STANLY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Ledbetter Cemetery --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Located on Ledbetter Ford Road (dirt) about one mile on the left side from highway 205 south of Oakboro, in Stanly County, North Carolina. Five rows were noticed and are labeled alphabetically starting with the row closest to Ledbetter Ford Road. Inscriptions indicated areas they appear on the markers. The markers are numbered consecutively. Row A (starting on the right and going left - 6 markers): 1 Alford Ledbetter Mar 10, 1805 - May 12, 1886. Son of Joel and Lydia Keaton Ledbetter. His wife Tempy Tucker Brooks Ledbetter. 2 In Memory Of Tempey Ledbetter Born 1804 Died June The 2 1896Age92 3 Unreadable marker. 4 Archibald C. Ledbetter 1847 - 1876, wife Nancy Emeline Nance, their children - Ida, Minnie, Delane. 5 Ida Brooks 1870 - 1952. 6 Fannie, daughter of John and Ida Brooks, Mar 7, 1893 - Aug 7, 1908. Row B (11 markers): 7-12 no names on markers. 13 Tempy Caroline, wife of Alexander Brooks, May 8, 1838 - Feb 11, 1920. 14 M.C. Brooks June 2 1875 - July 3, 1929. 15 No name. 16 Mandy Brooks 1880 - 1957. 17 James Lee Brooks 1902 - 1965. Row C (7 markers): 18-24 No names. Row D (4 markers): 25 Calvin T. Ledbetter Dec 19, 1849 - May 14, 1928, erected by C.S. Ledbetter & Sons. 26 Britannia V. Ledbetter Oct 18, 1877 - Dec 28, 1881. 27 Alford L. Ledbetter June 11, 1891 - July 10, 1906. 28 Tempy L.E. Ledbetter Feb 17, 1889 - Sept 14, 1906. Row E (6 markers): 29-34 no names. The grave of a T. Turner Nov 9, 1857 - Oct 15 1881 age 23 yrs. 11 mo 6 ds is reported to be here but I did not see it. SMITH - LEDBETTER CEMETERY Abandoned - Located in Stanly Co. NC, near Rocky River off East side of road #1971 (Hills-View Road) on Hill land, just outside a pasture, under a power line in the edge of woods. 12 to 15 gravestones, 5 indentifiable, all field stones. John Ledbetter d. 1871 June 17 John T. Smith d. 1857 Dec 14 E.M. Hin__ d. 1871 Feb 28 (probably a Hinson) Ed Smith d. 1858 June 15 Elizabeth Harward d. 1880 Nov 2 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Richard Crotwell richdcrotwell@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________