Notes: Mattie's grave is outside the perimeter of the cyclone fence, which surrounds the cemetery. Her grave is marked by white marble headstone and footstone and is located on a mound about 20 - 30 feet from the fence. The headstone has been broken and knocked over. We were told that a few years ago two young bulls were fighting and caused the damage. It is broken across the area where "Knight" was engraved, making it unreadable, but we are certain that this is Mattie's grave, as the name "Mattie" and the dates correspond to our records, and the grave was pointed out many times by Wade Knight (her son) to his daughter, Mabel Lucille Knight Barnes. Near the cemetery, we were told, once stood a school and a house. The old highway from English to Avery once passed near the cemetery.
This grave was located by Martha Barnes and Mabel Knight Barnes Sept. 16, 1977Martha Barnes

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