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McCourry-Hensley-Tipton Cemetery
Bald Mountain Rd., Little Creek, Yancey Co., North Carolina
Documented by
Beth Bradford-Pytel
updated on
09/22/12
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 Heading on Rt. 19W from Unicoi Co. towards
Burnsville, NC, make a right onto Little Creek Road which crosses over the
Cane River -see map below. You will pass a general store/gas
station on the left. Make the next left onto Bald Mountain Road. Proceed on
Bald Mountain Rd for about 2.5 miles to Grapevine Lane. You will
see the cemetery on the right side from the road.
NOTE: Special
thanks to Dwight Edwards,
for his contribution of information and photos for this page. Left
photo is a macro view of the cemetery courtesy of Dwight Edwards taken
July 5, 2011.
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SURNAMES:
BRACKINS
[#13-16], BRADFORD [#1-2], CROWDER
[#24] ,
EDWARDS [#3], HENSLEY [#2-3; 5-10;
14], HONEYCUTT
[#4-5],
HUGHES [#9], LEWIS
[#22], MCCOURRY
[#11-12], MOORE
[#18-20], RICHARDS
[#24], TIPTON
[#21-24],
WHEELER [#7].
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 1.
BRADFORD, Rexter
b. June 17, 1898 - d.
December 9, 1968
[s/o
Samuel L. Bradford
and Ruhamia Hensley buried
Sam Bradford Cem.]
NOTE:
NC STATE DEATH CERT #44340, died at age 70 at 2:15 p.m.; cause
of death "sudden coronary thrombosis"; married; parents mentioned in
record; buried "Hensley Cemetery."
WWI Registration Card.
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 2.
BRADFORD, Martha
[HENSLEY]
b. January 26, 1905 - d.
1986
[w/o Rex - married
November 20, 1924; d/o Silas Milton
Hensley and Nancy Emeline Hughes; children: Paul and alive dau.]
NOTE: Photo of Rex and family
taken abt. 1950 courtesy
Dawn Gibson. L-R: Martha-wife, Rexter, daughter
alive, and niece Bonnie Bradford [d/o
Oscar Bradford and Ida Mae Randolph] buried in Unicoi Co. TN]. Rex followed his father's shoes
running a local general store off Little Creek Road.
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3. EDWARDS, Wilma D.
[HENSLEY]
b. August 17, 1910 - d.
March 12, 1929
"Wife of Arthur Edwards"
[d/o Silas Milton Hensley
and Nancy Emeline Hughes; married Arthur J. Edwards in 1928]
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 4. HONEYCUTT, McKinley "MC"
b. January 28, 1895 -d.
September 7, 1954
NC Sgt First Class Quartermaster Corps - WWI
[s/o Sherman Moses Honeycutt and Angeline Edwards]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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 5. HONEYCUTT, Leah
[HENSLEY]
b. September 22, 1898 - d.
October 14, 1940
[d/o Silas Milton Hensley and Nancy Emeline Hughes; w/o McKinley
Honeycutt]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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HENSLEY, Banister
b. August 28, 1898 - d.
December 24, 1982
[s/o Silas Milton Hensley
and Nancy Emeline Hughes]
7.
HENSLEY, Nell [WHEELER]
b. December 13, 1910 - d.
November 1, 2001
[w/o Bannister; d/o James
T. Wheeler and Lydia J. Hylemon]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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HENSLEY, Silas Milton
b. October 10, 1874 - d.
September 15, 1943
[s/o
Bacchus S. Hensley
and Adelia Radford
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buried Hensley Cem. Bald Mnt.]
NOTE: Silas owned-operated a general
store (which still stand today) like his father Bacchus who was also known in the region as the "Baron."
Bacchus married 3 times, [1st Adelia Radford]. Bacchus
is mentioned in T. R. Dawley's book
The
Child that Toileth Not, 1912 - pgs. 341-343; 349; 351; Harvard
Digital Library. The "Egypt" chapter reviews the lifestyle and
hardship of folks in this remote part of the Appalachia. The author
interviewed merchant/store owner Bacchus "Baron" S. Hensley who
explained that most folks in the Egypt area are Hensley descendants.
He also expressed his opinion on the illiteracy, work ethic, and
poverty of Egypt Twp. and how so many folks falsified their Civil War
pensions to collect money. Bacchus was killed shortly after this
interview at his store in 1912.
==>Photo; Bacchus S. Hensley and Adelia Radford courtesy Dwight Edwards.
GENERAL STORE
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HENSLEY, Emeline
[HUGHES]
b. November 14, 1870 -
April 1, 1953
[w/o Silas Milton -
married on December 25, 1890; d/o Jeremiah Hughes and Martha; children: Adoniram #10, Wilma D. #3,
Earl C., Leah #5, Bannister #6,
Mollie #12, Vena B., Martha, Haskett W.]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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HENSLEY, Niram [Adoniram]
b. [May] 1892 - d. 1954
[s/o Silas Milton Hensley
and Nancy Emeline Hughes; wife - Ella Duncan]
NOTE: photo circa abt. 1915 of
young Niram courtesy of Shirley Silvers.; tombstone photo
courtesy Dwight Edwards
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  11.
MCCURRY, Chapple Tweed
b. October 20, 1897 - d.
September 13, 1973
[s/o George Washington McCourry
and Martha Proffitt]
NOTE: photos courtesy Dwight Edwards
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 12.
MCCURRY, Molllie
[HENSLEY]
b. December 20, 1896 - d.
August 19, 1991
[w/o Chapple Tweed
McCourry; d/o Silas Milton Hensley
and Nancy Emeline Hughes]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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  13. BRACKINS, William Carson
b. 1835 - d. September 11,
1919
Co. E., 70th Ohio
Infantry - Civil War
[s/o Isaac Brackins and
Lucinda Hicks of Ashe Co., NC]
NOTE: Civil War service record
shows he enlisted on Feb. 4, 1862 and discharged April 1865.
NC STATE DEATH CERT #21138, died of "lobar pneumonia." also noted in
the Deaths In Ramseytown" - book 1-12/113;
tombstone photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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BRACKIN, Rachel
[HENSLEY]
b. August 18, 1849 - d.
July 18, 1895
"At Rest"
[d/o
Fielding Hensley and Nicey Phillips; w/o William C. Brackin
#13, married December 26, 1865; children: Carolina,
Minta Jane, Woodfin,
Gilmore, Isaac, Cleveland]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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BRACKEN,
Martha
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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BRACKEN, John
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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18.
MOORE, Alvin
b. February 26, 1931 - d.
July 3, 1998
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MOORE, Bayles
b. 1901 - d. 1988
20.
MOORE, Helen
b. 1908 - 1967
[w/o Bayles]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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TIPTON, Frank
b. July 9, 1887 - d. June
6, 1962
"They Trusted Jesus"
[s/o Samuel Tipton and
Catherine]
22.
TIPTON, Rettie [Loretta] [LEWIS]
b. 1883 - d. 1961
[w/o Frank]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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TIPTON, Banner
b. March 10, 1914 - d.
July 15, 2000
"I'll Reap My Harvest
in Heaven"
[s/o Frank Tipton and
Loretta Lewis]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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TIPTON, Climon
b. July 13, 1923 - d. May
27, 1999
Private First Class -
US Army
[s/o Frank Tipton and
Loretta Lewis]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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TIPTON, Charles John
b. April 29, 1936 -
d. November 9, 2008
In Memory of Pauline
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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 24.
RICHARDS, Opal
C. [CROWDER]
b. September 18, 1912 - d.
October 27, 1997
"Precious Mother and
Grandmother"
[d/o Lewis Crowder and
Anis English]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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 25a.
MCCURRY, Leslie
b. August 26, 1928 -
d. March 5, 2005
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
25b.
MCCURRY, private
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REYNOLDS, Kenneth R.
b. November 15, 1931
- d. June 22, 2005
US Air Force - Korea
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
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MCCURRY, Cecil A.
b. April 18, 1926 -
d. March 27, 2007
[s/o Chappel Hensley and Mollie McCurry #11-12]
NOTE: photo courtesy Dwight Edwards
27b.
MCCURRY, private
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Plus Several Unmarked
Graves
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PHOTOS: (l-r) 1. Corner of Bald Mountain Rd and Grapvine Lane.
2. The gravel driveway leads up to the cemetery. 3. View from the
cemetery looking down in the valley. Photos courtesy of Dwight
Edwards taken July 5, 2011.
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