McCALL CEMETERY, Transylvania County, NC
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 Directions:  From Brevard, NC take 276 N. towards the Blue Ridge
Parkway, then left at FS475 (Forest Service Road).  Continue on past the
fish hatchery where the road becomes gravel.  Drive about 5 miles almost
to Glouchester Gap, but park at trail #116, Long Branch Trail.  Hike the
first .7 miles of Long Branch Trail until you get to a junction, and
continue on straight for about another .2 miles.

 Lat/Longitude: 351655N 825000W (as best I can judge)

 The McCall Cemetary is in fair condition being that it is so remote.
1st year locust and oak trees have sprout between graves.  There are
only 8 or 9 stones that are truly worked from non-native stone, and the
main - or primary - headstone seems to be of Robert McCall Sr, based on
position and date.  There remains some 20 - 30 probable grave markers
from native field stone serving only to mark a grave that seems to have
come later in time, possibly children.  Erosion has begun to allow some
‘mounds’ to become visible and some have obvious head and foot stones
between.   It also seems possible that some of these unmarked sites are
just stones brought by hikers and “erected” without representing a
burial, because the hiking path goes right thru the middle of the
cemetary and there has been some disregard, tho no apparent direct
vandalism, for the sanctity of the site.

Number 1
George W. Dunn
July 3 1888
Aged
Above 67 Years

Number 2
Carter McCall
Born
July 15, 1885
Died
Feb 10, 1897

Number 3
Walter McCall
Born
Oct 15 1887
Died
Jan 20, 1897

Number 4
(This stone was carved, but is now broken, only thing left is part of
the inscription “...ion Find Thee on the Bosom of Thy God.”  A new
headstone has been replaced just East of the old one, 4a)

Number 4a
Wife of Samuel
Martha Harkins McCall
Feb 27 1855
Feb 27 1892
(obverse inscriptions) “May the Resurrection Find Thee on the Bosom of
Thy God”  Stone replaced 1997 by: DeVore Family

Number 5
Robert McCall Sr
Born
March 1800
Died
January 1881

Number 6
Rachael McCall
Born
Jan 1811
Died
Aug 1881

Number 7
Harriet L McCall
Born
Jan 15 1855
Died
Aug 18, 1878

Number 8
Infant of
H.L. McCall
Aged 1 Month

Number 9
(This stone is native stone, at one time carved, and the only thing
currently visible is possibly the number _889.)

(Researcher’s note:  The day was very overcast - in fact it rained - and
so the pictures of the gravestones did not come out that well. However,
the pictures themselves are in JPG format and available by request of
e-mail - zen sutherland (zens@mindspring.com)