The Higgins cemeteries lie along the Cane River below Higgins, west of Burnsville
Source. USGS GNIS; USGS National Hydrography Dataset; Census TIGERweb; Bodford cemetery survey; NCGenWeb; Find a Grave.
Method and data
Method. Cemeteries are placed from their recorded descriptions, not surveyed points, and sit at the named community or stream.
| Name | Type | Position | Recorded location and burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higgins | place | GNIS 1020728 | |
| Burnsville | place | GNIS 1009845 | |
| Bald Creek | place | GNIS 1018915 | |
| Day Book | place | GNIS 1024888 | |
| Bee Log | place | GNIS 1019046 | |
| Ramseytown | place | GNIS 1022144 | |
| Big Bald | place | GNIS 1009250 | |
| Higgins Knob | place | GNIS 1020729 | |
| Higgins cemeteries | cemetery | at Higgins (approximate) | John Higgins Cem. “about 4 mi down Cane River”; Higgins (Freewill Baptist) Cem. “about 5 mi down Cane River on 19W”; W. E. Higgins Cem. “Higgins community” | burials: John Jr. and Winnie; Macy; Charles and Emaline; William M.; James H.; Theodore |
| Henry Hensley Cem. | cemetery | at Bee Log (approximate) | Bee Log | burials: Hensley burials; Higgins neighbors |
| Hensley Cem. | cemetery | at the mouth of Riddle Branch (approximate) | Bald Mountain, near Riddle Branch | burials: Gaston |
| Byrd Branch Cem. | cemetery | at Byrds Branch, by name only (inference) | Yancey Co. | burials: Hosea J. (tree) |
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