New Burying Ground Cemetery
Camden Co., NC
Surveyed by Diane Siniard September 2013




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the New Burying Ground Cemetery in Camden County, NC.

Location on Joy Creek Rd in South Mills turn on dirt path beside 192 Joy Creek Rd and follow path back to cemetery. Cemetery is mowed but the graves are VERY NEGLECTED! I had to dig about 50% of them up or uncover them from the grass growing all over them.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36º 26.242 N
    76º 19.011 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double Stone Griffin Melvin Lewis Jul 12 1944 NOD Married May 28 1967 Maggie McCoy Mar 3 1945 Apr 15 2010 Joseph Archer Aug 9 1901 Feb 1992 Mother NOI Henry Archer Died Feb 4 1992 Bemma Archer Feb 20 1886 Sep 15 1912 Imploded Grave Imploded Grave Unmarked Grave Imploded Grave Metal Post NOI Adline L Burrus 1853-1932 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Stone Bertie Mae Turner Lewis Jul 23 1908 Mar 26 1938 Double Stone Josiah "Joe" Turner Jr Jun 2 1879 Nov 8 1955 Mittie Hundley Turner 1883 Jan 21 1935 Joseph Wilson North Carolina PFC Co C 424 Res Labor Bn QMC World War I Jun 26 1891 Nov 12 1955 Wooden Cross Mary E Bal??? Unreadable May 18 1886 May 18 1913 Golden Gregory Jun 8 1905 Jun 7 1971 Elisha Mitchell Cpl US Army World War I Jan 2 1900 Dec 21 1979 Moses Mitchell Oct 5 1969 Jul 27 1976 Gladys H Brown Apr 10 1920 May 22 1998 Unmarked Stone Samuel Mitchell Mar 28 1905 Apr 17 1974 Lemuel Mitchell Nov 4 1904 Jul 26 1966 Unmarked Stone Mable H Watson Mar 22 1921 Jun 2 1982 MM Cicero Elliot 1898-1961 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Stone George Henry Barnard North Carolina TEC5 3526 Truck Co Tc World War II Dec 27 1908 Aug 15 1961 Channie Hassell Mar 3 1897 Mar 2 1961 Cement Cross NOI Cement Cross NOI Blanch Taylor Oct 14 1900 Feb 27 1953 Curduster D Cherry Jun 1 1882 Jan 16 1959 Unmarked Stone Amanda B Harris Jul 31 1883 Jun 12 1948 Unmarked Stone George W T Eason North Carolina Pvt 330 Labor Bn QMC World War I Jan 13 1895 Mar 12 1951 Mary E H Whitehurst May 28 1915 Nov 5 2004 Bessie I Harris Mar 5 1920 May 6 1938 James H Harris Nov 19 1869 Oct 18 1958 John Henry Harris Oct 4 1935 Nov 21 1953 Concrete Block NOI Cherry White May 31 1902 Sep 13 1974 Ray Skinner Jan 13 1923 Nov 12 1976 Metal Post NOI Willie White Aug 6 1900 Apr 5 1972 Claude Earl Taylor North Carolina Pvt 370 Infantry World War I Dec 12 1895 Feb 6 1957 Esther L Griffin Died May 14 1934 Age 17 ys Lydia V Jones 1907-1945 Tom E Griffin Sr Dec 8 1922 Dec 8 2007 Isiah Griffin Died Nov 8 1951 Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Emerson Ferebee North Carolina Cook 872 Co Trans Corps May 7 1940 Unmarked Stone Metal Post NOI Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Metal Post NOI Metal Post NOI Metal Post NOI James E Burrus 1853-1943 Maggie Gregory Dec 31 1916 Jan 23 1991 Metal Post NOI Jane E Wife of S O Brite 1836 Oct 12 1911 Jane Feriby Wife of Andrew Feriby Sep 9 1869 Mar 2 1908 Metal Post NOI Metal Post NOI Unreadable T Usher? Co C US 6 Cav Unmarked Stone Metal Post NOI Metal Post NOI Metal Post NOI Maggie Sawyer May 24 1925 Apr 8 2006 Claud Sawyer Mar 5 1923 Jul 30 1976 Louise Winslow Freeman 1884-1976 Marshall Sawyer North Carolina Pvt 810 Pioneer Inf World War I Jun 5 1897 Feb 25 1971 Metal Post NOI S C?aprie White Sep 2 1820 Feb 19 1911 Metal Post NOI Unmarked Stone 2 Metal Posts NOI Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Isaac Taylor Died Feb 1 1993 Metal Post NOI Mary L Moore May 6 1949 Mar 12 2011 Louise Ann Rodgers Apr 12 1937 Jul 16 2008 Buried Jul 25 2008 Moses Mozell Rodgers Jr Sep 4 1940 Jan 14 2007 Charles H Elliott Sep 21 1923 Jun 11 2006 Buried Jun 17 2006 Leugene G Blount Sep 8 1984 Jul 24 2004 Eugene Walker Jan 17 1963 Jun 5 2008 Beaulah Mae Dunton Feb 12 1927 Dec 25 2011 Jeremiah McPherson Oct 6 1832 Apr 10 1912 Volunteer Co A First Regiment Virginia Curtis Lee McPherson Jan 1 1942 Feb 14 1992 Bessie B Woodson Jan 9 1929 Feb 16 2004 Unmarked Grave Lemuel Spence May 5 1928 Jan 21 2005 Unmarked Grave Earline F McPherson Nov 8 1932 Jan 15 1994 Ella Mae Rogers 1912-1981 Penephia G Burrus Jan 10 1888 Oct 3 1984 Mary F Turner Jun 11 1922 Mar 18 1980 Alexander Moore Aug 30 1947 May 12 1985 Hersey Brothers May 28 1902 Jul 4 1988 William Henry Skinner Sep 10 1916 Apr 29 1993 Mary W Carver Oct 7 1898 Jan 30 1979 Charles J Turner Feb 11 1948 Jun 16 1978 Moses Rodgers 1904-1979 Clarence L McPherson 1928-1980 Ulysses L Gordon Apr 2 1909 Mar 11 1984 Bertha W Sawyer Jul 22 1929 Jun 14 1989 Henry Lewis Elliott Mar 5 1942 Apr 5 2005 Buried Saturday Apr 9 2005 Tony Augusta McPherson Nov 10 1956 Aug 11 2007 James Ferebee Jul 24 1934 May 1 2008 Unmarked Grave Wooden Cross M Ferebee NOI Mamie G Webster Sep 3 1929 Oct 8 2012 Johnnie Spence Sep 14 1914 Jan 22 2005 Mary F Spence Jun 27 1924 Dec 16 2000 Walter A Spence Jul 19 1946 Jul 9 2006 Alfred H Spence Feb 13 1882 Jun 23 1980 Charlie S Morris Mar 1 1900 Aug 12 1979 John T McPherson Jun 20 1915 Sep 11 1983 Cleo McPherson Jun 15 1917 Jun 13 1988 Addie McPherson Aug 8 1885 Aug 6 1979 Willie McCoy Jul 28 1905 Sep 27 1977 Bessie McPherson Jul 23 1920 Nov 16 1995 Unmarked Stone Walter C Spence May 7 1916 Jul 1 1970 Charlie W White Oct 2 1888 Mar 29 1983 MM Unreadable George Lee Elliott SC1 US Navy World War II 1926-1972 Rickey G Taylor SP4 US Army Jun 23 1953 Jul 22 2010 Nancy E Mitchell Griffin Jordan Mar 10 1935 Jul 13 2009 Dollie Alice Spence Mitchell Jun 2 1910 Feb 16 2001 MM Unreadable Melvin Mitchell Jun 30 1937 Aug 25 1992 Unmarked Stone Sam Spence Sep 21 1908 Oct 14 1969 Junior Mitchell Aug 18 1928 Sep 10 1957 Willie I Spence Nov 29 1936 Feb 20 1953 Herb C Berry Dec 6 1904 Nov 6 1949 Unmarked Stone Susan G Spence Mar 29 1907 Oct 16 1993 Apollo Spence Jun 15 1907 Jun 9 1971 William Spence Jun 15 1897 Feb 1 1968 Caleb L Barco SSgt US Army Aug 4 1927 Jan 4 1975 Georg Elliott Sr 1900-1956 Unmarked Stone William Henry Ferebee Aug 13 1915 Jun 18 1953 Unmarked Stone Median A Spence Dec 22 1890 Dec 17 1977 Johnnie Spence Sr Jan 1 1891 Jul 30 1960 Unmarked Stone Wancy Pairce NOI Wayne Lorenzo McPherson Feb 11 1948 Oct 11 1956 Thomas McPherson Oct 16 1876 Dec 20 1969 Metal Post NOI Washington Spence Jr Feb 5 1901 Mar 8 1962 Alvin D Burnham Aug 3 1913 Feb 6 1918 Leroy C Burnham US Army World War II Sep 1 1924 Apr 7 1975 Metal Post NOI George Muoc? 1842 Jun 17 1923 Mary Ann Victoria Proctor Mar 1 1851 Sep 1 1916

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