The Sherrill Cemetery at Sherrill's Ford, N.C. where graves go back to the 1700s however, Adam Sherrill, the Pioneer, is not buried here. To get to the cemetery, turn onto Island Point Road off of Sherrill's Ford Road across from the elementary school; go about 1/2 mile and turn right on Camden Point Road.
Plaque at the entrance to the cemetery denoting the rededication in 1997.
A very old headstone at the Sherrill Cemetery: "L S 12 July 1816" Most headstones from this period are not readable.
A mounting rock in the woods near the Sherrill Cemetery is not a headstone. See the year "1795" chiseled into the stone. This stone, used for mounting a horse, was pointed out to me by cemetery caretaker, Joe Robertson, on my visit there in March 2001.
The oldest known, readable, tombstone of one of my grandfathers: Jacob Sherrill, grandson of Adam, the Pioneer, at the Moore Graveyard near Hickory, N.C. born: March 20 1748, died: March 8 1831
Jacob's wife, Sarah (Sally) Massey Sherrill, also at the Moore Graveyard. born: Sept. 9 1754, died: Nov. 10 1849
Babel Sherrill Graveyard in Caldwell County. This graveyard is actually in the front yard of a private home on Lake Hickory. Babel Sherrill, son of Jacob, is buried here (tallest stone, born: Sept. 3 1778, died: Jan. 31 1851) along side of his wife Elizabeth Connelly Sherrill (2nd largest stone, born: Dec. 29 1778, died: Sept. 24 1824). There are five heastones at this location. I suspect that two of them are the graves of one of Babel's sons, and his wife; I don't know which one. The small one at the left is the grave of an unnamed infant.
Closeup of Babel headstone.
Closeup of Elizabeth headstone. (difficult to read in photo)
Rehobeth United Methodist Church Cemetery is located just south of Sherrill's Ford. Many Sherrills are buried here including Elisha Sherrill, great-grandson of Adam, grandson of Capt. William Sherrill (born: Oct. 27 1794, died: Oct. 27 1870); and his wife Elizabeth B. Milligan Sherrill (born: Nov. 26 1811, died: Nov 20 1870).
1. View of somewhat overgrown Rocky Mount Cemetery.
2. Abner Payne who married Babel Sherrill's sister, Mary Catherine Sherrill.
3. Joseph H. Sherrill, son of Babel Sherrill, and Sarah Sherrill, Joseph's wife.
4. Bable Wesley Sherrill, son of Babel Sherrill, married Amanda Lavinia Moore.
To get to the cemetery, go north on Hwy 321 from Hickory. Turn on Grace Chapel Rd. just past the river. Turn right again on Rocky Mount Rd. Continue about 1 mile; cemetery is on the left.
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Headstones in this cemetery for Bable Wesley and Bable Pinkney Sherrill are spelled differently from Babel Sherrill, patriarch of this group of Sherrills.
The Old Philadelphia Lutheran Church in Granite Falls, N.C. has many Sherrill families buried there.
Joseph Calvin Sherrill (my Great Grandfather) was a grandson of Babel Sherrill
John Conley Sherrill was a grandson of Babel Sherrill and his wife was Martha Sophronia Teague.
Panorama of the Grace Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery where over three dozen Sherrills are buried.
Henry Jones Sherrill, great-grandson of Babel, and Mary Ella Morrow Sherrill are buried at the Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory, N.C.
