Cleveland Co. NC Townships 1 and 2 are located in what was once Rutherford land. Township 1 rests on the SC border. Township 3 is further east and is on land which was half Rutherford and half Lincoln before Cleveland's formation in 1842. The very southern portion of Township 3 was also enumerated as part of old York Dist. SC for about 3 decades. There was great disagreement with where the actual borderline should be. This is my area of descent, unfortunately it is very difficult to gather information from all four counties and 2 states. Please contact me if you have ancestors from Township 3 or have information about any of the 1886 inhabitants listed below. Jeff Martin jmartin@fairfield.com No. 3--"Austell's", "Patterson's", "Rippys", Stices Shoals (most), Swangs Town, part of Shelby; 1880 ED 67; 1900 ED 50; 1910 ED 36 & 37; 1920 EDs 51 & 52; 1930 EDs 5 & 6. Points of Interest: Abner McAfee Cemetery Adams Cemetery Bowen's River Broad River Buffalo Creek Durbro P. O. Earl Ellis' Ferry Emerald Mine Faith Baptist Cemetery First Broad River Hardin #2 Cemetery Hickory Creek James Ellis Cemetery McSwain Cemetery Mt. Sinai Baptist Church New Hope Baptist Cemetery Old Buffalo Church Patterson Springs Baptist Church Pine Grove Church Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Sarratt Cemetery Shoal Creek Church Stice Shoal P. O. Sulphur Springs Methodist Church Swangs P. O. 1886 inhabitants: Adams, F. A. Allen, D. Allen, L. Allen, L. C. Mrs. Arndell, J. E. Mrs. Arndell, M. H. Arnold, W. P. Austell, J. H. Austell, M. P. Austell, W. Aydelotte, P. R. Barrett, F. Beam, D. A. Beattie, E. R. Miss. Beattie, L. Mrs. Bettis, A. Bettis, A. E. Blanton, C. B. Blanton, R. Borders, A. I. Borders, A. M. Borders, G. A. Borders, H. Borders, John Borders, M. Borders, R. Miss. Borders, T. G. Bowen, H. E. Mrs. Bowen, M. A. Bridges, F. A. Bridges, H. H. Bridges, W. Buckner, F. Mrs. Byars, J. C. Cabiness, A. M. Camp, D. Camp, J. A. Camp, John Camp, T. P. Camp, W. A. Camp. T. Champion, J. W. Dickey, S. Mrs. Dixon, T. Rev. Dover, E. Mrs. Dover, P. Dover, T. Earl Earl, A. Earl, I. N. Earl, J. Earl, W. D. Elliott, I. Mrs. Elliott, S. Elliott, T. E. Ellis, C. H. Ellis, J. R. Ellis, J. W. Ellis, N. Mrs. Ellis, W. E. Ellis, Z. A. Francis, R. P. Gibbons, P. M. Gibson, J. K. Gibson, J. P. Gibson, O. P. Gidney Gidney, J. W. Gladden, J. W. Graham, A. B. Green, W. W. Hamrick, B. H. Hamrick, D. M. Hamrick, L. Hamrick, Miles Hamrick, N. Hamrick, P. M. Hamrick, W. A. Hamrick, W. A. J. Hamrick, W. Mrs. Hardin, D. D. Hardin, L. Hardin, W. K. Harrill, H. E. Harrill, W. Henry, R. Hogue, B. M. Hogue, E. Miss. Hogue, I. N. Hogue, J. J. Hogue, J. Mrs. Hogue, Jesse Hogue, L. Mrs. Hopper, E. H. Hopper, J. F. Hopper, J. Miss. Hopper, J. Smith Hopper, John S. Hopper, S. L. Hughes, S. W. Ledbetter, S. Logan, B. F. Logan, J. R. Mrs. Lowery, T. M. Lowery, W. B. Lowery, William McEntire, M. O. McEntire, Mrs. McSwain, H. K. McSwain, J. McSwain, L. C. McSwain, M. McSwain, N. R. McSwain, W. McSwain, W. G. Miller, B. B. Moore, J. Mrs. Morgan, R. Murray, S. E. Mrs. Neal, R. J. Nichols, R. Patterson, C. J. Patterson, J. H. Patterson, W. G. Patterson, W. L. Pruett, W. S. Putnam, D. C. Putnam, M. L. Ramsour, F. S. Randall Randall, M. H. Randall, R. S. Randall, S. D. Rippy, E. Mrs. Rippy, E. R. Rippy, J. P. Rippy, James Rippy, M. Rippy, N. Miss Rippy, W. Rippy, W. M. Rippy, W. P. Roberts, E. Roberts, J. A. Roberts, L. Miss. Roberts, M. H. D. Roberts, P. M. Roberts, R. Roberts, S. E. Mrs. Roberts, T. M. Runyan, A. Runyan, J. C. Runyan, J. M. Runyan, R. Sarratt, C. M. Sarratt, J. P. Sarratt, O. C. Sepaugh, P. Shuford, J. J. Stroup Stroup, Bro. Thomason, J. S. Thomason, N. N. Thrift, A. Turner, E. A. Turner, M. Turner, S. Turner, S. B. Turner, W. B. Warren, M. A. Weaver, J. Mrs. Weaver, L. Weaver, S. Webb Wesson, J. Wesson, J. A. Wesson, Mrs. White, J. Mrs. White, James White, W. P. Wylie, W. G.