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533    MIMS [T22.1]

Location - Cape Fear Township. 3,500 feet east of SR 1912, Christian Chapel Church Road, 0.5 mile south of SR 1913, Wake County Road

Coordinates: 35d 35m 24.0s N; 78d 58m 24.5s W Click here for Online Maps

In February 1984, Martha Harrington recorded 2 grave markers and 15 field stones. In 1984 Kathy Brooks Jones Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol. I, page 88 recorded this cemetery. On 9 Mar 1992, Will M. Heiser tried unsuccessfully to locate the cemetery.

Owner: Carolina Power and Light Co..
Legal Description: Parcel 62379, 5,244 acres. Cemetery is on 102.5-acre Dower Lot of J. H. [James Henderson] Mims described in Deed Book BK/248, 1883. Current (2023) deed is 1811/572.
Topo Quadrant: Cokesbury.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 17.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Will M. Heiser couldn't locate on 9 March 1992
Overgrown and not easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 2.
Last burial: 1911.
First burial: 1901.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: Kathy Brooks Jones, "Buffalo Creek Chronicles," Vol. I, 1984, p. 88..
Significant events: Genealogy of Mims Family on pages 30-32 of "Yesteryear," 1982, by Martha Harrington.
Miscellaneous information: Will M. Heiser could not locate cemetery on 9 March 1992. Boe Goodwin indicated that the cemetery is near the old road and difficult to spot.
Last canvassed by: Martha Harrington (Feb 1984)l Boe Goodwin, July 2023.

1. Mims, Erwin Thomas   (b. 26 Nov 1905 - d. 5 Apr 1911)
Son of Thomas Y. and Fannie (Harris) Mims. Ref: Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol I, p. 88, Kathy Brooks Jones, 1984; map p.175, #198 Ref: Harrington "Yesterday" pp. 31-32.
2. Mims, James Ernest   (b. 23 Aug 1901 - d. 2 Jan 1905)
Son of Thomas Y. and Fannie (Harris) Mims. Ref: "Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Vol.I, "1984, Kathy Brooks Jones, p.88; map p.175 #198 Ref: Harrington "Yesterday" pp. 31-32.
3. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstones.
4. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstones.
5. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstones.
6. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstones.