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345    JARVIS-MOORE CEMETERY

Location - Off Round Peak Ch Rd, Mt. Airy, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 29m 31.6s N; 80d 46m 26.4s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of US Hwy 52 N and NC Hwy 89 W (W. Pine St) in Mt. Airy, go west on NC Hwy 89 W and turn right on Round Peak Church Rd (1st right after passing under Interstate 77). Follow Round Peak Church Road for 1.2 miles and turn left on Soaring Eagle Trail. Follow Soaring Eagle Trail to dead end with a house and a multi-car carport in front. With permission from homeowner, drive to the left of the house through a pasture down to the creek (distance from Round Peak Church Rd to creek is 1/2 mile). Ford the creek, cross a small pasture, climb the wooded ridge, negotiate a barbed wire fence, cross another narrow pasture to a grove of trees on the hill. Cemetery is in the grove of trees surrounded by a barbed wire fence.

Surveyed by Andy Hennis on April 7, 2007.

Also known as:  Moore Cemetery.
Township or district:  Stewart's Creek.
Public or Private:  Private property.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  11.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1215.
Status of cemetery:  Abandoned.
Surry County Parcel Number:  4070-00-82-0990.

There are 15 - 20 graves, many unmarked. Some that are readable or partially readable were: Leo C. Atkins, son of L. ? and F. J. Atkins (date unreadable); Moore, L. J., (b. 5-17-1862, d. 1-29-1928); Jervis, Gettys A (b. 1-30-1918, d. 3-21-1918); and Ida Victoria Moore Jarvis (b. 3-4-1892, d. 12-26-1928).

1. Atkins, Leo C.   (b. - d. 29 Dec 1862)
son of S.L. and F.J. Atkins. (death date questionable) Aged ? mos 20 ds.
2. Jarvis, Gettys A.   (b. 30 Jan 1918 - d. 21 Mar 1918)
"From Mother's arms to the arms of Jesus" (spelled Jervis on stone)
3. Jarvis, Ida Victora Moore   (b. 4 Mar 1892 - d. 26 Dec 1928)
4. Moore, L. J.   (b. 17 May 1862 - d. 29 Jan 1928)