Southwest Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Onslow County, NC

Surveyed by John Evans June 2012




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Southwest Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Onslow County, NC.

Location on Hwy 53/Burgaw Rd at the intersection of Justice Rd.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.74008 N
    77.50387 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Southeast Primitive Baptist Church Ca 1825-1850 Contributes to the Southwest Historic District Placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior 1989 Amos Jones Aug 13 1829 Dec 31 1913 Age 84 yrs 4 mos 18 dys FS Amos Jones Pvt Co H 55 NC Inf Confederate States Army Aug 13 1829 Dec 31 1913 Elizabeth L Wife of J L Walton Sep 25 1867 Oct 9 1921 Jessie L Walton Sep 23 1865 Dec 31 1912 Sidney A Walton Sep 11 1902 Jun 20 1907 Stenemon D Walton Jan 20 1899 Dec 26 1903 Herbert N Walton Sep 28 1898 Oct 21 1899 Nellie E Daughter of Z N & F G Walton Aug 29 1895 Aug 6 1897 William P Walton Sep 8 1898 Oct 18 1898 Ira E Walton Jun 11 1899 May 19 1899 Murtle C Walton Aug 29 1901 Dec 21 1901 Furnie James Walton Jan 11 1875 Nov 26 1914 Age 39 yrs 10 mos 15 dys Emma P Wife of Furnie J Walton Apr 15 1877 Mar 16 1960 Raleigh R Walton Apr 9 1882 Jun 21 1905 Hugh Son of L J & Martha Walton Dec 11 1893 Nov 13 1919 Martha Gurganus Wife of Jere J Walton Jun 17 1854 Jan 18 1948 J J Walton Dec 16 1848 Oct 6 1895 Priscilla Jones Wife of Enoch King Dec 22 1854 Feb 9 1929 Enoch King Mar 24 1850 Jan 22 1893 David Hollis Oct 9 1831 Sep 24 1895 Sarah N Wife of David Hollis Jan 3 1828 Mar 18 1918 Double Stone Walton Missouri Mar 22 1859 Feb 10 1923 George Thomas Nov 26 1850 Mar 6 1935 Double Stone Walton Henry L Nov 4 1877 Mar 25 1956 Betty Jan 29 1882 Jan 24 1961 Alice G Walton Wife of John Lewis Nov 5 1863 Sep 4 1891 H B Walton Feb 11 1884 Aug 14 1892 Mary S Walton Jan 24 1848 Mar 2 1896 Elisha E Walton Co K 3 NC Inf CSA Macon M Lanier Jul 13 1919 Jan 8 1939 Stansel Smith Dec 25 1848 Aug 15 1916 Grace Daughter of I O & Kate Strange Sep 15 1900 Jun 15 1904 Aged 3 yrs 9 mos Infant Daughter of I O & Kate Strange Sep 15 1900 Dec 19 1900 Aged 3 mos 4 dys Mattie Wife of Irvin L Hawk Died Nov 18 1903 Aged 19 yrs 3 mos Caroline D Wife of J A Wood Jan 28 1845 Aug 28 1907 Double Stone Sons of Joe & Annie Marshburn Jonus Bryant Jul 1910 Nov 1917 Walter Thomas 1904-1905 Enoch King Sr Mar 15 1819 Oct 6 1889 Aged 70 yrs FS Enoch King Sr Pvt Company A 38th NC Infantry Confederate States Army Mar 15 1819 Oct 6 1889 Bertie L Walton Jan 19 1890 Dec 1 1896 Nannie F Walton Nov 30 1879 Nov 20 1898 L G Walton Nov 30 1877 Dec 21 1898 Carrie E Walton Feb 21 1896 Jun 16 1896 Millie Daughter of Z N & Marry Gurganus Jun 7 1838 Jul 18 1925 Mary E Wife of Z N Gurganus Mar 16 1819 Jan 8 1905 Z N Gurganus Feb 8 1813 May 29 1895 Wm Shepard May 27 1811 Mar 29 1895 Nancy Shepard Feb 26 1833 Feb 1 1903 Rev Riley Shepard Jun 21 1858 Feb 4 1950 Sallie F Wife of G W Gurganus Dec 31 1851 Jun 13 1905 George W Gurganus May 25 1845 Jun 22 1903 William S Shepard Nov 10 1858 Mar 20 1931 John A Brown Sep 2 1877 Oct 5 1912 Baby of S B & M E Dixon Died Feb 28 1894 Baby of S B & M E Dixon Died Mar 28 1890 Nannie Daughter of J A & Susan Raynor Feb 9 1886 Sep 21 1888 Double Stone Raynor Susan Aug 20 1854 Aug 25 1939 John A Feb 13 1850 May 25 1891 Earnest Lanier Dec 25 1899 Jul 5 1900 Ellis T Raynor Sep 7 1877 Oct 12 1903 Double Stone Lanier Spicer Oct 8 1873 Jul 4 1910 Alice R Jan 18 1875 Jan 27 1950 Double Stone Pollard Ruth L Sep 23 1897 Dec 14 1987 Joseph E Dec 27 1891 Sep 2 1927 Sarah Emily Wife of D R Langley Daughter of Mr & Mrs T G Gould Nov 26 1892 Aug 1 1943 Elizabeth Wife of T G Gould 1850 Sep 28 1926 Thomas G Gould Oct 6 1858 Jan 16 1937 William H Son of J T & Janie Gould Dec 15 1928 Sep 30 1931 Annie Raynor Dail Jan 23 1876 Feb 28 1959 Zeb R Dail Jul 22 1868 May 22 1944 Louise Daughter of G E & Alice Simmons May 25 1910 Sep 15 1915 M T Simmons Son of G E & Alice Simmons Jul 27 1901 Aug 2 1906 Celia J Pittman Jan 19 1833 Jan 17 1903 Mary Foy Mar 14 1811 Sep 22 1897 Mary E Parker Aug 3 1842 Mar 1 1895 A B Parker Died Sep 10 1895 Age about 66 yrs E H Mason Wife of J E W Mason Jan 2 1855 May 22 1913 Infant of G E & Maranda Phillips Born & Died Sep 1905 Samuel James Aug 25 1813 Apr 5 1905 Nancy E Wife of J W Ketchum Dec 27 1861 Oct 23 1891 Manerva E James Nov 24 1850 Jun 19 1903 George W Blake Sr Died Sep 16 1896 Aged 67 yrs Sarah A Blake Dec 12 1831 May 10 1889 Aged 57 yrs 4 mos 28 dys Double Stone Simpson Asa Dec 4 1854 Mar 17 1935 Elizabeth Sep 14 1858 Feb 15 1909 Willie A Simpson Aug 25 1879 Jun 21 1951 Richard P Son of C A & Ida M Ketchum May 1 1895 Aug 22 1895 A Mc Ketchum Mar 4 1827 Feb 14 1898 Ann Wife of A M C Ketchum Jan 22 1828 Sep 6 1906 Infant Daughter of G W & Jennie Blake NOI Infant Son of G W & Jennie Blake NOI Rosa C Blake Aug 30 1903 Mar 9 1905 Zenobia E Blake Mar 13 1902 Jun 2 1903 Jenny Wife of G W Blake Jun 16 1861 Dec 24 1903 George W Blake Dec 12 1855 Mar 21 1921 Cyrus E Blake Dec 2 1904 Jul 17 1905 Infant Son of M A & Effie Higgins Dec 1918 Infant Daughter of M A & Effie Higgins Sep 1916 Mary Estella Wife of J R Gurganus Aug 30 1885 Nov 23 1915 Infant Daughter of J R & Tancha Gurganus Aug 20 1919 Aug 20 1919 Geraldene Daughter of J R & Tancha Gurganus Jun 26 1921 Jul 1 1921 J W E Jenkins Apr 23 1861 Apr 4 1914 Age 52 yrs 11 mos 11 dys Mary Jane Wife of Ellis Jenkins Aug 10 1861 Jun 16 1935 Edward F Watkins Sep 23 1865 Feb 10 1937 Perlina Rush Watkins Feb 2 1875 Mar 22 1956 Bailey Leary Sep 12 1890 Nov 26 1952 Annie Wife of Bailey Leary Jun 13 1890 Jan 27 1938 Adam E Son of Jesse & Carolina Wood Mar 20 1883 Oct 3 1924 Mary E White Wife of James Council Melton Aug 14 1860 Feb 25 1934 J C Melton May 4 1858 Aug 11 1910 James C Melton Aug 19 1898 Jul 15 1962 Elder Edward F Pollard Son of Elder B J & Lucinda Pollard Nov 4 1865 Aug 18 1955 G W Gurganus Jan 10 1850 Mar 20 1893 Myrtie G Pollard Apr 19 1881 Jul 9 1967 W P Walton Nov 4 1832 Sep 7 1904 FS William P Walton Pvt Company B 24th NC Infantry Confederate States Army Eleanor Wife of W P Walton Apr 2 1847 Jan 25 1928 Louis Eldridge Walton Nov 29 1900 Sep 30 1993 Exie Louise Wife of L E Walton Dec 27 1907 Jun 15 1937 Roland James Son of J E & T Walton Oct 9 1902 Dec 24 1903 Flora Elenor Daughter of Jno E & Flora Walton Oct 16 1904 Aug 7 1912 Noah Herman Ketchum Jul 11 1900 Aug 24 1905 Age 5 yrs 1 mo 12 dys Fonnie Wife of Zachariah N Walton May 2 1871 Feb 3 1943 Ketchum Family Stone Mary J Ketchum Oct 12 1877 Jul 2 1925 Stephen W Ketchum Jun 2 1875 Mar 4 1968 Eld Aaron Davis Mar 30 1812 Sep 11 1888 Back of Stone This is a reproduction monument. The original is located at the Onslow County Museum Richlands NC 2008 No Photos: Jessie Everett Bell Jul 9 1915 Feb 15 1947 Job Josiah Holt 1852 Mar 28 1916 Lucy H Simmons May 29 1908 Aug 4 1915 James Benford Strange Jun 30 1899 Jul 15 1902 Annie Laura Marshburn Walton Oct 27 1881 Nov 6 1960 Flora Parker Walton Dec 28 1872 Nov 26 1955 John Edward Walton May 17 1871 Oct 26 1951 William Benjamin Walton Dec 29 1884 Jun 29 1925 Zacariah N Walton Mar 23 1874 Apr 17 1936

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