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Map showing Bain Cemetery Ward and Bain Cemeteries are side by side and well off the road. [The third cemetery on this map (off to the East) is the Vineyard Grove Cemetery.]

Latitude: +33° 38' 29.46"
Longitude: -95° 58' 41.22"

Satellite map showing Bain Cemetery

To find the cemetery, travel 1.2 miles west on county road 2980 off of 1396. We were able to turn off of 2980 onto a narrow dirt road which does not appear on either of these maps but which ran roughly parralell to the west fenceline of the cleared field shown on this map. You will intercept a field bounded by a barbed wire fence supported by wooden posts. The fence runs east and west. You will need to cross over this fence into the field.

You can see on the satellite map that this field is shaped somewhat like a sock or boot. You are entering the field at the top/back of the boot. You'll need to make your way to "the big toe". From this point hike back due north into the woods until you reach the remains of an old fence running East/West. If you do not readily see tombstones nearby, head East along this fence line until you do. This will be the Ward Cemetery.

The Bain Cemetery is about 150 feet slightly north of east of the largest Ward Monument.

Bain Cemetery


Tombstone of Hugh Bain
Tombstone of Hugh Bain was found hidden by dirt and leaves in the Bain Cemetery.

Bain Cemetery


Wes Hamilton standing next to Ward Monument

The Bain Cemetery is virtually destroyed. The photo at right is not a picture of the Bain Cemetery but a photo of the "Ward Monument" mentioned in the directions to Bain Cemetery. The "Ward Monument" is located in the Ward or Jolley Family Cemetery which is very close to the Bain. The Bain Cemetery lies about 150 feet northeast of this monument.

Jerry Hamilton with his parents and with the help of Billy Suitor, located the cemeteries in 2001 and sent in a delightful story about their search that day. Jerry's dad, Wes Hamilton, is shown in this photo standing next to the stone marking the burial of his great, great grandparents.

"Frustrating verification of any claim of who is buried here by actually finding a stone is that the limestone markers are rapidly decaying. Any handling at all is hazardous. When I found the Bain cemetery there were as many headstones flat on the ground and broken as there were standing. Those on the ground were partly covered over by leaves and other detritus." ~ ~ Jerry Hamilton ~ ~

The Bains and McCraws who's names appear in the Bain Cemetery arrived in this area north of Honey Grove in 1845. The Bains settled west of Allens Chapel. Two of the Bain men were shot to death on what was later the Bantam gin lot. They had returned from selling some horses. The money for the sale was never found so it was believed they were robbed and shot.

Bain Cemetery

Name Birth Date Death Date Notes
Bain, Hugh15 Jul 182119 Feb 1853born Robeson Co. N.C.
Bain, John A.Mar 182312 Nov 1862born Robeson Co. N.C.; Married Anna H. Hicks 19 Jan 1853
Gambell, Catherine Bain  30 Jan 182526 Oct 1848born Robeson Co. N.C.; Married Wm Gambell Sept 1847
McCraw, Mary A[13 Feb 1846]      21 Oct 1862    dau of T. B. & Nancy McCraw; 16 Yr, 8 Mo, 8 Da