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362    GORDON FAMILY CEMETERY

Location - Off Red Brush Rd, Mt. Airy, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 25m 24.4s N; 80d 41m 47.9s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From the intersection of Kapp St and N. Main St (Old Courthouse Square) in Dobson, go north on Old US Hwy 601 (or N. Main St) for about .9 miles and turn left at the fork on Prison Camp Road (SR#1345). Follow Prison Camp Rd about 1.1 miles to Red Brush Rd (SR 1350). Turn Right on Red Brush Rd and go about 1.2 miles to Fisher River Church Rd (SR 1352). Turn Right on Fisher River Church Rd and go for 0.6 mile to Holt Badgett Lane. Turn Right on Holt Badgett Lane and go about 0.7 mile past a farm house and lots of farm buildings and barn. Continue past the buildings to near the end of the trail, and in the edge of a hay field you will find the cemetery which is surrounded by a 5' chain link fence.

The cemetery has been cleaned and is being maintained by local Boy Scouts of America Troop 591.

Cemetery status in 2012: - View #2 of the cemetery.

Cemetery status in 2003 - View #1 of the cemetery. View #2 of the cemetery. View #3 of the cemetery.

Surveyed by Joe Hicks on November 23, 2007. Updates in March 2016.
Township or district:  Dobson.
Public or Private:  Private property.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  19.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1153.
Status of cemetery: Cleaned up and maintained.
Surry County Parcel Number:  5907-00-08-71124.

1. Draughn, Sallie M. Gordon   (b. 24 Dec 1855 - d. 1890)
Wife of Peter Franklin Draughn, m. 19 Feb 1885 in Surry County, NC (he buried at Piney Grove Baptist Church). Daughter of James M. Gordon and Nancy Slayton Gordon.
2. Gordon, Bettie   (b. 1875 - d. Oct 1875)
Daughter of Joseph Gordon and 1st wife Elizabeth J. Laffoon Gordon.
3. Gordon, Christina Carson   (b. 21 May 1849 - d. 14 Nov 1931)
2nd Wife of Joseph Gordon, m. 6 Dec 1883.
4. Gordon, Elizabeth Bullin   (b. 17 Aug 1842 - d. 11 Nov 1920)
Wife of Jonathan D. Gordon, m. 29 Jan 1864 in Surry County, NC (his burial unknown). Daughter of William M. Bullin and Sarah "Sallie" Holyfield Bullin.
5. Gordon, Elizabeth J. Laffoon   (b. abt 1832 - d. 5 Sep 1875)
Age 43 years. 1st wife of Joseph Gordon, m. 12 Nov 1863 in Surry County, NC. Daughter of Mark Laffoon and Charity Laffoon.
6. Gordon, James M.   (b. 3 Aug 1825 - d. 24 Nov 1896)
Husband of Nancy Slayton, m. 14 Nov 1846 in Surry County, NC.
7. Gordon, John M.   (b. 10 Jul 1873 - d. d. 29 Jul 1920)
2nd husband of Mary H. N. R. "Missouri" Mabe, m. 25 Jul 1898 in Surry County, NC. Son of Joseph Gordon and 1st wife Elizabeth J. Laffoon Gordon.
8. Gordon, Joseph   (b. 15 Jun 1849 - d. 8 Jan 1936)
Husband of 1) Elizabeth J. Laffoon Gordon, m. 12 Nov 1863 in Surry County, NC & 2) Christina Carson Gordon, m. 6 Dec 1883 in Surry County, NC. Son of James M. Gordon and Nancy Slayton Gordon.
9. Gordon, Lou Ellen   (b. 23 Sep 1864 - d. 8 Apr 1871)
Daughter of Joseph Gordon and 1st wife Elizabeth J. Laffoon Gordon.
10. Gordon, Mary H.N.R. Mabe "Missouri"   (b. 18 Aug 1849 - d. 11 Nov 1930)
1st wife of William Monroe Gordon Sr, m. 22 Dec 1872 in Surry County, NC (divorced in 1894) & 2) John M. Gordon, m. 24 Jul 1898 in Surry County, NC. William Monroe Gordon is buried at Nuckolls Cemetery in Grayson County, VA with his 2nd wife.
11. Gordon, Nancy Slayton   (b. 1810 - d. 1906)
Wife of James M. Gordon, m. 14 Nov 1846.
12. Gordon, William M., Sr.   (b. 15 Apr 1726 - d. 14 Sep 1815)