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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View photos of the headstones here.
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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