Henderson Cheek Cemetery
Also known as Cheek Cemetery
Whitehead, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Henderson Cheek and his wife Lucy Bryan Cheek were buried here but they were later moved to the Liberty Baptist Church in Whitehead, and their original gravestones were buried. When we visited the cemetery in 2007, we found 3 legible gravestones belonging to children of Solomon M. Edwards & Lucinda Cheek Edwards, 1 illegible white gravestone and 1 other stone (possibly a footstone) with the initials "J.C." (probably marking the grave of Henderson Cheek's son John Cheek who died in 1855 at age 12). According to the Alleghany County Historical-Genealogical Society, three other infants are also buried in this cemetery: infant stillborn twins of Joseph & Sue Bradley Cheek, and a stillborn infant of Willie P. & Caroline Cheek Maxwell.
The cemetery is in a lovely spot with a gorgeous view. It has not been maintained in recent years and is becoming overgrown with vegetation. NOTE: location on map below is APPROXIMATE. I didn't have a GPS device with me. Always obtain owner's permission before entering private property.
Henderson Cheek and his wife Lucy Bryan Cheek were buried here but they were later moved to the Liberty Baptist Church in Whitehead, and their original gravestones were buried. When we visited the cemetery in 2007, we found 3 legible gravestones belonging to children of Solomon M. Edwards & Lucinda Cheek Edwards, 1 illegible white gravestone and 1 other stone (possibly a footstone) with the initials "J.C." (probably marking the grave of Henderson Cheek's son John Cheek who died in 1855 at age 12). According to the Alleghany County Historical-Genealogical Society, three other infants are also buried in this cemetery: infant stillborn twins of Joseph & Sue Bradley Cheek, and a stillborn infant of Willie P. & Caroline Cheek Maxwell.
The cemetery is in a lovely spot with a gorgeous view. It has not been maintained in recent years and is becoming overgrown with vegetation. NOTE: location on map below is APPROXIMATE. I didn't have a GPS device with me. Always obtain owner's permission before entering private property.
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- Added: 20 Aug 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2319477
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