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568    CLEGG - SCURLOCK [K26.3]

Location - Center Township. North of E. Cornwallis Street, south of Roberson Creek, east of railroad tracks

Coordinates: 35d 42m 50.0s N; 79d 10m 20.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Owner: Gaither Rogers, Jr..
Legal Description: Parcel 6771; DB 391/153 18 Sep 1975 to Gaither Rogers, Jr. from Lillie & Gaither Rogers, 6.09 ac. Deed references small family cemetery. Deed 326/148 divides lands of Amy [Clegg] Scurlock, Aug 1967. EX/386 divides lands of Rufus J. Clegg, Sep 1911..
Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro Code: K.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 30.
Cemetery size: 50' x 50'.
African-American: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 5.
Last burial: 1943.
First burial: 1888.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Other damage explanation: Neglect.
Hazards: Neglect.

Miscellaneous information: Shown to cemetery location by Walter Rone, who walked through it to get to school as a child. Accompanied by Barbara Perry, who arranged the visit. Family members indicate that David Lee Harris also buried here; found death certificate for infant with that name, buried in Clegg cemetery. Also found death certificate for Moore infant buried in Scurlock cemetery.

Last canvassed by: J&B Wiggins, Walter Rone, B. Perry. Date: 6 Mar 2009.
Pictures provided by Beverly Wiggins in April 2009.

1. Clegg, Lucy   (b. abt 1872 - d. 20 Jun 1900)
wife of R. J. Clegg (Rufus). Aged 28 years. At rest.. on ground.
2. Harris, David Lee   (b. 5 Apr 1934 - d. 5 Apr 1934)
son of Katie May Harris. info from death certificate--indicates burial in Clegg cemetery.
3. Moore, infant   (b. 4 Jan 1918 - d. 5 Jan 1918)
son of Isaac E. Moore and Maud Scurlock Moore. info from death certificate--indicates burial in Scurlock cemetery.
4. Rhone, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. 1888)
son?. Rc. Mc.?.
5. Scurlock, Amy   (b. abt 1855 - d. 1943)
wife of Simon Scurlock -- not on stone. birth year estimate from 1900 and 1910 Census.
6. Scurlock, Maggie E.   (b. 6 Jun 1894 - d. 29 Dec 1915)
daughter of Simon and Amy Scurlock. "Gone but not forgotten". off base. 2.5' obelisk.
7. Scurlock, Simon   (b. abt 1836 - d. 1916)
husband of Amy Scurlock--not on stone. birth year estimate from death certificate which estimates age as 80 yrs.