MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Masters Cemetery --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- LOCATION: From Red hill, take Tipton Hill Road. After about two miles, cross the bridge and immediately turn right into Harrell Hill Road. About one mile later, turn left into Bee Branch Road. The cemetery entrance, well marked, is a few hundred yards farther on the left. Take the road to the cemetery, which is in a really beautiful spot. CONDITION: Excellent SURNAMES: BRYANT, BYRD, FLEMING, GARLAND, GOUGE, GRIFFITH, HOBSON, MASTERS, PARKER, STREET, TIPTON, WHITSON NAME BIRTH DEATH 1. Mose Masters 20 August 1899 21 Sept 1995 S/o 50 & 51 2. Margaret King Masters 9 March 1904 27 May 1995 D/o Swinfield & Julia Pate King 3. Jake E. Masters 1903 1992 S/o Henry & Marilla Byrd Masters 4. Pauline S. Masters [2 June] 1905 [31 March] 1995 Wife of # 3. D/o W.F. & Deluna Swanay (Fall Branch, TN) 5. Ralph Masters 10 Oct 1909 3 Nov 1988 S/o Henry & Marilla Byrd Masters 6. Ray Bryant 23 July 1916 24 Dec 2000 S/o 42 & 43 7. Helen H. Bryant 29 May 1914 12 July 1997 Wife of # 6. D/o Luther & Arizona Byrd Harrell. 8. Dollie Masters Garland 19 April 1901 13 Dec 1985 D/o 50 & 51. 9. Henry Masters 24 Nov 1792 5 May 1870 ‘Founder of the Masters Settlement’. S/o Henry & Katherine Masters, Sr. 10. Hannah B. Masters 19 Aug 1793 22 Feb 1872 Wife of # 9. D/o Jacob & Mary Safley Bowman. 11. E. Griffith 1819 1851 (Elhannon Griffith) S/o 9 & 10. 12. R.A. Griffith 1820 1911 (Rosanna Masters). D/o 9 & 10 13. Jacob E. Masters 1835 1903 S/o 9 & 10 14. Cordelia Masters 1836 1925 Wife of # 13. D/o Charles & Matilda Young Hughes. 15. Victoria Masters 1860 1860 D/o 13 & 14 16. Nancy Josephine Masters 1861 1862 D/o 13 & 14 17. Franklin M. Masters 1858 1860 S/o 13 & 14 18. Dorse Eve Masters 1863 1886 D/o 13 & 14 19. Manuel Paul Masters 1866 1886 S/o 13 & 14 20. Robert N. Garland 14 April 1881 14 Dec 1883 21. Jesse M. Street 18 Jan 1914 1 Aug 1974 22. Ronald D. Masters 31 Aug 1956 24 June 1988 S/o 23 & 24 23. Charles D. Masters 10 March 1932 24. Annie H. Masters 28 Feb 1926 15 Nov 1973 Wife of # 23 25. Grady Masters 1 Jan 1891 27 March 1950 S/o 39 & 40 26. Hattie Griffith Masters 22 May 1893 22 March 1941 Wife of # 25. D/o 46 & 47. 27. Dr. Walter S. Masters 14 March 1893 5 March 1939 S/o 39 & 40 28. Etta Masters Parker 20 July 1899 20 July 1980 Wife of # 27. D/o Lewis & Mary Jane Byrd Garland. 29. Howelly Whitson (no dates) S/o # 30? 30. Samuel Whitson 26 Feb 1858 (?) 6 Aug 1890 S/o Clayton & Susannah Griffith Whitson 31. Lemuel Whitson 23 Jan 1876 15 Aug 1896 S/o # 30 & Nancy Griffith. 32. Jason B. Masters 14 Nov 1824 22 Aug 1909 S/o 9 & 10 33. Jane M. Masters 5 Jan 1913 (Jane Woody). Wife of # 32. Born c. 1824 34. Richard, son of O.D. and Jane (illegible) S/o 50 & 51 35. Jason B. Masters 12 2 1889 14 Oct 1918 S/o 39 & 40 36. Daisy Jane M. Gouge 4 Dec 1889 9 June 1988 Wife of # 35 & Alonzo Avery Gouge. D/o James & Julia Griffith Peterson. 37. Missouria Fleming 15 Jan 1842 3 Sept 1922 Wife of John Fleming. D/o Thomas & Nancy Bryant (?) 38. Frank L. Masters 14 Oct 1911 7 June 1918 S/o 25 & 26 39. Jason B. Masters 11 June 1866 13 Dec 1951 S/o 32 & 33 40. Suda S. Masters 6 April 1871 5 Feb 1937 Wife of # 39. D/o John Fleming & # 37 41. Etta Bryant 15 Feb 1893 25 Feb 1904 D/o 42 & 43 42. Sidney S. Bryant 17 Nov 1878 23 Feb 1949 S/o Cornelius & Sarah Tipton Bryant 43. Dora M. Bryant 19 March 1876 18 Dec 1946 Wife of # 42. D/o 13 & 14 44. Burl Tipton 6 Sept 1913 5 March 1991 S/o Robert Vance & Martha Tipton. 45. Effie Bryant Tipton 23 Nov 1912 11 Nov 1955 Wife of # 44. D/o 42 & 43 46. Rev. Henry Mathison Griffith 3 Jan 1847 19 March 1924 S/o 11 & 12 47. Jennie B. Griffith 18 July 1853 30 May 1937 Wife of # 46. D/o James Isaac & Susan Gibbs Bradshaw. 48. Eula Masters 27 April 1912 24 Jan 1927 49. Roy Masters 27 March 1919 10 Sept 1937 Husband of # 49 (?) 50. Don Masters 8 May 1864 5 May 1884 (O’Donaldson Masters) S/o 32 & 33 51. Jane B. Masters 29 Feb 1867 5 Dec 1953 Wife of # 50. D/o George Jr & Nancy Garland Byrd 52. Henry Masters 26 Nov 1868 2 Aug 1957 S/o 13 & 14 53. America Masters 15 Oct 1870 9 June 1967 Wife of # 52. D/o George Jr. & Nancy Garland Byrd. 54. Burnie Masters 15 Aug 1901 22 May 1982 S/o 52 & 53 55. Gladys Masters 10 July 1905 12 June 2002 Wife of # 54 56. Frankie L. Masters 28 May 1917 30 Oct 1988 57. Fred Masters 10 Oct 1909 Husband of # 56. S/o 52 & 53 58. Hannah M. Hobson 18 Jan 1897 29 Aug 1985 D/o 52 & 53. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mark Lawson mlawson@bulldog.unca.edu ___________________________________________________________________