Ann K Propst wrote: >Hi, > >I need clarification as to the identity of the following entry in the >1939 WPA Cemetery Survey of Cleveland County, NC on page 221 that are >buried in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery near Cherryville, Gaston >County, NC- > >Carpenter, Mechal Mary Carpenter (No dates) > >Possibilities might be: > >Michael Carpenter b. 1760-after 11 Dec. 1824 and Mary Cherry b. c. >1765-d. 1818-1820 both died in present day Cleveland County, NC > "Michael Carpenter b-about 1760, d-after Dec. 11, 1824, married abt 1786 Mary Cherry, b-abt. 1765, d-prob. bet. 1810-1820." [Burial sites not identified.] Robert C. Carpenter, Carpenters A Plenty (1993) pages 126-130. [Descendants continue on numerous pages.] >Another possibility might be: > >Michael Carpenter b. bef. 1850 and Mary Elizabeth Roberts b. 8 Mar >1847-d. 22 Dec. 1908 & buried in Cherryville, Gaston Co., NC > "Michael Carpenter b-Dec. 15, 1846, d-after 1880, m-Mary Elizabeth Roberts, b-Mar. 8, 1847, d-Dec. 22, 1903, both bur. St. Johns Luth. Ch. Cem. Cherryville." Robert C. Carpenter, Carpenters A Plenty (1993) page 306. [Descendants continue on numerous pages.] >These folks might be in "Carpenters A Plenty" of which I do not have access to. > >Ann Propst, Brevard, NC > >