We're going on a grave hunt...

And that's literally what we did last Monday for Memorial Day.  When we were considering moving to Charlotte for the summer my Mom mentioned to me that some of our ancestors were buried in a family cemetery somewhere just outside of Charlotte.  She also mentioned that the directions were vague and it could be tough to find.  We did a little digging and set out with an idea of the general direction.  We drove about 40 minutes east to a little town of Red Cross, NC and started knocking on some doors.  We finally found someone who knew of the little cemetery and we were able to find it!  What a find it was!  A tiny little cemetery, just off the side of the road, under a big beautiful tree, dedicated just to my grandmother's great-grandparents and their family, the Hathcocks.

We actually drove past it a couple times, it's easy to miss.

There are only 4 marked graves, and a number (probably around 10+) of unmarked graves as well.

 The grave of Lloyd (1809-1888) and Mary Hathcock (1811-1884) - my great-great-great grandparents

We drove about 10 minutes away to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery to find a few more family member's graves.  We happened upon the grave of Joshua Christian Burroughs who is my grandmother's great-grandpa on the other side.  My mom had the information on where he died, but there was no information on which cemetery he was buried in.  We were able to fill in that information once we saw his grave with our own eyes!

And we found the graves of his parents as well (Burris became Burroughs in the 1850's for some reason - makes family history a little more interesting)

It was such a neat experience to drive through the farmland here in NC where my ancestors were cotton farmers back in the mid 1800's and imagine what life might have been like for them back then.  Much thanks to my great-great-grandmother, Eliza Jane Burroughs, who joined the church in North Carolina and moved West to Arizona to raise faithful children and grandchildren.