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414    JAMES BUTCHER FAMILY GRAVEYARD

Location - Off Blackwood Trail in the Stony Knoll Community.

Coordinates: 36d 18m 25.7s N; 80d 41m 08.7s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From 268 / 601 intersection, go east on 268 for 1.8 miles, turn right on Rockford Road (this road bears right 90 degrees after crossing Fisher River), follow Rockford road for 2.2 miles, turn right on Gene Culler Road, which becomes Wilbur Doss Road after about 0.1 mile; after 0.3 mile turn left on Blackwood Trail (just past white house on the left) for 0.5 mile. The cemetery is in the woods on the left side of gravel road; 13 rocks are there as monuments.

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

Surveyed and photographed by Jack Luffman on March 24, 2010.
Township or District:  Rockford
Public or Private:  Private
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  18
Elevation above Sea Level (ft):  1084
Status of Cemetery:  abandoned

In her genealogy James Butcher Family, Judy Cardwell lists the following people as being buried in this cemetery. The stones themselves have no markings on them. Jack Luffman has personally talked with Jimmy and Betty Perkins, both in their 80's and both lifelong residents of this community; both identified this cemetery as the James Butcher Family Cemetery.

1. Butcher, Chadwell V.   (b. abt 1821 - d. bef 1900)
age 79. Son of John Butcher Husband of (1) Frances "Frankey" Norton (2) Mary J. Venable
2. Butcher, Charles R. "Charlie"   (b. 1904 - d. Jan 1921)
age 16. Son of John Elisha and Lula Ethel King Butcher
3. Butcher, Eliizabeth Freeman   (b. abt 1794 - d. aft 1870)
age 76. Wife of James Butcher Jr.
4. Butcher, Frances "Frankey" Norton   (b. abt 1827 - d. abt 1848)
age 21. Wife (1) of Chadwell V. Butcher
5. Butcher, Infant   (b. 17 Feb 1914 - d. 17 Feb 1914)
Unnamed infant
6. Butcher, James Jr.   (b. abt 1794 - d. 1842)
age 48. Husband of Elizabeth Freeman Butcher
7. Butcher, James Sr.   (b. 10 Sept 1757 - d. 1830)
age 72. Husband of Sally ? Butcher
8. Butcher, Lou "Vera"   (b. 15 Dec 1913 - d. 17 Feb 1915)
Daughter of John Elisha and Lula Ethel King Butcher
9. Butcher, Margaret "Petty"   (b. abt 1797 - d. aft 1860)
age 63. Daughter of James and Sally ? Butcher
10. Butcher, Mary J. Venable   (b. Oct 1827 - d. abt 1908)
age 80. Wife (2) of Chadwell V. Butcher
11. Butcher, Sally ?   (b. abt 1765 - d. aft 1830)
age 65. Wife of James Butcher, Sr.
12. Butcher, William Travis   (b. 1904 - d. 30 Mar 1921)
age 17. Son of John Elisha and Lula Ethel King Butcher