YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Horton Hill Cemetery: (African American) ----¤¤¤¤---- Approximately a mile west of Burnsville turn onto Windy Hill Lane and go a short distance to cemetery. Condition: Good SURNAMES: ADELL, BOWDITCH, BOYD, ERVIN, FLACK, GRIFFITH, HORTON, JACKSON, KYLE, LEWIS, MOORE, PARKER, PENLAND, PLEASANT, PLESANT, PRIDE, RAY, RIDDLE, ROLAND, WATKINS, WILSON, YOUNG. 1. Albert Young, 9-11-1880 - 9-9-1940 "Father" 2. Geter Young, 7-3-1902 - 2-11-1939 "Father" (S/o Mark & Lizzie Shepherd Young). 3. Irvine Horton, (Died 2-14-1917, Age 75, S/o Bill Garland and Mary Horton, ) 4. Dullie Horton, (Died 12-22-1918, Age 57y, 8m, 8d, W/o Irvine Horton, D/o Jack Shepherd) 5. Lizzie Young, 12-1865 - 7-18- 1909 "Wife of Mark Young" "In after time we'll meet her" 6. Unmarked grave thought to be husband of # 5: (Marcus Young, 7-11-1830 - 7-10-1933, S/o Wesley & Elizabeth Young) 7. Essie H. Young, 4-26-1894 - 8-8-1950 8. In Memory of Father & Mother "At Rest" by Rom & Essie Young 8-1-1923 9. Augustia Flack, NC PFC US Army 11-18-1930 - 3-25-1958 (S/o James & Vergie Flack) 10. L R (Lois Riddle, W/o Rev. Grady Riddle, D/o Dave & Freddie Young) 11. Brenda Beatrice Young, 8-4-1956 - 11-28-1956 "Our Baby" (D/o John & Bernice Love Young) 12. Jane Lewis "Our Mother" 13. Otis G. Young 1910 - 1940 14, 15, Children of George & S. Young, 1902 "We miss thee" (1939-40 WPA Cemetery survey indicated there were 2 children) 16, 17, 18. One headstone "Parker Brothers" (3 footstones marked "Brother") 19. Roberta G. Young, 1923 - 1953 \ (D/o Claude & Pearl Horton Griffith, W/o Hubert Young) 20. Sarah Wilson, 1867 - 1924 (W/o 21, D/o Hannah Moore) 21. J. W. Wilson, 6-17-1862 - 1-12-1931 (S/o James & Sara N. Wilson) 22. Hannah Moore (born 1832) -died 6-20-1921 "Mother" 23. Lester Young, 3-9-1898 - 10-20-1973 (S/o Marcus & Lizzie Shepherd Young) 24. Juanita Young, 4-6-1900 - 5-17-1996, (W/o Lester Young) 25. Oscar M. Wilson, 6-4-1909 - 4-5-1950, NC Sgt.Quartermaster Corps. WW II, (S/o James W. & Sarah Moore Wilson) 28. Kay L. Griffith, 10-25-1897 - 9-16-1946 "Father" 29. Aunt Lucendia Griffith, 1841 - 1955 (1850 - 2-25-1955) (D/o Smart & Lucy Griffith) 30 - 32. Children of S. & Lewsinda Griffith - 1923 - "At Rest" (Footstone) "Sue & L.G." (1939-40 WPA Cemetery survey indicates there were 3 children) New section 33. Henry Plesant, 1882 - 1950 (4-30-1883 - 12-3-1950) 34. Hugh Lee Griffith, 1911 - 1955 "Son of John & Celesta Griffith" 35. John Penlan, 1870 - 9-20-1920 "Gone to Rest" "1923" 36. Charles O. Wilson, 3-2-1918 - 6-7-1970 37. J. W. Wilson, Sr. 11-29-1902 - 12-15-1985 38. Ethel Wilson, 9-23-1907 - 4-14-1974, (W/o # 37) 39. James D. Wilson, 12-6-1934 - 4-5-1979, (S/o 37 & 38) "James D. Wilson, SP4 US ARMY 12-6-1934 - 4-5-1979" 40. John J.(Joe Smart) Griffith, 3-20-1891 - 2-21-1976 "Father" (S/o Hugh & Allie Lewis Griffin) 41. K. Celeste Griffith, 6-24-1893 - 4-14-1990, "Mother" (W/o 40, D/o James & Sarah Moore Wilson) 42. Sarah Lucille Jackson, 11-23-1920 - 1-6-1991, (W/o of # 43) 43. Ted Roosevelt Jackson, 7-18-1917 - 1-18-1992 44. Curley R. Penland, 1-10-1913 - 3-16-1993 45. In Memory of Maggie Pleasant, 3-24-1893 - 2-8-1984 (D/o John & Lizzie Penland) 46. Lewis Ray, 12-2-1912 - 12-17-1975 "Loving Husband & Father" 47. Pearl H. Griffith, 3-6-1908 - 10-4-1964 (D/o James Wilson & Dullie Horton, W/o Claude Griffith) 48. (Unmarked grave thought to be Claude Griffith) 49. Drucilla R.Young, 7-24-1945 - 11-5-1966 "Our Daughter" 50. Rosalyn Roland, 3-4-1954 - 1-11-1976 "Our Daughter" 51. Patrick Alan Watkins, 2-13-1993 - 5-21-1998 "Son of Billy N. Watkins, Jr." 52. Round headstone - No name, Footstone "Son" 53. John B.(Beecher) Griffith, Sr., 7-25-1913 - 6-8-1993 "Precious Lord Take My Hand" (S/o 40 & 41) 54. Selelia Y. Griffith, 6-17-1910 - 2-9-1999, (W/o 53, D/o Edward & Hattie Griffith Riddle) 55. Jack Flack, 1-12-1936 - 2-6-2002 ("Sonny Boy " - S/o Tom & Maude, H/o Bobbie Young) 56. Rev. Grady Riddle, 1-30-1908 - 3-8-2003 "Our Father Which Art in Heaven" (S/o Edward & Hattie Young Riddle) 57. Louise M. Riddle, 8-23-1916 - 10-9-2000, (W/o Rev. Grady Riddle, D/o Drown & Georgia Ramue Miller) 58. Maude L. Flack, 10-15-1893 - 11-20-1988 (W/o # 59) 59. Thomas Wade Flack, 1-17-1889 - 11-21-1972 (S/o James & Sallie Roland Flack) 60. Johnny A. Flack, 1929 - 1992, Pvt. US ARMY - Korea 61. Cora E. Boyd, 4-18-1932 - 9-24-2000 "Precious Lord Take My Hand" (D/o Wm. O. & Zonia Bowditch Henson, W/o Arnold Boyd Sr.)) 62. Frank Henson, 1925 - 2003 (S/o Wm. O. & Maude Zonia Bowditch Henson, H/o Ruth Means) 63. New grave - no marker 64. Mamie Y. Wilson, 11-12-1905 - 4-20-1998 "Beloved Mother" (W/o Warner B. Wilson, D/o George & Sallie Horton Young) 65. (Warner B. Wilson, 1-23-1905 - 11-21-1996) (No marker) (S/o James & Sarah Wilson) 66. Porter Young. 1908 - 1972 "Our Beloved Daddy" (S/o George & Sallie Horton Young) 67. Anita Young Adell, 6-3-1939 - 9-14-1987 "She was a good wife and mother." 68. Milton Young, 6-23-1948 - 6-5-1996 69. Cynthia Denise Pride- 11-5-1967 - 8-20-1975 70. Winifred Kyle, 3-14-1910 - 11-5-1999 (D/o Alfred & Flora Ray Bowditch) 71. Grover Bernie Henson, 9-7-1923 - 12-24-1994 72. Christopher Shane Henson, 9-4-1969 - 11-24-1989 "Forever in our hearts" 73. William J. Henson, 10-21-1949 - 3-2-1986 "Father - Forever in our hearts" (S/o Jake & Violet Young Henson) 74. Raymond Lee Bowditch, 3-20-1921 - 10-18-1979 - SH3 US NAVY WW II - KOREA 75. William G. Henson, Jr. 6-15-1974 - 6-18-1974 76. Zonia M. Henson, 2-22-1901 - 6-6-1968, (D/o Alfred & Flora Ray Bowditch) 77. Frank Roland, 5-19-1926 -10-23-1959 NC CK3 USNR WW II 78. Henry Ervin, 8-25-1919 - 11-17-1991, US ARMY WW II 79. Roy S. (Sullivan) Young, 8-24-1912 - 10-26-1965 (S/o George & Sallie Horton Young, H/o Beatrice Young Young) 80. Lesley T. Riddle, 6-13-1905 - 7-13-1979 81. Hattie G. Young, 7-16-1885 - 8-9-1982 (Information in parentheses is from death records, obituaries and other sources) There are approximately 35 - 40 graves marked with fieldstone or indicated by sunken areas. Others buried here according to death records: 82. Alf Bowditch, 2-22-1863 - 3-26-1941. S/o George & Jane Gardner Bowditch. H/o Flora Ray Bowditch who is buried at the Ray/Bowditch Cemetery at Cane River. 83. Lora Lee Flack, 12-6-1935 - 4-28-1936, D/o James, Sr. & Vergie Young Flack. 84. Virgie Flack, 4-7-1908 - 9-15-1973, W/o James Flack, D/o Dave & Freddie Young. 85. Robert Earl Garland, 5-26-1914 - 11-5-1916, S/o Turl & Annie Russell Garland. 86. Nellie Lee Horton, 1-20-1905 - 3-30-1933, D/o Will & Susan Kenon, Lee, W/o George Horton) 87. Cynthia Denise Kyle, 8-13-1953 - 8-21-1953, D/o Roberta Kyle 88. Lester Bud Parker, 7-28-1944 - 2-28-1946, S/o Dolphus & Mary Young Parker. 89. Lonnie D. Parker, 7-16-1949 - 9-5-1949, S/o Dolphus & Mary Young Parker. (These are are most likely 2 of the 3 Parker Brothers listed in # 16, 17, 18.) 90. Mable G. Roland, 1-12-1919 - 11-11-1958, D/o Claude & Pearl Horton Griffith, W/o Leroy Roland. 91. Mearl Roland, 7-5-1919-12-21-1959, S/o Will & Hattie Flack Roland) 92. Chalmers Wilson, 3-23-1914 - 3-24-1914, Infant of James W. & Sarah Moore Wilson. 93. Cornelius Young, died 3-22-1914 - 56 years old, Known to be buried here in unmarked graves: 94. L. D. Wilson,(twin) infant of Warner & Mamie Wilson 95. J. P. Wilson,(twin) infant of Warner and Mamie Wilson 96. Unnamed infant of Warner and Mamie Wilson 97. Leroy Roland, H/o Mable Roland, S/o Will & Hattie Flack Roland. March, 2004 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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