Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Camden Co., NC
Surveyed by Diane Siniard August 2013




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Camden County, NC.

Location Hwy 343 East from Hwy 158 on the corner of Hawkins Ln. The cemetery is across the street by Wickham Rd.

The cemetery is divided into what looks like 3 sections with 2 of the sections having brick walls with stones inside the walls. I have indicated the sections in the transcription and in the photos.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36.271432 N
    76.081213 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    At the Church Shiloh Baptist Church Shiloh NC The oldest Baptist Church in NC Organized 1727 First Pastor William Burgess First Deacons Paul Palmer Francis Brockett Thomas Herenton William Jones Philip Torksey Robert Wasson Charles Scarborough Section 1 Luna S Godfrey Jun 17 1887 Jan 10 1987 Loyal B Godfrey Nov 10 1884 Apr 2 1968 J H Godfrey Oct 27 1859 Aug 2 1934 Sallie Wife of J H Godfrey Died Mar 24 1927 Age 52 ys A B Dean Dec 11 1876 Feb 3 1906 Virginia W Wife of C E Loyed Jul 11 1846 Oct 10 1908 Betty Stephens Wright Jan 3 1848 Dec 20 1933 Double Stone John C Bell 1878-1966 Bettie W Bell 1884-1932 Double Stone Owens Walter D 1888-1958 Rovena H 1898-1945 Clan W Bell Son of J S & B W 1905-1905 Janie E Bell Jul 28 1929 Oct 26 1930 Clara B Bateman Jun 6 1873 Jan 6 1944 Edmon Bateman Jul 8 1876 Jul 4 1913 Dempsey Dennis Burgess Jr Jul 10 1962 Jul 22 2005 Double Stone Burgess Selma Morgan Jan 5 1908 May 5 1993 Dempsey Burgess Sep 7 1905 Oct 22 1974 Double Stone Burgess Polly Burgess Sep 9 1880 Feb 6 1967 Willie Jasper Jun 6 1875 Apr 21 1963 Susan B Burgess Jul 5 1890 Oct 6 1975 W J Deans Aug 2 1840 Aug 16 1912 Unmarked Stone Mollie Wife of J H Godfrey Nov 1 1859 Oct 31 1900 M B Forbes Jun 1866 Nov 1923 Samuel Godfrey 1828-1906 Sarah A Godfrey 1834-1898 Martha Wright Aug 11 1857 Dec 5 1925 Double Stone Betsy Squires Oct 4 1823 Jan 30 1917 Nicholas Squires Dec 1816 Aug 29 1899 Mary S Wife of W K Burgess Sept 22 1852 Dec 19 1921 Bettie Wife of Wm S Wright Mar 15 1868 Apr 5 1905 W S Wright Oct 27 1847 Dec 9 1911 Double Stone Berley Son of William G & Lydia Garrett Aug 19 1883 Jul 27 1901 Lydia Wife of Wm Garrett Oct 6 1855 Aug 28 1910 Nannie Daughter of J B & Elizabeth Bell Jul 16 1887 Jul 9 1902 Double Stone Bell John B 1846-1920 Elizabeth C 1850-1934 Double Stone Owens Eugenia Holmes 1860-1935 Walter Doyle 1857-1934 Patsy Gregory Teer Jan 31 1952 Feb 18 2013 Gertrude Johnson Gregory Jan 3 1919 Dec 30 2000 Henry Toxey Gregory Sep 25 1916 Oct 20 1997 Samuel Wilson Gregory Apr 4 1892 May 13 1981 Minnie Toxey Gregory Dec 29 1890 Jul 10 1969 Double Stone Walston Vernia H Feb 11 1911 Apr 10 1974 WIllie M Jan 3 1903 Feb 12 1967 Double Stone Elizabeth W Forbes Dec 20 1911 Mar 1 1980 Charlie W Forbes Nov 23 1908 Feb 24 1983 Charles Glenn Forbes Feb 21 1946 Jul 9 1964 Florence M Walston Sep 26 1921 Dec 4 1941 E L Owen Dec 20 Rest Unreadable Double Stone Bray Sabra Oct 25 1894 Mar 14 1984 Calvin Feb 10 1897 Jun 25 1962 Ethel F Torksey Jun 16 1881 Oct 4 1884 Eva F Torksey Nov 9 1888 Oct 3 1895 Double Stone Margaret B Cartwright Burgess Jan 15 1840 Aug 23 1906 Age 66 ys 7 ms 8 ds N S Burgess Dec 28 1841 Nov 14 1930 Virginia Flora Toxey Wife of J B Toxey Dec 8 1850 Feb 23 1928 J B Toxey Nov 18 1841 May 24 1937 Sarah P Bray May 2 1872 Oct 6 1950 Daniel N Bray Nov 20 1867 Sep 17 1935 Glennie H Walston Jul 9 1906 Jun 9 1985 Double Stone Walston Bessie F Aug 1 1881 Jun 1 1914 Lank S Aug 24 1880 Oct 13 1942 Mollie E Walston Jan 14 1845 May 10 1916 Joseph S Walston Aug 1 1844 Jul 2 1902 Mae Morrisette Gregory Oct 23 1890 Jun 27 1979 Wiley Godfrey Gregory Jun 7 1887 Jan 4 1978 Elizabeth Godfrey Gregory Mar 22 1851 May 21 1926 Nathan Powers Gregory Sep 30 1848 Jan 6 1920 Eddie S Walston Jun 8 1874 Nov 29 1926 Henrietta Stevens Jennings Jun 2 1883 Apr 26 1965 W S Wright Jul 6 1878 Mar 23 1919 Double Stone Cowell Betty Duke Oct 20 1868 Jan 19 1932 William James May 17 1858 Feb 17 1945 Pat H Bray Aug 17 1887 Oct 12 1891 Everett Bray Jul 5 1910 Jun 24 1911 Infant Son of Edward T & Elsie C Gregory Jan 18 1950 Elsie C Gregory Jun 30 1916 Mar 7 1985 Edward T Gregory Jul 19 1914 Jun 19 1978 Section 2 Double Stone Wilder George Brockett Mar 6 1881 Jul 4 1963 Maggie Frias Oct 18 1887 May 2 1980 John Wilder Oct 6 1849 May 21 1921 Sarah Owens Ward 1892 Jan 9 1924 Steven Ellena Ward Aug 23 1923 Feb 29 1924 Alice M Owens Feb 17 1906 Jul 24 1924 Edward T Owens Sep 29 1864 Apr 3 1925 Isadora D Owens Sep 1 1889 Aug 24 1937 Boyd Owens Aug 22 1898 Mar 23 1926 Raleigh Ward NOI Teresa Maria Maggio Aug 16 1962 Feb 15 1999 Herman H Owens North Carolina Pvt US Army World War I Dec 28 1894 Feb 28 1970 Mina Irelan Gilbert Owens Nov 12 1897 Jan 25 1967 Dempsey G Gilbert Jan 8 1863 Sep 11 1938 Wm Tate Teachey Jul 5 1953 Jul 7 1953 James D Teachey Jr North Carolina Pvt Co H 90 Infantry World War I Jul 13 1892 Feb 5 1973 Nola Mae Gilbert Teachey Feb 12 1932 Apr 14 2010 Robert Solomon Teachey Aug 25 1984 Aug 25 1984 Franklin D "Frankie" Newby Jr Aug 25 1984 Nov 23 1987 Triple Stone HUbert A Williams Jan 12 1937 Dec 27 1975 Julia G Williams Jun 8 1918 Oct 3 2001 Johnnie R Oct 1 1900 Sep 17 1966 Section 3 Maggie W Forbes Apr 4 1878 Feb 27 1962 Double Stone Williams Lydia B 1857-1955 Abner H 1843-1911 MaryJo Hoover Aug 31 1943 Feb 8 2004 Leon F Jordan Sep 13 1898 Feb 1 1975 Louise F Jordan Oct 3 1911 Feb 1 1994 William D Frias Sep 25 1885 Aug 26 1966 Sallie C Frias Nov 16 1884 Dec 4 1928 James "Jimmy" Lewington Richardson Jr Aug 15 1950 Mar 17 2001 Isabelle V Burgess Sep 28 1926 Oct 6 2008 Walter Forbes Dec 30 1911 Jan 29 1964 Double Stone Forbes Ellen W Aug 12 1885 Feb 17 1960 John B Oct 7 1875 Dec 10 1960 Double Stone Walston Ambrose B May 15 1850 Nov 1 1934 Mary F Toxey Feb 18 1854 May 8 1936 Lela Whitehurst Oct 14 1907 Oct 24 2001 Juanita Yuhas Dec 26 1921 Nov 17 1996 Joseph Pierce 1878-1950 H M Steen 1841-1926 Bertie Wife of W S Godfrey Feb 18 1893 Feb 25 1919 Roy C Godfrey May 31 1910 Apr 28 1944 Thomas B Godfrey 1860-1946 Mannie S Godfrey 1864-1949 Rebecca Stevens Godfrey Feb 10 1888 Nov 14 1963 Charlie Forbes Godfrey Nov 16 1886 Mar 10 1962 Double Stone Mannie Godfrey 1870-1947 Robert Godfrey 1860-1946 Rupert Wright Barco Aug 15 1912 Aug 31 1995 Grady Wright Barco North Carolina PFC AT Co 350 Inf Regt World War II Jul 10 1914 Apr 8 1971 Thomas Waverly May 28 1900 Mar 20 1972 Matilda Wright Barco Oct 17 1886 Sep 11 1982 Walter Forbes Barco May 8 1880 Jun 23 1930 James Melville Williams Sr Sep 8 1937 Jan 15 2011 Barco Otwell Mar 31 1953 NOD Floris Barco Doxey Jul 15 1895 May 29 1965 Double Stone Barco Sallie 1860-1941 Alexander 1841-1915 Nellie O Coppersmith Oct 25 1920 Dec 19 2002 Harry W Coppersmith Jr Jan 8 1908 Jan 15 1998 Helen Coppersmith Evans Sep 19 1915 Apr 11 1982 Ray Coppersmith Jr Jul 1 1918 Nov 21 1988 George W Coppersmith 1885-1918 Pvt Ray R Forbes 1904-1981 Double Stone Forbes William Marshall Oct 1 1870 Feb 22 1962 Mollie Gregory Nov 29 1877 Jul 24 1966 Double Stone Leary Jack Tunny Aug 2 1926 Aug 12 2002 Henrietta Forbes Jul 14 1929 NOD Howard T Sawyer North Carolina Pvt Field Arty Nov 17 1896 Oct 5 1945 William S Sawyer Mar 14 1878 Sep 17 1958 Double Stone Coston S Sawyer Sep 2 1876 Aug 18 1942 Hasseltine Nov 19 1879 Aug 10 1920 Double Stone Sylvester Forbes 1849-1920 Henrietta Forbes 1847-1944 Lula M Wife of H F Bartlett Mar 1 1885 Dec 25 1928 Rennie Forbes Bartlett Aug 18 1883 Dec 14 1966 Henry Forbes Bartlett Aug 2 1881 May 10 1956 Double Stone Forbes William Clyde Jun 4 1900 Jun 27 1989 Married Mar 2 1921 Dora Burgess Sep 18 1902 Oct 20 1995 Daughter: Eleanor & Henrietta Behind the Church L C Brown Apr 30 1859 Jun 14 1936 Bettie Brown Feb 5 1871 Nov 20 1948 Sydney Bray Topping May 19 1867 Nov 17 1936 Tilmon F Burgess Jul 7 1879 Oct 8 1888 Elizabeth Burgess Wife of W K Burgess Dec 23 1841 Jul 1 1907 Willoughby K Burgess Oct 20 1852 Jun 20 1928 Charlotte Dunton Walston Wife of Isaac Davis Anthony Forehand Thomas Forbes Wilson Godfrey 1818-1903 Across the street beside church Buried Grave Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Father-Mother Relative of Jim West Elizabeth Sanderlin Sep 25 1843 Aug 8 1912 Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone ?ary Gray Garrett 1838-1881 Buried Stone Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone The following are supposed to be buried here but I found no stones for them. If you have photos of their stones please consider sharing them to add to the page. Col Dempsy Burgess 1751 Jan 13 1800 Rev John Burgess 1720 Jul 16 1763 Rev William Burgess 1703-1761 Harney Jordan Sep 16 1849 Feb 21 1929

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