LAND FAMILY CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC A.K.A. Whetstone or Mountain Rest, SC Version 2.1, 14-Oct-2005, C103.TXT, C103 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization, or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn Seneca, SC, USA Oconee County SC GenWeb Coordinator Oconee County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Oconee County SC GenWeb Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/cemeteries.html http://www.usgwtombstones.org/southcarolina/oconee.html **************************************************************** DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Mar-2002 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Mar-2002 G.P.S. MAPPING . : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Mar-2002 HISTORY WRITE-UP : Mary Land Hardy of Mountain Rest, SC IMAGES ......... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Mar-2002 LIBRARY REFERENCE: ____________ at ____________ in _______ LOCATION WRITE-UP: Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Mar-2002 MAP ............ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ TRANSCRIPTION .. : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Mar-2002 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ Find intersection of Highway 28 and Whetstone Road (south of Highway 28 & 107 intersection). Drive 0.9 miles west on Whetstone Road. Turn right on Land Bridge Road and drive 1.2 miles north. Stop when you come to Hawthorn Road. (where pavement ends) Turn around and drive back 300'. Cemetery will be located on your left. Property currently belongs to John Ridley, 140 Hawthorn, Mountain Rest, SC 29664, 864-638-5648. Latitude N34 49.809 x Longitude W83 09.166 CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Alice Orr married William B. Land, moving to Land Bridge Road near Chauga Creek. William B. was a descendant of Issac and Mary Billingsley Land. This was a old established family having been issued a grant for property along the Chauga River (circa 1821). The oldest written document, still in the family, is a deed to William Land, witnessed by Issac (circa 1806). This was for acreage on Boone Camp Creek. Issac (1783-1830) and son William Henrey (1829-1905), Company M Palmetto Sharpshooters C.S.A., are buried in the Land family cemetery. William B. was the son of William Henrey and lived from 1873-1939. The union of Alice Orr to William B. produced three sons: Luna Homer (1879- 1976), Warren Lamar (1903-1985), Lloyd Davis (1921-1989), and a daughter, Lena Mae Talley (1916-____). The only descendants of Warren L. and Lizzie Hunter Orr were though the Land family which in 199_ now consist of 7 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great grandchildren and 7 great-great-great grandchildren. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents s. = son w. = wife (17) Field-stone grave markers LAND, Isaac, b. 1783, d. 21-jan-1830, a. 47y, w. mary billingsley LAND, William Henrey, b. 1829, d. 1905, p. mary billingsley & isaac land