RICHMOND COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Steele/Ledbetter Cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Brenda McLendon bmclendon@ac.net ==================================================================== Contributor's Note: The Steele/Ledbetter Cemetery is located in Richmond County at the corner of Sides Road and Highway 73 approximately seven miles southeast of Mt. Gilead. The cemetery is very well maintained and is enclosed by a rock fence facing Sides Road. Robert Johnston Steele, Sr. Born in England 1759 Died in Richmond Co., NC 1816 Thomas Steele B. 9/12/1786 D. 7/27/1837 Mary Steele daughter of Robert Johnson and Mary P. Steele B. 1/15/1788 Married Henry Ledbetter October 19,1819 D. 1/24/1828 Thomas Benson Ledbetter Son of Rev. Henry & Mary Steele Ledbetter 12/28/1825 - 1/16/1913 In Memory Of William Terry Son of S. W. & T. R. Cole B. (This stone had been broken and repaired making it impossible to read the date of birth. D. August 16, 1835 Richard Thomas Steele B. 8/31/1827 D. 3/4/1908 E. C. Winfree 3/19/1860 - 12/13/1926 His Wife Anna Steele 11/11/1851 - 2/17/1926 John V. Ussery B. 12/28/1876 D. 8/22/1964 Johnsie Ledbetter Wife of John V. Ussery 4/12/1882 3/27/1939 J. V. Ussery Jr. Son of John V. & Johnsie Ussery 3/10/1910 - 10/21/1928 C. W. (Bill) Ussery 5/11/1915 12/18/1971 John Steele B. 9/25/1794 D. 10/25/1843 and his wife Susan S. B. 9/15/1801 D. 9/19/1835 Rev. Nathan Byrd husband of E. J. Byrd father of J. M., W. M., & L. P. Byrd Born in Darlington, SC June 6, 1816 Died at Pine Grove, NC Oct. 5, 1857 Mary A. Wife of B. F. Ingram and daughter of John & Susan Steele B. 10/25/1820 D. 3/11/1851 John Steele Ledbetter 10/11/1848 4/19/1922 Mary Elizabeth Ledbetter 3/3/1856 6/22/1934 Judith Harriett daughter of Wm. & Elizabeth Little of Anson Co. Wife of John F. Ledbetter B. 6/18/1824 D. 9/26/1900 John F. Ledbetter Son of Henry & Mary Ledbetter B. 2/5/1824 D. 8/31/1902 William Henry Steele Ledbetter Son of John F. & Judith H. Ledbetter B. 10/18/1852 D. 7/16/1905 Robert A. Ledbetter 12/31/1875 2/27/1908 P. A. Ledbetter 9/3/1846 6/6/1918 His Wife Isabella McQueen 1/26/1845 - 11/21/1929 Carolyn Ledbetter dau. of T. B. & Sue Ledbetter 2/16/1932 12/21/1933 Isabella dau. of T. B. & Sue Ledbetter 11/29/1921 1/10/1923 Betty Poole Wife of T. McQ. Ledbetter 6/6/1877 10/9/1953 John F. Ledbetter 5/24/1903 2/25/1950 Thomas McQueen 2/21/1872 8/23/1935 John F. Ledbetter 5/24/1903 2/25/1950 There are, what appears to be, at least two unmarked graves.