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287    LUCAS - TAYLOR [K27.1]

Location - Center Township. 180 feet west of Industrial Drive, Pittsboro, 378 feet south of US 64

Coordinates: 35d 42m 50.0s N; 79d 09m 40.0s W Click here for Online Maps

On 5 March 1999, Will M. Heiser recorded 7 grave markers and 4 illegible stones. Charles Thomas provided some photographs taken in April of 2010. Chris Whitted photographed the site and markers on 9 Feb 2020.

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

Deed AH-195, 1838, from Sterling B. Everett to John D. Toomer, 700 acres, "except therefrom one-fourth of an acre of ground laid off so as to include near the center thereof the old Lucas Family burying ground, which was reserved in the sale of said land and premises to the said Sterling by Abraham Given and Sarah Ann his wife a family burying ground for them and their heirs forever." [Deed AD-129, 28 July 1834, 700 acres from Abraham and Sarah Ann Given to Sterling B. Everett.]

Owner: K. W. Cooper and W. D. Harris.
Legal Description: Parcel 60741. Deed 2021/655; plat 2008-406. Cemetery not noted on deed or plat. Deed 504-85, 13 Nov 1986, from Bruce H. Ward.

Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 11.
Cemetery size: 30' x 90'.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Rock wall.
Enclosed conditions: Fallen down.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 7.
Last burial: 1856.
First burial: 1817.

Significant events: George Lucas owned land from Moore's Bridge on Haw River to Pittsboro, and west of Pittsboro to the Alston lands.

Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 5 Mar 1999; Charles Thomas April 2010; Chris Whitted, 9 Feb 2020.

1. Lucas, Mary   (b. Unknown - d. 12 Oct 1833)
Old style;sandstone.
2. Taylor, George   (b. Abt 1797 - d. 24 Jul 1833)
Aged 36 Years. Old style;sandstone.
3. Taylor, James   (b. Abt 1764 - d. 24 Feb 1830)
Aged 65 Years. Close up. - Footstone: J.T.
4. Taylor, John   (b. Unknown - d. 21 Apr 1856)
Old style; sandstone. "Departed this life". Close up.
5. Taylor, Thomas   (b. Unknown - d. 9 Oct 1817)
Old style; sandstone. Footstone: T.T. - Another view.
6. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
7. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Another view.
8. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Another view.
9. W., A. A.   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Footstone: AAW.
10. Womack, Mary W. (Mrs.)   (b. Unknown - d. 20 Apr 1823)
"Departed this life".