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The white section of Blair's Chapel Cemetery is in bad shape. The area is overgrown and lies amid downed trees. Three vaults have been vandalized. Most markers are down and out of place. Only four markers remain upright and apparently in their original positions. Many markers reported in 1996 were not found in 2003. To the northwest and south of the white section are piles of earth and tree debris suggesting that the large open area west and south of the white section was bulldozed in recent years. David Donahue recorded this cemetery November 13 and 14, 2003.
Jonathan K. T. Smith recorded this cemetery November 30, 1996. It appears in Family Findings, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, January 1997, p. 17. He wrote "Blair Chapel is much neglected, most of the several tombstones having fallen and been broken." The vandalism observed apparently had already occurred but the tree falls and bulldozing had not. Between 1996 and 2003, someone went into the cemetery and hunted up several of the Carter family markers. They have been cleaned are leaning against trees. Two Carter family markers not found by Jonathan Smith in 1996 were found and read easily in 2003. |
| NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
SPOUSE |
PARENTS | BLAIR, James |
23 Nov 1810 |
24 Dec 1871 |
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Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 | BLAIR, Martha |
12 Feb 1771 |
10 Jan 1853 |
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Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 | Born Gilford Co NC BOND, Sarah S. |
10 Mar 1788 |
09 Jul 1841 |
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Born in Hertford Co NC | CARTER, James S. |
12 Jun 1802 |
09 Dec 1853 |
|
Born in VA | Thompson and Nancy W. (Yancy) Carter CARTER, Little ??nnie |
18 May 1868 |
02 Jan 1869 |
|
M.E. and T. L. Carter | CARTER, Nancy W. (Yancy) |
06 Apr 1805 |
12 Nov 1858 |
Thompson Carter |
Born in VA | Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 CARTER, Thompson |
08 Aug 1805 |
05 May 1857 |
Nancy W. Yancy |
Born in Pittsylvania Co VA | CARTER, William Yancy |
24 May 1837 |
29 May 1864 |
Mary Ann Lackey |
Thompson and Nancy W. (Yancy) Carter | HASKINS, James W. |
08 Dec 1795 |
09 Jun 1869 |
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Born Powhatan Co VA | Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 HASKINS, John W. |
21 Jul 1832 |
25 Jun 1853 |
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Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 | HENNING, Frances Ann |
19 May 1822 |
26 Jul 1939 |
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| HENNING, Francis Asberry |
23 Dec 1823 |
23 Nov 1849 |
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Born in Clark Co GA - died in Lauderdale Co TN | HENNING, John |
21 Apr 1781 |
24 May 1848 |
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| HENNING, Judith B. |
11 Nov 1791 |
5 Nov 1847 |
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Born in Wilkes Co GA. Moved to TN 1830 | LACKIE, William J. |
26 Oct 1857 |
09 Jun 1862 |
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s/o E.A.and E. Lackie | Headtone found 1996 - gone by 2003 LANGFORD, Rebecca V. (Carter) |
23 May 1843 |
29 Jun 1861 |
A.B. Langford |
Thompson and Nancy (Yancey) Carter | Headtone found 1996 - gone by 2003 LANGFORD, Tommy |
10 Jun 1861 |
17 Jun 1861 |
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s/o A.B. and Rebecca V. Langford | Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 McLEOD, John E. |
25 May 1838 |
03 Mar 1855 |
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Born in Fayette Co TN | Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 NEWBERN, Mrs. A.C. |
16 Aug 1825 |
24 May 1849 |
Consort of D.D. Newbern |
| SEETON, W.M.M. |
17 Jan 1794 |
01 Aug 1838 |
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Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 | WILLIAMSON, James A. |
5m 22d |
10 Jul 1846 |
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s/o G. and A.R. Williamson | Headstone found 1996 - gone by 2003 |
