YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Rathburn 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 ============================================================================ RATHBURN CEMETERY: Location: Go to the intersection of Horton Creek & Indian Creek. Turn onto Indian Creek road and go 2.9 mile. The cemetery is on the right and up a steep hill just before reaching the Rathburn homeplace which is also on the right. Condition: Fair SURNAMES: MANEY, RATHBURN, WILSON 1. Alexander Wilson - 4-22-1823 - 1-18-1906 2. S. L. Wilson - 5-14-1841 - 10-19-1919 (Lucretia Maney) wife of # 1 3. John G. Maney - 7-2-1849 - 1-18-1931 4. Samuel A. Rathburn - 11-20-1887 - 8-01-1979 5. Vernie Maney Rathburn - 1-1-1894 - 9-14-1971, Wife of # 4, D/o John Gilbert and Sue Ann Ball Maney 6. Mildred Rathburn - 1-1-1915 - 10-9-1931, Daughter of # 4 & 5 7. Burl Olen Rathburn - 10-21-1923 - 7-20-1997, Son of # 4 & 5 8. Glen Clifton Rathburn - 5-12-1913 - 12-1-1976 13 graves marked with small polished granite head and foot stones but with no engraving. One corner of the cemetery was grown up in rose bushes and trees. I feel that there are several more graves beneath these. Gary Rathburn, son of Glen, said he had been told that slaves were buried there.