Mitchell County, NC - Burleson Cemetery - Gouge Cove BURLESON CEMETERY (GOUGE COVE) LOCATION: Drive north from Bakersville on Route 261. Pass the Fork Mt turnoff and keep going about one mile, turning left at Gouge's Cove Rd. There is also a sign there which indicates the cemetery. Turn right shortly into the cemetery access road. ACCESSIBILITY: Easy. You may park at the gate. Pull up on the gate to open it, and push forward. CONDITION: Very good. There is a sizable number of unknown graves, each marked with a white wooden cross. There are so many I did not mix them with the listings here. The pattern of unknowns is alternate rows within the identified graves, up and down the hill. SURNAMES: ALDERS, AYERS, BROWN, BUCHANAN, BURLESON, CANIPE, CHILDERS, COOK, COOKE, COX, GOUGE, GREENE, GREINER, HOILMAN, HONEYCUTT, JONES, LEDFORD, McINTURFF, McKINNEY, PITMAN, PRESLEY, REID, ROARK, SLAGLE, SPARKS, STEVENSON, WILCOX, WILSON, WOODY, YOUNG. 1. Elizabeth Young Cox 20 Nov 1925 21 March 2004 2. (Living) 3. Lizzie W. Woody 1903 1957 4. Calvin Wilcox 1864 1924 S/o Alfred & Mary Wilcox. 5. Susie B. Presley 12 March 1873 20 June 1956 6. John W. Burleson 16 May 1894 13 Aug 1964 S/o 47 & 48. 7. Carrie G. Burleson 4 Oct 1896 14 March 1984 Wife of # 6. D/o 37 & 38. 8. Tilda Burleson Brown 7 June 1904 7 June 1993 D/o 47 & 8. 9. Unknown 10. Charlie W. McInturff 4 Dec 1878 10 Apr 1961 S/o Thomas C. & Anna Bailey McInturff. 11. Carrie A. McInturff 15 July 1881 1 Aug 1965 Wife of # 10. D/o James M. Ayers & # 12. 12. Martha Jane Ayers 3 Nov 1864 9 Sept 1951 13. James Cleveland Ayers 23 Oct 1884 7 Aug 1948 S/o James M. Ayers & # 12. 14. J.W. Greene 4 April 1925 2 Nov 1959 S/o # 25 & Pansy Greene. 15. Elvira E. Roark 1 Jan 1877 29 July 1951 16. Howard Burleson 18 May 1910 29 Jan 1980 S/o 33 & 34. 17. (Living) 18. Brenda Kay Burleson 7 Aug 1951 22 O ct 1951 19. Arthur Ralph Wilson 1 April 1947 22 Feb 1993 "Vietnam". S/o Ralph & Ethel Gouge Wilson. 20. Brian Keith Burleson 3 Nov 1973 3 Nov 1973 S/o Walter & Joann Burleson. 21. James B. Burleson 28 Aug 1951 29 April 1954 22. Malissa C. Gouge 27 Sept 1913 21 Dec 1936 D/o Stokes & Nellie Yelton Childers 23. Chester A. Greene 12 March 1886 22 Dec 1934 S/o 37 & 38. 24. Mary G. Greene 8 May 1886 16 June 1972 Wife of # 23. D/o Pinckney & Emery Randolph Greene 25. Roy W. Greene 7 July 1899 30 March 1948 S/o 37 & 38. 26. J.A. Young 21 March 1876 20 Sept 1948 27. Retta Young 26 April 1890 --- 28. Ethel Jean Burleson Forbes 1 Jan 1942 29 Aug 2003 29. Fred Burleson 16 Nov 1927 13 Sept 1947 S/o Walter & Bessie Burleson 30. Tarp D. Burleson 22 May 1906 13 March 1986 S/o 47 & 48. 31. Bonnie G. Burleson 13 May 1911 16 Jan 1999 Wife of # 30. D/o Wesley & Rosa Greene Garland. 32. Shirley Burleson 1945 1945 D/o 30 & 31. 33. Ran Burleson 1880 1930 S/o Scott & Mary Ann Buchanan Burleson. 34. Tine Burleson 1883 1964 (Tina McKinney). Wife of # 33. 35. Hanford Canipe 6 Sept 1905 24 Feb 1922 S/o Wallace Canipe. 36. Nervie Jane Burleson 23 June 1929 20 May 1932 D/o John & Carrie Greene Burleson. 37. Nervie Greene 3 Feb 1856 12 Feb 1922 D/o Wilson & Mary Gouge Burleson. 38. Joseph Greene 28 May 1850 28 April 1920 Husband of # 37. 39. Hassie G. Canipe 10 March 1883 10 March 1919 D/o 37 & 38. 40. J.M. Burleson 1858 [23 Jan] 1933 "Uncle Dont". (Jonathan M. Burleson). S/o Wilson & Mary Gouge Burleson. 41. Howard Burleson 1 April 1909 10 Feb 1935 S/o Lafayette & Dora Greene Burleson 42. Ethel Burleson 2 July 1904 18 Aug 1930 D/o Lafayette & Dora Greene Burleson. 43. Robert T. Burleson 25 April 1907 16 June 1907 S/o Lafayette & Dora Greene Burleson. 44. Lafayette Burleson 28 Feb 1838 11 Jan 1895 45. Polly Burleson 12 April 1838 30 April 1900 Wife of # 75. D/o Joel & Minerva Phillips Gouge. 46. Dewey Honeycutt 1915 1915 S/o Charles Honeycutt & # 153. 47. J. Dosser Burleson 10 Feb 1868 8 Dec 1939 S/o Reuben Y. & Dorcas Blalock Burleson. 48. Jane Burleson 13 March 1872 31 March 1941 D/o Silas & Elizabeth Buchanan Biddix. 49. Smith Greene 10 Sept 1904 22 Aug 1989 S/o 57 & 58. 50. Elva S. Greene 28 June 1916 28 May 1984 Wife of # 49. 51. Guy Childers 1931 1939 52. Charles O'Neil Burleson 12 Oct 1924 5 April 1925 53. Mary Helen Greene 11 Dec 1944 14 Dec 1944 54. Kristy Dianne Burleson 23 Jan 1975 24 April 1975 55. Roy C. Ledford 11 March 1921 15 Aug 1989 "WWII". S/o Thomas & Evelyn Saylor Ledford. 56. (Living) 57. Burnie Greene 2 Nov 1883 4 June 1966 S/o Pinckney & Emery Randolph Greene. 58. Virgie Greene 16 Feb 1889 8 Aug 1950 Wife of # 57. D/o 60 & 61. 59. Nettie Burleson 10 March 1895 24 May 1896 60. John G. Burleson 4 Feb 1845 22 Feb 1896 S/o 73 & 74. 61. Minurva Burleson 4 Feb 1844 28 Feb 1888 Wife of # 60. D/o Wiley & Flora McKinney Phillips. 62. Robert Lee Greene 19 March 1911 24 July 1922 S/o 57 & 58. 63. Dora G. Burleson 15 July 1872 17 May 1954 D/o William Greene. 64. L.F. Burleson 26 Nov 1873 16 Feb 1930 Husband of # 63. S/o 60 & 61. 65. Roger Clifton Ledford 23 Sept 1956 4 Oct 1956 66. Cora Evelyn Ledford 5 Aug 1890 5 March 1963 67. Nat Burleson 1867 1924 S/o 60 & 61. 68. Ethel Burleson 1916 1923 69. Harriett Burleson 20 Dec 1862 5 May 1933 (Harriett Greene). Wife of # 67. 70. Clingman Burleson 28 Dec 1863 21 Sept 1919 S/o 60 & 61. 71. Estelle Burleson 1916 1916 72. (Infant) 1893 1893 D/o Nat & Delilah Burleson. 73. Jonathan O. Burleson 30 March 1799 22 May 1883 S/o Thomas & Martha J. Green Burleson. 74. Gemima Duncan Burleson 1806 1884 Wife of # 73. 75. Wilson Burleson 2 Feb 1833 3 July 1872 Husband of # 45. S/o 73 & 74. 76. Jonathan Burleson 28 May 1847 22 Nov 1879 S/o 136 & 137. 1st husband of Matilda Buchanan. 77. Rossa Reid 24 March 180- 13 Sept 1890 "Wife of F.M. Reid." 78. Roby Burleson 20 Sept 1892 22 June 1972 S/o 47 & 48. 79. Deskie Burleson 10 March 1892 22 May 1932 Wife of # 78. D/o William Greene. 80. J. Maud Stevenson 24 Oct 1925 13 March 1990 81. Walter Burleson 18 Oct 1895 29 Jan 1928 S/o Waitstill & Emelia McKinney Burleson. 82. Bessie G. Burleson 18 Oct 1899 27 Dec 1979 Wife of # 81. D/o William & Sissie Stanley Greene. 83. J.J. Greene 1872 1955 84. Nora Edwards Greene 1880 1944 Wife of # 83. 85. Hobart Burleson 22 Feb 1897 5 Aug 1898 S/o 69 & 70. 86. Nellie Greene 25 Jan 1899 26 Aug 1899 D/o 83 & 84. 87. Edie Burleson 14 April 1910 18 May 1913 D/o Ash & Jane Burleson. 88. Beatrice M. Buchanan 22 June 1905 13 Aug 1908 89. Nervie Pitman 1894 1915 D/o # 67. 90. Charles C. McKinney 17 March 1838 21 Dec 1888 91. Jane Sparks McKinney 22 Aug 1840 19 April 1926 Wife of # 90. D/o Jeremiah & Rachel Sparks. 92. Stokes Ledford 21 Oct 1918 7 May 1991 S/o Green & Peggy McKinney Ledford. 93. W. Mae Ledford 1 Feb 1923 29 Dec 2001 Wife of # 92. 94. Vince Hoilman 13 Aug 1895 7 March 1980 95. Dora Ledford Hoilman 21 May 1898 30 Nov 1953 Wife of # 94. D/o 100 & 102. 96. Clarence Buchanan 22 April 1899 29 Oct 1902 97. George W. Cooke 24 April 1899 24 April 1974 98. Carrie A. Cooke 1902 1962 Wife of # 97. 99. G.B. Ledford 12 Oct 1854 13 March 1929 (Green Berry Ledford). S/o Tobias Ledford. 100 T.J. Ledford 1874 5 Jan 1937 (Thomas Ledford). S/o # 99. 101. Arthur Lee Ledford 14 April 1918 1 Oct 1949 S/o 100 & 102. 102. Laura G. Ledford 1876 1915 (Laura Greene). Wife of # 100. 103. Willard Hoilman 14 April 1922 17 April 1922 104. Namaic Ledford 10 Sept 1904 10 Nov 1906 105. Fifer Burleson 17 Jan 1882 7 Jan 1883 S/o W.A. & Minnie Burleson. 106. Roscoe Burleson 12 Dec 1901 27 Feb 1903 S/o W.A. & Minnie Burleson. 107. Grover Ledford --- --- 108. J.A. McKinney 22 Feb 1872 5 Jan 1930 109. Green Ledford 1 July 1884 10 Oct 1915 S/o 110 & 111. 110. Polly Ledford 1 March 1842 21 July 1919 D/o Thomas McKinney. 111. Reuben Ledford 3 June 1839 4 Jan 1929 Husband of # 110. 112. Lonnie H. Cook 1905 1973 S/o Lafayette & Mollie Cook. 113. (Living) 114. Josephine Jenkins 25 June 1902 15 Sept 1983 D/o Charles & Ella Dawson DeHart. (Swain Co., NC) 115 Mark B. Jenkins 4 Aug 1900 2 Aug 1984 Husband of # 114. S/o George & Mary Burns Jenkins. (Swain Co., NC) 116. Charlie Junior Woody 8 Aug 1926 6 April 2004 S/o Will Woody & # 3. 117. Georgia Woody 6 June 1931 20 Sept 2004 Wife of # 116. D/o Ernest & Malissa Adkins Gouge. 118. Dave Wilcox 7 May 1909 22 March 1976 119. Nancy W. Jones 16 Feb 1875 5 Oct 1972 120. Cordelia Ledford Wilcox 31 May 1904 25 June 1969 D/o # 4 & Nancy Wilcox. 121. Larce McKinney 1880 1959 122. Molly M. McKinney 21 Oct 1879 14 Jan 1964 Wife of # 121. 123. Sannie Canipe 6 Oct 1901 22 Feb 1920 D/o Erwin Ledford. 124. Willie Emma Lee Edwards 22 Dec 1927 28 July 1928 125. Mary Ruth Edwards 3 Oct 1949 3 Oct 1949 126. Carrie Lou Edwards 22 Feb 1939 22 July 1939 127. Jack Burleson 20 Jan 1927 5 Nov 2003 S/o 78 & 79. 128. (Living) 129. Virginia Mae Albers 9 Feb 1920 18 Dec 1999 Wife of Donal Albers. D/o 78 & 79. 130. C.H. Ledford 1 June 1881 30 May 1939 (Charles H. Ledford). S/o 110 & 111. 131. Carrie Gouge Ledford 1875 1912 D/o Jacob & Bridget Randolph Ayers. 132. J.C. Gouge 23 Sept 1877 28 Aug 1910 (Jonathan Colton Gouge). Husband of # 131. S/o Wiley & Phebe Burleson Gouge. 133. Robert L. Burleson 1894 1986 S/o # 135 & Martha J. Buchanan. 134. Addie E. Burleson 1903 1996 Wife of # 131. D/o Jacob & Margaret Louisa Joyner Early. 135. Ruben P. Burleson 1859 1900 S/o 136 & 137. Husband of Martha J. Buchanan. 136. Charles "Dunk" Burleson 1822 — [28 March 1896] S/o 73 & 74. 137. Judith Herrell Burleson 1830 — [29 Nov 1910] Wife of # 136. D/o Jesse & Elizabeth McKinney Herrell. 138. Lucretia Canipe 7 April 1892 20 June 1984 139. George Greiner 1921 2005 140. Norma Ledford 1919 1989 D/o Edd & Nellie Greene Street. 141. Stokes R. Ledford 1907 1966 S/o 142 & 143. Husband of # 140. 142. James M. Ledford 3 June 1869 12 Sept 1953 S/o 110 & 111. 143. Martha B. Ledford 26 July 1870 9 Oct 1937 Wife of # 142. D/o 147 & 148. 144. Carrie B. Ledford 29 Nov 1900 2 Dec 1902 D/o 142 & 143. 145. Steven C. Ledford 14 May 1909 10 Oct 1910 (Probably) s/o 142 & 143. 146. F. B. --- --- 147. D.M. Burleson 22 June 1839 13 Feb 1931 (Dorcas Matilda Blalock). D/o William & Elizabeth Collis Blalock. 148. R.B. Burleson 30 July 1841 30 Oct 1888 (Reuben P. Burleson). Husband of # 147. 149. Rev. James A. Wilson 4 July 1847 17 June 1926 S/o William A. & Anna Green Wilson. 150. Mima B. Wilson 15 April 1867 1 Aug 1915 Wife of # 149. D/o 147 & 148. 151. Dorcus Wilson --- --- Infant d/o 149 & 150. 152. Lela H. Slagle 15 Nov 1909 25 Oct 1885 Wife of Woodrow Slagle. D/o Charlie Honeycutt & # 153. 153. Martha B. Honeycutt 1884 1971 Wife of Charlie Honeycutt. (Probably) d/o # 154. 154. Sam Burleson 1847 1931 S/o 136 & 137. 155. Debby Burleson 1865 1933 D/o Alfred & Mary Wilcox. 156. Grace Early Burleson 19 Aug 1900 15 Feb 1995 D/o Jacob C. & Margaret Louisa Joyner Early. 157. Dewey Burleson 5 May 1898 20 Feb 1976 Husband of # 156. S/o 154 & 155. 158. Sam Kyle Burleson 6 March 1931 17 March 1989 S/o 156 & 157. I wish to thank Omar McCourry for his kind assistance in this survey. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mark Lawson - rmlawson67@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________________________