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042    CREWS FAMILY (Smith Rd. Tar River Jimmy)

Location - off Smith Rd, about 0.5 mile up an old path, about 0.3 mile from Hwy 15 south of Oxford.
GPS is approximate.

Coordinates: 36d 12m 59.4s N; 78d 38m 31.9s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: from Oxford, drive toward Creedmoor on Hwy 15S for approximately 6.5 miles crossing Tar River. Turn right on Smith Rd. Drive 3/10 mile and turn into a path to the right. The path may have a gate. Park and walk for approximately 1/2 mi. passing the house (which has fallen in) and old slave quarters to a fork in the path. The cemetery is in the `V' of the fork.

Canvassed by Bonnie Breedlove and Mildred Goss, March 1997. It is easily identifiable but poorly maintained. There is one large rectanglar stone with no markings.

1. Best, Earl Mann   (b. 12 Apr 1890 - d. 20 Nov 1890)
Son of G.D. and F.A. Best. WPA records birth date as 17 Apr 1890 and son of of G.D. and L.A. Best
2. Best, Flora A.   (b. 8 Apr 1855 - d. 19 Mar 1892)
Wife of G.D. Best. WPA records name as Lord A. Best and death date as 10 Mar 1892
3. Best, William Exum B.   (b. 24 Sep 1879 - d. 26 Jun 1880)
Son of G.D. and F.A. Best. WPA records name as William Exom B. and birth date as 20 Sep 1879
4. Crews, Annie Belle   (b. 10 Aug 1885 - d. 4 Oct 1887)
Daughter of R.T.and A.H. Crews
5. Crews, Arthur   (b. - d. 16 Sep 1874)
Son of E.H. and L.T. Crews; aged 18 mo.
6. Crews, Cary G.   (b. 10 Jul 1874 - d. 14 Jun 1875)
Son of R.T.and Annie Crews. WPA records indicate name as Gary T. Crews
7. Crews, Fannie E.   (b. 12 Nov 1857 - d. 1 Jul 1886)
Wife of L.L. Crews
8. Crews, G.B.   (b. 10 Dec 1880 - d. 11 Jul 1917)
9. Crews, James A.   (b. 15 May 1813 - d. 10 Aug 1892)
10. Crews, Laura T.   (b. 8 Mar 1856 - d. 8 Aug 1876)
Wife of E.H. Crews. Daughter of Rev. T.J. and Isabella Horner
11. Crews, Martha A.   (b. 5 Dec 1815 - d. 6 Jan 1892)
Wife of James A. Crews
12. Smith, Mattie L.   (b. 7 Oct 1875 - d. 30 Jul 1904)