BALLENTINE FAMILY CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC A.K.A. 12 Mile Cemetery & old Mount Zion Methodist (est. 1820's) Version 2.3, 16-Jun-2006, P009.TXT, P009 ******************************************************************************** It's believed that the usage of any original work submittals contained within these webpages such as articles, compiling, photographs or graphics, conform to Fair Use Doctrine & Copyright Guidelines. COPYRIGHT NOTE: (1.) Works published before 1923, are considered to be public- domain. (2.) Works published 1923-1977 without a copyright notice, are considered to be public-domain. (3.) Unpublished non-copyrighted works will have Author permission for public-domain. Facts, names, dates, events, places & data can not be copyrighted. Narration, compilations and creative works can be copyrighted. Copyright law in the U.S. does not protect facts or data, just the presentation of this data. REPRODUCING NOTICE: These electronic pages may only be reproduced for personal or 501(c) Not-For-Profit Society use. Use the following names, if, you would like to give any author compiling credit. AUTHORS: Paul M. Kankula-NN8NN & Gary L. Flynn-KE8FD *********************************************************************** 05-01-15 RECORDING ...... : G. Anne Sheriff at claytonroom@swu.edu in Feb-1999, Pat Collins & Beverly Cureton Resurveyed by Ansel & Sharon Miller in Nov-2004 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ Locate intersection of Highway 137 and S. Norris in Norris. Drive (N) on S. Norris Rd. In 0.1 miles turn left (W) onto SR 137 (S. Norris Drive). In 0.5 miles turn left (SW) onto SR S39-52 (Johnson Rd). Drive 1.7 miles to silver gate on your right. Walk 150 yards on dirt road to cemetery. Latitude N 34 44.492 x Longitude W 82 46.606 CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ See the history of Mt. Zion Church TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife Gassaway, Thomas H. b. 5 Jun 1855 d. 21 Sept 1905 Gassaway, Leenora Reid b. 7 May 1851 d. 26 Jan 1923 w/o T. H. Gassaway Gassaway, Clara b. 21 Jan 1820 d. 24 Aug 1903 Gassaway, T. b. 21 Oct 1777 d. 3 Dec 1853 Aged: 76 yrs, 1 mth. 10 days Gassaway, D. b.19 Aug 1783 d. 17 Aug 1858 Aged 75 years Gassaway, T. H. b. 4 May 1818 d. 8 Dec 1854 Aged: 36 yrs, 7 mths, 4 days W. D. A. d. 1854 (Hand-hewn stone) S. A. d. 1857 (Hand-hewn stone) A. K. M. d. 1880 (Hand-hewn stone) Oliver, __ruth d. 15 Dec 1854 W. A. A. 1854 (Hand-hewn stone) T. M. I. E. N. (Hand-hewn stone) M. A. (Hand-hewn stone) Maw, Carrie E. b. 15 Dec 1875 d. 7 May 1911 w/o J. N. Maw Perkins, C. O. b. 11 Nov 1877 d. 27 Feb 1878 s/o T. A. & M. J. Perkins Perkins, Samuel H. b. 11 Jan 1894 d. 8 Jul 1919 s/o T. A. & M. J. Perkins Perkins, Thomas A. b. 1855 d. 1925 Perkins, Mary J. b. 1855 d. 1938 w/o Thomas A. Perkins Russell, J. E. b. 6 Dec 1850 Watson, Anner Russell b. 5 Nov 1875 d. 5 Nov 1921 Watson, Odell b. 15 Dec 1934 d. 10 May 1937 Campbell, Mary K. d. 27 Jan 1849 w/o H. E. Campbell. 40th year of her life Wife, Mother. Member of M. E. Church Campbell, Hunley E. b. 28 Sept 1810 d. 28 Oct 1859 Masonic Emblem. Erected by Pendleton Lodge No. 34 A. F. M. Gaines b. 1778 d. 1851 Parsons, Jane E. b. 3 Apr 1833 w/o S. A. A. Parsons Parsons, S. A. A. b. 4 Apr 1839 d. 30 Mar 1907 Parsons, Azina M. b. 1 Jan 1841 d. 26 Aug 1873 w/o S. A. A. Parsons T. H. R. on Fieldstone Parsons, Jonny b. 7 Jun 1888 d. 25 Jul 1888 Parsons, Neta b. 23 Oct 1886 d. Jul 1904 Brewer, Aubrey d. 1 Jun 1888. Aged 56 yrs, 10 mths, 18 days. w/o J. S. Brewer Brewer, Joe Canada d. 23 Mar 1937 Aged 49 years SC PVT 156 Depot Brig Brewer, James Edgar b. 1903 d. 1986 Brewer, Sam G. b. 1890 d. 1961 Brewer, Etta b. 1896 Brewer, James Dewett b. 20 May 1921 d. 20 May 1921 s/o Etta Bell & S. G. Brewer Brewer, Eva C. b. 24 Dec 1915 d. 27 Dec 1915 d/o S. G. & Etta Brewer Hopkins, Chris F. b. 2 Jan 1892 d. 1 Jul 1921 Served 3 yrs. Navy in the World War Brewer, A. A. Mrs. d. 1 Jun 1954 Aged 95 years Power, Drury Hopkins, Lena Eugenia b. 22 Oct 1904 d. 1 Aug 1905 Hopkins, Mary Jessie b. 14 May 1897 d. 1 Sept 1898 Ballentine, Henry C. b. 19 Aug 1884 d. 14 May 1958 Ballentine, Lucinda Russell b. 30 Dec 1847 d. 7 Jan 1935 Ballentine, John Hudson b. 14 Dec 1849 d. 27 May 1922 Mullinnix, James C. b. 14 Jul 1904 d. 20 Dec 1904 Mullinax, Thomas Crayton d. Mar 1958 Mullinnax, James b. 4 Jun 1904 d. 15 Mar 1947 Russell, John H. b. 26 Sept 1877 d. 15 Mar 1947 Russell, Emma d. 15 Sept 1948. Aged 86 years Chapman, Della Brewer, Edieth Elizabeth Dayer Brewer, Samuel Alanzo Brewer, Lee Brewer, Nellie b. 7 Sept 1906 Brewer, Edgar b. 1903 Gaines, Henry L. b. 2 Jul 1818 d. 20 Nov 1854 Gaines, Henry Rev. 1737-1830. Founded Gaines Methodist Chapel near Donalds. 12 Meeting House. Wife Anne George is buried at Gaines Chapel Garvin, Mary b. 6 Jun 1816. d. 27 May 1905. w/o G. S. Garvin & R. Gaines Gaines, Enoch George Dr. b. 5 Oct 1820 d. 7 Aug 1855. Died of typhoid fever. Erected by Wife Gaines, R. G. Rev. d. 30 Jan 1832. Aged 72 Years Gaines, Mary P. b. 29 Aug 1817 d. 12 Feb 1851 Gaines, Mary b. 19 Mar 1779 d. 9 May 1851 Power, Nancy D. d. 24 Nov 1840. 29 years. w/o Z. Power. Wife, Mother. Member of M. E. Church Powers, Unknown. Z & N. D. Powers b. 8 August 1838 d. 18 Nov 1850 Evatt, M. E. 1833. 8 years N. M. P. Footstone A. K. M.. 1830 Surveyed 1978 and published in the Pickens County Cemetery Book Resurveyed Feb 1999 by Anne Sheriff, Pat Collins, and Beverly Cureton. Some names were in the 1978 Edition but were not located in 1999. Resurveyed Nov 2004 by Ansel & Sharon Miller o----------o NOTE: Following is above recording sorted alphabetically. A. K. M. d. 1880 (Hand-hewn stone) A. K. M.. 1830 Ballentine, Henry C. b. 19 Aug 1884 d. 14 May 1958 Ballentine, John Hudson b. 14 Dec 1849 d. 27 May 1922 Ballentine, Lucinda Russell b. 30 Dec 1847 d. 7 Jan 1935 Brewer, A. A. Mrs. d. 1 Jun 1954 Aged 95 years Brewer, Aubrey d. 1 Jun 1888. Aged 56 yrs, 10 mths, 18 days. w/o J. S. Brewer Brewer, Edgar b. 1903 Brewer, Edieth Elizabeth Dayer Brewer, Etta b. 1896 Brewer, Eva C. b. 24 Dec 1915 d. 27 Dec 1915 d/o S. G. & Etta Brewer Brewer, James Dewett b. 20 May 1921 d. 20 May 1921 s/o Etta Bell & S. G. Brewer Brewer, James Edgar b. 1903 d. 1986 Brewer, Joe Canada d. 23 Mar 1937 Aged 49 years SC PVT 156 Depot Brig Brewer, Lee Brewer, Nellie b. 7 Sept 1906 Brewer, Sam G. b. 1890 d. 1961 Brewer, Samuel Alanzo Campbell, Hunley E. b. 28 Sept 1810 d. 28 Oct 1859 Masonic Emblem. Erected by Pendleton Lodge No. 34 A. F. M. Campbell, Mary K. d. 27 Jan 1849 w/o H. E. Campbell. 40th year of her life Wife, Mother. Member of M. E. Church Chapman, Della Evatt, M. E. 1833. 8 years Gaines b. 1778 d. 1851 Gaines, Enoch George Dr. b. 5 Oct 1820 d. 7 Aug 1855. Died of typhoid fever. Erected by Wife Gaines, Henry L. b. 2 Jul 1818 d. 20 Nov 1854 Gaines, Henry Rev. 1737-1830. Founded Gaines Methodist Chapel near Donalds. 12 Meeting House. Wife Anne George is buried at Gaines Chapel Gaines, Mary b. 19 Mar 1779 d. 9 May 1851 Gaines, Mary P. b. 29 Aug 1817 d. 12 Feb 1851 Gaines, R. G. Rev. d. 30 Jan 1832. Aged 72 Years Garvin, Mary b. 6 Jun 1816. d. 27 May 1905. w/o G. S. Garvin & R. Gaines Gassaway, Clara b. 21 Jan 1820 d. 24 Aug 1903 Gassaway, D. b.19 Aug 1783 d. 17 Aug 1858 Aged 75 years Gassaway, Leenora Reid b. 7 May 1851 d. 26 Jan 1923 w/o T. H. Gassaway Gassaway, T. b. 21 Oct 1777 d. 3 Dec 1853 Aged: 76 yrs, 1 mth. 10 days Gassaway, T. H. b. 4 May 1818 d. 8 Dec 1854 Aged: 36 yrs, 7 mths, 4 days Gassaway, Thomas H. b. 5 Jun 1855 d. 21 Sept 1905 Hopkins, Chris F. b. 2 Jan 1892 d. 1 Jul 1921 Served 3 yrs. Navy in the World War Hopkins, Lena Eugenia b. 22 Oct 1904 d. 1 Aug 1905 Hopkins, Mary Jessie b. 14 May 1897 d. 1 Sept 1898 M. A. (Hand-hewn stone) Maw, Carrie E. b. 15 Dec 1875 d. 7 May 1911 w/o J. N. Maw Mullinax, Thomas Crayton d. Mar 1958 Mullinnax, James b. 4 Jun 1904 d. 15 Mar 1947 Mullinnix, James C. b. 14 Jul 1904 d. 20 Dec 1904 N. M. P. Footstone Oliver, __ruth d. 15 Dec 1854 Parsons, Azina M. b. 1 Jan 1841 d. 26 Aug 1873 w/o S. A. A. Parsons Parsons, Jane E. b. 3 Apr 1833 w/o S. A. A. Parsons Parsons, Jonny b. 7 Jun 1888 d. 25 Jul 1888 Parsons, Neta b. 23 Oct 1886 d. Jul 1904 Parsons, S. A. A. b. 4 Apr 1839 d. 30 Mar 1907 Perkins, C. O. b. 11 Nov 1877 d. 27 Feb 1878 s/o T. A. & M. J. Perkins Perkins, Mary J. b. 1855 d. 1938 w/o Thomas A. Perkins Perkins, Samuel H. b. 11 Jan 1894 d. 8 Jul 1919 s/o T. A. & M. J. Perkins Perkins, Thomas A. b. 1855 d. 1925 Power, Drury Power, Nancy D. d. 24 Nov 1840. 29 years. w/o Z. Power. Wife, Mother. Member of M. E. Church Powers, Unknown. Z & N. D. Powers b. 8 August 1838 d. 18 Nov 1850 Russell, Emma d. 15 Sept 1948. Aged 86 years Russell, J. E. b. 6 Dec 1850 Russell, John H. b. 26 Sept 1877 d. 15 Mar 1947 S. A. d. 1857 (Hand-hewn stone) T. H. R. on Fieldstone T. M. I. E. N. (Hand-hewn stone) W. A. A. 1854 (Hand-hewn stone) W. D. A. d. 1854 (Hand-hewn stone) Watson, Anner Russell b. 5 Nov 1875 d. 5 Nov 1921 Watson, Odell b. 15 Dec 1934 d. 10 May 1937