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i + <br /> 3 . PORTERFIELD-BROWN FAMILY CEMETERY <br /> on Beasley Rd . CSR1578] <br /> tmr: 1 . 1 <br /> Ca . 1890-1940 . <br /> 4 . HALL CEMETERY <br /> n/o Sneed Rd . [SR1581 ] <br /> tmr: 1 . 14. . 1 and/or 5 <br /> Ca . 1820-1920 . <br /> 5 . WALKER CEMETERY <br /> s/o Guess Rd . [5R1003] <br /> tmr: 1 . 18 . .5A <br /> Dates from 1820 ' s . <br /> 6 . NICHOLS CEMETERY <br /> n/o Mincey Rd . CSR1552] w/o NC57, n/s private paved <br /> road off of NC57 <br /> tmr: 1 .25 . .26 <br /> Small well -kept site maintained by Nichols family <br /> members, although all stones are broken . Family <br /> knows of ten graves at site, although stones exist <br /> for only seven; five with names legible, three with <br /> dates legible. Legible stones date 1900-1930 . 1931 <br /> was last burial . <br /> 7 . PARKER CEMETERY <br /> sw/o Tilley Rd . CSR1518] <br /> tmr: 1 .8 or 1 .9 <br /> Small site with less than one dozen carved <br /> headstones on northern 1 /3 of site and numerous <br /> unmarked fieldstones on southern 2/3 . Earliest <br /> headstone is 1881 . At least one etched fieldstone <br /> was removed from site of burial and replaced with a <br /> carved headstone (CSA military headstone) . Still in <br /> use. <br /> 8. NAME UNKNOWN (SIMS) <br /> near nw corner of Schley Rd . [SR1548] and New <br /> Sharon Church Rd . CSR1538] <br /> tmr: 1 .27 . .23 or 24 <br /> One marked grave ( 1937) and at least nine unmarked <br /> graves in woods behind Underwood 's Store. <br /> B. Buildings <br /> 1 . CHAMBERS LOG HOUSE <br /> w/s Bacon Rd . CSR15317 0 . 1 mile s/o the Person <br /> County Line <br /> tmr: 1 .4 <br /> Log cabin, one and one-half stories tall , with <br /> three bay windows . Hand-hewn beams joined with <br /> "housetop" v-notch . Private <br /> 11 <br />