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    2020 by County Coordinator Patricia Bryant Hartley.

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      Laud Cem # 469    T3S, R8W, Sec 36            
      Surveyed March 2008 by Robert Torbert            
                  
      Location:  From Florence, go E on US 72 through Elgin; Rt where CR 51 turns Lt before reaching First Creek. Take lane to E of the metal barns and look E. The cemetery is on top of a hill and one stone can be seen from the lane. James McMurry owned this land in 1831. The Martindale family is reported to also be buried in this cemetery. 

       

      1850 Census lists:    
        James McMurry  70 yrs (1880)  NC    
        Rebecca            65 yrs (1885)  NC    
          
      Neighbors:    
        Thomas Martindale  50 yrs  SC    
        Rebecca                 50 yrs  SC    
        Thomas                  25 yrs  SC    
        James                    23 yrs  SC    
        John                       21 yrs  SC    
        Nancy                    18 yrs  TN    
        George                   16 yrs  TN    
        Cynthia                   13 yrs  TN    
        Martha                    11 yrs  AL              
        Joseph                     9 yrs  AL               
        Sarah                       7 yrs  AL              

      McMurry Cemetery