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096    COLE [E22.2]

Location - Williams Township. 800 feet east of US 15-501, 0.4 mile north of SR 1721, Lystra Road

Coordinates: 35d 50m 18.0s N; 79d 05m 16.0s W Click here for Online Maps

This cemetery was first reported by Gerald M. Oldham to have
33 graves, some marked by field stones, others by sunken area.
On 4 January 1997, Will M. Heiser noted at least 12 field stones
and 6 sunken areas. Cemetery extent was marked and excluded
from logging in 1997.

In 2003, 38 graves were removed from the cemetery and
reinterred on parcel 18892 in two long trenches. The reinterment
site is Cem094 [E22.xx].
Details of the disinterment, a history of the property ownership, and list of some possible burials are
included in an Environmental Impact Assessment carried out in
January of 2020. See the relevant section of that report here
E22.2-removal- to-new-location.

Owner: 501 Prairie View LLC. Formerly: Thomas A. Bland, Jr., and Patricia S. Bland. See above referenced report for more detail.
Legal Description: Parcel 95394 and possibly 65382. Deed
2327/0660, Sept 2022. Plat 2022-19 does not show former
cemetery location. Formerly Deed 542-586, 31 Mar 1989, from
Cynthis Renee Bland and Thomas A. Bland, Jr., Plat 89-125
shows cemetery. See above referenced report for more detail.
Topo Quadrant: Farrington.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 38.
Cemetery size: 0.139 acre.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property
Not identified as a cemetery.
Not identified explanation: Graves have been removed.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: No.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 4 Jan 1997; Wetlands and Waters firm EIA, Jan 2020.