MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Grover Byrd Cemetery --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- LOCATION: From the mouth of Pigeon Roost Creek (intersection with SR 197) drive 2.3 miles, and turn right on Grover Byrd Lane. At the end of this dirt road, a few hundred yards after beginning, turn left up the steep road. You will see the fence of the cemetery, above some rows of farm spruce trees. CONDITION: Seemingly abandoned. Grass and weeds were knee-high, two days before the traditional Decoration Day, in June 2005. The cemetery is terraced on a very steep slope, making for difficult mowing. Given the condition, it is advisible not to wear sandals or shorts when visiting this place. The lowest terrace contains at least two dozens of plain rock markers. SURNAMES: ARWOOD, BARNETT, BYRD, GOUGE, GRIFFITH, HONEYCUTT, HOWELL, HUGHES, LEWIS, McCOURY, McCURRY, MILLER, PETERSON, RAY, THOMAS, YOUNG NAME BIRTH DEATH 1. Elizabeth Honeycutt 28 March 1883 12 June 1887 2. Allen Miller 1832 1913 S/o Thomas & Edith Barnett Miller 3. Martha Miller 1843 1908 Wife of # 2. D/o William & Martha Ramsey Hughes (?) 4. Unknown 5. Daisy Miller 4 Oct 1927 31 Oct 1982 D/o Nat & Lillie Street Miller. 6. Marion Miller 8 Oct 1895 16 May 1970 S/o 8 & 9 7. Hannah Barnett 1898 1955 D/o Greenberry & Alzira Peterson Barnett 8. David Miller 7 Jan 1863 7 July 1935 S/o 2 & 3 9. Cinda Miller 13 Nov 1869 27 Dec 1948 Wife of # 8. D/o Spencer & Hannah Honeycutt Barnett. 10. Trula B. Young 3 May 1908 8 Dec 1933 D/o 11 & 12 11. Hulda E. Barnett 1883 1967 12. Criss B. Barnett 4 Apr 1878 28 Oct 1962 Husband of # 11. S/o Sydney & Nancy Bennett Barnett. 13. Oscar Griffith 1911 1982 S/o Dove & Hannah Hughes Griffith. 14. Flora Griffith 1912 Wife of # 13. D/o 11 & 12. 15. Carson Henry Hughes 1 March 1909 15 Nov 1980 S/o 59 & 60 16. Jessie Peterson 1921 1944 17. Edna Peterson 1919 [28 Jan] 1940 Wife of # 16. D/o # 65 & Julia. 18. Warren Howell 1944 1955 19. Unknown 20. Unknown 21. Unknown 22. Conley Gouge 10 July 1931 2 June 2002 23. Cecil Hughes 20 Oct 1921 7 Aug 1925 24. Stokes Lewis 1 Feb 1915 7 Feb 1922 S/o Stokes & Susan Masters Lewis. 25. Guss Hughes 1916 1917 26. Earl G. Hughes 27 May 1903 19 Oct 1957 S/o 59 & 60 27. Pansy B. Hughes 26 Jan 1909 14 Apr 1995 Wife of # 26. D/o Solomon & Victoria Griffith Barnett. 28. [Thomas] Smith Miller 5 Mar 1892 8 Apr 1919 S/o 8 & 9. 29. Unknown 30. Earnest McCoury 17 Oct 1917 27 Feb 1919 S/o Zeb & Hannah McCoury. 31. Unknown 32. Unknown 33. Unknown 34. Unknown 35. Nick Miller 28 Jan 1952 28 Jan 1952 S/o Ike & Beatrice Miller 36. Unknown 37. Unknown 38. David Arwood 31 Aug 1898 12 Apr 1901 S/o John H. & Norah Barnett Arrowood. 39. Garrett Ray, Sr. 12 June 1885 20 March 1955 40. Sena Ray 16 March 1887 31 Aug 1984 Wife of # 39. 41. Unknown 42. Unknown 43. Bertha Honeycutt 1904 1926 [26 June 1925] D/o Dove & Annaliza Hughes Griffith 44. Don Ray (Infant) no dates 45. Unknown 46. Nora E. Miller 25 Apr 1901 10 June 1901 “D/o M. M. & B.M. Miller” 47. James [Marion] Barnett 1821 1907 S/o James Marion & Elizabeth Street Barnett. “Married 1845" 48. Mahala Barnett 1825 1904 Wife of # 47. D/o James & Dorothy Hampton Mashburn (of Three Mile). 49. Unknown 50. Infant Daughter 23 Oct 1928 23 Oct 1928 D/o Jesse & Alice Honeycutt Barnett 51. Erbie Barnett 4 Nov 1920 20 Oct 1922 S/o Jesse & Alice Honeycutt Barnett 52. Elsie Barnett 23 July 1918 22 Oct 1922 D/o Jesse & Alice Honeycutt Barnett 53. Mack Ray 1853 1930 S/o Jackson & Nancy Gardner Ray. 54. Emmeline Ray 1856 22 Feb 1928 Wife of # 53. D/o 47 & 48. 55. Unknown 56. Julia E. McCurry 3 Feb 1898 18 Aug 1977 D/o John & Mary Byrd Hughes. 57. Eliza Honeycutt No dates, very old. D/o Harrison Barnett (?). 12 June 1936. 58. Unknown 59. John Hughes 1861 1934 S/o Moses & Hannah Evans Hughes 60. Mary Jane Hughes 1867 1957 Wife of # 59. D/o Charles C. & Hannah Griffith Byrd. 61. Everett Hughes 11 June 1907 7 Nov 1930 S/o 59 & 60 62. Raymond Hughes 8 Jan 1938 24 Jan 1949 63. Charlie Barnett 1860 1933 S/o 47 & 48 64. Emma Ann Barnett 1868 1953 (Emma Ann Gouge). Wife of # 63. 65. Ed Barnett 1894 1931 “Father of Ted Barnett” S/o 63 & 64. 66. Rev. Joe Barnett 1886 1967 S/o 63 & 64. 67. Isabell Barnett 1888 1971 (Isabell Arrowood). Wife of # 66. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upper portion of the Cemetery: Above the older part, up the road a few yards. Well kept, with new graves. 68. Grover Byrd 18 June 1905 16 July 2001 S/o L. C. & Nora Garland Byrd. “Married June 1930" 69. Lela Byrd 10 July 1911 22 Aug 1998 Wife of # 68. D/o U.L. & Pansy Tipton Byrd. 70. Boyd Peterson 5 Jan 1935 27 Dec 1992 S/o Mallie & Judia Bennett Peterson. 71. Ima Jean Peterson 6 March 1961 3 March 1987 72. Paul J. Thomas 26 June 1922 28 Oct 1995 S/o Woodard & Matilda King Thomas. “Married 11 June 1942" 73. Pearl B. Thomas 3 June 1924 13 Feb 1991 Wife of # 72. D/o U.L. & Pansy Tipton Byrd. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mark Lawson