Essie Novella Petty

Other Events:

• Cemetery: Rehobeth United Methodist Church, Cleveland County, NC

Notes:

Lived on Eligiah Hamricks's place one mile west of Double Springs.

Essie married Charles Andrew McKee on 9 Nov 1911. Charles (son of Parham McKee, son of Jacob Parham McKee and Rachel Amanda Goforth) was born on 1 Jan 1884 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 18 Jun 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Claude Champion McKee
2. Katie Lou McKee
3. Charles Robert McKee
4. Daisey Lee McKee was born on 31 Aug 1912.

Justin married Phebie Harell. Phebie (daughter of Tom Harrell) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jefferson married Harriet Gardner on 7 Oct 1856. Harriet (daughter of William Hoyle Gardner and Rebecca Beam) was born in 1839; was buried in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Cemetery: Gardner Homestead, Cleveland County, NC

Notes:

From Clevelamd Gardner's notes: William Gardner and wife settled on Vaughn's Creek lying southeast and adjoining that of his father. Here the young Gardner aquired a large plantation lying on the east side of First Broad River and extending down the river below Double Shoals. This included the later home place of Dick and Schenck Spangler. His youngest daughter Nancy Gardner Crowder and her husband later lived here. This property was later owned by by Dick Spangler. During September 1847 William Gardner and all his family were ill with typhoid fever. William died on Sunday the 12th and his daughter Jane died the following Sunday. He was 46 and Jane was 17. They were buried next to each other on this farm.

Cemetery:
This cemetery can be reached from Lawndale, NC by going east on NC 182 until you are about out of Lawndale and then making a right turn onto Ball Park Road. Go out Ball Park Rd. about a mile until you start to go into a curve to the left and there you turn right onto Power House Road. Go about two tenths of a mile out this road and find a paved drive to the right. This drive has a gate that might or might not be closed. The cemetery is at the top oh the little hill on the right side of the road, There is junk all over the cemetery and several pretty large trees. There is evidence of several other graves but only two that can be read. This is one of those really sad cemeteries.

William married Rebecca Beam on 4 Sep 1827. Rebecca (daughter of Martin Beam, Sr. and Elizabeth Alexander) was born in 1806; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]