YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Old Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ============================================================================ OLD MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH Location: On Hwy 19-E just west of the new Mt. Pleasant Church in the woods just above the Bonnie Angel house. This cemetery was once Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. When a new building was constructed, a new cemetery was started. This one is now know as Swiss Cemetery. Since this church was constructed yet another new brick church has been constructed near the old one. SURNAMES: ANGEL, BALLAD, DOCKERY, EATMON, FENDER, FERGUSON, HENSLEY, HILEMON, HILL, HONEYCUTT, JAMERSON, JOHNSON, MARSHBANKS, MATHIS, PONDER, PROFFITT, ROBINSON, SINGLETARY, SPARKS, TAYLOR, TOMBERLIN, WILSON 1. John Angel, 9/2/1820 - 3/28/1895 2. Rhoda Angel, 11/17/1831 - 1/28/1897, Wife of # 1 3. Starling J. Angel, 4//28/1868 - 3/12/1940 4. Elizabeth Tomberlin Angel, 11/14/1875 - 4/6/1953, W/o # 3 5. Arminda J. Ballard, 1/22/1869 - 8/23/1950 6. Linney Dockery, 4/5/1879 - 3/15/1906 7. Rev. Thomas J. Eatmon, 1856 - 1938 8. Martha A. (Walker) Eatmon, 1863 - 1939. Wife of # 7 9. James W. Fender, 5/10/1878 - __________ 10. Betty Rice Fender, 11/5/1879 - 1/22/1922, Wife of # 9 11. William M. Ferguson, 6/10/1865 - 11/1/1921, Age 57 12. Cordelia H. Ferguson, 5/7/1866 - 7/19/1955 13. Brooks Hensley, 5/25/1917 - 10/10/1925 14. J. Frank Hensley, 3/25/1860 - 3/10/1939 15. Sallie Mae Hensley, 5/24/1881 - 9/7/1952 16. Rev. Elias Hensley, 8/11/1867 - 7/27/1899 17. Delia Hensley, 2/11/1847 - 7/18/1907, age 60 yrs. 4 mo. 27 days 18. Grady Hensley, 8/24/1905 - 5/26/1909 19. Kathlean Hensley, 1915 - 1917, age 2 years 20. Odus Hill, 9/15/1905 - 1/27/1938 21. Naomi Hill, 5/15/1869 - 7/3/1971 22. Charles C. Hill, 1839 - 1883 23. Quincy T. Hill, 1878 - 1879 24. Betty Tomberlin Hill, 1845 - 1885 25. Wm. Frank Hill, 4/8/1866 - 8/19/1925 26. Avon Hill, 9/14/1897 - 10/8/1943 27. Waitzel Avery Honeycutt, 1844 - 1896 28. Cornelia Lucinda Honeycutt, 1859 - 1893 29. Sampson Honeycutt - no dates 30. Sarah (Briggs) Honeycutt - no dates 31. Thomas Hilemon, 3/10/1828 - 1/11/1931, Pvt, Co. l 29th NC Regt 32. Viney Briggs Hilemon, 11/17/1848 - 2/5/1936, wife of # 31 33. E. Armedia Jamerson, 7/1/1859 - 11/28/1952 34. Rev. Wesley M. Jamerson, 4/23/1853 - 4/1/1910 35. Texie English Jamerson, 1/30/1886 - 11/25/1920 36. Ewart Jamerson, 9/11/1891 - 10/9/1918, Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Jamerson, died in France 37. Andy Johnson, 1868 - 1954 38. Lora Inettie Johnson, 1897- 1971, Wife of # 37 39. Irene Johnson, 1930 - 1931 40. George W. Marshbanks, 1869 - 1938 41. Mary L. English Marshbanks, 1866 - ----, Wife of # 40 42. Alice Mathis Robinson, 7/2/1892 - 10/8/1926 43. Lucinda Mathis, 5/20/1885 - 3/16/1941 44. Malissa Mathis, 7/17/1856 -9/30/1925 45. M. J. Mathis, 1/23/1929 - 2/8/1929, S/o Joe & Sarah Mathis 46. J. C. Mathis, 8/23/1935 - 2/19/1936, S/o Joe & Sarah Mathis 47. Rosco Mathis, 7/6/1895 - 8/18/1925 48. Martha Proffitt McCourry, 1873 - 1903, wife of C.W.Proffitt 49. Baxter Ponder, 1904 - 1907 50. C.W.Ponder, 13 days 51. Dave Proffitt, 2/19/1876 - 2/6/1942 52. Flora Bell Singletary Proffitt, 1/6/1881 - 12/16/1938, Wife of # 51 53. Eloise Proffitt, 3/12/1940 - 3/20/1944, granddaughter of # 51 & 52 54. Jerry Proffitt, 5/14/1952 - 12/19/1967, grandson of # 51 & 52 55. Delila Proffitt,. 10/1/1935 - 7/30/1939, grandaughter of #51 & 52 56. Thomas Singletary, 12/3/1853 - 2/15/1898 57. Malissa C. Briggs Duck Sparks, 2/10/1834 - 4/3/1877 58. Mary Sparks, -12/25/1891, 26 years, 11 months, wife of J.M.Sparks (?? # 63) 59. Agnes Taylor, 1910 - 1911 60. Calvin Taylor, 6/10/1829 - 8/24/1898, 69 y, 2 m, 14d. 61. Catherine Taylor, 11/27/1825 - 6/18/1905 , wife of # 60 62. Cora Taylor, 2/16/1903 - 2/3/1928 63. Mary C. Taylor, 1866 - 12/23/1891, 26 yrs. ll mo., Wife of J. M. Taylor -- ( ?? # 58) 64. John C. Taylor, 1880 - 1947 65. Mary E. Taylor, 1873 - 1929, wife of # 64 66. Mallie Taylor, 1912 - 1920 67. Mary E. Taylor, 1873 - 1928 68. Bessie S. Tomberlin, 2/24/1888 - 5/20/1896, Do/ of # 69. Gazerine L. Sparks Tomberlin, 8/1/1858 - 11/4/1935, Wife of # 70 70. George W. Tomberlin, 9/1/1861 - 6/10/1927 71. George Marion Tomberlin, 4/14/1869 - 3/16/1961 Son of G.I. & Mary H. Tomberlin 72. Julia Tomberlin, 8/27/1859 - 1/17/1940, Wife of # 71 73. John H. Tomberlin, 1838 - 1914 74. Louise Sparks Tomberlin, 1851 - 1924, wife of 73 75. Jessie A. Tomberlin, 1900 - 1978 76. Cora Buckner Tomberlin, 1904 - 1955, Wife of # 75 77. Lewis A. Tomberlin, 1/23/1894 - 9/27/1967 78. Jane McCurry Tomberlin, 3/6/1892 - 8/8/1986, wife of # 77 79. General Tomberlin, 6/23/1891 - 8/15/1891, Son of 77 & 78 80. Rev. W. M. Tomberlin, 4/23/1853 - 4/1/1910 81. Ralph P. Tomberlin, 11/20/1926 - 6/29/1996 82. Billie A. Tomberlin, 3/16/1931 - Wife of # 81 83. B. M. Tomberlin, 12/2/1924 - 12/10/1024 84. Dora Tomberlin, died 11/16/1905, 1. year, 11 mo. 3 days. D/o of 71 & 72 85. Victoria Tomberlin, 1879 - 1952 86. Jackson W. Wilson, 1870 - 1928 87. Naoma Lewis Wilson, 1869 - 1897, wife of # 86 88. Lucinda Wilson, 3/7/1843 - 12/27/1917 89. William Ossie Wilson, 12/2/1890 - 4/1/1982 - US Army WW I Know to be buried here in an unidentified grave is: Rebecca Jane Pate Hilemon, wife of Alf Hilemon