Crews Cemetery (African-American), Rutherford County, North Carolina USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Compiled by Bill Floyd (wdfloyd@rfci.net) Copyright, 1997 W.D. Floyd THE CREWS CEMETERY By W. D. Floyd This cemetery is located just off the Pea Ridge road in Rutherford county. From Bostic, NC at the caution light on the north side of the railroad track turn west and go 6.4 miles until you come to a crossroads in the middle of a curve to the left, turn left go about a thousand feet to the New Vernon cemetery. This cemetery is in the woods on the north side of New Vernon cemetery. There are many, many unmarked graves and many marked with field stones. This is an African-American cemetery and grown over with trees. I did the audit July 12, 1997. THE SURNAMES ABBOTT, ALEXANDER, ALLEN, BLACK, BLANTON, BOSTIC, CANADA, CARPENTER, CREWS, DAVIS, EAVES, EDWARDS, FOSTER, GLENN, GORDON, HAMILTON, HAMPTON, JONES, LEE, MARTIN, SURRATT, TWITTY, VARNER, WRAY Surratt, Fletcher D. February 11, 1911 March 28, 1985 Surratt, Membra December 12, 1925 February 24, 1984 Glenn, Mack March 18, 1884 August 21, 1964 Glenn, Hattie October 30, 1882 June 3, 1964 Gordon, Lawrence October 25, 1923 July 12, 1980 Unknown Canada, Mary c1881 ----- Canada, William c1883 c1967 Hampton, Horace D. May 21, 1954 July 916, 1973 On stone Allen, Clarence May 27, 1901 October 14, 1946 Unknown Gordon, Lawence Can’t read Unknown Gordon, Sarrah M. April 17, 1919 August 31, 1920 d/o LG Black, Ned March 15, 1882 October 24, 1929 4 Unknowns Lee, Harriet Rebecca December 23, 1843 December 31, 1909 Unknown Jones, Henry ------- February 1, 1916 Jones, Pernetta c1865 July 25, 1917 Unknown Blanton, Hilbra c1883 c1973 Temp. Martin, James December 8, 1876 October 25, 1947 Varner, Andrew July 14, 1885 February 25, 1967 Varner, Minnie December 26, 1885 July 21, 1966 Abbott, Edra April 1, 1915 December 19, 1962 Davis, Pernola July 1866 June 21, 1928 Eaves, Lois G. 52y,7m,18d January 28, 1958 Hampton, Horace F. January 21, 1884 March 4, 1915 Allen, Marie February 17, 1885 June 8, 1915 6 Unknowns Hampton, Sarah 90 years January 5, 1966 Bostic, Amos No Dates Visible WW II Crews, Robert W. ----- February 21, 1894 Crews, Matilda N. May 14, 1844 January 14, 1899 Crews, Lester James Lee January 23, 1906 October 16, 1916 s/o GFC Hamilton, James Arthur May 18, 1927 January 14, 1929 Carpenter, Jacob, Jr. May 14, 1879 December 28, 1897 Carpenter, Amandie December 2, 1892 September 16, 1896 Twitty, Grady February 15, 1900 January 10, 1926 Twitty, James c1927 c1996 Temp. Twitty, Cleo July 20, 1930 October 11, 1984 Twitty, Christina P. May 24, 1902 March 16, 1981 Twitty, John McKinley August 11, 1896 June 23, 1980 Alexander, Ethel T. March 14, 1898 January 31, 1973 Twitty, Bishop June 1, 1910 April 23, 1972 Foster, Creola May 10, 1895 March 17, 1949 Wray, Mary September 15, 1875 September 11, 1957 Twitty, George Washington March 4, 1863 December 6, 1940 Martin, Will T. August 6, 1879 July 3, 1915 Martin, Bettie c1839 c1916 Edwards, A. B. March 25, 1853 June 4, 1949 Edwards, Mary Jane June 1873 June 17, 1926 P> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HomePage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ These pages and information thereon are not to be reproduced in any form for profit or distribution without the permission of W. D. Floyd © Copyright 1997 Be in Touch