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The earliest marked grave in this graveyard
is that of Susan F. Dilworth, who died in January 1880. John Gordon and
his wife M. L Gordon deeded two acres of land on this site to the trustees
of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church in 1882, stating that the western half of
the land should be used for burial purposes. When the church was moved and
demolished in later years, gravestones were broken and leaning, but the
cemetery continued to serve the Sharp community. There were about 56
Marked graves at the turn of the 20th Century, many of them belonging to
children and infants. A cemetery organization formed in 1949 to oversee
the site's care and maintenance. Additional land that once had belonged to
the church was deeded to and became part of the cemetery. At the dawn of
the 21st Century, the graveyard contained almost 400 graves.
(2000)
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