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.
Google map to find this cemetery
View photos of the headstones here.
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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