Located inside the Beech Creek Gated Community, Bakersville Township, Mitchell County, NC Cemetery is on top of a NE by SW running ridgeline. Enter cemetery from the NE, Mountain Crest Dr and Big Rock Creek Drive. .



Final resting place for Simon and Elizabeth Street and dozens of their descendants. Simon Street was the patriarch of the Street Family in the Toe River Valley area of NC and also in Carter County and Unicoi County, TN. Simon Street (born 1772) married Elizabeth (Clingman) Street of Rutherford, NC. Simon was the son of Thomas Street and Lucy Street of Virginia and the Grandson of Anthony and Elizabeth (Brockman) Street of Virginia. Anthony Street DAR Record #A133723.



Simon and Elizabeth were buried on their homeplace. The Mitchell County plantation stood atop a hill on Big Rock Creek. His original two story log home on his plantation, consisting of eight to ten rooms, in Burke County, was still standing until the 1950's.



Their children were:

William Clingman Street born in Rutherford, NC died in Red Hill Township, Mitchell, NC

Elizabeth (Street) Barnett born in Rutherford, NC died in Mitchell Co, NC

Virginia Jincy (Street) Crow born in Rutherford NC died in Limpkin, GA

Thomas Albert Street born in Rutherford NC, died in Old Lewis Garland Place, Bakersville, Mitchell Co, NC

David Street born in Rutherford, NC died in Mitchell Co, NC

Noah W. Street born in Rutherford, NC

Mary Polly (Street) McKinney born in Rutherford NC

Anthony Street born in Rutherford, NC died in Buchanan County, VA

Nimrod Street Sr. born in Rutherford, NC died in Buchanan County, VA



Simon Street was one of the petitioners for the formation of a new NC county, to be called "Yancey" founded in 1833. Yancey County, NC was named in honor of Bartlett Yancey, a U.S. Congressman (1813-1817) and speaker of the NC Senate (1817-1827).