Editor’s Note: Western North Carolina is rich with untold stories—many resting quietly in local cemeteries. In this Tombstone Tales series, we explore the lives of people from our region’s past whose legacies, whether widely known or nearly forgotten, helped shape the place we call home.
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (828newsNOW) – In the Bethel community of Haywood County, a cemetery holds the name of a man who helped establish the burial ground in 1854.
Elijah Deaver, a veteran of the War of 1812, is buried at Bethel Community Cemetery…