McGehee Cemetery

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McGehee Cemetery

Location: McGhees Mill Rd (SR 1336) at lake bridge
Directions: From Roxboro, out of town on McGhees Mill Rd to lake bridge. Just west of bridge on left, coming from bridge. Look for old roadcut.
Access: park at highway, walk old access road for 1500 feet.
Survey: Mar 2005 by Ken Dalton and Becky Farlow
GPS: 36 30 55.5 N 079 01 56.1 W

Graves

Entire listing below is inside a rock wall. There is no evidence of burials outside of the wall. These are some of the earliest death dates that we have seen on carved tombstones in Person County.

1. Mary A Hunt / wife of / Thos J MCGEHEE /Apr 16, 1830 / Nov 3, 1910 /

2. Capt / Robert MOORE /son of / Alexander and Marion / Moore / Died Feb 13, 1816 / Aged 74 YS 1 MO / He was a captain in the / Revolutionary War /

3. Beneath this stone / repose the mortal remains of / Elizabeth M / the beloved wife of / Thomas MCGEHEE / and daughter of / (unreadable) / Born Mar 31, 1795 / Died Aug 17, 1825 /

4. Sacred / to the memory of / Leonardas / son of / Thomas and Elizabeth / MCGEHEE / Born Aug 19, 1817 / Died Oct 16, 1819 /

5. Sacred / to the memory of / Mary Frances / dau of / Thomas and Elizabeth / MCGEHEE / Born Jun 23rd / Died July 7th, 1816 /

6. Sacred to the memory of / Mumford MCGEHEE / Died Dec 1816 / Aged 72 yrs /

7. Sacred to the memory of / Sarah, wife of / Mumford MCGEHEE / Died in 1793 /

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