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218    PASCHAL - BRAY [H50.1]

Location - Matthews Township. about 90 feet east of SR 1119, Wade Paschal Road, 1.75 miles south of SR 1116, John Emerson Road. The cemetery is within sight of the Sheriff R. B. Paschal homeplace.

Coordinates: 35d 41m 06.0s N; 79d 29m 16.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In March 1984, Wade Hadley recorded 4 grave markers and noted about 6 graves marked with field stones. By 1988, Wade Hadley reported that some of the stones had been removed. JC Bray, Tommy Emerson and Jim and Bev Wiggins visited the site in 2008 and found no evidence of the Paschal stones, but did find the James Bray stone and several other partially legible stones. The site was visited by Jane and Alan Mann and Jim and Bev Wiggins in February 2012 and all legible or partially legible stones were photographed.

View #2 of the cemetery. View #3 of the cemetery. View #4 of the cemetery. Sheriff R. B. Paschal homeplace.

Owner: James Douglas Ellis, formerly Gwen P. and George M. Holt.
Legal Description: Parcel 70119. Deed 631-1092, 20 Dec 1993, 5.41 acres from Decie B. Paschal. Plat 93-408, 23 Oct 1993. Deed 936/303, Plat 2002-210 from Gwen P. and George M. Holt to James Douglas Ellis.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City.
Family owned: No.
Abandoned: Yes.
Cemetery size: 20' x 40'.
Number of graves: 10.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: No. Private property.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Circle of stones (hard to identify by 2012).
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 4.
Last burial: 1857.
First burial: 1821.
Last canvassed by: J&A Mann, B&J Wiggins, Feb 2012; JC Bray, T. Emerson, B&J Wiggins, 2008; Wade Hadley. Date: 1984.

1. B., E.   (b. Unknown - d. 3 Jul 1821)
roughly inscribed fieldstone (initials are EB). Another view.
2. Bray, A.   (b. Unknown - d. 25 Nov 1846)
roughly inscribed fieldstone. Another view.
3. Bray, James   (b. 1763 - d. 14 Apr 1857)
Age 94. Son of Henry Bray. Husband of Ann Welch Bray. Another view.
4. Daniel, B.   (b. Unknown - d. 1824)
roughly inscribed fieldstone. Another view.
5. P., R.   (b. Unknown - d. 1813)
Footstone: R. P. 1813. Stone reported in 1984, but apparently removed by 1988.
6. Paschal, Eliza Ann   (b. 10 Mar 1849 - d. 8 Jun 1851)
Daughter of Richard Bray and Matilda Schmidt Paschal. Stone reported in 1984, but apparently removed by 1988.