ROBESON COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Jesse Lee Cemetery
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	JESSE LEE CEMETERY,  ROBESON COUNTY, NC

Location:  on west side of Hwy 41 in Robeson Co, NC, one half mile north of
Ashpole Swamp.

Directions:  Old cemetery is right beside Hwy 41, on left side of highway 
going from South Carolina toward Fairmont; one half mile beyond last bridge 
across Ashpole Swamp, 4.8 miles north of NC/SC state line; this cemetery is 
only a few
hundred yards to the west of Hogg Swamp.  It is enclosed by a low brick
wall, in the edge of a field.  Copied by Jo Church Dickerson, 1997.
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Large brick raised slab - not very old, 4 courses high & bricked across top,
with a rather new looking plaque on top center:

Jesse Lee; born 1735 - died 1816
 his wife
Judith Shelley born 1738 - died 1795

at bottom, a separate plaque shaped like a shield:
Revolutionary Soldier 
   Jesse Lee 
  1776-1783; 
placed by the 
 Col. Thomas 
Robeson Chapter 
     DAR.

Old wooden marker beside brick slab - no markings visible.

In Memory of Rosanna
wife of Hinant Faulk
2 Nov 1804 - 20 Sep 1853

Hennant Faulk
1794 - 3 Apr 1872 
Our father has gone to a mansion of rest
To the Glorious land by the Piety blest.

Daniel A. Faulk
23 Aug 1831 - 9 Dec 1877
He cometh forth like a flower
and is cut down, he fleeth also
as a Shadow and continueth.
Not my will but Thine be done.

Behind this stone, three in a row:

Baby; born Sep 6 - died Sep 24 1882

Our Twins; April 23, 1873

In Memory of James W. Faulk; 16 Aug 1863 - 18 Aug 1865

There are no other markers in this cemetery.