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057    NORWOOD [D39.1]

Location - Baldwin Township. 400 feet east of Persimmon Hill Road (behind residence of Larry M. & Susan E. Hicks); 0.45 mile south of SR 1532, Manns Chapel Road

Coordinates: 35d 50m 05.1s N; 79d 07m 45.1s W Click here for Online Maps

Cemetery reported by Susan E. Hicks, 29 May 1993. Visited by Lamont J. Norwood, 29 May 1993. On 21 February 1994, Will M. Heiser counted 10 field stones and 4 unmarked sunken graves. Only one stone has inscription "1838." Larry Hicks revisited the site on 13 June and provided correct coordinates and photos,

Owner: NNP Briar Chapel, LLC. Formerly, Heirs of Mrs. E. G. Norwood.
Legal Description: Parcel 1184. Deed 1209/877, Sarah N. and Melvin Campbell, Eston G. Norwood, Jr. and Eldean Norwood, Betsy N. McLeod and John Frank McLeod to NNP Briar Chapel, LLC, 7 Sep 2005. Plat A-82.Plat Book 34-19, Mrs. E. G. Norwood, 29 Sep 1982. Cemetery not shown on plat.

Topo Quadrant: Bynum.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 15.
Cemetery size: 25' x 75'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Difficult access over private property
Overgrown and not easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 1.
Last burial: 1838.
Unusual situation: 10 field stones, one marked "1838"; 4 sunken graves.

Miscellaneous information: Owners: William and Ann E. Norwood before 1886; Adonis and Sarah (Snipes) Norwood, 24 Mar 1886, Deed Book FJ-37; Eston G. Norwood; Mrs. Eston G. Norwood; heirs of Mrs. E. G. Norwood: Sarah (Norwood) Campbell, Eston G. Norwood, Jr., Betsy (Norwood) McLeod.

Last canvassed by: J. Lamont Norwood (29 May 1993), Will M. Heiser. Date: 21 Feb 1994. Larry Hicks, 14 Jun 2022 provided photos and confirmed coordinates.

Other cemetery photos:
View #2 inside cemetery; - View #3 inside cemetery; -
View #4 inside cemetery; - View #5 inside cemetery; -
View #6 inside cemetery; - View #7 inside cemetery; -

1. Norwood,   (b. Unknown - d. 1838)
Only date is on marker.