STANLY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - "Old Freedom" Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (Abandoned) ==================================================================== 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Johnny D. Holt jdholt9@msn.com ==================================================================== Located on private land, the cemetery is in a wooded area next to a cow pasture at: Efird's Nursey and Rifle Range, 20766-C St. Martins Road, Albemarle, Stanly County, N.C. 28001. This cemetery was in active use for 118 years, has listed 151 gravesites with the possibility of over 200. During this time the church was located west of the cemetery. In 1929 the building colapsed and the membership desolved. The oldest "birth date" listed is: 1760, the oldest "death date" listed is: 1811 and the last "death date" is: 1929. This compiler has not yet been able to locate any official records of any type for this church, its membership or its cemetery. There are partial inventories of this cemetery on file at the Stanly Co. Library in Albemarle. Those inventories are: "Old Freedom Cemetery" date unknown, pages 71 & 72 by Helen Lefler Garner; "Old Freedom Cemetery Stanly Co., N.C." dated July 4, 1965, pages 79-81, by David Kirk Shaver, Sr.; "Freedom Cemetery" date and compiler unknown; and "Old Freedom" Name (Notes) Grave# Birth Date Death Date A.C. 95 19/4/1860 H.C. 139 1923 Carver, Louise (dau of Henry & Mary Coley Poplin, wife of A.F. Carver) 61 30/4/1884 19/1/1919 Carver, Ruby Mae (dau of A.F. & Louise Poplin Carver) 78 5/5/1911 5/7/1911 Coley, Elizabeth 50 21/2/1843 Coley, Eva Ama (wife of John A.) 45 Abt 1796 Bef 1860 Coley, Fanny J. (dau of Isham & Lucy Ann Duke Coley) 39 10/10/1879 5/5/1904 Coley, Isham (son of John A. & Eva Ama Coley. Husband of (1) Frances Caroline & (2) Lucy Ann Duke 41 1/2/1824 17/12/1901 Coley, John A. 44 1791 Bef 1870 Coley, Lucy Ann (dau of Isham Coley) 42 5/8/1844 9/12/1924 Coley, Mary Jane Holt (dau of John & Elizabeth Ann Thompson Holt, wife of William M. Coley, Jr. 33 31/10/1832 7/7/1859 Tombstone reads: "Remember, man, as you pass by, As you are now, so was I; As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me." Coley, Roy (son of M.V. Coley) 43 11/8/1908 19/8/1908 Coley, Samuel E. (son of John A & Eva Ama Coley, husband of Martha J.) 79 26/5/1818 8/6/1901 Coley, Sophrona A. (dau of Isham & Lucy Ann Duke Coley) 40 26/8/1882 25/9/1903 Cox, Davis R. 104 22/5/1841 Cox, Tavner 103 26/10/1845 Curlee, Belzory (dau of James S. & Elizabeth A. Curlee) 7 29/5/1875 13/7/1881 Curlee, John Wesley 8 22/12/1869 24/2/1870 Foreman, Ferdinand 11 2/9/1822 24/12/1891 Foreman, Mary Jane Holt Kimery 10 Abt. 1833 2/6/1909 (dau of John & Elizabeth Ann Thompson Holt, wife of (1) unknown Kimery (2) Ferdinand Foreman) Tombstone reads: "Age 76 years. Fry, Will (name carved in script on slate stone) 86 1800 1825 E.H. (slate stone reads:"J.H., E.H. HIS WIFE WAS Born JULY THE 20Ad 1781 and decd NOV THE 9TH AD 1846") 68 20/7/1781 9/11/1846 F.H. (slate stone reads: "F.H. dECEd NOV 7 1834") 66 7/11/1834 I.H. (slate stone reads: "I.H. March 14, 1820") 121 14/3/1820 (unknown if birth or death date) MABUA H. (stone reads: "MABUA H. BORN 17 NOV DIED 1839") 150 1839 Harvell, Charlie W. (son of J.C. & M.E. Harvell) 3 23/3/1854 17/12/1912 Harward, C.J. (son of M.N. & P.A. Harward) 15 15/9/1888 18/10/1888 Hathcock, Albert F. 60 23/1/1858 6/4/1859 Hathcock, Frances Luretta 59 7/4/1851 27/2/1852 Hathcock, Whitmon 56 12/10/1831 10/12/1831 Hatley, Birdie Lee (dau of M.G. & Tinie Elizabeth Poplin Hatley) 31 9/2/1908 3/3/1908 Hatley, Tinie Elizabeth Poplin (dau of Henry & Julia Poplin, wife of M.G. Hatley) 32 16/10/1886 6/6/1914 Hinson, Emilia "Milly" Coley (dau of William, Sr. & Nancy Ann Coley, wife of Jeremiah Hinson) 130 23/3/1834 3/2/1915 Holt, Charles S. (son of David Isiah & Catherine E. Lowder Holt) 132 9/11/1883 14/12/1883 Holt, John A. (son of John & Elizabeth Ann Thompson Holt. PVT, Co. K, 28th N.C. Regiment, CSA) 2 20/10/1829 7/9/1913 Holt, Margaret Pauline Huneycutt (dau of Eli B. & Leah Stow Huneycutt, wife of John A. Holt) 1 8/5/1835 13/2/1915 Holt, Joseph M.C. (son of Solomon M. and Disa Holt) 122 20/12/1824 25/10/1847 Holt, L. Chesley (son of John A. & Margaret Pauline Huneycutt Holt, husband of Mary Elizabeth Mauldin) 147 15/2/1860 13/3/1920 Holt, Orkestor (dau of L. Chesley & Mary Elizabeth Mauldin Holt) 148 21/9/1881 28/6/1887 Holt, Thomas W. (son of David Isiah & Catherine E. Lowder Holt) 131 23/11/1884 27/1/1885 Lowder, Elizabeth (wife of Thomas Lowder, slate stone reads: "aged 100 yrs") 90 Abt 1761 8/1/1861 Lowder, Elizabeth Holt (dau of Solomon M. & Nancy Holt, wife of George Daniel Lowder 102 16/9/1803 13/1/1892 Lowder, George Daniel (son of Thomas & Elizabeth Lowder, slate stone reads: "age 93 yrs") 101 Abt 1788 31/5/1881 Lowder, John Wesley (son of George Daniel & Elizabeth Holt Lowder) 94 15/9/1852 11/6/1854 Lowder, Samuel (son of Thomas & Elizabeth Lowder, husband of Nancy Marbry) 74 3/3/1808 26/6/1885 Lowder, Thomas 91 1740 11/8/1827 Merritt, John (son of Harrison & Mary Merritt, husband of Lena) 77 26/1/1890 7/9/1916 Poplin (slate stone reads: "JAS. A. POPLIN HIS SON 1822") 143 1822 Poplin, Adam R. (son of Rufus & Eliza Poplin) 14 4/12/1911 23/1/1912 Poplin, Alla Rosetta (dau of Henry J. & Julia A. Coley Poplin) 30 19/12/1879 14/4/1907 Poplin, Bertha (dau of Rufus & Eliza Poplin) 12 23/9/1909 12/10/1909 Poplin, Henry J. (son of Davidson & Margaret Poplin) 28 30/7/1853 17/4/1927 Poplin, Homer (son of Rufus & Eliza Poplin) 13 31/10/1910 17/11/1910 Poplin, Julia A. Coley (dau of Samuel & Martha Coley, wife of Henry J. Poplin) 29 27/1/1857 21/11/1917 Poplin, Mary Charlotte Mauldin (dau of Benjamin & Mary Cagle Mauldin, wife of William Henry Poplin) 16 & 18 15/3/1825 10/7/1883 (There are two headstones for Mary C.M. Poplin; one at gravesite 16 the other 18) Poplin, Polly 142 14/12/1811 8/4/1819 Russell, Frances 87 1829 1853 SOAEM (stone reads: "SOAEM NOVEMBER 1843") 149 1843 Simpson, Sarah Jane Poplin (dau of William Henry & Mary Charlotte Mauldin Poplin; w/of Abner E. Simpson) 9 10/12/1853 16/5/1876 Taylor, Elizabeth 67 2/12/1833 Turner, Mary Frances Lowder (dau of Samuel & Nancy Lowder) 76 30/10/1830 2/12/1929 I.U. (round stone reads: "I.U. March 17, 1820") 120 17/3/1820 Underwood, Alexander (husband of Rachel Holt) 119 2/4/1795 4/6/1825 Underwood, John (name craved in script on slate slab) 137 York, John (son of Stephen York, name craved in script) 138 1825 20/4/1840 "Unknowns"; (Results of broken stones or aged and unreadable) si 1824 100 APRIL 1832 107 1862 mths & 20 days 17 Gravesite Location Unknown (listed as buried in this cemetery) Sides, George M. (husband of Ithamar Coley) UNK 29/1/1823 29/8/1895 Sides, Mattie Lu UNK 29/5/1875 13/7/1881