Raiford Faircloth Cemetery

Raiford Faircloth Cemetery Sampson County, NC Surveyed by Sharon Dover Romanek November 2004

The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Raiford Faircloth Cemetery in Sampson County, NC.

Location From Autryville, going toward Roseboro take Autryville Road west. Stay on Autryville Road for about 5 miles. Just past Hitching Post Road there will be a dirt road on your immediate left that leads back into a field. Turn left onto it, and go straight back to where the grove of trees is. The cemetery is just behind the grove of trees up on a small hill in the middle of a farming field.

Transcribers notes: This cemetery was surveyed last in November 2004 by Sharon Dover Romanek with the help of her husband Steve, son Donnie and daughter Molly as well as her mother Cora Belle Williams Dover. The oldest known burial in this cemetery is that of Raeford Faircloth and his wife Martha Jones Faircloth with many who are buried in the cemetery being descendants of theirs. Raeford’s given name is often interchanged with another spelling of Raiford which you will see on his grave stone. This is a very pretty little cemetery which is fenced and sits on a small hill in the middle of farming fields. The burials in this cemetery are all my relatives so anyone wishing further information is welcome to contact me

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GPS Coordinates:
35.022669 N
78.561805 W

The epitaphs are as follows:



Annie J. Cannady
Data Unreadable
Age 65 Years
Anna Jane Faircloth as per daughter 
Chelline’s death certificate
Wife of 
Pardie Cannady

Chelline Williams
Sept  15, 1855
May 15, 1933
2nd wife of 
Reddin Williams
Daughter of 
Hardie Cannady and Jean Faircloth
Dates Taken From My Family File

Reddin Williams
February 12, 1827
November 24, 1904
Dates from my family file
Son of  
John Nathan Williams &  Anna Jane Butler
Husband of 1st 
Nancy Faircloth
Husband of 2nd 
Chelline Cannady

Cordy Jane Faircloth
Feb 12. 1904
July 18, 1906
Daughter of 
Junius Marvin "June" Faircloth & Virginia "Jenny" Idason

Cyrus R. Faircloth
Nov 19, 1893
Oct. 10, 1972
Cyrus Raeford Faircloth
Son of 
William Jessup "Junior"/Willie James Faircloth &
Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie Jane" Autry

Elizabeth
Died Oct 15, 1927
Aged 94 Years
Emily Elizabeth Anne Averitt
Wife of 
James M. Faircloth

Ernest Finch Faircloth
Aug 20, 1887
Oct. 26, 1918
Mechanic in WWI
Son of 
Floy J. Faircloth

Floy J. Faircloth
Feb 19, 1860
Aug 7, 1937
Daughter of 
James M. Faircloth & Emily Elizabeth Anne Averitt
As per son Levi’s Death Certificate 
Floy was married to a John Faircloth

Frances Erselle Faircloth
Jan 21, 1936
Dec 17, 1936
Daughter of 
James Ransom Faircloth & Gladys Usher

George W. Faircloth
Sept 10, 1867
July 14, 1907

Infant Faircloth
Apr. 5, 1914
Daughter of 
Judge C. Faircloth & Ida Jane Jolly 
as per NC Death Records

Infant Son Faircloth
Feb 25, 1913
Son of
J. C. Faircloth & Ida Jane Jolly

James Faircloth
Died Apr 10, 1904
Aged 78 Years
Son of 
Raiford Faircloth & Martha Jones

James R. Faircloth
May 8, 1909
May 16, 1909
Son of 
J. C. Faircloth & Ida Jane Jolly

Junius M. Faircloth
1869-1940
Junius Marvin "June" Faircloth
Son of 
Junius Marvin "June" Faircloth & Virginia "Jenny" Idason

Levy James Redin Williams
Son of 
Reddin Williams and Nancy Faircloth

Lizzie J. Faircloth
June 29, 1868
Aug 4, 1887
Wife of 
W.J. Faircloth
Wife of 
William Jessup "Junior"/Willie James Faircloth

Lora J. Williams
July 10, 1895
Mar. 30, 1936
Daughter of 
Reddin Williams & 2nd Wife Chelline Cannady

Lucy Faircloth
Dec. 1829
Jan. 22, 1898
Some dates in question
Daughter of 
Raiford Faircloth & Martha Jones

Lucy Narcissa Williams Faircloth
April 17, 1867
July 19, 1902
Wife of 
George W. Faircloth

Martha Faircloth
Died Sept 10,1856
Born ca. 1800
Wife of 
Raiford Faircloth

Nancy Williams
June 28, 1892
Born Ca. 1832
1st wife of 
Reddin Williams
Daughter of 
Raiford Faircloth & Martha Jones

Sarah E. Faircloth
Nov 28, 1864
Mar 23, 1931
Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie Jane" Autry
Wife of 
William Jessup "Junior"/Willie James Faircloth

Susan Blanch Faircloth
Sept 17, 1874
Apr 23, 1878
Daughter of 
James M. Faircloth & Emily Elizabeth Anne Averitt

“Jennie” Virginia Faircloth
1882-1976
Virginia Idason
Wife of
Junius Marvin "June" Faircloth

Willie J. Faircloth
Apr. 14, 1862
Jan 30, 1939
Son of 
Raiford Faircloth & Martha Jones
Husband of 
Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie Jane" Autry





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