This old cemetery located on the Sulphur Springs Road in section #8 in Henry township was established on 28 Dec 1847 when Emsley Brookshire deeded land to Nathen Palmer, Nathan Pressnell and Joseph Pressnel, elected trustees of the newly established Wesleyan Methodist church, with Emsley Brookshire as the Minister. It is the burial ground for the former members of the church.
Several members of the Alfred Lafferty family are reportedly buried here in unmarked graves. "Alf" and his wife Sarah Ann had a family of 14 children. By checking death records at the county health department I was only able to come up with some of the children. There supposedly several Lafferty infant children also buried here. Also it is highly likely that Wiley Wall is buried here along with his wife Jereter.
The little burial ground is hidden from view from the road by tall pine trees and is very well maintained by the Bruce Dudley family and is regularly mowed and trimmed. The last known burial was in 1928.
Name | Died | Born | Other
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Abrams, M. C. | ND | 1 Jan 1841 |
| Abrams, Melissa Gore | 24 Feb 1914 | 16 Sep 1847 | W of MC
| Bennett, David C. | 26 Jul 1881 | 20y, 3m, 28d | S of Wm. & MR
| Blair, Mary F. | 10 Oct 1865 | 1y, 6m, 5d | D of John & Sarah
| Blair, Mary L. | 30 Jul 1871 | 16y, 1m, 10d | D of BV & W
| Blare, A. | 29 Nov 1863 | 75y, 3m, 24d |
| Brookshire, Charles L. | 21 Nov 1868 | 1y, 2m, 21d | S of TJ & NC
| Brookshire, Elizabeth W. | 31 May 1858 | 40y, 6m, 22d | W of Rev. Emsley
| Brookshire, Emsley Henry | 31 Oct 1878 | 21y, 9m, 7d | S of Emsley & Elizabeth
| Brookshire, Georgianna | 30 Mar 1886 | 26y, 27d | W of Oranges
| Brookshire, John W. | 5 Jun 1849 | 11y | S of E & E
| Brookshire, Lucius | 26 Oct 1883 | 9y, 7m, 16d | S of TJ & NC
| Brookshire, Mary J. | 7 Apr 1868 | 25y, 4m, 14d | D of E & E
| Brookshire, Rev. Emsley | 23 May 1890 | 76y, 5m, 15d |
| Campbell, James | 27 Aug 1859 | 2y, 3m, 13d | S of EH & S
| Deselms, Nellie May | 10 Feb 1875 | 2m, 26d | D of TT & A
| Gillespie, Susannah | 11 May 1857 | 18y, 2m, 2d | W of Charles W.
| Hockett, Alfred | 10 Aug 1860 | 16y, 11m, 20d | S of B & JW
| Hutson, Sarah Wright | 4 Aug 1878 | 39y, 3m, 4d | W of Levi
| Lafferty, Alfred | 22 Jan 1923 | 78y |
| Lafferty, Arlinda | 8 Aug 1905 | 21y | D of A & SA
| Lafferty, Carry | 23 Apr 1908 | 27y | D of A & SA
| Lafferty, Fannie | 6 Jul 1902 | 25y | D of A & SA
| Lafferty, Otto | 6 Jul 1905 | 15y | S of A & SA
| Lafferty, Sarah Ann | 7 Jun 1918 | 7 Sep 1850 | W of Alfred
| Lamb, Miles | 28 Mar 1874 | 73y, 1m, 23d |
| Lamb, Nancy Modlin | 22 Jan 1864 | 60y, 5m, 9d | W of Miles
| Lamb, Rachel | 6 Mar 1851 | 15y, 27d | W of Allen
| Modlin, Benjamin L. | 6 Jan 1853 | 1y, 3m, 23d | D of E & L
| Modlin, Cynthia J. | 21 Apr 1851 | 1y, 4d | D of E & L
| Modlin, Infant | 10 Sep 185? | 1d | S of E & L
| Modlin, Martin L. | 18 Dec 1850 | 1m, 7d | S of E & L
| Moorman, Mary | 15 Sep 1861 | 1m, 6d | D of J & MJ
| Pearson, Sarah Draper | 3 Jan 1852 | 38y, 5m | W of Joseph
| Reeves, Jacob | 23 Feb 1873 | 86y, 2m, 23d |
| Shonk, Henry | 16 Apr 1880 | 67y |
| Shonk, Sarah | 8 Jun 1875 | 53y, 9m, 9d | W of Henry
| Vuncannon, John | 10 Jan 1869 | 5m, 12d | S of WH & ME
| Wall, Jereter | 25 Feb 1876 | 73y, 5m, 25d | W of Wiley
| Wall, Wiley | Unknown | Unknown | H of Jereter
| Weems, Priscilla | 1 Sep 1879 | 13y, 5m, 18d | D of DH & MJ
| Wright, Fernando | 14 Jan 1873 | 1m | S of JR & FA
| Wright, Infant | 21 Mar 1850 | 1850 | D of N & L
| Wright, William | 19 Dec 1856 | 13d | S of JB & HA
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