Vance County, NC - Wiggins-Basket Cemetery USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Contributed by Vance County History and Genealogy: http://home.comcast.net/~teylu/ncvance WIGGINS-BASKET CEMETERY [updated 23 Oct 2000] Transcribed from Historical Records Survey by WPA, conducted 1940, of pre 1914 cemetery markers in Vance County, North Carolina; only markers erected prior to 1914 were recorded, hence all markers in a cemetery are not necessarily shown; Filmed by NC Archives; available as LDS Film # 0882940 NOTE: all directions and notations of condition are original, as noted in 1940; NOTES -- some notes have been added from my own (S.H.B.) visit to this cemetery; additional gravestones have been recorded by researcher David Reavis; There are PEGRAM graves with stones in this cemetery which were not included in the WPA inventory and information is not included here. If anyone records these stones, I will be happy to include them with this listing. - S.H.B. WIGGINS-BASKET CEMETERY VANCE COUNTY Henderson, NC 1940 WPA Worker: John J. Adams (1940 WPA directions): Located 5 miles north of Henderson, Rt. #3 on the Spring Valley Road, on the farm of present overseer, J.B. Wiggins. BASKET, Joseph; b. 23 Nov 1810 - d. 21 April 1888 BASKET, Mary; b. 7 June 1809 - d. 25 Dec, 1891 **note: my survey of this cemetery showed the death of Mary as 25 Dec 1893 - this is a shared gravestone for Joseph and Mary HARRIS, Angie; b. 14 April 1868 - d. 31 Aug 1891 - son of S.P & H.B. Harris **note: WPA listing is in error. Per my visit to the cemetery, Angie's stone reads: Angie Harris, b. 14 Apr 1869 - d. Aug 31 1871; "Youngest daughter of SPJ and H.B. Harris" HARRIS, Hixie B.; b. 9 July 1836 - d. 23 Sept 1872 HARRIS, S.P.J.; b. 20 April 1835 - d. 5 June 1889 **note: my own survey of this cemetery showed one shared monument for Hixie B. and S.P.J. Harris -- stone has info about S.P.J. on one side, and about his wife Hixie B. Harris on the reverse; the stone also carries the inscription: "Our Father and Mother at Rest" HARRIS, Sue; b. 8 Apr 1863 - d. 26 April 1898 - dau of S.P. & H.B. Harris REAVIS, E.O.; b. 19 Oct 1891 - d. 31 July 1892 REAVIS, Lewis T.; b. 9 June 1877 - d. 14 Feb. 1908 **note: inspection of this stone by researcher David Reavis shows the name to be Lewis J. Reavis WIGGINS, Agnes Basket; b. 7 Apr 1884 - d. 26 July 1907 WIGGINS, Clinton; b. 19 June 1899 - d. 6 Aug. 1899 WIGGINS, Davis Wilson; b. 26 Sept. 1827 - d. 8 Mar 1913 **Note, inspection of this stone by researcher David Reavis shows the name to be David Wilson Wiggins WIGGINS, Ellen; b. 25 Feb 1841 - d. 9 July 1904 WIGGINS, Harold F.; b. 14 June 1904 - 26 Aug 1904 WIGGINS, James T.; 4 June 1830 - b. 14 May 1909 ====ADDITIONS==== Also buried in this cemetery (but not included in the WPA inventory of pre-1914 markers): HARRIS, Leonidas Melanchthon; b. 20 Oct 1858 - d. 12 June 1918 - inscription: "Thy Trials endest Thy rest is won." HARRIS, Annie Lampkin; b. 3 Dec 1859 - d. 10 May 1937 - inscription: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." LAMPKIN, Frank M.; b. 17 Oct 1857 - d. 20 April 1916 - Woodmen of the World marker [Frank was brother of Annie] MORE ADDITIONS: from researcher David Reavis who visited the cemetery in Oct 2000: REAVIS, Kate P. b. 22 Jan 1870 - d. 14 Dec 1941 (David reports Kate is a sister of Lewis J. Reavis) REAVIS, S.W. Reavis Sr. b. 18 July 1843 - d. 18 Oct 1923 (David reports S.W. is for "Samuel Wesley") "His memory is blessed" ***NOTE: visit David Reavis's site for more information about Samuel Wesley Reavis' service in the Civil War: http://www.angelfire.com/nc/yourday/civilwar.html REAVIS, Sallie M. b.3 July 1843 - d. 29 April 1919 "She believes and sleeps in Jesus" Two infants in a plott: REAVIS, F.A. b. 3 Nov 1873 - d 9 March 1875 REAVIS, E.O. b. 19 Oct 1891 - d 31 June 1892 (Note stone says 31st June; there are only 30 days in June) WIGGENS, James T. b.4 June 1830 - d. 14 May 1909 (Note mispelling "e" instead of "i" on stone) WIGGINS, Ellen F. b.25 Feb 1841 - d. 9 June 1904 WIGGINS, E.B. b. 11 Sept 1870 - d 17 June 1941 SPAIN, Mary Lou b.8 Sept 1873 - d. 28 June 1952 WORTHAM, Frank b.3 July 1849 - d 22 July 1932 BASKETT, Roberta b.13 Nov 1848 - d 7 March 1933 WIGGINS, John Bryan b.19 June 1896 - d 5 June 1970 WIGGINS, Ruth T. b.19 May 1899 - d 25 Jan 1985 TURNER, Mary E. b. 3 Jan 1870 - d 9 Oct 1923 TURNER, R.D. b. 11 Feb 1861 - d 27 Sept 1922 TURNER, Elizabeth E. b. 28 July 1857 - d 11 April 1928; wife of W.H. Edwards NOTE - There also are PEGRAM markers at this cemetery which have not yet been recorded in this list