Started by Thornton Alexander, a black man, in the 1830's.
This is known as the cemetery for the blacks associated with the Union Literary School.
It is now in the middle of a farm east of State Road 227 and north of county road 600 South.
Northeast of Spartanburg.
This cemetery has been fenced by Mr. & Mrs. Comer, the owners of the farm.
Tucker's History Page 121.
Alexander's, Section 1, Town 16, Range 1, Greensfork;
ALEXANDER GRAVEYARD
John Kays, buried about 1839, first person buried there.
Lewis Burden, father of "all the Burdens," died January 1, 1848, aged 66 years 5 months.
Benjamin Lewis, father of Ezekial Lewis, very old, date of death not known.
Milly, wife of Benjamin Lewis, very old; died perhaps in 1856.
Thornton Alexander, Sr., died September 10, 1851, 72 years.
Ezekiel Lewis, died December 8, 1858, 61st year.
Margaret Shaffer, "Aunt Peggy", died about July, 1856, 65 years.
Mary Davis, wife of Allen Davis; date of death not known, 56 years 6 months.
Collier Simpson, died October 8, 1865, 76 years.
Mary Ann, wife of Collier Simpson, died December 9, 1865, 66 years.
Sarah A., wife of R. Holly, died December 24, 1866, 85 years.
Allen Davis, died about 1870, 80 years.
Abraham Cotman, died in 1876, 85 years.
Polly Burden, widow of Lewis Burden, died in 1876, supposed to be 100 years old, or even more than that.
Susan Robbins, wife of Richard Robbins, died January 7, 1877, 52 years.
Richard Robbins, died February 26, 1878, 78 years.
Silas Burden, died in 1879, 62 years.
Phillip Holland, died about 1872, 83 years.
Cesar Peale, very old, died in the winter of 1880.
Probably the first cemetery in Randolph county, this was started by Quakers.
Located in Arba, on county road 600 East just north of the Wayne County Line on road 1100 South.
This is also the site of the first church and school in Randolph County.
Tucker's History Page 121 & 122.
Arba (Friends') Cemetery, Greensfork, Southeast Quarter of Section 33, Town 16, Range 1.
Sarah Murray, died September 5, 1846, 65 years.
Henry Horn, died September 8, 1846, 59 years.
Sidney Barnes, died in 1852, 62 years.
Samuel H. Middleton, died July 28, 1856, 62 years.
John W. Thomas, died April 8, 1859, 72d year, (2d settler.)
Mary W., wife of Obed Macy, died December 24, 1861, 78 years.
James Ellis, died August 10, 1864, 64th year.
Milla Ellis, died October 1, 1864, 65 years.
Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Parker, died May 31, 1865, 65th year.
James Lewis, died October 6, 1865, 70th year.
Isaac Clements, died June 13, 1866, 70 years.
Elizabeth Clements, died January 23, 1868, 74th year.
Paul Newburn, died August 16, 1866, 62d year.
Benjamin Moorman, Sr., October 6, 1866, 84 years.
Mary Cadwallader, died February 13, 1867, 65 years.
Jeremiah Horn, died July 27, 1869, 66 years.
Rachel, wife of Harman Bailey, died July 15, 1870, 66 years.
James Longfellow, died September 6, 1871, 71 years.
John Tharp, died December 3, 1871, 80th year.
Richard Corbitt, died May 1, 1872, 74 years.
Sarah, wife of Edward Thomas, died October 17, 1872, 100 (said also to be 104) years.
Edward Thomas, died March 9, 1873, 80 years.
Hiram Hill, died March 17, 1873, 60 years.
Lemuel Wasson, died March 6, 1873, 76th year.
Jabez Hiatt, died June 21, 1874, 66 years.
Rachel, wife of Benjamin Elliot, died June 20, 1875, 61 years.
William Chenoweth, died October 18, 1876, 74 years.
Edward Thomas, died January 11, 1877, 78th year.
Wesley Harmon, died March 6, 1877, 65th year.
Anna, wife of John Tharp, died September 27, 1877, 83d year.
Seth Gardner, died March 12, 1878, 71st year.
S.W. Maines, died July 18, 1878. 63d year.
Jacob Horn, died November 10, 1878, 71st year.
Elizabeth, wife of James C. Bowen, died February 17, 1879, 66 years.
Didamia, wife of Joseph Skinner, died April 30, 1879, 77th year.
Jemima, wife of William A. Macy, died May 24, 1879, 75 years.
Ailsey, wife of I.E. Moore, died July 3, 1879, 74 years.
Martha Wiggs, date of death not stated.
William Wiggs, date of death not given.
Located four miles East and one mile South of Lynn, on the Boundary Line Road and county road 900 South.
The earliest known burial here was in 1854.
This cemetery is in fairly good condition, except for the two back rows.
There are several stones broken or lying on the ground.
Tucker's History Page 124.
Gilead Cemetery, Greensfork, Section 21, Town 16, Range 1.
Joseph Shaw, May 6, 1857, 64 years.
Sarah Shaw, March 10, 1860, 62 years.
Joseph Smith, October 5, 1857, 77 years.
Rebecca Smith, September 14, 1869, 83 years.
Susannah, wife of Uriah Ball, September 4, 1864, 59 years.
David Kinsey, October 17, 1865, 85 years.
Fannie Elliot, July 25, 1867, 63 years.
Miles Elliot, April 6, 1880, 84 years.
Hannah, wife of Peter Deverage, July 20, 1868, 67 years.
Samuel Armstrong, August 31, 1869, 72 years.
Rebecca Horner, April 20, 1873, 82 years.
Miriam Clark, August 2, 1875, 66 years.
Pharaoh Clark, February 21, 1877, 73 years.
Elizabeth Gray, February 22, 1878, 73 years.
Known as the Old Lost Hopewell Cemetery since nothing remains of it.
The cemetery was located on the Wayne County line about 1/2 a mile west of County Road 350 East.
The church was relocated in Wayne County. Known burials are the Nortons.
Note: The photographs above were contributed by Rodger Norton, Great Great Grandson of William & Elizabeth Norton. William & Elizabeth rest in peace today in the Hope Well Church Cemetery on Hope Well Road in Wayne Co. Indiana
Also called Crist or Wiggs, this was located near a church school.
It is in the middle of a field, just east of Spartanburg. West of county road 750 East, between 700 and 800 South.
In 1865 the farm was owned by John Randel, a black man, and at least eight members of his family are here, as well as many of the early pioneers.
It has been fenced by the Township Trustee.
Tucker's History Page 127.
Norwich (Old Quaker, near C. Crist's southeast of Spartansburg, section 15, Town 16, Range 1).
This cemetery was established in 1825, and is still in use for purposes of burial.
A large number have been interred here, but only a few old persons have tombstones, as follows:
Aaron Adams, 70 years.
Esther Miers, 1870, not given.
Samuel Ruby, not old.
James Moore, October, 1875, 99 years.
Hannah, wife of James Moore, April 20, 1869, 85 years.
John Randle (colored), September 27, 1881, 85 years.
Windsor Wiggs, 1856, 63 years.
Sarah, wife of Windsor Wiggs, August 4, 1881, 84 years.
Like some other cemeteries in this region, it lies in the midst of a farm, nearly half a mile from any public highway, and with no avenue of entrance.
Located on the North edge of Spartanburg, on the West side of County Road 700 East.
This cemetery is very old. Many pioneers are buried here.
Revolutionary War Veteran, Christopher Borders is buried here.
A Memorial dedicated to all soldiers and sailors living and dead who served the United States in any of its Wars was erected in 1931.
Tucker's History Page 129.
Spartansburg (Greenfork Township, Section 10, Town 16, Range 1).
Ephraim Bowen, Sr., August 20, 1858, 89 years.
Hannah Bowen, September 1, 1844, 67 years.
Elizabeth Ranney, September 7, 1859, 72 years.
Elizabeth, wife of Abram Manning, February 16, 1862, 69 years.
Caleb Manning, August 22, 1864, 64 years.
Mary Jackson, August 5, 1863, 66 years.
Hosea Knox, January 3, 1869, 73 years.
Jesse Manning, August 4, 1871, 75 years.
John McKim, May 26, 1873, 61 years.
Mary, wife of Thomas Hough, July 1, 1873, 66 years.
James M. Bailey, October 22, 1873, 64 years.
Margaret, wife of Philip Hulvey, August 21, 1874, 73 years.
Elizabeth, wife of William Sasser, January 1, 1877, 64 years.
Mary Ann Patchin, February 27, 1879, 65 years.
Edward Jackson, February 26, 1879, 79 years.