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Second clean up and planning date is scheduled at McCuller Cemetery, this Saturday, March 18

Update on McCullers Cemetery:

Cemetery Clean Up and Planning session For the Patriot Mathew McCullers Cemetery is scheduled Saturday, March 18, from 1-5:30pm. Optional Meet for lunch at Smithfield Chicken ‘N BBQ near the McCullers Crossroad by 11:30am

Cemetery located on Donny Brook Road across 401 South/Fayetteville Road from the South Campus of Wake Tech.

This is a Revolutionary War Soldier's grave site in Wake County. If you are interested in attending, please contact Holt Anderson directly. His contact info is in bold below. This is good work being done to save this and an ajoining slave cemetery.

Please help if you are able. 


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Holt Anderson, Joel McCullers Hobby, and Tommy Broadwell (all McCullers descendants) are in the early stages of organizing a cleanup project of the McCullers Family Cemetery in southern Wake County. They seek other descendants and interested parties to assist in planning and executing the effort to clear the site located at Donny Brook Rd and US 401 south of Raleigh. The site is the burial place of documented Revolutionary War soldier, Captain Matthew McCullers and includes a total of 19 graves. An associated slave cemetery is located nearby.

Source

Matthew Jones McCullers (1759-1825) married Sarah Lane (1763-1843). McCullers served in the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of Captain. He fought in the Battle of Moore’s Creek (NC), Battle of Brier Creek (Ga), Siege of Charleston and Battle of Lindley’s Mill (NC).

View Captain McCullers Rev. War Pension file here - http://revwarapps.org/w7415.pdf

View the Cemetery Find a Grave records here - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2242193/mccullers-cemetery

Known associated surnames include Adkins, Anderson, Banks, Heflin, Perkinson, Johnson, Lane, Nance, McCullough, and Rand.

If you are interested in helping plan and execute this cleanup project, please contact Holt Anderson. Please share this information with anyone you think may be interested and willing to participate.

 Holt Anderson
17 Chancery Place
Durham, NC 27707-5001
919-740-8697 (Mobile)
919-489-9310 (Home)
holta@mindspring.com


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