LAURENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - CEMETERY - McPherson-Forgy Family
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                McPherson  /  Forgy Family Cemetery                                                                         
                       Road 54
 
Directions to McPherson/ Forgy Family Cemetery:  In Laurens( Town) go
towards Waterloo on HWY 221 to Cold Point, at Crenshaw’s country store ( 
this is the local identifying of the location, and it is before the R.R.
tracks on HWY 221), bear to the right ( this is Indian Mound Road) follow
until you come to the Mt. Pleasant Church, turn left. This will dead end
into a less used road like an old logging type road it will run North to
South.  Look on the Right and the Cemetery is about a car length off the
road.  There should be several large headstones that should be able to
see from the road.

Noah and William McPherson were administrators in James McPherson's
Estate, in his estate papers there are 13 slaves listed, I believe these
are the graves of some of his slaves in prior years before his estate
sell. There was only two slaves sold and the graves must be the slaves on the 
Plantation.

James McPherson married Rachel Forgy, William  McPherson married Sara
Shirley; the Shirley family of Shirely Town and The Forgy Family, Cannon, Moore, 
and the Miller, families were close together. 
 
This property was known as the McPherson Plantation, now called McPherson Tract 
which was granted to Patrick Cunningham in the 1700's.  E.G. Neslon bought part of 
the tract, this 149 acres was sold to Samuel R Todd and is now known as the Todd
Tract. This property is now hunting land and is owned by Charles Stroop
of Hendersonville, N.C. James McPherson died in 1850 in Laurens District,
South Carolina, and his brother ownes the rest of the McPherson property. 
 
                                                       
 

Nancy Elizabeth Cannon    B/ Sept. 5, 1833     D/ Aug. 20, 1914   
          Aunt of J. W. Cannon       
 
W.F. Cannon               B/ Oct. 8,1857       D/ June 18, 1914
          Brother of J. W. Cannon
   
Rachel A. ( McPherson ) Cannon   B/ Jan. 31,1859   D/ Sept.28,1885
          W/O W.F. Cannon
 
Mamie Lee Cannon          B/ Sept. 15,1881     D/ Oct.22,1881
          C/O W.F. & R.A. Cannon
 
Wm. Earle Cannon          B/ Sept. 5,1884      D/Sept. 11,1885
          Age: 1 y. &6 D.  C/O W.F. & R.A. Cannon
 
William McPherson              B/ Dec. 7,1812       D/Oct. 18,1881
 
Elizabeth T. ( Forgy) McPherson         B/ June 15,1835     D/ Oct.
17,1872
            W/O Wm. McPherson
 
Sarah Jones Forgy          B/ March, 1851      D/April, 1851
              D/O Asa & Eather Lindy Forgy
 
Jonathan Forgy              B/ ------1763      D/ Feb. 27,1826
 
Etha L. ( Barksdale) Forgy   B/ May 11, 1809     D/ Mar.28, 1894
              W/O Asa Forgy ( note spelling difference)
 
Asa Forgy                 B/ July 12,1796    D/ Jan. 31,1871
 
Martha R. ( Moore) Forgy    B/ Aug. 26,1804      D/ Mar.14,1847
             W/O Asa Forgy
 
J.O. Forgy               B/ Sept. 1,1828      D/ Sept. 5,1852
                         Age: 24 y.& 4 D.
 

J. H. Forgy            B/ Dec. 24,1852           D/ Oct. 22,1854
              Age: 1 Y. & 9 M. & 29 D.
 
Three small stones with McP.
 
One Adult above ground vault.
 
One Child above ground valt.
 
Approximately 20 field stone marked graves.