YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Peake-Peek Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- PEAKE/PEEK CEMETERY: Location: Turn down 19W North at Cane River and go to Little Creek. Instead of turning left going up Little Creek, continue on down river to first road on left. Follow this road one and 1/2 mile to cemetery. Condition: Good 1. Dr. W. A. Peek, 1854 - 1937 (DAD) (Death Cert.states William Allan Peake, MD. born 10-17-1855 - died 1-3-1937, son of John Willis and Axie Byrd Peake) 2. Margaret Peek, 1857 - 1931 (MAMMIE), W/o # 1 (Death Cert. states died 4-14-1930 at age 73 Years, 8 days. Daughter of John & Margaret Bailey Conley) 3. Bessie F. Peek, 6-9-1872 - 9-10-1911, Dear Mother of Glen Higgins Gone but not forgotten 4. Mary D. Peek, 7-20-1877 - 1-28-1881 (D/o # 1 & 2) 5. Raleigh Peek, 4-16-1879 - 10- -1884(S/o #1 & 2) 6. Horice Peek, born Oct. 30, 1880 - (no death date- possibly stillborn) (S/o # 1 & 2) Suffer little children come onto me. 7 - 13 unidentified - marked with fieldstones 14. Joshua Hensley, 1-30-1856 - 6-4-1909 15. Unidentified - marked with fieldstone 16. Millie Adkins Hensley, 1870 - 1911, (Wife of S.Turner Hensley, D/o Isaac & Aletha Adkins) 17. Leah L. Hensley, 10-28-1888 - 12-18-1925 (D/o George & Amanda Randolph Adkins Wife of Marcus A. Hensley) 18. Unidentified - marked with fieldstone 19. Rebecka Hensley, 7-11-1952 - 7-11-1952 (Daugher of Martin W. & Vida McNeil Hensley) 20. Unidentified - marked with fieldstone 21. Mary M. Peek, 2-11-1841 - 6-5-1928, She lived alone but said she would not die alone 22. Unidentified - marked with fieldstone 23. John Willis Peake, 10-2-1810 - 7-13-1890, 79 Y, 9 M, 11 D. He labored as a Baptist Minister 12 years. (Wife was Axie Byrd who is probably buried in # 22 or #24 grave - Axie was born Dec. 1817 and was 82 in 1900) 24 - 27. Unidentified - marked with fieldstones 28. Charles R. Peake, 5-9-1896 - 1-23-1974 29. Wm. Martin Hensley, 1-1-1906 - 6-28-1996 (Death Cert. Son of Turner & Millie Adkins Hensley, Wife Gladys Vida McNeill), 30. G. Vida Hensley, 4-3-1926 - , Wife of # 29 31. Bobbie Phillips, 4-27-1939 - 5-25-1939 (Death Cert. Son of Arthur & Edythe H. Phillips) One of the unmarked graves may be that of: Bruce Hensley, 10-19-1914 - 7-21-1916, son of James Frank & Bell Ledford Hensley. Note: 4, 5 & 6 were listed on one stone. - There were areas that gave some indication of graves (sunken areas) but no stones at all. Wilkie Randolph told me he had heard that these were Indian graves. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------