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297    COCKERHAM FAMILY CEMETERY

Location - 845 Liberty School Rd, Mountain Park, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 21m 07.1s N; 80d 51m 14.5s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of Mtn Park Rd and Zephyr Rd in Mtn Park, go west on Zephyr Rd (SR 1315) for .4 miles and and turn left on Liberty School Rd (SR 1316). Follow that road 1.4 miles until it dead ends. Property owner's home is on right side of road at dead end. With your back facing the house, the cemetery in front of you and to the right at the 1:00 o'clock position on a knoll about 150 yeards from the road.

View #2 of the cemetery.

Surveyed by Joe Hicks on January 22, 2007.
Township or district:  Bryan.
Public or Private:  Private property.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  16.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1159.
Status of cemetery:  Abandoned.
Surry County Parcel Number:  4955-00-31-6888.

Cemetery occpuants are Tennessee Kennedy Cockerham (b. 8-11-1826, d. 9-11-1857); Pleasant Henderson "Bunty" Cockerham (b. 6-10-1843, d. 10-20-1915); Joseph R. Cockerham (b. 7-10-1852, d. 4-9-1923), and his wife Tennessee "Tennie" Cockerham (b. 7-28-1856, d. 4-3-1918). There are several other unreadable markers and some field stone markers..

1. Cockerham, Joseph R.   (b. 10 Jul 1852 - d. 9 Apr 1923)
Husband of Tennessee "Tenny" L. Cockerham, m. 30 Apr 1871 in Surry. Son of John E. Cockerham and Emmaline Thompson
2. Cockerham, Lillie O.   (b. 31 Dec 1885 - d. 5 Aug 1904)
shares stone with P. Athelene Cockerham
3. Cockerham, P. Athelene   (b. 2 Nov 1883 - d. 20 Sep 1904)
shares stone with Lillie O. Cockerham
4. Cockerham, Pleasant C.   (b. 20 Apr 1825 - d. 9 Mar 1893)
Aged 67 yrs 10 mos 19 days. Husband of 1) Tennessee Kennedy, m. 10 Nov 1846 in Surry and 2) Martha Caroline Hamby, m. 27 Dec 1866 in Surry.
5. Cockerham, Pleasant Henderson "Bunty"   (b. 10 Jun 1843 - d. 20 Oct 1915)
Husband of Sarah Frances Cockerham, m. 10 Oct 1869 in Surry. Son of Pleasant Burch Cockerham and Elizabeth Williams Cockerham. Co. C, 21st N.C. Infantry, CSA
6. Cockerham, Tennessee L. Cockerham "Tenny"   (b. 28 Jul 1856 - d. 3 Apr 1918)
Wife of Joseph R. Cockerham. Daughter of Pleasant C. Cockerham and Tennessee Kennedy Cockerham.