15 Sep. 1903 Norman, Sarah 1826 1864 Norman, Wilbourne 29 Oct. 1822 16 Feb. 1905 Oaks, Laura 20 Jan. 1874 12 Jul. 1907 Pitman, Edith 10 Oct. 1910 29 Nov. 1910 Pitman, Frankie 1826 1864 Pitman, Jeff 1854 1913 Pitman, Joseph 13 Apr. 1882 11 May 1907 Pitman, Robert H. 26 Aug. 1905 26 Dec. 1906 Pitman, Ruben C. 4 Jun. 1880 11 May 1907 Pitman, Samuel 8 Jun. 1881 2 Mar. 1901 Pitman, Solomon Co. I. 29th N. C. Inf. C.S.A. Pitman, T. G. 16 Jun. 1865 11 May 1907 Pitman, W. Z. 26 Aug. 1905 26 Dec. 1906 Pitman, William 1826 1877 Pitman, Willie G. 27 Jan. 1878 11 May 1907 Pitman, Winston 15 Jan. 1891 11 May 1907 Radford, M. D. 31 Jan. 1868 1892* Riddle, Alice 13 May 1852 22 Jul. 1888 Riddle, Hattie E. 1877 1882 Snyder (Infant) ? Apr. 1909 Son of U. S. & M. E. Snyder Snyder, Dewitt 26 Sep. 1891 5 Dec. 1911 Sparks, Allen 1849 Sparks, Elizabeth 10 Jun. 1820 22 Nov. 1877 Sparks, Fred 5 May 1904 4 Aug. 1907 Sparks, George 1830 1902 Sparks, H. 1885 Sparks, Jennie 22 Sep. 1901 16 Jun. 1904 Sparks, K. 1840 1890 Sparks, Mary Jane 14 Dec. 1850 8 Sep. 1905 Sparks, Matthew 4 Feb. 1813 30 Sep. 1892 Sparks, Polly 1836 1905 Sparks, Reuben A. 20 Dec. 1854 25 Dec. 1895 Sparks, Ruben 1838 1902 Sparks, Victoria 10 Apr. 1880 6 Jul. 1908 Stewart, Delia 15 Mar. 1886 14 Jan. 1907 Stewart, Ned. 23 Sep. 1903 2 Jun. 1905 Stewart, Walter 13 Jun. 1903 9 Nov. 1905 Ward, N. 21 Jun. 1887 15 Oct. 1887 Willis, Clarence 22 Sep. 1910 20 Jun. 1913 Willis, Ella 4 Jul. 1875 27 Nov. 1902 Willis, George W. 22 Sep. 1904 10 Oct. 1905 Willis, Jennie 1 Aug. 1881 27 Nov. 1886 Willis, Jessie A. 5 May 1869 21 Mar. 1889 Willis, Lola 1897 1898 Willis, Milton 8 May 1871 27 Oct. 1912 Willis, Samuel 1 Aug. 1873 30 Mar. 1896 Wilson, Bettie 22 Feb. 1909 11 May 1910 Young, Agnes 19 May 1883 27 Oct. 1908 Young, Clarissa Jane 7 Apr. 1873 11 Nov. 1912 *Original reads "Jane 18, 1892". ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Patrick Barrett ___________________________________________________________________