RB ANGLIN CEMETERY
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Entering into the RB Anglin cemetery |
When I was a kid, my grandfather spoke about the family cemeteries in Yancey County, NC where many of our relatives were buried. Growing up in NJ, I have never visited one of these sites - when I went with my grandparents to visit NC, they were older and not able to climb the hill. The cemetery my grandfather spoke about most often was the RB Anglin Cemetery. It is where his mother, Laura Anglin Metcalf, is buried. It is also where is father, John Anglin, was buried. My grandfather spoke little of his father and if you read some of my other posts, you will understand why.
In the isolated hills of North Carolina, burials were done far differently than in more populated areas. The very land of the family cemetery is sacred. For many, the thought of being buried anywhere other than alongside their parents, grandparents and ancient generations would be unacceptable. While much of the rest of the country buried their forefathers in a public cemetery – surrounded by hundreds or even thousands of strangers – our family returned their ancestors to parcels of land that had been in the family’s name for countless decades or even centuries.
The RB Anglin Cemetery lies 3 Miles west of Burnsville, NC on Bitterroot Dr. The file below is from the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives, as noted at the end of this post. My notations are in blue as they relate to my place in the family's lineage. The pictures are from my grandparents' personal collection of photographs.
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| RB/Raburn & Kate Anglin |
1. Rabe Anglin, 10/11/1832 - 8/21/1917
3rd great grandfather
2. Kate Anglin, 3/2/1834 - 1910, wife of # 1
3rd great grandmother
3. Zebulon Anglin, 1/14/1878 - 1916, Son of # 1 & # 2
4. Martha Austin Anglin, 1883 - 1963, wife of # 3
5. Goble Anglin, 1904 - 1964
(William Goble Anglin - Son of 3 & 4)
6. Victoria Jordan, 1905 - 1992, wife of # 5
(the late Joy Anglin Ball, was the daughter of 5 & 6 and Joy was the family historian,)
7. Herman Lee Anglin, 6/9/1906 - 1/10/1980, PFC USA
( son of Zebulon Anglin, Martha Austin)
8. Nora Wilson Anglin, 11/19/1909 - ; wife of # 7
9. Bessie Jane Yarbough, 3/17/1884 - 7/11/1957,
D/o Armstrong & Mary Jane Hensley
(Sister of Hattie Hensley Anglin)
10. Jessica Elaine Anglin, 5/18/1970 0 5/19/1970,
Daughter of Vonno and Brenda Anglin
11. Forrest Vance Metcalf, 3/16/1953 - 4/27/1953
(infant son of unmarried parents, Ralph Vance Metcalf & Marie Roberts - not sure how they fit into the family)
12. Forest V. Metcalf, 9/11/1928 - 5/22/1949 -
NC PFC 43 AAF Air Sup Sq. WW II
(homicide, shot in stomach, son of William Metcalf & Kitty Anglin - Kitty is daughter of Zebulon Anglin, Martha Austin)
13. Oriel King, 8//20/1917 - 9/20/1919, Daughter of # 14 & 15
14. Edward King, 8/31/1886 - 6/25/1968
15. Estie J. King, 7/25/1889 - 11/13/1966, wife of # 14
16. Grady Anglin, 5/5/1893 - 12/15/1973, NC PVT US Army, WW I, Son of # 35.
17. John Anglin, 1889 - 1979, PVT US Army, WW I, Son of #39 & # 40
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| John Anglin |
18. Hattie Anglin, 1891-1983, Wife of # 17,
D/o Armstrong & Mary Jane Sparks Hensley
19. George Anglin, 10/25/1897 - 4/11/1971,
NC PVT US Army, WW I, S/o #39 & # 40
20. Carrie K. Black, 7/2/1905 -8/31/1971
Daughter of # 21, Wife of Roy Black
21. Sally C.King, 5/21/1872 - 11/22/1941,
Daughter of # 1 & #2, Wife of Howard King
22. Zelda Anglin, 8//20/1920 - 11/19/1920,
Daughter of Charlie & Tinsie Anglin
23. Opha Anglin, 9/2/1919 - 3/30/1920, Daughter of Charlie & Tinsie Anglin
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| Lil Anglin |
25. Grace Metcalf, 1926 - 1929, Daughter of Laura A. & George Metcalf
26. Lillie Anglin, 8/6/1876 - 9/28/1955
(she raised my grandfather, "Aunt Lil", he called her. Daughter of Elizabeth Jane "Betsy" Anglin and her cousin James Anglin,)
27. Laura A. Metcalf, 1889 - 8/22/1929,
Wife of George Metcalf; D/o Jim & Betsy Anglin
(This is my great grandmother* Laura had 5 children prior to her marriage to George Metcalf, including George's son, Zenas
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| Laura Anglin Metcalf |
~Grady Gibbs- son of Charles Gibbs
~Clifford Anglin - my grandfather, documented son of John Anglin who later married to Hattie as noted above. Laura Anglin & John Anglin were first cousins – John was the son of James Breckenridge Anglin
~Gladys - father said to be Dack/Dock Allen, She married Troy Metcalf (brother of George Metcalf, her mother's husband)
~Zenas Metcalf
~Byrd Metcalf
~Carl Metcalf
~Francis "Marie" Metcalf
~Grace Metcalf
~Madeline Metcalf
28. Maveline Metcalf, 1927 - 1927, Baby of Laura & George Metcalf
29. Dan Anglin, 1874 - 1946, Son of James and Betsy Anglin
30. Jettie (Bregetia) Anglin Angel, 5/22/1875 - 11/11/1960,
Daughter of # 1 & # 2
31. Baby Wyatt, Infant of Horace & Chloe Wyatt
(not sure of relation -1940 census shows this couple living among Anglins in Price Creek on what seems to be the property of James Breckenridge Anglin)
16 graves marked with field stones, brick or block said by Joy Anglin Ball to
be that of:
32. Francis Ledford, Infant of Thelma & Bis Ledford
33. Infant of Thelma & Bis Ledford
Grayson #36 was married to Myrth Nanney in 1914. They had a child Thelma Anglin Redmon, in addition to the baby, Grayson Jr, buried next to his dad. #’s 32 & 33 are the children of Thelma & Bis Redmon
34. Baby Boy Golf, son of Pansy Golf Morrow
(Pansy was daughter of Wm Goble & Victoria Anglin)
35. Julia Anglin Allen,12/4/1869 - 11/30/1958, D/o # 1 & # 2
36. Grayson Anglin
(Grayson is found on 1900 & 1910 censuses as living with Grandfather Raburn Anglin. Grandson, Grayson, of Raburn & Kate Anglin who lived with them, was the son of Julia Anglin, who was not married at the time of his birth . Grayson was murdered/shot in the area of Bolden's Creek as the result of a love triangle, about 1920.)
37. Infant child of Grayson Anglin
38. Armindy Hill Jones, Mother of Josephine Jones Anglin
39. James Brackenridge Anglin, Son of # 1 & # 2
my 2nd great grandfather
40. Josephine Hill Jones Anglin, wife of # 39
my 2nd great grandmother
Interestingly, Josephine Hill Jones is sometimes listed as Thine Jones
41. Twins born to Little Rabe Anglin
42. Baby of Rabe and Grace Riddle Anglin
43. Baby of Rabe and Grace Riddle Anglin
44. Baby of Rabe and Grace Riddle Anglin
(how sad... all these children of Little Rabe and Grace that died. I do not think they had any children who lived. Little Rabe/Robey is the son of James Breckenridge Anglin)
45. Elizabeth “Betsy” Jane Anglin, 12/5/1859 - 10/14/1921, D/o # 1 & # 2
my great great grandmother – she had 7 or so illegitimate children,, including our great grandmother, Laura, Aunt Lil, and Uncle Dan listed above. Several of the children were born deaf, mute, and blind per census records. They disappear from census records after a time. We do not know if they passed away or if they were institutionalized.
~Lil’s father was Andrew Banks – per a bastardy bond I found in my research.
~Laura’s father was James, Betsy’s first cousin and my 2nd great grandfather. He was Raburn’s brother’s William’s son. (William was a causality of the Battle of Chickamunga, GA in the Civil War) William is also my 3rd great grandfather.
~James was also said to be the father of Dan & the 2-3 children born with birth defects – I find mixed details about the children – I think 2 sons and 1 daughter – 1 son was Fredrick and another John I. The daughter was Sallie, but the notation below lists two sons, but no daughter…. perhaps the daughter is among the unidentified graves.
46. Son of Elizabeth Anglin
47. Son of Elizabeth Anglin
5 unidentified.
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YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - R.B. Anglin Cemetery ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ============================================================================ ANGLIN (R.B.) CEMETERY 3 Miles west of Burnsville, turn left onto Phipps Creek Road. Go 1.8 miles to junction of Phipps and Banks Creek, go straight ahead on Banks Creek road a short distance to the second graveled road on left; follow this road up a steep hill about .1 mile to top of hill and the cemetery. Condition: Fair SURNAMES: ALLEN, ANGEL, ANGLIN, BLACK, GOLF, JORDAN, KING, LEDFORD, METCALF,
WYATT, YARBOROUGH
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