Early Families & Homeplaces

This section is dedicated to preserving portraits of Cleveland County’s ancestral families. Many of their descendants still live in the area today.

All photos were submitted directly from a descendant or were shared by a descendant on Ancestry.com. If you have an old photograph of your family to share, email a copy to paula.dedmon@gmail.com and she will upload it here.

The photographs are arranged alphabetically by surname into five slideshows.

A–E

  • seated l to r: Wm. Thomas, Lily, Nancy Matilda; standing l to r: Theron, Joanna, Harry, and Flora holding her mother’s hand.

F–J

  • Street Hamrick family in front of the James Irvin log cabin built in 1785.

K–O

  • This photo identifies William P. Love as Shelby’s first mayor. Earlier reports have been unclear as to whether Shelby’s first mayor was Willliam Love or Frederick Hoke. This copy is in the possession of the Broad River Genealogical Society.
  • Jacob and Margaret Mauney and family on the occasion of their 50th anniversary, 1923. Photo from the collection of Greg Payseur.
  • Wesly Mauney and wife, Naomi.
  • 1925

P–T

  • Grady, Raleigh, Garnett, James O. Poston. Ora. Sarah, and Lois Poston.
  • John Wesley & Ida Roberts
  • Eli Borders Roberts & wife, Sarah.

U–Z