Wake County, NC - Oaky Grove Church Cemetery

Oaky Grove Church Cemetery
Mial Plantation Rd.
Shotwell,Marks Creek Twp.
Wake Co., NC
6 Oct 2007

N 35° 43' 56.4"	W 78° 26' 51.9"

Directions: From the east side of the Raleigh Beltline take Exit # 15, 
Poole Rd. (SR 1007) abt. 4 miles to Smithfield Rd. (SR 2233). Turn south 
on Smithfield Rd. and go 3/4 mile to the intersection with Major Slade Rd.
(SR 2506). Follow Major Slade Rd. south for 1/2 mile to Mial Plantation 
Rd. (SR 2509) Turn east (left) onto Mial Plantation Rd., a gravel road. 
1/4 mile ahead on the south side of the road an abandoned church can be 
seen. Drive in and park. The small cemetery is behind the church. 

I walked through the cemetery and recorded all that could be read. 

Auton, Georgie Ann P., b. 1885, d. 1935

Auton, Infant, b. 7 Nov 1929, d. 22 May 1930, son of Mr. & Mrs. James G. Auton

Auton, Infant, b. 18 Nov 1924, d. 22 Nov 1924, dau. of R. C. & Jane Auton 

Auton, James G., b. 1881, d. 1931

Auton, Sarah, b. 22 Feb 1928, d. 28 May 1929, dau. of R. C. & Jane Auton
Hubbard, John, b. 1863, d. 1940

Pennell, Baby, b.-, d.-, son of Everett Pennell

Pennell, David A., b. 22 Mar 1896, d. 2 Nov 1946

Pennell, Everett L., b. 19 Oct 1912, d. 14 Jun 1951

Pennell, Hettie R., b. 21 Apr 1890, d. 15 Feb 1985

Pennell, William G., b. 2 Jun 1889, d. 6 May 1943

Phips, Ann, b. 1841, d. 1931

Wall, Doris E., b. 6 Jul 1914, d. 4 Jan 1919

an unmarked grave and several more depressions indicating burials

Oaky Grove Plantation, 5800 Turnipseed Road, Shotwell, Designated: 10/20/1997,
Individually Listed, National Register

Built by Thomas Price around 1818 Oaky Grove has been home to generations of 
the Price, Blake and Doub families, Originally a two-story hall-parlor-plan 
house, the dwelling was expanded and remodeled in the late nineteenth century. 
The 28-acre tract, all that survives of the once over 4500-acre plantation, 
also contains an early smokehouse, barn, and the family cemetery with stone 
tombs and a notable stone enclosure wall characteristic of antebellum 
plantation graveyards in North Carolina. Oaky Grove is still owned by the 
Doubs family. 

Shotwell and Walnut Hill

Once a plantation, today this area includes a rural historic district that 
is listed on the National Register and a rural landscape that evokes the
longstanding agricultural heritage of the region. Nearby is a 7,500-acre 
roadless area surrounding Mark's Creek that includes substantial bottomland
hardwood swamps. Extending into neighboring Johnston County, this land is 
one of the largest tracts still undeveloped in the Triangle. In February 
2003, it was selected by Scenic America as one of ten "Last Chance Landscapes" 
that exemplify the need for land protection in the United States. 

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