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123 UNKNOWN [E50.2]
Location - Baldwin Township. Behind 1411 Parker-Herndon Rd, in pasture.
Coordinates: 35d 48m 29.1s N; 79d 07m 14.4s W Click here for Online Maps
In 1991 Murray Parker reported site. The site was visited and photographed by Glenn Lazarus on 11 May 2012. The heavily-overgrown site is located in the middle of a pasture.
Owner: Claire Parker Wilson.
Legal Description: Parcel 2867. Estate book 08E/355. Plat 33-98.
Topo Quadrant: Farrington.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 15-20.
Approximate size of cemetery: 60'x75'.
Type: Unknown, but traditionally described as a slave cemetery.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property.
Condition: Overgrown and not easily identifiable.
Enclosed: No.
Markers present: Yes. Not inscribed.
Markers damaged by farming operations.
Hazards: The cemetery is very heavily overgrown with trees, shrubs and vines.
Listed: Yes. Gravesites of Chatham County.
Other information: The property owner's uncle, Donald Parker, farmed the land and recalls about 15 headstones. A neighbor, Joyce Kachergis's daughter Ann, recalls at least 20 headstones, some with inscriptions that she tried to make rubbings of as a child. Only three fieldstone markers could be located by Glenn Lazarus when he visited in May 2012 due to the extremely overgrown condition of the site.
Miscellaneous information: The site was reported to CCHA in 1991 by Murray Parker.
Last canvassed by: Glenn Lazarus, 11 May 2012.
 Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown) fieldstone marking unknown grave.
- Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
fieldstone marking unknown grave.
- Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
fieldstone marking unknown grave.
Web page updated 8 June 2021
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