YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Ballew Cemetery --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- LOCATION: From Micaville take Hwy. 80S to Celo. Turn across the bridge and go down the river a short distance and turn on Seven Mile Ridge Road, turn here and go about 2 miles to Hickory Hill Road. Follow this road to the cemetery. Condition: Good SURNAMES: BALLEW, BARTLETT, BOLICK, BOWDITCH, BRASWELL, BUTNER, CHRISAWN, DAVIS, HASTINGS, HOLLIFIELD, HOOVER, MCFALLS, MCMAHAN, MCNEILL, MURPHY, SHUFORD, STATON, WHITSTINE, WILLIAMS, WOLF 1. Francis B. Ballew, 7-4-1908 - 7-27-1995 (D/o John & Mary Smith Ballew) 2. John Cornie Hollifield, 1935 - 1971 (S/o Grant & Ina Ballew Hollifield) 3. Charles Bartlett, 5-13-1940 - 9-10-2000 (S/o Lewis & Retha Bartlett) 4. Essie Bartlett, 9-7-1940 - , W/o # 3 (D/o # 10 & 11) 5. Calvin C. Ballews, 10-18-1926 - 12-26-1996 (S/o # 10 & 11) 6. Irene W. Ballew, 1-23-1928 - , W/o # 5 7. Charlie M. Williams, 5-14-1887 - 3-17-1969 "Married Feb. 16, 1913" (S/o David & Nancy McNeill Williams) 8. Adeline B. Williams, 2-8-1885 - 11-19-1955, W/o # 7 (D/o Steven & Lucinda Shuford Ballew) 9. Margie Ellen Williams, 8-29-1920 - 10. J. Lonnie Ballew, 1896 - 1964 Footstone: 10-31-1896 - 2-28-1964 (S/o Whit & Amanda Ballew) 11. Roxie M. Ballew, 1903 - 1998 Footstone: 5-5-1903 - 6-1-1998, W/o # 10, (D/o Wilts and Dovie Boone McMahan) 12. Infant of Mr. & Mrs. R. B. Ballew, 5-14-1922 13. Robert Barney Ballew, 9-8-1893 - 11-9-1939 14. Reid A. Ballew, 4-10-1911 - 6-19-1996 15. Isabell W. Ballew, 10-21-1919 - , W/o # 14 16. Joseph Ballew, 11-18-1853 - 6-30-1931, 78 Yrs. 7 Mo. 12 days (S/o John & Sarah Mull Ballew) 17. Robert S. Bowditch, 1914 - 1976: Footstone: M SGT US ARMY WW II (S/o John & Mildred Ballew Bowditch) 18. Sarah Ballew, Died 12-8-1917, Aged 78 Yrs. 19. Unreadable 20. Mildred Ballew, Wife of John A. Bowditch, 9-29-1879 - 1-19-1937 21. Hannah S. Ballew, Daughter of S. S. Ballew, 4-28-1883 - 9-10-1899 22. Lucinda E., Wife of S. L. Ballew, 11-20-1852 - 11-13-1889 23. Stephen L. Ballew, 3-31-1854 - 12-11-1918 (S/o Robert & Jane Duckworth) 24. Amanda J., Wife of G. W. Ballew, 3-10-1869 - 12-12-1915 (D/o Jason & Emily McCanless Ballew) 25. G. W. Ballew, 2-12-1867 - 1-2-1947 26. Wade H., Son of A. Marion and Hattie Ballew, 10-19-1893 - 4-22-1913 27. Rufus, Son of A. M. & H. Ballew, 8-14-1896 - 9-7-1900, 4 Yrs. 23 Days 28. Helen Ballew, 11-30-1881 - 8-10-1885, 3 Yrs. 9 mo. 10 days 29. Marion Ballew, 9-29-1830 - 10-6-1899, 69 Yrs, 7 Days 30. M. A. Ballew, 7-4-1826 - 4-27-1887, 60 Yrs. 9 mo. 23 Days 31. John W. Bowditch, 1909 - 1958, Footstone: John Wesley Bowditch, NC EM 1 USNR WW II, 6-4-1909 - 6-14-1958 (S/o John & Mildred Ballew Bowditch) 32. James R. Ballew, 7-18-1883 - 9-20-1885, 2 Yrs, 2 Mos, 2 Days 33. Louis N. Ballew, 1-1-1889 - 2-23-1904 34. Marion Jr. Ballew, 7-18-1864 - 3-26-1902 "May the resurrection find thee on the bosom of thy God" 35. N.(Nancy) S. Shuford, Wife of Marion Ballew, 3-1-1862 - 12-18-1928 (D/o David & Catherine Bailey Shuford) 36. W. Tom Williams, 1883 - 1970 (S/o David & Nancy McNeill Williams) 37. Jane M. Williams, 1882 - 1960, W/o # 36 (D/o James & Susan Ballew McNeill) 38. Elen Shuford, 1897 - 1898 39. Unreadable 40. Susana Ballew McNeill, 12-20-1859 - 3-19-1904, 45 Yrs, 2 Mos. 19 Days 41. Robert A. Ballew, 12-16-1826 - 6-7-1905, 78 Yrs, 5 Mos. 21 Days 42. Jane L., Wife of R. A. Ballew, 4-20-1836 - 6-16-1901, 65 Yrs, 1 Mo. 26 Days 43. David N. Ballew, 3-3-1877 - 9-23-1885, 8 Yrs, 6 Mos. 20 Days 44. Johnathan J. Ballew, 12-20-1880 - 2-1-1940 (S/o Robert & Jane Duckworth) 45. Minnie S. Ballew, 9-16-1881 - 8-28-1959, W/o # 44 (D/o John & Mary Young Simmons) 46. Infant Ballew, 6-10-1905 47. Ollis John Staton, 10-31-1908 - 4-19-1985 Footstone: US ARMY 48. Addlin Staton, 1869 - 1914 49. Sarah Ballew, 5-23-1797 - 3-29-1861, 64 Yrs, 2 Mo. 6 Days. (?) 50. Stephen Ballew, 4-30-1791 - 11-29-1860, Age 69 Yrs, 6 Mo. 29 Days 51. Sopha Whover (Hoover) 4-4-1829 - 5-4-1861, 32 Yrs, 1 Mo. (W/o William Hoover) 52. D. E. Shuford, 3-22- - 8-18-1910 53. Harvey Shuford, 5-27-1880 - 9-4-1883, 3 Yrs, 3 Mo. 7 Days 54. William Henry Shuford, 11-6-1846 - 8-8-1886 55. Sarah Jane Hoover Shuford, 6-29-1849 - 9-5-1918, W/o # 54 - Children listed on back of stone: James Allen, Davis Ervin, William Athen, Martin Aaron, John Milt, Mary Sophia, Stephen W. (D/o William & Sophia Ballew Hoover) 56. Ellen Shuford, 3-26-1897 - 5-24-1898, 57. Dessie Shuford, 6-21-1900 - 3-20-1901, Children of JA & AM Shuford 58. Charles E. Chrisawn, 1857 - 1920 (S/o Burton & Mary Foster Chrisawn) 59. Mary L. Chrisawn, 1854 - 1884, W/o # 58 60. Paul Ballew, 12-31-1931 - 8-13-1988 61. Bertha Ballew, 6-10-1907 - 12-10-1993, W/o # 60 (D/o Jonathan & Minnie Simmons Ballew) 62. S. W. Murphy, 12-16-1890 - 5-5-1916 (S/o James & Mary J. Ballew Murphy) 63. James M. Murphy, 1-4-1853 - 10-15-1909 64. Mary B. Murphy, 8-6-1858 - 10-14-1909, W/o # 63 65. Elsie T. Wolf, 8-4-1924 - 7-2-1991, W/o # 66 66. Dewilton D. Wolf, SC3 US NAVY WW II, 8-21-1923 - 9-16-1995 67. Rock 68. (Nancy) Alleatha Hoover, 8-2-1871 – 9-16-1916, W/o J. R. (John Robert) Hoover (D/o R. A. & Jane Duckworth Ballew) 69. J. R. Hoover, 8-8-1864 – 6-24-1962 70. Curtis S. Hastings, 7-17-1913 - 10-1-1985 (S/o Orvil & Blanch Benson Hastings) 71. E. Delight Hastings, 6-9-1920 - , W/o # 70 72. Blanche D. Murphy, 7-10-1874 - 2-17-1956 73. Coyie Murphy Butner, 2-14-1910 - 9-7-1960 74. Joyce Ann Murphy, 2-15-1955 - 2-15-1955 75. Carl McFalls, 1902 - 1968 (S/o Jennie McFalls) 76. Cordie McFalls, 1913 - ., W/o # 75 (and 2nd Husband, Clarence Wilson) 77. Lawson A. Whetstine, CO W 6 NC INF CSA 78. Dovie McMahan, 1882 - 1968, W/o # 78, (D/o James & Rosannah Thomas Boone) 79. Wilts T. McMahan, 1863 - 2-3-1940 (S/o Robert & Martha McMahan) 80. Edd Davis, 1-16-1891 - 8-6-1962 81. Laura Mc. Davis, 5-18-1898 - 6-25-1931, W/o # 80 82. May D. Braswell, 1915 - 1948 83. Joe Bolick, 1889 - 1951 (S/o Will & Margaret McNeill Bolick) 84. Allie Bolick, 1895 - 1968, W/o # 83 (D/o Will & Sarah Carroll McMahan) 85. Dennis Hall, 1944 - 2002, 57years - Funeral Home Marker (S/o Mark & Estelle McMahan Hall) 86. William McMahan, 1907 - 1974 (S/o # 78 & 79) 87. Lizzie McMahan, 1901 - 1974, (D/o # 78 & 79) 88. Carl McMahan, 1924 - 2005 (S/o # 78 & 79) (H/o Ruby Cox McHanan) 89. Hattie Ballew, 7-4-1826 - 4-3-1887 90. Lillie R. Ballew, 11-30-1881 - 8-10-1893 Note: #s 89 & 90 were listed on the 1939-40 WPA Cemetery Survey but I did not see a stone for them at this time - probably one of the unreadable stones. (Info in parentheses is from death records, census or other sources) ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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