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Yarboro - Clayton Cemetery

Location: On left side of Old Allensville Road at the intersection of Jack Brann Road.
Directions: From Roxboro: Go east on 158 East, take left at Brooksdale onto the Allensville Road, take first right onto Old Allensville Road. Stay on Old Allensville Road for 3.2 miles. Cemetery is on the left.
Topgrahpic Map
GPS Coordinates: 36° 22' 33"N, 78° 54' 53"W (WGS84/NAD83), coordinates estimated from map
Cemetery Survey by: Ethel Brann Tillman
Survey Date: March 20, 2004. Added grave of Daniel T. Martin on June 14, 2007.

Originally known as the Yarbrough Graveyard on the left of the driveway and as the Clayton Graveyard on the right of the driveway.

Reference found in a deed to Mr. Henry Brann when he acquired the property on March 16, 1922…(It is understood that the two graveyards known as the Yarbrough Grave Yard and the Clayton Grave Yard are hereby reserved, each of said grave yards containing one half acre of land.)

Tips on reading the inscription listings:

  • Comments or added information is in parentheses ( ). Information not in parentheses is from a stone.
  • A slash ( / ) usually designates a new line on the stone.

Yarboro Graveyard (on left of driveway)

Notes:

  • Although there are three different spellings: Yarboro, Yarbrough & Yarborough, they are all the same family.
  • The site of graves for James Madison Yarborough, Sr. ( 1798 – 1893) and wife Margaret ( 1803 –1898 )have not been documented. Based on extensive research, it is the belief of the surveyor, Ethel Brann Tillman, that their graves are located in this cemetery. James Madison owned this property at the time of his death.

Graves:

There are approximately fifty ( 50) obvious grave sites that are either marked by field stones or a sunken area that would indicate a grave.

  1. G. W. Ashley, Jr. / 4-10-1924 / 7-28–1924 / Son of Mr. & Mrs. Ashley (No marking for this grave found in 2004 survey…info was obtained from Historical Research Survey of North Carolina 1938 )

  2. Mag Nola ( Maggie Nola "Magnolia") / Yarbrough Burton / May 29, 1881 / June 29, 1955 / (back of stone: BURTON) ( w/o James Joseph Burton ) ( Inside concrete border )

  3. Joe Roy ( Burton ) / son of / J. J. ( James Joseph ) & Magnolia ( Yarbrough ) / Burton / Nov. 13, 1904 / Oct. 21, 1943 / Gone, but not forgotten. ( Inside concrete border )

  4. Edmond / Perry ( Burton ) / son of / J. J. (James Joseph ) & Magnolia ( Yarborough ) / Burton / Feb 11, 1921 / Oct 1, 1931 ( Back of stone: Budded on earth / to bloom in heaven / He was the sunshine / of our home ) ( Inside concrete border )

  5. Lessie Lee ( Burton ) / daughter of / J. J. ( James Joseph ) & Magnolia ( Yarbrough ) / Burton / Nov 11. 1911 / June 11, 1912 ( Back of stone: Sleep on, sweet / babe, and take / thy rest. / God called thee / home, He thought / it best. ( Inside concrete border )

  6. Baby / Joseph B. Canada / Nov. 24, 1942 / Feb 21, 1943

  7. Lem Lee ( Day ) / son of / Lambert ( "Chuck" ) & Linzie ( Gravitte ) / Day / Mar. 6, 1919 / Aug. 10, 1920/ Back of stone: A little time on earth / he spent, till God for / him, His angel sent.

  8. Linzie H. ( Gravitte ) / Day / Born Oct. 17, 1896 / Died May 27, 1927 / Death is eternal life / why should we weep. ( w / o Lamberth "Chuck" Day, d / o Rueben Lee "Neil" Gravitte & Hattie Yarborough Gravitte )

  9. Infant of / Mr. & Mrs. J. L. ( Jacob Landis " Jake" & Jessie Lula "Sissy" Yarborough Evans / April 24, 1894

  10. Georgetta A. Yarboro / wife of / Wm M. ( William M. " Babe " ) Gravitt / Feb. 22, 1852 / Mar. 14, 1922 / Weep not Father and / mother for me for I am / waiting in glory for the. ( Double stone )

  11. Wm M. ( William M. "Babe" ) Gravitt / June 13, 1842 /Oct. 30, 1907 / Resting in hope of a / glorious resurrection. ( Double stone, h/o Georgetta A. Yarboro Gravitt )

  12. Neal ( Rueben Lee " Neal " ) & Hattie ( Yarborough ) Gravitte / March 22, 1875 / Oct. 16, 1942 / Nov. 24, 1879 / May 18, 1933 ( Double stone )

  13. Roxie Mooney / 8 - 20- 1909 / 11 - 1- 1914 / dau. of C. F. & A. N. Mooney (Broken tombstone is embedded in ground on top of grave with only the dates being legible, however matching info found in the Historical Research Survey of North Carolina 1938 confirms identification. ) ( Other info gathered by surveyor indicates that she is the daughter of Charlie Fletcher Mooney, Sr. & Annie Nora Yarborough )

  14. Jessie G. ( " Precious " Jessie Gold Gravitte ) Pulliam / Dec. 8, 1891 / June 10, 1970 / She is Just Away (Inside block border) ( w / o Johnnie W. Pulliam )

  15. Jessie Love Pulliam ( s / o Johnnie W. & Jessie Gold Pulliam, died on June 14, 1919 & is buried inside the block border along with his parents and two siblings in a grave marked by a wooden cross / info supplied by brother, Johnnie Maynard Pulliam. )

  16. John (Johnnie) W. / Pulliam / 1884 ( April 15, 1884 ) – 1939 ( January 23, 1939 ) / Gone but not forgotten. ( h / o Jessie Gold Pulliam) ( grave is inside block border.)

  17. Maude P. Pulliam (d / o Johnnie W. & Jessie Gold Pulliam, born June of 1907 & is buried inside the block border along with her parents and two siblings in a grave marked by a wooden cross / info supplied by brother, Johnnie Maynard Pulliam. )

  18. Rosa Vide Pulliam ( d / o Johnnie W. & Jessie Gold Pulliam, born March 20, 1906 & is buried inside the block border along with her parents and two siblings in a grave marked by a wooden cross / info suppled by brother, Johnnie Maynard Pulliam. )

  19. Floyd Lee (Russell) Son of / J. T. ( Johnny T. ) & Callie J. ( Callie Julian Gravitte ) Russell / Sept 21, 1905 / Feb 11, 1910 / He whose love exceedeth ours / has taken home our child

  20. Roxie Gravitte ( Shelton ) / May 14, 1898 / Sept 22, 1996 ( w / o Samuel Taymon Shelton ) (Double stone)

  21. Samuel Taymon ( Shelton) / Aug 18, 1906 / Aug 4, 1986 ( h / o Roxie Gravitte Shelton ) (Double stone)

  22. J. R. ( John Ridley) Tingen / Born / June 10, 1830 / Died / Dec. 14, 1911 ( buried beside his wife, Margaret Yarborough Tingen inside an ornate wrought iron gated fence).

  23. Margaret ( Yarborough ) / wife of / John R. ( Ridley ) Tingen / Born / Oct. 14, 1839 / Died / June 10, 1899 ( Husband and wife buried inside an ornate wrought iron gated fence. )

  24. Shannon ( Tuck ) / 1970 – 1976 / She left sunshine / enough for a life time. (Daughter of Mockie and Eloise Wilson Tuck – info supplied by Johnnie Maynard Pulliam ) ( Last name does not appear one the stone)

  25. J. R. ( John R. )Turner / Apr. 24, 1867 / May 11, 1917 ( h /o Farnettie "Net" Gravitte ( Grave inside border w/ Nettie, Ruby & Walter Turner’s )

  26. Nettie ( Farnettie "Net" Gravitte ) Turner / ( born)Sept. 15, 1870 ( w / o John R. Turner (Grave inside border w/ John, Ruby & Walter Turner’s )

  27. Ruby E. ( Turner ) / 1907 – 1946 ( Double stone with husband Walter M. inside concrete border along with J. R. & Nettie Turner )

  28. Walter M. ( Turner ) 1907 – 1945 ( Double stone with wife Ruby E. inside concrete border along with J. R. & Nattie Turner )

  29. F. U. Yarboro / 3-5-1898 / 11-16-1898 ( Native Stone) ( This grave was not located during the 2004 survey…info from Historical Research Survey of North Carolina 1938)

  30. Infant of / Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Yarboro (James Harrison "Hicks" & Lucy Ann Buchanan Yarboro ) / Only Sleeping ( No dates)

  31. Infant of / Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Yarboro (James Harrison "Hicks" & Lucy Ann Buchanan Yarboro ) / Gone to be an angel. ( No dates)

  32. Infant of / Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Yarboro (James Harrison "Hicks" & Lucy Ann Buchanan Yarboro ) / At rest. ( No dates)

  33. Lucy A. ( Lucy Ann Buchanan ) wife of / J. H. (James Harrison " Hicks" ) Yarboro / Oct 3, 1859 / Nov 9, 1921 / Twas hard to give / thee up / But Thy will, O God / be done. ( Husband & wife graves inside concrete border )

  34. Our Darling / Ruby B. ( Blanche ) / daughter of / W. J. Yarboro ( Willie Johnson Yarboro , Sr. & Ada Ashley Yarboro ) / Jan 31, 1908 / Dec 25, 1909 / Baby ( Inscription on back of stone: Darling we miss / thee. )

  35. Our Darling / Willie Jr. ( Willie Johnson Yarboro, Jr.) / son of / Mr. & Mrs. / W. J. ( Willie Johnson, Sr. & Ada Ashley ) Yarboro / July 16, 1920 / June 24, 1921 / Baby ( Inscription on back of stone: Weep not father / and mother for / me, for I am / waiting in glory / for thee

  36. Henry Thomas / Yarborough / 12 Oct. 1887 / 12 Dec. 1923 / Wife Lila Kinton / Dau. Bessie / Son Hubert

  37. J. H. ( James Harrison "Hicks" ) Yarborough / Dec. 11, 1856 / Oct. 3, 1938 / Gone but not forgotten. ( h / o Lucy Ann Buchanan Yarboro) ( Husband & wife graves inside concrete border )

  38. Samuel / Yarborough / June 27, 1854 / Feb. 22, 1910 ( h / o Martha Frances " Pat " Tingen Yarborough )

  39. Samuel Auston / Son of / L. S. ( Little Sam ) & F. L. (Florence L. Dixon) Yarbrough / Oct. 12, 1916 / Feb 23, 1917 / Gone but not / forgotten. ( Grandson of Samuel & Martha Frances Yarborough)

  40. David Yarbrough / COD / 13 REGT / NC INF / CSA / 1826-1903 ( h / o Julia Ann Satterfield Yarborough )

  41. Julia Ann / Satterfield / Yarbrough / Nov. 26, 1831 / July 21, 1900 ( w / o David Yarbrough )

  42. Martha Frances ( " Pat " Tingen Yarbrough ) / wife of / Samuel Yarbrough / Born / Apr. 6, 1858 / Died / July 14, 1934

  43. Stacy (Nettie) Pulliam Wilson / Feb. 19, 1913 / Nov. 30, 2004 / God's Greatest Gift / Returned to God - /Our Mother 

  44. Nannie G. Rutledge / "Ni" / July 13, 1917 / Nov. 1, 2005

 

Clayton Graveyard (on right of driveway)

Note

  • Although there are different spellings: Pullium & Pulliam they are all the same family

Graves:

  1. Thomas F. ( Franklin ) Beaver ( "Nehigh") / PVT US Army / World War / Sep 26 1914/ Sep 11 1986 ( b/o Mary Katie Beaver Clayton )

  2. Boyd Clayton ( s/o John Monroe and Mary Katie Beaver Clayton / twin b/o Lloyd / born about 1925 / grave marked with field stone / info supplied by brother, William Thomas Clayton.)

  3. Franklin Clayton ( s/o John Monroe and Mary Katie Beaver Clayton / born about 1939 / grave marked with field stone / info supplied by brother, William Thomas Clayton )

  4. John Monroe Clayton / Sept. 30, 1898 / Dec. 5, 1971 ( Double stone w/wife Mary Katie Beaver Clayton)

  5. Lloyd Clayton ( s/o John Monroe and Mary Katie Beaver Clayton / twin b/o Boyd / born about 1925 / grave marked with field stone / info supplied by brother, William Thomas Clayton )

  6. Mary M. ( Katie ) Beaver Clayton / June 4, 1902 / Mar. 13, 1978 ( Double stone w / husband John Monroe Clayton )

  7. Mary " Mag " ( Mary Maggilene Pullium) / Clayton / Apr. 22, 1886 / Feb. 5, 1940 / She died as she / lived, trusting in / God. ( w/ o Henry Thomas Clayton )

  8. William Thorpe (Clayton )/ May 3, 1861 / Nov. 27, 1921 ( Double stone w/ wife Susan Margaret Yarboro )

  9. Grover Cleveland Pullium / Oct. 22, 1888 / May 30, 1953 ( Double stone w/ wife Sadie Margaret Clayton Pullium )

  10. Mary / Iline (Pullium) / Dau. of / Mr. & Mrs. / G. C. (Grover Cleveland and Sadie Margaret) Pullium / Jan. 1931 / Sept. 1931

  11. Sadie M. ( Margaret ) Clayton Pullium / May 19, 1888 / July 22, 1949 ( Double stone w/ husband Grover Cleveland Pullium)

  12. Susan M. ( Margaret ) Yarboro Clayton / May 10, 1861 / Aug. 13, 1918 ( Double stone w/ husband William Thorpe Clayton

  13. Susie / Pleasant ( Pullium ) / dau. of / Mr. & Mrs. / G. C. ( Grover Cleveland and Sadie Margaret) Pullium / Feb. 1920 / June 1921

  14. Nancy P. ( Nancy Eleanor Price ) Yarboro / July 19, 1887 / Oct. 2, 1929 / Safe in the arms of Jesus ( w / o James Ruffin Yarboro )

  15. Daniel T.(Thomas)/Martin (Son of Jerry Wayne and Myra Fox Martin) / Feb. 11, 1983/ Apr. 3, 2007

  1. Unknown grave marked by field stone
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