The epitaphs are as follows:

Page 1

T W Kight
Died
Nov 1875

James M Burgess
Dec 21 1880
Dec 30 1942

Ann Mitchell
1850-1900

John Burfoot
1876-1907

MM
United Meth Women
1972-1997

Double Stone
Wilson B Burgess
Oct 15 1851
May 29 1923
Sarah Burgess
Dec 10 1848
Jul 9 1913

Willie K
Son of
R T & M A Burgess
Jun 3 1885
Apr 3 1924

Double Stone
Burgess
Robert T
1850-1937
Margarett A
1865-1925

Mary C
Wife of
R T Burgess
Jun 26 1862
Sep 3 1932

Laura J
Wife of
Paul K Burgess
Oct 23 1889
Dec 17 1918

MM
Paul K Burgess
1887-1957

James Michael Roberts
Son of
Kenneth & Aileen Roberts
1956-1956

Unmarked Stone

Double Stone
Steve & Sarah
Infants of 
Izzie & Fred Burgess

Abner H Williams
Born & Died
Nov 5 1913

Bettie B Tumbler
1838-1910

Polly Burgess
1850-1928

Arlias G Leary
Dec 29 1931
Dec 18 1937

John M Leary
Dec 27 1902
Jul 24 1965

Elsie H Leary
Jun 20 1908
Nov 23 2001

Angeleen Leary Riggs Jones
Dec 18 1929
May 24 2001

Jason Turner Riggs
Sep 24 1926
Dec 25 1967

Sharon Belinda Riggs
Feb 6 1950
Nov 28 1965

Thomas B Jones
Pvt Co B
68 NC Regt
Confederate States Army
1841-1907

Harrison Kight
Apr 7 1842
Mar 31 1888

Chlotildia Kight
1843-1921

Nathan H Kight
1868-1935

Double Stone
Wright
Haywood Pugh
Apr 22 1896
Apr 9 1954
Pearl Riggs
Dec 2 1904
Jun 9 1979

Melba V Wright
Jul 21 1928
Jan 13 1948

Shirley Wright
Jan 17 1928
Mar 27 1925

Elizabeth R Harrison
Jun 23 1909
Oct 12 1975

Willis W Harrison
1902-1962

William B Harrison
May 24 1875
Jan 23 1965

Emma Jane Wright Harrison
Apr 9 1877
Apr 25 1961

Melissie Pugh Wright
Sep 6 1892
Jan 29 1947

Sarah Elizabeth Pugh Wright
May 28 1857
Apr 21 1918

Charlie Seymour Wright
Mar 1850
Apr 1920

Worth W Forbes
Jul 16 1910
Aug 19 1932

Hershey W Forbes
Feb 15 1912
Sep 8 1929

S L Forbes
Jul 13 1864
Jun 4 1927

Rebecca W Forbes
Apr 26 1875
Mar 24 1951

MM
Amelia Ann Colwell
1955-1955



Page 2



MM
A? Lynn Colwell
1955-1956

Double Stone
Noah Burfoot
1813-1861
Fannie
1826-1898

William M Burfoot
1846-1886

Milton M Burfoot
1850-1884

Mary Ellen
Wife of
Willis Wilson
Jan 16 1858
Oct 30 1928

Samuel Burgess Wilson
Apr 4 1861
Feb 21 1940

Calvin Jackson Burgess
Nov 18 1926
July 4 1928

Susan Jones
Mother of
Clarence J Burgess
May 1 1855
Jul 30 1926

Double Stone
Jones
Lydia Ann
1865-1940
William C
1859-1926

Double Stone
Leary
Frances Nichols
Jul 31 1896
Sep 15 1983
Wiley Toxey
Mar 16 1890
Dec 23 1978

Abner K Leary
Aug 16 1862
Jun 7 1925

Double Stone
Richard Harris
May 31 1874
Jan 28 1926
Elenora K Harris
Mar 5 1874
NOD

Cornelius Burgess
Pvt
US Army
Feb 5 1904
Aug 21 1975

Edgar Mitchell Burgess
Apr 14 1873
Feb 1 1938
65 ys

Mae
Wife of
E M Burgess
May 20 1891
Aug 3 1923

Emeline Cowell
NOI

Geo Washington Cowell
NOI

Melissa S Burgess
Oct 22 1861
Oct 13 1935

Peter T Burgess
Aug 16 1837
Jul 11 1903

Mary D Burgess
Jan 11 1839
Jul 2 1885

Martin H Hubbard
Oct 16 1879
Dec 14 1961

Cale Sutton Riggs Jr
Feb 20 1969
Feb 20 1969

Unmarked Stone

Fannie S Leary
Apr 17 1897
Nov 5 1918

Ruth Walker
Jun 25 1894
Jul 6 1917

Cecil E Walker
North Carolina
BM1
US Coast Guard
World War II
Nov 11 1916
Mar 10 1972

Cornelia Needham
Wife of
W J Needham
1872-1935

W J Needham
Sep 12 1864
Jul 26 1927

Jack Bell
1896-1914

Double Stone
Bell
Martha J
1872-1959
William S
1859-1934

Edward Quinton Cahoon
Jun 17 1928
Jun 19 1995

Double Stone
Cahoon
A Judson
Oct 10 1901
May 29 1974
Bertha B 
Mar 1 1904
Jul 2 1991

Avery Lee Cahoon
Jun 9 1930
Dec 13 1989

Double Stone
Burgess
Jessie Wilson
Aug 29 1891
Feb 10 1978
Rosalie Waters
Jan 28 1897
Jul 20 1972

William E Lathan
Aug 31 1901
Apr 11 1983

88 Iron Nail Markers
NOI

Double Stone
Lydia Ann Burgess
Aug 3 1866
Oct 13 1908
M L Burgess
Nov 15 1859
Oct 17 1924

H B Burgess
Mar 1872
Aug 1937

Lydia Riggs
Wife of
H B Burgess
Apr 25 1875
Jul 12 1951

Wealthy B Gregory
1879-1945

N W Burgess
Jan 7 1849
Dec 21 1914

Charlie C Gregory
BM2 US Coast Guard
World War II
Dec 14 1921
May 9 1980

Double Stone
Grace Hall Gregory
Sep 7 1901
Feb 17 1987
Harvey F Gregory
US Army
World War I
Feb 3 1890
Sep 26 1982

Roger Burgess
Mar 13 1903
Sep 28 1918

Peter B Burgess
North Carolina
Chf Master At Arms
US Navy
Jul 18 1926



Page 3



Unmarked Stone

Unmarked Stone

Unmarked Stone

Double Stone
Kight
Mary Emma
Mar 20 1873
Apr 27 1963
Samuel B
Dec 12 1853
Sep 25 1942

M S Jones
Mar 23 1876
Dec 17 1930

Minnie Jones
Wife of
M S Jones
Oct 13 1874
Oct 6 1929

Capt Jessie Murcer
Sep 1819
Jan 29 1891

Minnie P Squires
Sep 4 1894
Sep 21 1966

Charlie C Squires
Mar 29 1885
Oct 3 1943

Maria J Perkins
Dec 9 1852
Aug 27 1934

W W Perkins
Dec 15 1839
Aug 26 1910

Joseph Riggs
Jan 8 1916
Oct 22 1947

William Riggs
Dec 1 1907
Sep 20 1939

Lucille Riggs
Mar 29 1911
Aug 17 1936

Bettie B Riggs
Apr 4 1886
Nov 27 1937

Arthur Riggs
Jun 16 1906
Jan 6 1932

Double Stone
Squires
Mother
Olive Mitchell
Jan 25 1908
Jul 2 1929
Son
Sheldon
Jul 3 1925
Mar 30 1933

N L Burgess
Jul 28 1915
Age 66 ys

Annie L
Wife of
N L Burgess
Died
Dec 9 1919
Age 69 ys

Albert Wayne Leary
Mar 15 1936
Oct 2 2002

Unmarked Stone

Claude Preston Bray
Dec 4 1939
Aug 8 1973

Emma Theora Mitchell
Feb 18 1913
Aug 26 1922

Melvin Lee Mitchell
Jan 31 1931
Nov 7 1934

Double Stone
Waters
Emma J Kight
1874-1932
Mack McClellan
1870-1928

Mark Forbes
Died
Feb 22 1977

MM
Noah L Forbes
1853-1931

MM
Georgianna Forbes
1861-1943

B G Gregory
1859-1931

Bettie Gregory
1859-1935

L H Sanderlin
Feb 23 1873
Jul 28 1889
Aged 16 ys 5 ms 5 ds

L K Sanderlin
Dec 31 1833
Dec 9 1890
Aged 56 ys 11 ms 8 ds

Roger
Ma?
Oct ??
Rest broken off

Double Stone
Forbes
Abner B
Jun 1 1874
Apr 16 1907
Lizzie H
Mar 31 1881
Dec 11 1956

Quintuplet Stone
Clifton
Charles Wiley
Feb 20 1872
Jan 25 1942
Amy Mitchel
Jan 3 1871
May 26 1937
Children
Gertrude
Sep 16 1894
Dec 9 1907
Elsie
Mar 8 1901
May 28 1907
Pearl
Feb 12 1899
Sep 4 1935

Austin Mitchell
Feb 23 1838
Nov 30 1908
Age 70 ys 3 ms 7 ds

John B Mitchell
Feb 9 1868
Jan 30 1933

Leanora S Mitchell
Oct 7 1868
Mar 6 1934

Bessie G Perkins
Feb 4 1884
Aug 5 1930

Double Stone
Bray
Claude Pugh
Aug 25 1899
Aug 7 1969
Lillie Perkins
Oct 5 1909
Feb 15 1945

Bessie M Perkins
Dec 23 1940
Dec 18 1941

Nellie V Perkins
Jun 25 1913
May 19 1942

Baby Hedden
1933

William Douglas Leary Sr
Jun 20 1928
Jan 20 2002

Phillip Emerson Leary
Oct 30 1942
Jun 19 1995

Hilda Harrison Sawyer
Feb 1 1917
Jun 21 1996

Delbert Dalton Harrison
MSgt
US Air Force
Sep 13 1932
Oct 26 2003



Page 4



Raymond Kenneth Gallop
Jul 21 1957
Aug 10 2004

Double Stone
Haislip
David Thomas "Hoppie"
1950-2004
Deborah Ann
1952-1996

Curtis K Sawyer
May 22 1912
Jan 15 1965

Katie Lee Waters Sawyer
Mar 17 1916
Mar 24 2003

Heuston C Mitchell
Sep 3 1908
Apr 16 1967

Loyd Baum Mitchell
Apr 15 1903
Mar 22 1931

Elizabeth Mitchell
Apr 16 1841
Mar 22 1931

Edmund Mitchell
Sep 14 1869
Oct 22 1927

Margaret Ann Mitchell
Jul 18 1876
Aug 2 1952

Jonathan Riggs
Oct 4 1871
Apr 2 1931

Susan
Mother of
W H Sawyer
Mar 30 1841
Feb 16 1920

Martin B
Son of
Ella & Charlie Riggs
Nov 27 1919
Dec 30 1919

Curtis S Riggs
Jun 10 1904
Feb 14 1908

Bettie Turner
Feb 9 1868
Jan 27 1940

George K Burgess
May 18 1866
Jul 21 1910

Polly K Burgess
Sep 25 1826
Feb 7 1902

Infant
Son of
Henry & Pattie Burgess
Born & Died
1926

Daughter of
J M & J Burgess
Died
Sep 4 1910

Henry Clay Burgess
Jan 22 1894
May 15 1976

Pattie B Burgess
Sep 3 1896
Jan 7 1990

Edward S Burgess
1886-1887

Cyrus Burgess
Born & Died
1897

James E Burgess
Jan 12 1861
Dec 25 1909

Blanche G Burgess
1864-1946

John Gray
Dec 24 1847
Sep 12 1917
Age 69 ys 9 ms 18 ds

Adelaide W Harrison
Oct 12 1881
Dec 14 1958

Edmund G Harrison
Dec 22 1878
Aug 4 1915

Susie Harrison
Jul 17 1837
Dec 12 1919

J W Harrison
Oct 18 1831
Jan 24 1898

Sarah J Toxey
1866-1896

Elizabeth Mitchell Swindell
Sep 28 1889
Jan 21 1921

Joe Staples
Nov 27 1942
Dec 14 1942

Double Stone
Staples
Susan Staples
Jun 20 1895
Jun 28 1896
Abner N Jr
Nov 1 1917
Apr 1918

Nancy J Leary
Wife of
Ambrose B Staples Sr
Mar 20 1872
Feb 13 1939

Double Stone
Staples
Ambrose N Jr
Sep 23 1896
Feb 17 1920
Ambrose B Sr
1863-1894

Mary Elizabeth Leary
1869-1890

Seth B Needham
Co D
1 NC Inf
Jul 15 1839
Mar 8 1910

Triple Stone
Abner Harrison
1909
Age 2 ms
Charlie & Joseph
Twins
1910
Age 10 ds

Rebecca
Wife of
W W Burgess
Died
May 26 1923
Age 75 ys

W W Burgess
Mar 20 1847
Sep 28 1927

Charley M Burgess
Mar 12 1877
Dec 7 1954

John Louis Burgess
Jul 25 1875
Jun 4 1940

Helen Pendleton Burgess
Oct 10 1878
Dec 3 1913

Wilse W Burgess
Mar 14 1904
Jul 8 1907

James L Wilson
May 25 1857
Jan 11 1903

Zylphia Wilson
Jul 3 1863
Nov 6 1929

Double Stone
Sawyer
Charlie Forbes
Jan 31 1912
Aug 14 1987
Lola Mae Wilson
May 13 1913
Apr 6 2007

Captolia Needham
Nov 3 1876
Jul 24 1905

Double Stone
Wilson
Jarvis K
Aug 14 1887
Jan 14 1963
Cora Nobles
Dec 15 1890
Jul 15 1969

James P Wilson
May 15 1920
Nov 10 1938



Page 5



Nora Lee Wilson
May 18 1915
Dec 28 1919

Anna Wilson
Jan 10 1911
Jan 21 1911

Benjamin Nobles
Jun 25 1840
May 26 1926

Harry F Joseph
US Army
World War II
Oct 12 1921
Jan 21 1978

Roscoe Emerson Forbes
1914-1959

Double Stone
Seymour
Marvin "M J"
1925-1994
Sadie
1923-2003

Winfred B Harrison
Sep 30 1937
Jun 29 2005

Double Stone
Harrison
Charlie J
Jul 2 1914
Aug 31 1988
Henrietta E
Feb 4 1919
Nov 17 2011

Lula Nobles Burgess
Feb 3 1887
Jan 7 1965

Double Stone
Cox
Max C
Mar 3 1911
Jun 1 1966
Katherine "Rae"
Apr 22 1919
Oct 14 2009

Max Carlton Cox
North Carolina
S1 US Navy
World War II
Mar 11 1911
Jun 1 1966

Donna R Cox
Sep 24 1942
Jun 19 1944

Captolia Wilson Smith
Apr 17 1900
Nov 17 1958

Double Stone
Seymour
Sudie W
Feb 22 1897
Jun 8 1973
Marvin B
Oct 2 1896
Apr 22 1958

Double Stone
Harrison
John Wright
Feb 21 1899
Aug 15 1977
Jael Wilson
Jun 22 1902
Feb 8 1978

F Troy Harrison
May 23 1957
Apr 1 1994

John W Harrison Jr
Husband of
Jean B Harrison
Aug 1 1930
Aug 4 2001

Virginia Webster Burgess
May 18 1800
Feb 23 1827

Double Stone
Leary
Cornelius Gard
Sep 23 1883
Oct 4 1953
Sadie Needham
Mar 28 1881
Dec 28 1935

Margarett L Heath
Nov 27 1910
Apr 12 1942

Double Stone
Heath
Roy Burgess
May 7 1907
Oct 22 1966
Elsie Leary
Nov 21 1908
Mar 14 1978

Mae B Harrison
Sep 17 1890
Oct 20 1968

Hazel P Harrison
Apr 5 1920
Aug 5 1938

Mary R Forbes
Jun 15 1879
May 11 1946

Jonathan P Forbes
Feb 1 1874
Jun 15 1968

Dell P Forbes
Jan 1 1904
Feb 7 1957

Wayne Harris
Twin to
Dwayne Harris
Jun 8 1962
Jun 10 1962

Janie B Harris 
Apr 19 1903
Sep 24 1946

Robert Foster
Feb 17 1860
Apr 12 1942

Mahala Foster
Nov 4 1867
Mar 8 1941

Double Stone
Leary
Elwyn Preston
Feb 22 1904
Mar 16 1989
Dorothy Burgess
Feb 3 1907
Mar 6 1979

Vivian Leary
Wife of
Gilbert Overton
Apr 4 1914
Apr 21 1950

Double Stone
Burgess
Mary C
May 17 1879
Nov 20 1972
Peter T
Aug 7 1875
Jul 18 1952

John B Leary
Aug 7 1857
May 18 1920

Triple Stone
Burgess
Mary E
Sep 21 1915
Apr 5 2001
Fred W
Apr 7 1893
Mar 23 1970
Lizzie B
Oct 1 1896
Jun 27 1987

Double Stone
Williams
Charles H
Apr 28 1891
Mar 7 1984
Susie W
Nov 8 1894
Oct 8 1973

Double Stone
Leary
Hilary Ashburn
Aug 23 1912
Feb 1 1993
Mary Wilson
May 17 1909
Aug 6 1986

Wilson K Leary
Jan 28 1867
Oct 13 1932

Eliza L Leary
Mar 7 1882
Sep 23 1898

Sam'l Leary
US Navy
Jan 27 1842
Jun 22 1924

Anuelica Leary
Mar 15 1845
May 2 1919

Lizzie Tillett
May 14 1870
Apr 15 1917

Pollie K
Wife of
C F Toxey
Apr 1 1868
May 21 1913

Lassell L
Son of
C F & P K Toxey
Jul 1 1888
Nov 15 1909

Annie Leary Wilson
Sep 25 1891
Jan 19 1984

Joseph L Wilson
Apr 25 1883
Feb 12 1944

Double Stone
Roger L Williams
1920-1946
Aubrey C Heath
1913-1946

Double Stone
Crank
Jack Dempsey
Aug 23 1933
Mar 5 2011
Sylvia Leary
May 26 1934
Aug 20 2010

Double Stone
Harrison
Franklin D Sr
Nov 1 1932
Mar 28 2013
Married
Oct 4 1957
Margaret B
Jul 18 1938
NOD

Double Stone
Burgess
Wilse Wright
Feb 14 1914
Mar 16 1988
Married
Oct 15 1933
Lucille Leary
Jul 12 1915
May 9 1983

Triple Stone
Burgess
Dennis W
May 3 1920
Apr 14 1980
Mary B
Aug 2 1926
May 28 2003
Son
David G
May 9 1954
Jul 12 1992

Infant
Son of
Leon & Deloris Needham
Jul 19 1952

Double Stone
Needham
Gurney E
Jul 10 1908
Apr 27 1965
Alice K
Sep 12 1913
May 23 1995

Double Stone
Needham
Maggie Garrington
Feb 17 1912
Apr 19 1996
Floyd Willie
Dec 2 1909
May 10 1977

Double Stone
Needham
Gideon M
Apr 27 1889
Apr 17 1965
Mae Wilson
Oct 25 1887
Dec 22 1966





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