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126 DURHAM - RIGGSBEE [E52.2]
Location - Baldwin. North of SR 2538, Andrews Store Rd; 0.4 mile west of US 15-501. Address is 380 Andrews Store Rd. Cemetery is in front yard, on west side of drive.
Coordinates: 35d 48m 40.3s N; 79d 05m 57.2s W Click here for Online Maps
In 1989 Gerald Oldham reported about ten markers, some inscribed. Cemeteries are shown on lots 3 and 4 of Forest Creek Estates, plat 87-400.
Owner: Frank and Sally Norris.
Legal Description: Parcel 65226. Deed 645/769 (1994). On lot 3 of Forest Creek Estates. Plat 87-400 shows cemetery.
Topo Quadrant: Farrington.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 10.
Cemetery size: 75' x 45'.
White: Yes.
Rrestricted access: Yes. Private property.
Overgrown and not easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers present: Yes.
Inscribed markers: No.
Markers damaged: Yes. Neglect and growth.
Hazards to cemetery: Neglect.
Listed: Yes. Gravesites of Chatham County.
Significant events: Gerald Oldham reported the cemetery in 1989. He indicted that it contained 8-10 graves. He and neighbors of the site say there was one stone with a date on it at the time, but it was not located in 2012. Oldham called this the Durham-Riggsbee cemetery. The source of that information is not known.
Miscellaneous information: Glenn Lazarus and Bev Wiggins visited and photographed the site on 19 March 2012. Large stones scattered around the perimeter of the site suggest that it may have been enclosed by a stacked stone wall at one time.
Last canvassed by: Gerald Oldham in 1989. Glenn Lazarus and Bev Wiggins on 19 Mar 2012.
 Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown) - Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, Unknown (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Web page updated 8 June 2021
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