YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Bennett Cemetery ----¤¤¤¤---- At Ramseytown turn onto Coxes Creek Road and go .3 mile and turn right on a driveway that crosses the creek. Park here and take the road around the hill to the right. Follow this road about 1 miles to the old Marcus Bennett house. The cemetery is directly above this house at the very top of the hill. Condition: Fair SURNAMES: BENNETT 1. H. M. Bennett (Hunley Malcombe Bennett) 1862 - 1947. (Son of Gaines & Lovina Peterson Bennett)(Dates on Death Cert. are 11-12-1862 - 10-28-1947) 2. Lovicey Bennett, 1870 - 1943, (W/o #1, D/o Willis & Celia Edwards Phillips) (Dates on Death Cert. are 5-2-1870 - 7-20-1943) 3. Luvena Bennett, 1898 - 1940. (D/o # 1 & 2, and 1st wife of Frank Byrd) (Death Cert. dates are 4-20-1899 - 7-12-1940.) (Frank is buried at McKinney Gap Cem. In Mitchell Co.) 4. Willard Bennett, 1893 - 1922, (S/o # 1 & 2) (Death Cert. dates are 6-26-1893 - 9-9-1921) 5. Thurmon Bennett, 1896 - 1940, (S/o # 1 & 2) 6. Lovina Bennett, Sept. 18, 1831 - Mar. 13, 1915, (Wife of Gaines Allen Bennett, D/o Peter and Dicey Stroupe Peterson.) 14 graves marked with fieldstone, some of which look to be babies' graves. (Info in parentheses was furnished by Hoyt Bennett & Frank Byrd or from death records) Said to be buried here: Glessie Byrd, 3-6-1933 - 7-29-1934, D/o Frank & Luvena Bennett Byrd. Believe that Gaines Bennett is also buried here. Note: Luvena Bennett died in childbirth along with the baby. I feel sure the baby is buried with her. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________