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104    KIRBY, AUSBORNE [E32.1]

Location - Williams. East side of US 15-501, 0.2 mile south of SR 1721, Lystra Road, near entrance to Chatham Downs shopping center.

Coordinates: 35d 49m 50.4s N; 79d 05m 16.2s W Click here for Online Maps

View #2 of the cemetery. View #3 of the cemetery.

Owner: ITAC92LLC (Chatham Downs Shopping Center).
Legal Description: Parcel 18906; DB 1211/651 (2005); Plat 2005/400.
Topo Quadrant: Farrington.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 15.
Cemetery size: 30' x 50'.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Overgrown and not easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.

Significant events: Descendant Rachel Kirby Parrish reports that this is the family cemetery of Ausborne and Biddie Kirby who lived directly across what is now 15-501 from the cemetery. There are no inscribed stones in the cemetery. In September 2010, Rachel Kirby Parrish provided the names of 9 persons buried in the cemetery. Most of these burials were recorded in the bible of her father, Foy Parrish Kirby, who was the grandson of Ausborne Kirby. According to Rachel Kirby Parrish, Biddie Riggsbee married Stanley Dodd and moved to TN. They had two children and Stanley died. Biddie's brother Atlas Riggsbee went to TN to bring her home. She subsequently married Ausborne Kirby.

Miscellaneous information: Originally reported by Gerald Oldham in 1989, who indicated that there were 15 graves, 11 of which were marked by fieldstones. Investigated by John Clauser for Chatham Downs in 2004; registered 31CH801 in NC State Office of Archeology. Clauser also reported 15 graves; 12 with fieldstone markers and an area possibly containing additional infant graves. Bev Wiggins reported in Aug 2010 that graves appear to extend into the cleared area on the north side of the cemetery, just above the cut-away section for the road. CCHA recommended that the site be fenced to prevent damage during landscape maintenance. In April 2013 the property owner erected a post and chain fence to delineate the site.
Photos after the fence installed: View #1 -- View #2 -- View #3 -- View #4 -- View #5 -- View #6.

Last canvassed by: Jane Pyle, 01 Aug 2007; Bev Wiggins photographed the site on 28 Aug 2010. Photo of new cemetery sign by Lisa Bryant in October 2019.

1. Dodd, John C.   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Son of Biddie Riggsbee Dodd and Stanley Dodd. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
2. Dollar, Infant   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Stillborn daughter of Mariell T. and Ava Williams Dollar. No inscribed stone. Information from Rachel Kirby Parrish.
3. Kirby, Ausborne   (b. 24 Dec 1812 - d. Unknown)
Husband of Biddie Riggsbee Dodd Kirby. Great-granddaughter Rachel Kirby Parrish was told that he was buried in a copper casket. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
4. Kirby, Belle Bennett   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Wife of Wiley Lafayette Kirby. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
5. Kirby, Biddie Riggsbee Dodd   (b. 10 Dec 1810 - d. 1 Sep 1893)
Wife of Ausborne Kirby. Previously married to Stanley Dodd. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish. Death date from Biblical Recorder published 11 Oct 1893.
6. Kirby, John Hebron   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Son of Wiley Lafayette and Belle Bennett Kirby. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
7. Kirby, Leta   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Infant daughter of Wiley Lafayette and Belle Bennett Kirby. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
8. Kirby, Lula   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Daughter of Wiley Lafayette and Belle Bennett Kirby. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
9. Kirby, Wiley Lafayette "Fate"   (b. Aug 1843 - d. 1896)
Son of Ausborne and Biddie Riggsbee Dodd Kirby. No inscribed stone. Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
10. Kirby, William Graham   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Son of Ausborne and Biddie Riggsbee Dodd Kirby. No inscribed stone Information from Bible of Foy Parrish Kirby, grandson of Ausborne Kirby, via Foy's daughter Rachel Kirby Parrish.
11. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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12. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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13. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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14. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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15. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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16. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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17. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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18. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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19. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
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