YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Horton Cemetery ----¤¤¤¤---- Located in the Horton Hill area. Park at the brick house of a Mr. Grindstaff and walk up thru a pine grove to cemetery. Condition: Good, fenced and well kept. SURNAMES; HORTON, HUGHES 1. Z. Horton 2-20-1818 - 11-4-1885 " In Memory Of" Age 67Y. 8M, 12 D. 2. C. T. Horton, "Died 1872 51Y, 2M 19D." 3. C. Edgar Hughes, 10-14-1891 - 3-16-1961, NC PVT Co. D 53 Pioneer Inf. WW I 4. William E.(Eldridge) Hughes, 1875 - 1947 (4-12-1875-8-23-1947, S/o James & Elizabeth Honeycutt Hughes, Husband of Mary Peterson) 5. M. Desdamona Hughes, 1874 - 1948. W/o # 4) 6. Jane Malissa (Hampton)Horton, 2-19-1861 - 11-12-1903, W/o # 7, (Married 4-23-1876) 7. James E. Horton 10-29-1856 - 3-20-1937, S/o Zeph & Elizabeth Horton. 8. (Minnie E. Horton, 7-21-1877 - 8-18-1877) 3 more graves marked with concrete blocks Re # 8: Mr. Grant Ward had this on a survey he did some years ago but the stone was so deteriorated that I could not read it. Thought to be child of # 6 & 7. ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________