Samuel R King Cemetery

Onslow County, NC

Surveyed by Reamey Winn May 2012




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Samuel R King Cemetery in Onslow County, NC.

Location from Blue Creek Rd turn on East Gate Drive, take the next right (Pollard Dr) then the next left on Carlisle Ct. The cemetery is on the left behind 305 Carlisle Ct inside a locked chain link fence. Well maintained.

On a 1939 report compiled by the Historical Records Survey of North Carolina, this cemetery was referred to as the Wells Cemetery. NC Death Certificates continued to call this cemetery the Wells Cemetery for many years after 1939.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.75465 N
    77.48858 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Samuel R King Nov 9 1840 May 5 1917 Annie Elizabeth Wife of Samuel R King Jul 27 1851 Sep 10 1948 Stella Daughter of S R & Elizabeth King Apr 24 1879 Feb 11 1899 Annie Daughter of S R & A E King Wife of Julian Avery Oct 11 1876 Nov 10 1898 Emma Avery Wife of L M Avery Jul 28 1872 Aug 12 1896 Willie Son of L M & Emma Avery Mar 1894 May 1894 Lena Daughter of R A & India Lockamy Jun 12 1892 Nov 26 1892 Julia Elizabeth Daughter of J E & Louisa Brown Oct 7 1874 Sep 25 1879 James W Son of J E & Louisa Brown Oct 8 1870 Nov 10 1875 Arthur Son of S R & A E King Nov 13 1874 Aug 25 1880 Julia Daughter of J E & A E King Feb 5 1886 Aug 6 1886 Dora Daughter of J E & A E King Aug 26 1880 Aug 18 1893 James J Wells Co B 3 NC Cav CSA Hannah Wells Feb 18 1821 Jun 24 1903 Arthur G Son of H W & N M Britton Jun 21 1887 Jun 15 1891 John B Wells Jul 20 1860 Oct 20 1929 Eliza Ann Wife of John B Wells Mar 27 1868 Feb 16 1923 Double Stone Harrell Zeb Vance Apr 3 1883 Feb 18 1945 Martha E Wells Jan 19 1892 NOD Alvin Gerald Petteway SP4 US Army Dec 21 1946 Aug 11 1984 Charles J Petteway Jan 14 1955 Sep 4 1963 Donald Ray Petteway Pvt US Army Korea 1931-1985 Alvin F Petteway Husband of Josephine Petteway Feb 6 1883 Apr 8 1963 Josephine W Petteway Sep 22 1907 Aug 15 1995 Martha Elizabeth Wife of Edward F Pollard Feb 16 1866 Jun 16 1910 Infant Son of J E & Louisa Brown Jul 8 1884 Dorsey Jay Petteway PFC US Army Korea Dec 28 1931 Sep 17 1998 B J Pollard Jan 20 1803 Jan 17 1870 Lucindie J Wife of B J Pollard Sep 25 1831 May 28 1905 Isaac Benjamin Son of J E & Louisa Brown Nov 22 1868 Apr 3 1881 No Photos: Mattie L Pollard Nov 2 1885 Jul 23 1896 Eliza Wells Jan 23 1910 Sep 1913 James R Wells May 30 1889 Jun 4 1891 Lucy Lee Wells Jan 24 1895 Mar 10 1897 Sallie Wells May 1 1905 Nov 5 1906

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