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Name of Cemetery | Sharon United Methodist Church |
Address | 291 Sharon Road, Fairview, NC 28730 |
Township | Fairview |
Directions | South on US 74A (Charlotte Hwy); Right on Sharon Road |
Ownership | Fairview Sharon United Methodist Church c/o Helen B. Wright, 29 Sharon Rd, Fairview, NC |
Legal Description | Deed Bk 0917 Pg 267 1.34 Acres |
USGS Topo Map | Oteen Quad |
GPS Reading | N 35 30 43.3 W 082 25 02.7 |
Buncombe County GIS | 9685 3836 87 00000 |
Classification | Church |
Description | Beautiful old frame church no longer in use surrounded by variety of marker styles. Cemetery dates back to the 1850’s. Cemetery still being used. |
Size of Cemetery | Moderate, Approximately 200 |
Earliest Burials | 1854 |
Accessibility | Easily accessible, no fence |
Condition | Grounds well tended |
Enumeration | Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County Vol. 1 Compiled 1984 by Carolyn C. Aslund & Billie C. Ledbetter Can be purchased from OBCGS Bookstore |
Hazards | Church is no longer in use but is in a rural setting so always potential for vandalism |
Date Visited | September 22, 2005 |
Description by | R. Dilling, OBCGS Volunteer |
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