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073    MANN, WESLEY [D67.1]

Location - Baldwin Township. In River Forest subdivision, off Mint Springs Rd.

Coordinates: 35d 47m 46.6s N; 79d 09m 40.9s W Click here for Online Maps

On 28 April 1989, J. Lamont Norwood recorded 2 grave markers and about 12 field stones. Later, Will Heiser visited the site with Lamont Norwood. In February 2014, Jim and Bev Wiggins visited the site with Alan Fearing.

Photos provided by Alan Fearing and Bev Wiggins in February 2014.
View #2 of the cemetery.

Owner: Harry Joe Norwood, Nancy Norwood Yousef, Betsy N. Brisson.
Legal: Parcel 1876. Deed 820/964; 2000. Earlier, estate of Ross Norwood. Plat 26-1 does not show cemetery. In 1836, Wesley Mann obtained 129 acres on Wilkerson Creek from Pleasant George via A-D/421.
Topo Quadrant: Bynum.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 15.
Cemetery size: 20' x 20'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Difficult to find on private property
Overgrown and not easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.

Miscellaneous information: A large cedar grows by the cemetery. The Wesley Mann homestead is nearby, now collapsed. Homestead location N 35-47-45.1 W -79-9-37.5.

Last canvassed by: On 28 April 1989, J. Lamont Norwood recorded 2 grave markers and about 12 graves marked with field stones. Later, Will Heiser visited the site with Lamont Norwood. On 28 Feb 2014, Alan Fearing showed Jim and Bev Wiggins to the site. About 11 graves were clearly marked but others might be present.

1. Mann, Dicea Eastings   (b. 18 Jul 1801 - d. 14 Jul 1887)
Wife of Wesley Mann. Initials "D.E." on Wesley Mann's marker. Another view.
2. Mann, Wesley   (b. 11 Feb 1793 - d. 18 Oct 1862)
Husband of Dicea Eastings Mann. "Asleep in Jesus". Initials "D.E." on stone. Another view.
3. Unknown, Unnown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Unknown burials represented by numerous fieldstones.