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360    WHITAKER CEMETERY

Location - Off Hogan's Creek Rd, Siloam, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 18m 49.8s N; 80d 34m 36.8s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of US 52 and NC Hwy 268, go west on Hwy 268 for 8.7 miles and turn left on Quaker Church Rd (SR 2080). Then go 2.2 miles and turn right on Hogan's Creek Rd, then go .9 miles to a white barn on the left. Take the farm road about 300-400 yards and the graves (field stones only) are on the left of the road about 300-400 yards past the barn. Must have owner's permission to visit site.

View #2 of the cemetery in the woods.

Surveyed by Bob Carter on May 8, 2008.
Parcel ID: 5933-00-56-3879.
Township or district:  Siloam.
Public or Private:  Private property.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  39.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  954.
Status of cemetery:  Abandoned.

About 8-10 marked graves with only field stones or river slate as markers. Very overgrown and would miss them if you didn't know they were there. Reportedly the burial place of some of the oldest WHITAKER settlers in Surry.

Possible burials here are William Whitaker and brother Jonathan Whitaker. They received land grants for about 400 acres along Hogans Creek about early 1800s.