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325    BURGESS [L25.1]

Location - New Hope Township. 160 feet east of SR 1941, Seaforth Road, 340 feet north of SR 1979 (now abandoned) across from Forest Lane entrance to New Hope Trails Subdivision. Delineated on Plat Slides 87-360 & 88-169.

Coordinates: 35d 43m 07.0s N; 79d 03m 33.0s W Click here for Online Maps

On 19 July 1991, Joyce Cotten, Audrey and Will M. Heiser recorded 2 grave markers with three names and found 11 sites marked with field stones.

Owner: Robert Harrison, Inc..
Legal Description: Tax Map 9781, Parcel 7621, Deed Book 523-350, 8 Feb 1988. Plat Slide 87-360, 16 Oct 1987. Deed Book 511-588, 31 May 1987..
Topo Quadrant: Merry Oaks.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 14.
Cemetery size: 40' x 40'.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Not identified explanation: In deep woods, boundaries not marked.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 2.
Last burial: 1902.
First burial: 1893.
Unusual situation: 2 inscribed stones, 11 field stones, probably other graves as well.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Other damage explanation: No care.
Last canvassed by: Joyce Cotten/ Will and Audrey Heiser. Date: 19 Jul 1991.

1. Burgess, James Clemie   (b. 13 Apr 1891 - d. 11 Apr 1893)
Son of Adolphus Dol and Mary P. A. (Ellis) Burgess. "At Rest". On same stone with Russel O'Conor Burgess. Ref: Bette Burgess Crouse, Burlington, NC.
2. Burgess, Mollie E.   (b. 18 Jul 1808 - d. 22 Jul 1893)
Wife of T. S. Burgess. "Gone but not forgotten". Footstone: "M.E.B.". Ref: Bette Burgess Crouse, Burlington, NC.
3. Burgess, Russel O'Conor   (b. 15 Feb 1886 - d. 1 Jul 1902)
Son of Adolphus Dol and Mary P. A. (Ellis) Burgess. "At Rest". On same stone with Clemie Burgess. Ref: Bette Burgess Crouse, Burlington, NC.