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181    NATIONS and MCCRAW CEMETERY

Location - on York Rd (SR 1402) (Beulah Community), Mt. Airy, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 28m 01.6s N; 80d 45m 45.8s 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 for 9.2 miles and turn left on Beulah Rd (SR 1345). Then go .8 miles and turn left on York Rd (a loop and this is the far end of the loop). Continue on York Rd for .3 miles and cemetery will be in the pine tree forest on the right. It is marked by two white crosses near edge of road.

View #2 of the cemetery. View #3 of the cemetery. View #4 of the cemetery. View #5 of the cemetery.

Also known as:  McCraw Family Cemetery.
Surveyed by Andy Hennis on April 6, 2006.
Township or district:  Stewart's Creek.
Public or Private:  Private property.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  9.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1175.

A resurvey of the burials with additional photographs was completed on January 19, 2010 and updated DOB and DOD are shown in the names below. There are about 15 burials in the cemetery, but most of the stones are field rocks or are unreadable. Those that are readable show the following:

1. McCraw, Fannie Eads   (b. 7 Jul 1866 - d. 7 Mar 1943)
Wife of William Riley McCraw - born in Carroll Co, VA - Daughter of unknown Eads and Annice Eads.
2. McCraw, Julina Beamer   (b. 30 Jun 1852 - d. 31 Jan 1922)
Wife of James Gabriel McCraw, married 02 Sep 1877 in Surry. Daughter of Jacob Frost Beamer and Mary Rachel Cunningham. (death records show buried here)
3. McCraw, Nancy Clem   (b. 17 Mar 1895 - d. 24 Jan 1919)
Daughter of William Riley McCraw and Frances Ellen Eads McCraw.
4. McCraw, Robert   (b. 8 Mar 1890 - d. 24 Jun 1928)
Husband of Mary McCraw, married 21 Apr 1911 in Carroll Co, VA. Born in Carroll Co, VA. Son of John Henry McCraw and Emily J. McCraw. (death records show buried here)
5. McCraw, Thomas J.   (b. 1 Mar 1893 - d. 8 Sep 1914)
Born in Carroll Co, VA. Son of James Gabriel McCraw And Julina H. Beamer. (death records show buried here)
6. McCraw, William Riley   (b. 16 Aug 1856 - d. 24 Dec 1926)
Husband of Frances Ellen Eads (married 4 Dec 1885 in Surry). Son of Jacob Warren McCraw Sr and Nancy Adeline Spencer.
7. Nation, Allie I. Galyean   (b. 29 Nov 1818 - d. 11 Apr 1881)
Wife of John Hawkins "Hawk" Nation. Parents unknown.
8. Nation, John Hawkins   (b. 4 Jun 1812 - d. 31 May 1899)
Husband of Allie I. Galyean. Son of Thomas Nation and Rebecca Ann Riggs.