The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Wallace Cemetery in Onslow County, NC.
Location behind the house and lot known as 201 N Wilmington St, Richlands. It is enclosed by an iron fence. A smaller cemetery, once enclosed by an iron fence, is on the same lot with the house and is behind the house at 201 N Wilmington St. The house was built in 1965 on the location where Emma’s Chapel was built in 1881, also known as Free Will Baptist Church. The chapel was torn down in the early 1960s when Richlands First Baptist Church moved from there to its new home.
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GPS Coordinates:
34.901328 N
77.545707 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Steven R Wallace
Sep 11 1811
Mar 27 1856
Jas G Wallace
Oct 16 1837
Sep 25 1858
Sarah A Gibbs
Jul 1 1840
Jul 15 1875
Wilmington NC
B B Barry
Jul 30 1834
May 25 1863
Mary C
Wife of
George E Brooks
Apr 6 1846
Apr 28 1902
Age 56 yrs 22 dys
John W Shackelford
Sergeant Company H
3 NC Calvary
Confederate States Army
Nov 16 1844
Jan 18 1883
Gail Bullock Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Gail
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