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431    HARRISBURG / CHEATHAM MEMORIAL   -   Surname starts with V

Location - off Henderson Street just east of Halifax St, Oxford, NC.

Coordinates: 36d 18m 20.9s N; 78d 34m 23.4s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: from downtown Oxford at Hillsboro St, take Main St south to the dead end of Main St at Front St. Turn left onto E. Front St and continue about one block where Front St turns into Henderson St. Continue on Henderson St for about 0.5 mile to the cemetery on your right.

The Harrisburg Cemetery is probably one of the oldest cemeteries for African-Americans in Granville County. It has been poorly maintained over the years, and is still used occasionally for burials.

The adjacent newer cemetery is known as Cheatham Memorial Cemetery. Most people view these two cemeteries as a single cemetery, even though an old fence separates parts of each. The newer cemetery is also known as Plummer Cheatham Cemetery, since Henry Plummer Cheatham is one of the people buried here.

The majority of the burials in this listing are taken from death certificates on file in the Register of Deeds Office in Oxford, NC.



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1. Veasey, D. C. "Dock"   (b. 12 Jan 1879 - d. 30 Apr 1961)
Burial - Cheatham Memorial. Son of Verge Veasey
2. Venable, Anne Bell   (b. Unknown - d. 5 Feb 1929)
Burial - Harrisburg. Age 25. Daughter of Robert Hart and Anne Hart
3. Venable, Howard Roland   (b. 7 Jul 1902 - d. 20 Dec 1977)
Burial - Cheatham Memorial. Son of Nathaniel Venable and Mary Elizabeth Towler
4. Venable, Hugh   (b. 10 Mar 1900 - d. 15 Aug 1963)
Burial - Harrisburg. Son of Nat Venable
5. Venable, John   (b. 29 Apr 1894 - d. 1906)
Burial - Cheatham Memorial.
6. Venable, Lizzie   (b. 15 Sep 1862 - d. 21 Dec 1941)
Burial - Cheatham Memorial.
7. Venable, Robert Lee   (b. 4 Jan 1906 - d. 13 Sep 1966)
Burial - Cheatham Memorial. Son of Nat Venable
8. Venable, Sarah J. Marrow   (b. Unknown - d. 15 Jan 1920)
Burial - Harrisburg. Age 28. Daughter of Willin P. Marrow and Dora Ragland
9. Veneable, Mary Elizabeth   (b. Sep 1863 - d. 21 Dec 1941)
Burial - Harrisburg. Daughter of Henry Towler and Nellie Lockett