The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Wells Chapel Cemetery in Sampson County, NC.
Location On U. S Hwy # 41, west of Wallace, and near the Duplin and Sampson County Line, The highway divides the cemetery with the church on the south side of the Highway
"Rev. Samuel Newton was pastor of the church early known as Bull Tail, and since as Wells Chapel. According to Asplund, this church was established in the year 1756."
The epitaphs are as follows:
SOUTH SIDE OF CEMETERY
Charles B. Johnson
1883
1943
His Wife
Mary S. Wells
1881
1942
Ella K. Herring
Wife of Ben Newkirk
Apr. 1864
Jan. 11, 1926
Thomas Jefferson Carr
June 27, 1873
Feb. 26, 1949
His wife
Mary Beulah Bland
July 29, 1896
May 15, 1989
Currie Bland Carr
Oct. 10, 1919
May 4, 1996
Same stone
Ruth Hoover
Sept 7, 1922
No other date
Wedding date
March 16, 1947
Helen Catherine Carr Thornton
Aug. 3, 1915
July 5, 2007
MM
Chester Rivenbark
1865
1936
His wife
Mary Elizabeth
1879
No other date
His Wife
Cornella Ann
1865
1918
Newton Curtis Bland
Dec. 21, 1912
June 7, 1951
Christine Wells Bland
Sept. 8, 1915
Nov. 30, 1999
Elbert M. Tatum
April 10, 1919
Sept. 29, 1984
same stone
Janie D. Tatum
May 30, 1922
no other dates
Infant Daughter
of William and Lassie Tatun
April 17, 1939
no other dates
Robert Ray Smith
Nov. 4, 1922
May 2, 1997
same stone
Eugenia (Gene) B.
Dec. 5, 1922
Feb. 9, 1995
Harvey E. Johnson
1913
1965
same stone
Virginia R. Johnson
1911
1986
James R. Blackburn
May 15, 1845
Oct. 2, 1900
Infant Son
of Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Newkirk
Sept. 7, 1941
no other dates
B. Alexander Newkirk
1907
1964
Hamilton Newkirk
Nov. 5, 1908
Oct. 31, 1994
same stone
Lena H.
May 12, 1914
Feb. 21, 2001
Ben Newkirk
Husband of Ella K. Newkirk
March 11, 1879
Nov. 17, 1961
George D. Newkirk
Sept. 4, 1910
April 20, 1996
same stone
Virginia Rau
May 23, 1922
Oct. 22, 1997
Lisa Suzanne Powell
Infant daughter of Charles & Lou Powell
May 14, 1982
May 16, 1982
Clarence Newton
Jan. 12, 1914
Dec. 4, 1948
Maybelle Newton
Oct. 31, 1887
Jan. 16, 1954
Isaac R. Newton
Feb. 27, 1850
Apr. 15, 1925
same stone
Sedonia Pet Bland
Nov. 13, 1860
Aug. 8, 1942
Lewis P.
Son of M. C. And Lois Newton
Jan. 27, 1942
March 21, 1942
James Gilead Hall
Nov. 26, 1857
April 26, 1922
FATHER
Alice Marley Hall
Nov. 25, 1859
May 26, 1939
MOTHER
Luther Clyde Hall
Dec. 30, 1882
Aug. 9, 1939
Lisa Elizabeth Moore Rooks
March 16, 1896
March 21, 1987
James A. Moore
1925
2007
MM
MOTHER
Martha E. Moore
Sept. 13, 1857
March 3, 1925
same stone
FATHER
Moses J. Moore
Oct. 6, 1846
Aug. 4, 1911
Henry B.
Son of M. J. and M. E. Moore
Oct. 6, 1888
Feb. 4, 1905
Ivey L
Son of J. W. and E. Newton
Sept. 14, 1888
Sept. 3. 1917
Eveline Rogers
Wife of James W. Newton
Aug. 10, 1847
Nov. 13, 1923
James W. Newton
June 2, 1844
Aug. 25, 1903
Mollie Newton
Wife of D. W. Boon
Jan. 9, 1868
Feb. 16, 1914
Mary E. P.
wife of J. P. Newton
March 12, 1877
July 23, 1912
Ellen
Wife of J. P. Newton
Dec. 5, 1878
March 22, 1914
J. P. Newton
Dec. 15, 1879
April 30, 1936
J. E. Croom, Jr.
March 30, 1917
Oct. 30, 1918
A. A. (Add) Croom
Feb. 26, 1884
Dec. 15, 1938
Mae Etta Cockman
Wife of Preston E. Rivenbark
May 8, 1904
Nov. 13, 1939
Preston E. Rivenbark
May 28, 1897
May 27, 1978
Linda Page Rivenbark
March 8, 1908
May 16, 1991
Mary Hall Smith
Wife of H. M. Pridgen
July 25, 1882
Jan. 6, 1923
Della Hall Smith
1856
1893
J. D. Smith
1852
1920
Ivey Smith
1877
1893
Frances Bland Polston
Nov. 18, 1917
April 15, 1951
Leon N. DeVane
Aug. 10, 1882
Feb. 4, 1917
same stone
Orien N. DeVane
Oct. 13, 1886
Sept. 3, 1949
Iola Rooks Bland
Aug. 1, 1895
Feb. 23, 1993
same stone
Repton A. Bland
Sept. 13, 1881
Dec. 18, 1948
Repton A. Bland, Jr.
Sept. 21, 1921
May 14, 1983
Ida F. Newkirk
Dec. 25, 1872
May 3, 1957
same stone
Henry Newkirk
July 27, 1859
Jan. 18, 1953
William Bryant Newkirk
Dec. 7, 1901
May 27, 1986
same stone
Ivey R. Devan
Nov. 18, 1912
no other dates
Stephen H.
Son of B. M. and Callie Roberts
July 10, 1894
July 17, 1910
Callie
Wife of B. M. Roberts
March 6, 1857
Sept. 6, 1910
Rossie E.
Daughter of Chester and Cornelia Rivenbark
June 9, 1899
Aug. 26, 1905
Ella E. Moore
Wife of Fred Parker
May 8, 1899
Aug. 15, 1934
Infant Son
of Fred and Ella M. Parker
1913
no other date
Arthur E.
Son of J. R. and S. E. Parker
Dec. 7, 1893
March 28, 1902
George
Infant Son of J. R. and S. E. Parker
Nov. 28, 1900
Oct. 16, 1901
John R. Parker
Jan. 18, 1867
Aug. 30, 1934
His Wife
Sarah W. Newton
Sept. 12, 1861
Nov. 2, 1930
Reuben Newton
Aug. 1, 1832
March 12, 1893
same stone
Sarah M. Newton
July 28, 1829
Nov. 2, 1930
Narcissus E. Newton
May 9, 1882
May 12, 1958
Randy Hughes Parker
Died Apr. 6, 1961
age 2 mos.
Lillie Knowles
Wife of W. W. Register
1872
1919
Benjamin Graham
Son of Lillie and W. W. Register
1914
1917
Bonnie E.
Daughter of L. J. and Jennie Bridges
Feb. 9, 1915
May 6, 1917
William M. Ezzell
April 22, 1881
July 29, 1943
Virginia M. Cockman
Jan. 26, 1878
Sept. 26, 1954
J. I. H. Cockman
Jan. 16, 1867
Feb. 7, 1954
William L. Lee
Died Aug. 10, 1951
Age 93 yrs. 1 mo. 15 da.
Ida Henry Lee
Dec. 1, 1898
Feb. 14, 1993
Dora S. Rogers
1863
1907
same stone
A. James Rogers
1861
1926
Ronald and Donald
Infant Sons of Chester I and Annie Laurie Hall
May 3, 1951
May 5, 1951
Chester I Hall
Dec. 20, 1928
Sept. 10, 1951
WEST VIRGINIA
SGT 11 MARINES 1 MAR DIV
WW II KOREA PH
Mary Esther Hamilton
Wife of George Ernest Rivenbark
March 25, 1911
Sept. 7, 1943
Charles Augustus
Son of G. Ernest and Mary Esther Rivenbark
Nov. 5, 1954
no other dates
Sallie V. Wells Tucker
Jan. 28, 1888
Dec. 29, 1974
Jacob Stewart Wells
Oct. 16, 1875
Dec. 7, 1924
Susan P. Wells
Aug. 10, 1842
May 8, 1925
Maggie A. Herring
Jan. 14, 1880
May 16, 1941
Robert Charles Herring
Aug. 1, 1906
Aug. 16, 1977
PFC US ARMY WW II
David Leroy Pigford
June 1, 1935
no other
Mary Ross Gilbert
May 23, 1907
Jan. 27, 1986
Robert Henry Gilbert
Sept. 3, 1903
Jan. 16, 1934
Mary Ross Gilbert
May 23, 1907
Jan. 27, 1986
Roscoe Vann Eakins
March 16, 1879
Aug. 8, 1942
Harriett Colwell
Wife of R. V. Eakins
July 16, 1881
Sept. 15, 1934
Carrie W. Moore
Nov. 24, 1885
Oct. 16, 1947
Carrie Lee
Daughter of G. W. and Carrie Moore
Sept. 5, 1922
June 24, 1923
James Highsmith
Sept. 18, 1862
March 14, 1947
Eliza J. Highsmith
April 1, 1857
March 9, 1932
L. A. Highsmith
Nov. 9, 1888
Jan. 7, 1937
Ralph F. Highsmith
Dec. 8, 1868
May 18, 1960
same stone
Lillian A.
April 26, 1870
May 19, 1965
Susan Alice Bland Highsmith
1876
1966
Lewis Berrie Highsmith
1874
1929
Ruby Berry Highsmith
1905
1953
Ralph Highsmith
Dec. 8, 1868
April 18, 1960
Walter Thomas
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Highsmith
Oct. 24, 1949
Aug. 21, 1952
Carrie Newkirk
Wife of L. D. Highsmith
Dec. 24, 1846
Dec. 4, 1922
L. D. Highsmith
Sept. 20, 1846
July 3, 1931
Ann C.
Wife of L. D. Highsmith
Nov. 22, 1844
July 25, 1911
Theodosia E. Highsmith
Wife of Perry D. Cooke
Jan. 30, 1876
Aug. 19, 1949
Perry D. Cooke
Feb. 11, 1862
Aug. 19, 1939
Infant Daughter
Of Nolan an Myrtis Cooke
March 24, 1942
no other dates
Lewis T. Highsmith
Jan. 15, 1900
Feb. 16, 1982
same stone
Alma M.
Feb. 24, 1903
Nov. 12, 1993
Wedding date
April 25, 1926
Ralph Sidney Highsmith
Jan. 18, 1931
Aug. 1, 1982
same stone
Clara Williams
Nov. 30, 1930
no other dates
John W. Parker
March 8, 1856
Nov. 9, 1911
Francenia Herring
Wife of John W. Parker
March 8, 1856
Nov. 9, 1911
Robert F. Pigford
Jan. 1, 1846
July 30, 1923
same stone
Sarah E. Pigford
Sept. 12, 1845
Sept. 2, 1914
Walter H.
Son of E. J. and M. E. Page
Jan. 25, 1878
Aug. 30, 1910
Oma Nora
Wife of F. L. Boon
June 26, 1882
Jan. 4, 1915
Stephen Boon
March 14, 1833
Jan. 20, 1912
A. Daniel Moore
May 25, 1862
Sept. 25, 1933
same stone
Mollie E. Rogers
Aug. 16, 1871
July 11, 1913
Miriam Jane Peterson
March 6, 1859
March 7, 1946
Haywood Peterson Page
March 11, 1885
Aug. 9, 1951
Eula Bell Lamb
Wife of Haywood Peterson Page
June 11, 1888
June 27, 1966
Evan J. Page
Oct. 12, 1855
Sept. 4, 1917
His Wife
Mary E. Peterson
Nov. 11, 1857
Jan. 21, 1936
Luther Rice Highsmith
July 25, 1848
Jan. 28, 1937
His Wife
Octavia DeVane
Nov. 16, 1850
March 10, 1913
Ivey A. Bland
Dec. 5, 1869
June 12, 1902
Bobbie Bland
Aug. 13, 1900
Dec. 2, 1902
Harris Bland
June 4, 1902
July 11, 1902
James Pope Moore
Oct. 1, 1931
May 8, 1994
Edna M. Moore
May 17, 1907
Nov. 6, 1974
E. Alexander Moore
March 27, 1877
Feb. 20, 1947
W. O. W. Emblem
David D. Matthews
Oct. 19, 1872
Jan. 19, 1945
Same stone
Isabell K. Matthews
Jan. 6, 1885
June 28, 1952
Ben Frank Wells
Feb. 7, 1912
March 12, 1994
Same stone
Reva Inez
Jan. 27, 1919
May 22, 2007
Daniel W. Wells, Jr.
Nov. 28, 1946
Aug. 19, 1980
Daniel W. Wells
Dec. 29, 1909
June 4, 1970
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT HQ 4 SVC COMMAND WW II
Same stone
Mazie J.
Sept. 8, 1918
March 12, 2007
Rufus C. Wells
Dec. 11, 1915
Nov. 28, 1998
Same stone
S. Manola
Sept. 19, 1918
No other dates
Wedding date
Nov. 28, 1937
David Thomas Wells
May 11, 1865
Jan. 5, 1918
William Frank Wells
July 28, 1938
July 3, 1972
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT US ARMY
Juanita Wells
Jan. 29, 1908
April 7, 1933
Belle Hudnall Wells
Sept. 16, 1880
March 31, 1939
Ross A. Wells
April 21, 1874
Feb. 6, 1924
Franklin D. wells
June 6, 1872
Nov. 14, 1901
D. W. Wells
1842
1915
His wife
Mary Wells
1843
1889
Erected By R. A. Wells
Carl Wells
Son of C. S. and Mary S. Johnson
May 17, 1910
July 21, 1920
Jacob C.
Son of C. S. and M. S. Johnson
Nov. 2, 1911
Oct. 6, 1912
Eliza Jane Wells
Oct. 13, 1854
Jan. 26, 1897
Enoch J. Wells
Son of Jacob and Mary C. Wells
Aug. 3, 1857
Dec. 24, 1889
Jacob Wells
Aug. 12, 1829
April 30, 1903
Mary C. Alderman
Wife of Jacob Wells
Oct. 31, 1835
Sept. 9, 1916
Infant Daughter
Of David L and Ellen E. Pigford
May 1, 1911
No other dates
Estelle C. Rogers
Aug. 13, 1889
March 13, 1895
James H. Rogers
Sept. 28, 1891
Nov. 24, 1891
Margaret Rich
Wife of T. H, Rogers
Jan. 20, 1837
Timothy H. Rogers
April 22, 1830
Dec. 30, 1908
W. E. Rogers
Jan. 24, 1878
Aug. 7, 1890
M. E. Rogers
Dec. 23, 1880
Aug. 27, 1890
Charlie A. Bland
Jan. 28, 1880
Aug. 18, 1937
Benjamin F. Bland, Jr.
Jan. 12, 1884
Feb. 9, 1964
Same stone
Philip D.
Sept. 25, 1887
Feb. 15, 1964
Mary J. Waters Bland
Daughter of Thomas and Marjorie H. Waters
March 27, 1921
No other dates
Same stone
Theodore Cyrus Bland
Son of Ira and Maggie B. Bland
Dec. 10, 1910
Aug. 22, 1986
Wedding date
Nov. 25, 1941
Maggie D. Bland
July 18, 1883
Sept. 19, 1975
Ira Bland
March 7, 1856
Aug. 4, 1943
Ernest J. Bland
Oct. 3, 1895
June 7, 1969
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC QUARTERMASTER CORP WW II
Same stone
Thelma Newton
Bland
Dec. 17, 1901
Nov. 18, 1981
Ora Catherine Bland
Oct. 2, 1882
Oct. 8, 1960
Leroy Bland
Aug. 18, 1890
Nov. 17, 1940
Benj. F. Bland
May 23, 1848
Aug. 4, 1916
Mason
Ada C. Bland
Wife of B. F. Bland
Jan. 18, 1860
Feb. 26, 1913
Bertha Caroline
Daughter of B. F. and Ada C. Bland
Aug. 21, 1894
July 26, 1902
Arthur Pritchard
Son of B. F and Ada C. Bland
May 1, 1889
April 21, 1890
Daniel W. Bland
Jan. 10, 1836
Jan. 11, 1897
Iley M.
Wife of D. W. Bland
Oct. 23, 1859
July 20, 1906
Naomi
Daughter of I. M. and D. W. Bland
May 14, 1896
Jan. 18, 1900
L. Knox Taylor
July 28, 1850
Feb. 2, 1934
Same stone
Harriet Faison Taylor
Feb. 6, 1853
March 16, 1935
Mary Lou Faison
Daughter of Rev. Julian P. and Helen C. Faison
Died Feb. 18, 1931
Ben Frank Faison
Son of Rev. Julian P. and Helen C. Faison
Died Sept. 30, 1934
Our Baby
Helen Ivey
Daughter of Rev. Julian P. and Helen C. Faison
Aug. 15, 1862
June 27, 1884
Rev. Julian Poydras Faison
April 1, 1825
July 3, 1890
NORTH CAROLINA
CHAPLAIN, CO. A. 38TH N. C. INF
C. S. A.
His Wife
Helen C. Faison
July 13, 1852
June 1, 1890
Mary Anna
Daughter of D. F. and Ann Julia Colwell
March 5, 1885
March 2, 1921
John David
Son of Ann Julia and David F. Colwell
Aug. 31, 1887
June 18, 1909
Mattie J.
Wife of David F. Colwell
Feb. 12, 1873
March 23, 1907
Ann Julia
Wife of David F. Colwell
July 8, 1846
Sept. 26, 1905
David F Colwell
Feb. 15, 1845
March 12, 1919
Alice Wells Colwell
Nov. 19, 1852
Oct. 5, 1920
Rev. James Henry Booth
Sept. 18, 1869
May 4, 1940
Mary Virginia Bland
Wife of Rev. James Henry Booth
Sept. 22, 1892
Jan. 11, 1988
Infant Daughter
Of Mr. And Mrs. William D. Frederick
Jan. 14, 1959
No other dates
Robert E. Horrell
Dec. 31, 1930
Aug. 22, 1953
Stewart Horrell
Aug. 3, 1897
Aug. 18, 1969
Same stone
Dorothy M.
Aug. 2, 1907
Oct. 11, 1999
Wedding date
Feb. 15, 1930
Josephine J. Kennedy
Aug. 30, 1919
Aug. 22, 1953
Ivy McKoy King
Feb. 7, 1871
Aug. 13, 1943
Same stone
Euphemia Stringfield King
Aug. 10, 1874
June 20, 1949
George F. Herring
Oct. 2, 1879
June 25, 1937
Myrtis Jones
Wife of Cary Nolan Cook
June 23, 1911
Jan. 30, 1968
Cary Nolan Cook
Jan. 6, 1910
June 25, 1983
Ellen E. Wells
Wife of David L. Pigford
Feb. 10, 1879
Jan. 22, 1927
David Lucas Pigford
Jan. 26, 1897
Oct. 23, 1950
Same stone
Ada Bland Pigford
Sept. 17, 1897
Dec. 26, 1978
Fred E. Pigford
Aug. 22, 1886
Jan. 5, 1981
Same stone
Minnie H.
Jan. 20, 1893
Nov. 4, 1978
Johnnie L. Wells
May 8, 1879
Dec. 30, 1930
Mattie C. Ramsey
Wife of J. S. Wells
Feb. 29, 1880
Feb. 29, 1920
Hildred Highsmith Dixon
Nov. 28, 1928
March 14, 2005
Hannah P. Alderman
April 6, 1849
Feb. 25, 1919
Marley L. Tatum
Nov. 8, 1888
June 18, 1972
Same stone
Hettie P.
Feb. 6, 1896
June 9, 1978
Sarah Elizabeth Tatum
Nov. 26, 1915
Jan. 4, 1999
Ruth Tatum Clardy
June 15, 1912
Nov. 7, 2002
Everett DeVane Highsmith
Sept. 22, 1877
Oct. 2, 1965
Juilette Mayo Highsmith
July 28, 1896
Dec. 4, 1983
Rachel Ennis Hoover
June 20, 1924
Oct. 23, 2001
Dennis Fred Hoover
June 23, 1920
July 27, 1994
Dennis Edney Hoover
Feb. 18, 1896
May 12, 1979
PVT US ARMY WW I
Kate Jones Hoover
Wife of Dennis Edney Hoover
May 9, 1896
Oct. 19, 1977
Elvira D
Wife of Chester Rivenbark
Sept. 5, 1862
Sept. 13, 1894
Rossie E.
Daughter of Chester and Comelia Rivenbark
June 9, 1899
Aug. 26, 1905
George Ernest Rivenbark
Husband of Mary Esther Hamilton
Feb. 18, 1901
June 16, 1974
Same stone
Mary Esther Hamilton
Wife of George Ernest Rivenbark
March 25, 1911
Sept. 7, 1993
Pearlie C. Rivenbark
Aug. 12, 1908
Jan. 25, 1978
Same stone
Margie H.
June 12, 1912
July 30, 1975
Wedding date
May 3, 1930
Albert H. Rivenbark
1942
1987
same stone
Sandra P.
1943
no other dates
Wedding date
Sept. 24, 1961
Infant Son
Of J. W. and M. A. Knowles
Aug. 8, 1911
No other dates
Goldine
Daughter of J. W. and M. A. Knowles
Sept. 15, 1906
May 12, 1907
Louvie B.
Daughter of J. w. and M. A. Knowles
Nov. 18, 1895
July 1, 1896
John Washington Knowles
Oct. 31, 1870
May 23, 1946
Mary R. Knowles
Feb. 13, 1872
May 6, 1944
Stephen Knowles
Nov. 18, 1836
Sept. 15, 1915
Eliza
Wife of Stephen Knowles
Died Oct. 31, 1912
Age 55 yrs.
Sam Henry Gavin
July 3, 1911
Dec. 22, 1959
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC US ARMY WW II
Mary Louise Gavin
Aug. 27, 1903
Aug. 2, 1977
David John Gavin
May 8, 1898
Dec. 24, 1973
Same stone
Clell Carr
Aug. 12, 1903
Dec. 12, 1959
Sgt. Bergl Porter
No dates
Died May 15, 1974
Same stone
Carrie L.
No dates
Died March 9, 1972
Wedding date
July 29, 1934
Eakins Stone no information
Alton D. Ezzell
Nov. 23, 1916
April 3, 1980
Myrtie M. Ezzell
March 28, 1917
July 23, 1975
Ruth S. Strickland
Nov. 7, 1901
July 8, 1971
Ethel Mae Raynor West
July 26, 1920
June 9, 1986
MM
Bobby Ray Powell
Aug. 17, 1944
Feb. 10, 1985
SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM
Cephus Leroy McDowell
June 27, 1926
Jan. 4, 1986
Same stone
Myrtie Marie Long
Sept. 9, 1927
Dec. 22, 2006
Helen Ennis Blanton Parker
July 22, 1941
Nov. 30, 2001
Germon Hudges Parker
May 4, 1934
June 25, 2002
MM
Randy Hudges Parker
Feb. 9, 1961
April 6, 1961
Inez Moore Harvell
Oct. 13, 1939
April 20, 2007
John D. Mott
1900
1962
J. Floyd Newton
Jan. 2, 1892
May 30, 1964
Lonnie Newton
Aug. 27, 1889
Sept. 27, 1985
Earl William Cochman
June 20, 1911
Dec. 9, 1992
Same stone
Dora Hoover
July 17, 1921
Feb. 2, 2006
Zaki Gazaleh
July 31, 1939
June 13, 2004
Same stone
Patricia Cockmam
April 16, 1942
No other dates
NORTH SIDE
Ruby Rooks Young
Feb. 26, 1910
Sept. 20, 1985
Lewis Bryant Peterson
Aug. 20, 1914
Nov. 29, 1998
same stone
Sallie Carter
July 22, 1917
TRIPLE STONE
SON
James T. Newton, Jr.
Oct. 17, 1960
no other dates
MOTHER
Glenda R.
May 2, 1927
June 18, 1995
FATHER
James T. Newton, Sr.
June 8, 1918
Jan. 13, 1995
Jerry Allen Johnson
Oct. 8, 1934
June 15, 2003
same stone
Emmie McCall
April 20, 1938
no other dates
Wedding date
June 3, 1956
Gordon Charles Roger
Oct. 21, 1900
June 23, 1990
Mary Neal Tedder
Died Feb. 14, 1954
age 71 yrs. 2 mo 29 da.
Richard Tedder
1871
1957
Dency
Wife of George Gurganious
June 13, 1872
Feb. 7, 1921
Mary M. Mathis
Aug. 31, 1847
July 15, 1915
John Mathis
Oct. 14, 1830
July 16, 1912
Ethel Smith
Wife of Melvin Mathis
Mar. 31, 1825
Dec. 22, 1870
Edgar Lee Bland
Apr. 13, 1881
Mar. 4, 1940
Fannie Bland
Oct. 16, 1886
Mar. 4, 1948
Lewis F. Bland
Aug. 13, 1848
Jan. 17, 1917
same stone
Emma Bland
Dec. 2, 1855
Feb. 26, 1932
David Wells Herring
1858
1940
Alice Jane Rea
Wife of David Wells Herring
1870
1935
Alvania Bland
Wife of Harmon Bland
April 15, 1842
Aug. 10, 1896
Harmon Bland
July 22, 1839
Aug. 12, 1924
Sarah S.
Wife of H. Bland
Nov. 1, 1854
Jan. 2, 1937
Mary E. Bland
Wife of J. R. Register
Oct. 7, 1839
Jan. 10, 1908
Susie B. Knowles
May 10, 1838
Oct. 15, 1885
Thomas Hillary Moore
Jan. 28, 1910
Nov. 4, 1990
Lewis Hill Moore
Oct. 6, 1912
June 14, 1974
Lewis Edward Moore
June 7, 1939
June 8, 1939
Pearlie James Moore
Sept. 13, 1913
April 2, 1983
William Henry Tatum
Nov. 29, 1913
March 13, 1983
same stone
Lessie Brown
Oct. 22, 1913
Oct. 7, 1993
Wedding Date
Oct. 22, 1935
William Love Matthews
1916
1981
same stone
Dorothy Louise
1920
2006
Wedding Date
Dec. 15, 1940
David Frances Register
Nov. 5, 1914
Sept. 12, 1994
same stone
Adelle Drew
Oct. 10, 1919
Oct. 24, 1984
IN MEMORY OF GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER
Enoch and Elizabeth Newton
No dates
Isaac Newton Bland
Died 1874
age about 74
same stone
Mary Alderman
Died 1843
age about 40
John R. Register
Nov. 26, 1848
Feb. 25, 1899
Mary J. Elizabeth
Wife of Jacob L. Pigford
Dec. 2, 1835
Mar 28, 1887
Jacob L. Pigford
Nov. 30, 1833
Feb. 29, 1920
John T. Newton
April 21, 1818
July 1, 1888
Johnnie
Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. H. S. Bland, Jr.
Dec.12. 1955
No other dates
Sarah Elizabeth
Wife of H. S. Bland
July 4, 1888
Feb. 6, 1918
Elizabeth
Daughter of H. S. and S. E. Bland
Aug. 22, 1912
Feb. 28, 1920
Addie G. Bland
Oct. 10, 1893
Dec. 4, 1956
Same stone
L. Eugene Bland
May 29, 1890
April 21, 1951
Paul Rackley
May 3, 1916
Jan. 26, 1975
1ST SGT US ARMY
same stone
Lorraine S.
Feb. 7, 1920
Oct. 1, 1970
Robert Henry Harvell
Aug. 14, 1895
Dec. 15, 1961
Same stone
Annie Moore
April 24, 1902
Jan. 4, 1990
Ivey Taylor Moore
Dec. 29, 1904
Jan. 30, 1969
Same stone
Leola
Oct. 30, 1911
Feb. 4, 1994
Ivey Stephen Johnson
Feb. 17, 1919
Feb. 26, 1990
Robert Peal Johnson
Aug. 25, 1891
Oct. 12, 1979
Same stone
Nellie Bland
Aug. 15, 1898
March 171993
Wedding date
June 11, 1917
Allen David Johnson
Feb. 27, 1888
May 5, 1947
Same stone
Mazie Bland Johnson
May 19, 1891
March 4, 1951
Molcy Johnson
March 20, 1851
April 6, 1927
David Clark Johnson
June 25, 1845
June 2, 1915
Mary Ann Newton
Feb. 25, 1852
Sept. 25, 1933
Same stone
Isaac F. Newton
April 21, 1850
Oct. 23, 1909
Fannie Leland Hall
Wife of Julian M. Newton
Sept. 27, 1891
April 8, 1935
Lula Peterson
Nov. 17, 1881
No other dates
Same stone
A. Cleveland Peterson
Aug 31, 1884
Nov. 8, 1938
R. C. Bland
Feb. 17, 1850
May 13, 1929
Hubert Gaston Bland
Aug. 17, 1891
May 29, 1975
Same stone
Elizabeth Wells
Jan. 5, 1908
Dec. 8, 1995
Ivey C. Moore
July 28, 1931
Sept. 30, 1935
Elbert S. Moore
Sept. 6, 1929
March 18, 1930
George H. Proctor
July 19, 1921
Sept. 27, 1948
SOUTH CAROLINA
TEC4 614 CA(AA) WW II
David T. Rackley
May 27, 1870
Nov. 16, 1938
Same stone
Lena P.
Sept. 30, 1887
May 18, 1965
Wedding date
June 7, 1905
Rebecca Christine Register
Nov. 11, 1925
Dec. 23, 1925
Luther W. Register
May 28, 1879
June 4, 1952
Same stone
Norma Bland
May 30, 1889
July 31, 1970
Our Little One
Rebecca Christine Register
Nov. 4, 1925
Dec. 23, 1925
Michael Williams
Son of William and Ruby R. Young
April 3, 1947
Dec. 14, 1948
Infant Son
Of Raymond and Frances Rooks
Oct. 7, 1932
No other dates
James M. Rooks
July 23, 1813
June 12, 1879
His Wife
Martha Ann Bland
Nov. 15, 1828
Nov. 29, 19112
Williams James Rooks
July 3, 1868
Aug. 28, 1957
Annie A. Parker
Wife of W. J. Rooks
June 14, 1871
Oct. 10, 1930
James R. Murphy
Jan. 27, 1906
March 12, 1960
Same stone
Selma R.
April 8, 1905
April 18, 2005
MOTHER
Elizabeth Foy Rackley Johnson
Oct. 27, 1922
March 13, 1952
Same stone
DAUGHTER
Betty Lou
Dec. 23, 1944
Jan. 6, 1945
George W. Ramsey
Oct. 8, 1846
Jan. 31, 1930
Same stone
Mary Elizabeth Ramsey
Jan. 28, 1848
April 30, 1931
John Thomas Bland
Oct. 26, 2843
May 3, 1913
Susan Rebecca
Wife of John T. Bland
Jan. 18, 1859
Feb. 6, 1915
Hubert Sidney Bland, Jr.
July 18, 1922
Sept. 10, 1993
Lucy Johnson
Dec. 6, 1925
Jan. 25, 1995
Wedding Date
Oct. 14, 1944
TRIPLE STONE
BLAND
Mary Susan Estelle Brice
Aug. 4, 1899
April 30, 1969
Same stone
Herbert Sidney Bland, Sr.
Aug. 10, 1884
July 5, 1980
Same stone
Sarah Elizabeth Bland
July 4, 1888
Feb. 6, 1918
John Thomas Bland
Son of H. S & Lucy Bland
Dec. 10, 1955
No other dates
Elizabeth Jane Bland
April 5, 1828
July 20, 1873
Same stone
Milton Bland
April 1826
Jan. 26, 1897
Varina D. Newton Bland
March 14, 1863
June 22, 1900
Same stone
Solomon N. Bland
Jan. 13, 1867
Sept. 30, 1950
Same Stone
Flossie S Bland
March 3, 1867
July 15, 1959
Liston L. Bland
Oct. 26, 1892
June 5, 1909
Iola F.
Daughter of J. T. and R. S. Bland
March 5, 1892
July 22, 1908
Gilbert T. Rackley
Aug. 21, 1907
April 5, 1945
David T. Rackley
May 27, 1870
Nov. 16, 1938
Luther F. Ennis
April 16, 1878
March 2, 1950
Same stone
Mayetta E. Ennis
March 7, 1892
Aug. 28, 1958
Hannah C. Hill Moore
Jan. 1, 1875
Sept. 27, 1929
Same stone
Richard Henry Moore
May 24, 1865
June 16, 1949
Willie Ledden Moore
Oct. 22, 1873
Feb. 12, 1958
Jane Newton Moore
Sept. 22, 1874
Sept. 18, 1908
James Newton
Died Sept. 1, 1853
In the 28th year of his age
Leila S. Newton
May 13, 1881
Dec. 15, 1980
Julian McCoy Newton
July 12, 1887
Aug. 26, 1973
Hettie F. Newton
Sept. 4, 1883
Feb. 1, 1971
Bryant S. Herring
Nov. 23, 1837
Feb. 19, 1862
Catherine Jane Herring
June 11, 1816
May 18, 1939
Stephen Herring
Nov. 22, 1805
Oct. 13, 1874
Age 68 yrs. 10 mo. 21 da
Lewis A. J. Herring
Oct. 24, 1852
April 6, 1928
Same stone
Sarah E. Herring
Feb. 8, 1857
June 15, 1927
George F. Herring, Jr.
July 31, 1907
Nov. 29, 1920
Elizabeth
Wife of Lewis Highsmith
1815
Jan. 9, 1885
Lewis Highsmith
Oct. 1, 1803
May 27, 1884
Phebe
Wife of Lewis Highsmith
Nov. 25, 1811
Jan. 23, 1853
Mary Ann
Wife of Lewis Highsmith
July 11, 1806
Feb. 15, 1835
Susan Jane
Daughter of Lewis and Phebe Highsmith
May 18, 1844
March 1, 1845
David
Son of Lewis and Phebe Highsmith
Jan. 4, 1840
Aug. 21, 1845
Richard Morgan
Son of Lewis and Phebe Highsmith
Jan. 13, 1842
Aug. 22, 1845
John Edward
Son of Lewis and Phebe Highsmith
May 5, 1837
Aug. 24, 1845
Robert Carroll Newton
Nov. 21, 1912
Oct. 4, 2003
Same stone
Rosa Lee Johnson
June 18, 1918
Jan. 20, 1982
Harvey Henry Horrell, Sr.
Nov. 15, 1928
Feb. 6, 1996
Same stone
Lillie Merritt
May 27, 1932
Feb. 3, 2007
Wedding Date
Dec. 12, 1954
Faye Marie Horrell
June 23, 1941
Dec. 1, 1941
Corey Gene
Son of James Randolph and Linda Poole Pierce
Aug. 28, 1988
No other dates
James Randolph Moore
Jan. 23, 1893
June 8, 1966
Same stone
Elizabeth Brown
Nov. 20, 1909
Oct. 23, 1990
TRIPLE STONE
MOORE
Janie D. Brown
Aug. 22, 1883
Dec. 10, 1953
Same stone
Willie Ledden Moore
Oct. 22, 1874
Feb. 12, 1958
Same stone
Jean Newton
Sept. 22, 1874
Sept. 18, 1908
Henry Bigg Osborne
March 29, 1915
June 20, 2002
Same stone
Alene Peterson
Nov. 29, 1916
No other dates
Wedding date
March 10, 1940
Sarah N. Newton
Wife of J. T. Newton
About 1817
About 1894
Emaline Newton
In 1853
In 1906
Graham Newton
Son of
Ashford and Barley P. Newton
1901
1903
Samuel Newton
Jan. 18, 1818
Aug. 23, 1887
Mary Anne Simmons Bland
June 21, 1824
Sept. 4, 1878
James Thomas Bland
Feb. 22, 1822
Feb. 26, 1879
Margaret Blanton Bland
Second Wife of James Thomas
No dates
Daniel White Bland
Feb. 15, 1796
March 30, 1871
Six Wooden Stakes
George Newton
CONTINENTAL LINE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
1742---1786
BATTLE OF ELIZABETHTOWN CHAPTER
SECOND PLAGUE
GEORGE NEWTON
CONTINENTAL LINE
REV. WAR
1742—1786
John Ivey McDowell
1913
1941
Chephus Lemuel McDowell
April 2, 1882
Oct. 15, 1949
Same stone
Mary Belle Mathews McDowell
Oct. 14, 1892
No other dates
James Bland
1770—1818
First Wife
Jemina A. Bland
No information
2nd wife
Ester N. bland
No information
Charles L. Bland
June 3, 1893
June 9, 1933
James L. Newkirk
Unreadable 14th 1822
Unreadable 20th, 1874
Ann Byrd
Wife of James L. Newkirk
Sept. 16, 1822
Oct. 22, 1885
63 yrs. 1 mo. 6 da.
In Memory of
Addie
Daughter of N. F. and Julia Register
May 4, 1881
Sept. 4, 1912
In Memory of
Baskum T
Son of N. F. and Julia Register
Dec. 29, 1876
June 9, 1896
N. F. Register
May 26, 1839
Nov. 1, 1914
Julia A. Register
May 6, 1838
Nov. 29, 1916
Infant Daughter
Of L. B. and S. A. Highsmith
Born and died
Oct. 4, 1901
TRIPLES
MATHIS
Maggie Horrell
Wife of Melvin N. Mathis
Aug. 30, 1900
Oct. 26, 1993
Same stone
Melvin N. Mathis
Sept. 2, 1888
Jan. 11, 1978
VETERAN WW I
Same stone
Ethel Smith
Wife of Melvin N. Mathis
Oct. 8, 1903
Oct. 14, 1928
Susan Ryall Herring
Aug. 14, 1903
Oct. 8, 1980
Mary Lee herring
Sept. 16, 1906
Nov. 9, 1997
Missionary to china
David J. Wells
CO E 18 N. C. INF.
C S A
no dates
Alice Jean Rea
Wife of David Wells Herring
1870
1935
Lou Eliza Jane
Wife of David James Wells
Nov. 27, 1850
May 31, 1909
Charles E. “Buck” Bland
Dec. 28, 1919
Dec. 30, 1991
3 stone no information
Fleet Matthew
April 18, 1868
Dec. 26, 1944
Ethel Bland Parker
May 18, 1906
July 20, 1972
Charlie L. Bland
June 3, 1893
June 9, 1933
Ira Dorcas Bland
July 31, 1874
Sept. 6, 1972
Oscar Lee Gurganious
Dec. 15, 1902
Aug. 27, 1964
Same stone
Pennie R.
Feb. 6, 1908
Nov. 24, 1994
Carl Lee Gurganious
July 2, 1925
July 25, 1965
NORTH CAROLINA
S2 USNR WW II
George Gurganious
No date
Died June 15, 1925
Henry Lee Mathews
Sept. 15, 1928
May 22, 1996
Same stone
Mildred R.
Aug. 16, 1934
No other dates
William E. Matthews
Feb. 17, 1884
June 13, 1933
Same stone
Lillie S. Matthews
Feb. 28, 1892
Aug. 2, 1985
Willie T. Canady
Oct. 26, 1871
Oct. 2, 1938
Charles Ivey
Son of C. H. and Della Wheeler
Jan. 8, 1912
May 27, 1914
Rev. David Wells
Dec. 20, 1798
Nov. 20, 1863
Same stone
Mary Wells
Nov. 15, 1809
Nov. 13, 1883
Samuel F. Wells
March 24, 1848
Dec. 17, 1955
John Wm. Wells
March 27, 1837
Sept. 25, 1855
Enoch Wells
Nov. 29, 1827
Sept. 3, 1854
Martha Priscella Wells
Wife of David Wells Alderman
1846
1919
David Wells Alderman
1849
1921
Stella Elizabeth
Daughter of D. W. and M. P. Alderman
June 4, 1879
Nov. 10, 1879
Bertha Dare
Daughter of D. W. and M. P. alderman
May 31, 1880
July 12, 1880
Vance
Son of D. W. and M. P. Alderman
Nov. 11, 1876
Dec. 16, 1876
Susan Amanda Wells
Wife of A. E. Colwell
Dec. 8, 1844
Feb. 15, 1896
Infant Daughter
Of A. E. and Sue A. Colwell
Feb. 27, 1880
Feb. 29, 1880
John David Colwell
Son of A. E. and Susan A. Colwell
Dec. 5, 1873
Sept. 21, 1875
Age 1 yr. 1mo. 15 da.
Mary Wooten Colwell
Daughter of A. E. and Susan A. Colwell
Aug. 26, 1870
Dec. 11, 1871
Age 1 yr. 1mo. 15 da.
Joe Rhodes Newkirk
Sept. 2, 1848
May 7, 1921
Same stone
Ellen F. Newkirk
April 20, 1850
Jan. 18, 1929
George Colin
Infant son of Mr. And Mrs. A. W. Matthews
No dates
Arthur W. Matthews
July 18, 1892
July 27, 1969
Same stone
Amanda Reynolds Matthews
Sept. 6, 1902
Nov. 19, 1945
Ida Pearl
Beloved Daughter of Mary Jane and Adrian Carla
No dates
Alfred Ray
Beloved Son of Alvah and Fannie Horrell
Oct. 2, 1930
June 1, 1931
Mack R. Johnson
Aug. 7, 1935
Oct. 6, 2006
Same stone
Hilda Wells
July 13, 1940
Oct. 8, 2006
Wedding Date
Sept. 24, 1960
Jimmie Bland Johnson
May 29, 1943
July 21, 1986
John W. Johnson
Nov. 30, 1939
Dec. 11, 1995
James Grey Johnson
Sept. 8, 1920
Dec. 7, 1963
NORTH CAROLINA
US ARMY AIR FORCE WW II
Same stone
Letha B.
March 25, 1923
No other dates
Wedding date
Sept. 6, 2942
R. Pearce Johnson
July 31, 1899
July 17, 1963
Same stone
Minnie B.
Nov. 17, 1898
June 6, 1971
Wedding date
Dec. 20, 1914
Franklin Delano Johnson
July 7, 1932
Nov. 19, 1993
PVT US ARMY KOREA
Same stone
Jean Tysinger
May 6, 1936
July 11, 1999
Wedding Date
Oct. 31, 1953
Royal Pearson Johnson, Jr.
April 14, 1928
Jan. 25, 2001
Buried in Beal Memorial cemetery
Fort Walter Beach, Florida
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