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154    MORING FAMILY [F14.1]

Location - Williams. Off dirt road, 400 feet behind Moringsville Cottage, 1,000 feet west of SR 1731, O'Kelly Church Road, 0.15 mile south of O'Kelly's Chapel Christian Church on NC 751.

Coordinates: 35d 51m 40.0s N; 78d 56m 41.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In 1989, Robert Hughes recorded 8 grave markers and 9+ unmarked graves. On 25 May 1994, Will Heiser could locate only 8 grave markers. On 8 March 2025, Tom Miller recorded 10 grave markers, and 16-17 graves marked by field stones.

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Layout of the cemetery.

Owner: JE Booth Farms, LLC. c/o Kathryn Booth Butler.
Legal Description: Parcel 19850. Deed Book 2112/0386, 25 Apr 2020; 346/267,10 Mar 1961.
Topo Quadrant: Green Level.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes, no longer used as a burial ground.
Number of graves: 27.
Cemetery size: 100' x 100'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Private property.
Marginally maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 10.
Last burial: 1903.
First burial: 1822.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Last canvassed by: Robert Hughes (1989); Will Heiser (25 May 1994); Tom Miller (8 March, 2025).

1. Faucette, Margaret H.   (b. 19 Jan 1810 - d. 3 Feb 1829)
Broken stone. Wife of ? Faucette. Another part of same stone.
2. Holleman, Charles E.   (b. 6 Feb 1855 - d. 3 Jan 1868)
Son of C. S. and M. D. Holleman. Name on marker appears to be C. A. (superscript s) E. Holleman.
3. Holleman, Everetta A.   (b. 5 Apr 1853 - d. 28 Nov 1853)
Daughter of C.S. and M.D. Holleman. Aged 7 months P& 23 days.
4. Holleman, Leslie Franklin   (b. 18 Nov 1857 - d. 3 Oct 1858)
Son of C. S. and M. D. Holleman. Aged 10 mos & 15 days. "I'm gone home."
5. Moring, Alfred   (b. 25 Feb 1814 - d. 10 May 1903)
Husband of Elizabeth M. Moring. "Father." "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Heb. 4:9." "A son of the Revolution."
6. Moring, Celestine E.   (b. 6 Apr 1818 - d. 21 Mar 1863)
Daughter of A. and E. M. Moring. Death date unclear--may be 1868. "Angel..Guard our loved one while she sleeps."
7. Moring, Elizabeth M.   (b. 10 Feb 1815 - d. 1 Jan 1874)
In memory of Elizabeth M. Moring. Wife of Alfred Moring. "Farewell until we meet again in Heaven."
8. Moring, Eugenia S.   (b. 26 Dec 1838 - d. 29 Nov 1853)
Daughter of Alfred and E. M. Moring. "And when you kneel upon the ground beside the spot where I shall lie, ye'll find an angel hovering round, And pointing upward to the sky, He say 'why mourn by this tomb, Your darling lyeth in her upper home.'" Died in the fifteenth year of her age.
9. Moring, Franklin M.   (b. 18 Apr 1837 - d. 17 Oct 1837)
Son of A. and E. M. Moring.
10. Moring, John Faucette   (b. 2 Oct 1820 - d. 20 Nov 1822)
Son of J. M. and E. V. Moring.
11. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #2 on layout.
12. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #1 on layout.
13. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #3 on layout.
14. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #4 on layout.
15. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #5 on layout.
16. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #6 on layout.
17. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #7 on layout.
18. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #8 on layout.
19. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #9 on layout.
20. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #10 on layout.
21. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #11 on layout.
22. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #12 on layout.
23. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker. Unclear if this is a grave marker or cemetery border marker.
24. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker. Unclear if this is a grave marker or cemetery border marker.
25. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #15 on layout.
26. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #13 on layout.
27. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #16 on layout.
28. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker. Unclear if this is a grave marker or cemetery border marker.
29. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Large upright stone. Unclear if this is a grave marker or cemetery border/entrance marker. OB1 on layout.
30. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Large upright stone. Unclear if this is a grave marker or cemetery border/entrance marker. OB2 on layout.
31. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker. Unclear if this is a grave marker or cemetery border marker.
32. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #17 on layout. Unclear if this is a grave marker or cemetery border marker.
33. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Fieldstone marker #14 on layout.