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Gragg Cemetery
Meat Camp, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina

Lat: 36° 14' 56"N, Lon: 81° 38' 08"W

Contributed by Carl W Dykes, May 11, 2007 [cwdykes@charter.net]. Total records = 74.

Gragg Cemetery is located on a hill in the middle of a cow pasture behind a little dairy farm on Clay Hodges Road near the intersection of Herbert Jones Road. This area of Watauga County is called Meat Camp.

The four wheel drive on my truck came in handy because of the rough terrain leading up to the cemetery. The view of the surrounding valley from the cemetery is excellent. The cemetery is fenced within the pasture. Because this is a working farm, care must be taken to close all gates that you open to reach the cemetery.

The ownership of the cemetery is unknown. The cemetery is in pretty good shape with some minor damage caused by the elements. The earliest burial appears to be that Dillard Burton Hodges in 1875. The last burial appears to be in 1984.

This is a complete transcription of all legible stones in the cemetery, which I completed on Oct 29, 2006.

- Carl W Dykes

Baird, Ralph L., b. Aug 08, 1906, d. Feb 04, 1908, s/o Noah Stewart
Brown, Gordon Lee, b. Aug 03, 1933, d. Jan 14, 1937, s/o F. J.
Cornett, Marion Tony, b. Mar 13, 1943 b. Feb 02, 1962, (Probably the son of Marion Columbus and Ida Belle Dotson Cornett.)
Curtis, Bertram McKinley, b. Dec 09, 1897, d. 1956, s/o James Madison
Curtis, Pearl G., b. 1907, d. 1946, w/o Bertram McKinley
Dotson, Albert Arron, b. Jul 01, 1902, d. Dec 08, 1953, s/o John General
Dotson, John General, b. Oct 04, 1876, d. Mar 22, 1970, s/o General Jordan
Dotson, Lloyd Earl, b. May 02, 1928, d. Mar 22, 1947, s/o Albert Arron
Dotson, Mamie G., b. Jan 21, 1913, d. Apr 2, 1913, d/o John General
Dotson, Thersia Melisia Layell, b. Dec 27, 1873, d. Apr 04, 1951, w/o John General
Dotson, Virginia, b. Feb 09, 1889, d. Sep 23, 1914, w/o Alfred F.
Flick, Grace Gragg, b. Jan 30, 1907, d. Apr 12, 1984, w/o Leon
Flick, Jimmy Gordon, b. Nov 06, 1936, d. July 6, 1982, s/o Leon, military marker, U. S. Air Force
Gragg, Infant, b.&, d. 1941, d/o J. A.
Gragg, John A., b. Jun 13, 1848, d. May 18, 1924, s/o Hamilton
Gragg, Margie Matilda Billings, b. Dec 05, 1876, d. Jun 05, 1965, w/o William Webster
Gragg, Nancy Greene, b. Feb 12, 1846, d. Jun 07, 1903, aged 57y, 3m, 25d, w/o John A.
Gragg, William Webster, b. Jun 10, 1876, d. May 21, 1949, s/o John A.
Greene, Cynthia Caroline, b. Dec 06, 1845, d. March 27, 1891, aged 45y, 9m, 15d, w/o William H.
Greene, Henry Albert, b. Dec 23, 1888, d. Jan 5, 1963, military marker, U. S. Army, WWI
Greene, Infant, b. Feb 22, 1907, d. Mar 08, 1907, s/o James H.
Greene, James H., b. Sep 28, 1870, d. Feb 03, 1927
Greene, Lillie V., b. May 15, 1869, d. Oct 10, 1949
Greene, William Floyd, b. Feb 14, 1920, d. Oct 28, 1925
Hayes, Carrie M. Gragg, b. Sep 03, 1869, d. Jan 10, 1929, first w/o Joseph Harrison Jr., "Mother"
Hayes, Dora Gragg, b. 1873, d. Dec 27,1957, second w/o Joseph Harrison Jr.
Hayes, Eliza Hodges, b. Jan 06, 1829, d. Aug 03, 1887, w/o Joseph Harrison Sr., married Oct 10, 1848, Ashe Co., NC
Hayes, George Hamilton, b. Jan 05, 1868, d. Aug 12, 1953, s/o Joseph Harrison Sr., "At Rest"
Hayes, Infant, b.&, d. Dec 19, 1893, s/o Joseph Harrison Jr.
Hayes, Joseph Harrison Jr., b. Apr 10, 1865, d. Jul 11, 1954, s/o Joseph Harrison Sr., "God is our refuge and strength"
Hayes, Joseph Harrison Sr., b. Oct 23, 1828, d. Apr 28, 1907, aged 78y, 6m, 5d, s/o Ransom, (Co. I, 58 NC Infantry, CSA*)
Hayes, Mary C. Moody, b. Mar 24, 1868, d. Jan 18, 1907, w/o George Hamilton, married Aug 04, 1909, Watauga Co., NC
Hayes, Roy Gragg, b. Apr 20, 1907, d. Jun 16, 1932
Hodges, Calloway, b.1845, d. Mar 07, 1890, s/o John Jack, (Co. I, 58 NC Infantry, CSA*, Co. C., 5 Battalion NC Cavalry, CSA* and Co. H, 6 NC Cavalry, CSA*)
Hodges, Cora, b. 1875, d. 1896, w/o Leonard
Hodges, Cordie L, b. Mar 15, 1896, d. Mar 25, 1896, d/o Joseph Marion
Hodges, Dillard Burton, b. Apr 03, 1820, d. Jan 31, 1875
Hodges, Dr. Joseph Marion, b. Apr 16, 1866, d. Jul 18, 1941, s/o Larkin
Hodges, Dr. William B., b. May 27, 1863, d. Feb 06, 1941, s/o Dillard Burton
Hodges, Eliza Northern, b. Dec 14, 1826, d. Feb 07, 1877, w/o Dillard Burton
Hodges, Emma L. Hodges, b. Feb 22, 1879, d. Jun 5, 1938, w/o Joseph Marion, d/o Calloway Hodges
Hodges, Ethel Day, b. 1891, d. no date, w/o Thomas Clingman
Hodges, General Grant, b. Nov 14, 1895, d. Apr 16, 1896, s/o James Patterson
Hodges, General Lafayette, b. Jan 28, 1874, d. Dec 21, 1942, s/o Calloway
Hodges, Grant T., b. Jan 29, 1869, d. Dec 23, 1895, s/o Dillard Burton
Hodges, Hardie Lee, b. Sep 15, 1876, d. Jun 27, 1962, s/o Calloway
Hodges, Infant, b.&, d. Aug 13, 1918, d/o General Lafayette
Hodges, Infant, b. Jan 19, 1906, d. Mar 06, 1906, s/o Hardie Lee
Hodges, Infant, b. Sep 22, 1910, d. Sep 23, 1910, s/o General Lafayette
Hodges, John Millard, b. 1869, d. 1943, s/o Calloway
Hodges, Joseph, b. Jun 18, 1859, d. Dec 26, 1910, s/o William Marion
Hodges, Josephine Augusta Hodges, b. Jul 22, 1860, d. Apr 28, 1909, w/o Joseph, d/o Dillard Burton
Hodges, Lula E. Adams, b. Jun 09, 1886, d. no date, w/o General Lafayette
Hodges, Martha, b. Nov 29, 1848, d. 1876, d/o Dillard Burton
Hodges, Mary Green, b. 1854, d. 1911, w/o William
Hodges, Mattie V. Smith, b. Nov 16, 1882, d. May 11, 1952, w/o Hardie Lee, married Aug 03, 1905
Hodges, Oscar, b. Oct 18, 1889, d. Nov 01, 1913, s/o Joseph Marion
Hodges, Rev. Larkin, b. Feb 03, 1806, d. May 26, 1887, s/o William
Hodges, Sallie O. Adkins, b. 1876, d. no date, w/o John Millard, married Dec 23, 1896
Hodges, Sarah "Sallie" Greene, b. 1847, d. 1928, w/o Calloway
Hodges, Thomas Clingman, b. 1883, d. 1960, s/o Calloway
Hodges, Thomas Leonard, b.1877, d. 1892, s/o William Morris
Hodges, W. C., b. Oct 01, 1918, d. Dec 07, 1925, s/o Carrie Hodges
Hodges, William Morris, b. Oct 1838, d. Jan 10, 1910, s/o John Jack, (Co. I, 58 NC Infantry, CSA*)
Houser, Sallie H., b. 1910, d. 1974
Johnson, Tommy, b. Jan 13, 1963, d. Mar 07, 1979
McLean, Lillie Cloe Dotson Robbins, b. Jun 24, 1914, d. Apr 14, 1978, w/o John Henry, w/o Unknown McLean
Robbins, June Lee, b. Feb 23, 1939, d. Jul 18, 1979, d/o John Henry
Trivett, Albert S., b. Jun 13, 1905, d. Jul 30, 1905, s/o C. A.
Vannoy, Allen, b. Apr 24, 1903, d. Aug 29, 1903, s/o James Gilbert
Vannoy, Caladonia "Dona" Martha Hodges, b. May 29, 1871, d. Mar 16, 1952, w/o James Gilbert, married Feb 25, 1892, Watauga Co., NC
Vannoy, infant, b. Apr 12, 1893, d. Apr 18, 1893, d/o James Gilbert
Vannoy, James Gilbert, b. May 8, 1869, d. May 5, 1932
Vannoy, Lizzie, b. Mar 02, 1899, d. May 10, 1900, d/o James Gilbert

Misc;
* North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, Vol's. II and XIV.
Note: The preparer of this document has utilized North Carolina death records, the Social Security Death Data Base, WWII U. S. Army Enlistment Records and WWI Draft Registration Cards to supplement or to verify some entries.