YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Silver Cemetery ----¤¤¤¤---- About 2 miles east of Burnsville turn on Bear Wallow Branch Road and go about a mile to the top of the hill. Turn onto farm road and go a short distance to cemetery. Condition: Good SURNAMES: ALLEN, BLACK, BRADFORD, BRINKLEY, CARRELL, CLAUSE, DULANEY, HALL, HARRIS, HENSLEY, MCPETERS, PRICE, SILVER, SMITH 1. Ruby B. Price, 11-6-1899 - 2-15-1921 (D/o James & Dim McCourry Brinkley) 2. James Monroe Brinkley, 3-9-1856 - 5-10-1921 3. Beatrice Bradford, 1-26-1920 - 3-31-1987, W/o # 4 "We will meet you in heaven" 4. Thad Bradford, 1-30-1917 - 10-7-1988 5. Herbert N. Black, 1900 - 2000 (S/o Wm. A. & Nancy Boone Black) 6. Bertha S. Black, 1889 - 1971, (W/o # 5) 7. Charles W. Silver, 2-5-1889 - 4-25-1966 8. Winnie Silver, 11-13-1890 - 12-15-1918 (D/o W. E & Emma J. Silver Hensley) 9. Gladys Silver, 4-11-1909 - 12-17-1918 (D/o Charlie & Winnie Hensley Silver) 10. Winford L. McPeters, 10-15-1942 - 11-8-1942 (S/o Vilans & Ada Silver McPeters) 11. Harrel Silver, 4-10-1922 - 2-19-1987, TEC 4, US ARMY WW II 12. Baird Silver, Died 3-10-1933 - NC PVT 120 INF CO DIV. 13. George W. Silver, 8-24-1856 - 6-20-1940, (S/o Rev. Thomas & Nellie McMahan Silver) 14. Laura T. Silver, 2-6-1860 - 2-12-1938, "Wife of George W. Silver" 15. Carver, Little Son of N.M. & M.L. Harris, 8-19-1907 - 10-12-1910 16. Monroe Harris , 1881 - 1965 (4-28-1881 - 11-3-1965) (S/o Jip & Hannah Smith Harris) 17. Mallie Harris, 1881 - 1936, W/o # 18 (D/o Geo. & Laura Boone Silver) 18. "In Memory of Cleophas Silver, 6-30-1882 - 2-17-1904" 19. "In Memory of Polly Carrell, 6-30-1840 - 4-19-1898 57Y, 10M. 19days" 20. "In Memory of John L. Dulaney, 1-12-1896 - 5-19-1896, " 21. "In Memory of D. A. Silver, 5-10-1887 - 6-22-1887, Age 1 Mo. 12 Days". 22. Rev. Thomas Alexander Hensley, 10-15-1860 - 1-8-1923 23. Ann Eliza Hall, 1859 - 1903, Footstone - "Mother - Ann Hensley" 24. "In Memory of EM. J. Hensley, 2-10-1887 - 1-29-1888 , Age 11 Mo 19 Days" 25. James Clause, 9-10-1905 - 1915 26. "In Memory of William J. Allen, 1-21-1876 - 11-26-1892, Age 16 Years, 10 Months, 5Days" 27. "In Memory of Julia Carrell, 1-6-1868 - 8-20-1875, 6Yrs, 7 Mos,14 Days" 28. "In Memory of James Carrell, 8-20-1833 - 3-1-1880 46Yrs. 6 Mo. 11 days" 29. Pvt. Henry G. Silver, CO. C 16 NC Inf. CSA 1831 - 1862 "Died 6-28-1862 in the service of his country, buried in an unmarked grave near Richmond , Va. This marker placed in his memory beside the graves of his parents, the Rev. Thomas & Elender Silver" 30. Elender Silver, 3-15-1814 - 12-28-1886, "Age 72 years, 9 Mo., 13 days" 31. (Rev. Thomas Silver), Age 92 yrs, 3 mo. 9 days, "He labored as a faithful Baptist Minister - 60 years". (Top of stone broken) 32. James Hensley, 3-6-1837 - 10-19-1924 33. Malinda Silver Hensley, 11-12-1852 - 1-30-1928, W/o # 37 (D/o # 35 & 36) 34. - 43. Geter McK. 4-22-1896 - 12-8-1910 "Son of J.H. & M. Hensley", "4 infants buried at left - Our loved ones" 44. "In Memory of Julia L. Silver, A daughter of J.W. & Jane Silver, 8-7-1871 - 12-24-1874, 3 yrs, 4 mo. 18 days". 45. "Minnie Smith, Daughter of Sallie Woods 4-4-1891 - 7-27-1904, Age 13 yrs, 3 mo. 23 days" 46. E.D Hensley, 1888 - 1907 47. "In Memory of Nathan S. Harris, 5-5-1869 - 8-7-1884, 15 yrs, 3 mo. 2 days" Approximately 10 - 12 graves marked with fieldstones. 3-13-2004 ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________