LAND FAMILY CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC A.K.A. Whetstone or Mountain Rest, SC Version 2.1, 14-Oct-2005, C103.TXT, C103 ******************************************************************************** It's believed that the usage of any original work submittals contained within these webpages such as articles, compiling, photographs or graphics, conform to Fair Use Doctrine & Copyright Guidelines. COPYRIGHT NOTE: (1.) Works published before 1923, are considered to be public- domain. (2.) Works published 1923-1977 without a copyright notice, are considered to be public-domain. (3.) Unpublished non-copyrighted works will have Author permission for public-domain. Facts, names, dates, events, places & data can not be copyrighted. Narration, compilations and creative works can be copyrighted. Copyright law in the U.S. does not protect facts or data, just the presentation of this data. REPRODUCING NOTICE: These electronic pages may only be reproduced for personal or 501(c) Not-For-Profit Society use. Use the following names, if, you would like to give any author compiling credit. AUTHORS: Paul M. Kankula-NN8NN & Gary L. Flynn-KE8FD *********************************************************************** 05-01-15 HISTORY WRITE-UP : Mary Land Hardy of Mountain Rest, SC CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ Find intersection of Highway 28 and Whetstone Road (south of Highway 28 & 107 intersection). Drive 0.9 miles west on Whetstone Road. Turn right on Land Bridge Road and drive 1.2 miles north. Stop when you come to Hawthorn Road. (where pavement ends) Turn around and drive back 300'. Cemetery will be located on your left. Property currently belongs to John Ridley, 140 Hawthorn, Mountain Rest, SC 29664, 864-638-5648. Latitude N34 49.809 x Longitude W83 09.166 CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Alice Orr married William B. Land, moving to Land Bridge Road near Chauga Creek. William B. was a descendant of Issac and Mary Billingsley Land. This was a old established family having been issued a grant for property along the Chauga River (circa 1821). The oldest written document, still in the family, is a deed to William Land, witnessed by Issac (circa 1806). This was for acreage on Boone Camp Creek. Issac (1783-1830) and son William Henrey (1829-1905), Company M Palmetto Sharpshooters C.S.A., are buried in the Land family cemetery. William B. was the son of William Henrey and lived from 1873-1939. The union of Alice Orr to William B. produced three sons: Luna Homer (1879- 1976), Warren Lamar (1903-1985), Lloyd Davis (1921-1989), and a daughter, Lena Mae Talley (1916-____). The only descendants of Warren L. and Lizzie Hunter Orr were though the Land family which in 199_ now consist of 7 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great grandchildren and 7 great-great-great grandchildren. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents s. = son w. = wife (17) Field-stone grave markers LAND, Isaac, b. 1783, d. 21-jan-1830, a. 47y, w. mary billingsley LAND, William Henrey, b. 1829, d. 1905, p. mary billingsley & isaac land