Koen Cemetery
Pasquotank Co., NC
Surveyed by Diane Siniard
September 2007
Resurveyed September 2013




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Koen Cemetery in Pasquotank County, NC.

Location: On Firetower Rd located back in a field behind some houses

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 26.336 N
    76° 22.345 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    L R Sawyer Jul 23 1850 Oct 20 1934 Ida Hinton Wife of L R Sawyer Aug 9 1853 Nov 3 1926 Sophia Emma Sawyer Sep 2 1889 Mar 25 1978 Willie Lee Sawyer Jan 4 1893 Aug 7 1979 Double Stone Sawyer John Mark Mar 13 1896 May 23 1975 Mae Sawyer Sep 21 1898 May 27 1994 Double Stone Sawyer Eddie P Mar 17 1885 Nov 6 1980 Lillie Forbes Apr 19 1903 Apr 25 1977 Double Stone Sawyer Edward L Aug 23 1930 NOD Married Dec 30 1954 Elizabeth J Nov 6 1938 May 19 1995 Willie Drew Son of Mattie & Drew Sawyer Feb 7 1863 Feb 7 1933 Unmarked Stone Kristopher Aaron Spence Son of Michael & Sharon Sep 3 1977 Aug 3 1998 Double Stone Wood Wiley Frank Sr Sep 24 1929 Sep 2 2010 Nora Sawyer Oct 1 1931 NOD Double Stone Sawyer William E Dec 13 1911 Sep 17 2002 Evelyn F May 10 1914 Nov 7 1991 Double Stone Sawyer Charlie L Feb 17 1904 Apr 7 1989 Estelle S Jun 17 1903 Nov 13 2001 Bertie F Sawyer 1906-1943 Double Stone Sawyer Charlie H Nov 22 1879 Apr 2 1918 Ollie B Jul 23 1880 Sep 16 1956 Sarah F Sawyer Wife of Mark Sawyer Jan 1 1848 Jun 2 1916 Daniel A Sawyer Apr 15 1837 Oct 6 1909 Unmarked Stone FS J L P J Jos S Jones Nov 29 1815 Nov 25 1879 Louisa Jones Sep 15 1828 May 16 1904 Double Stone Brite James W Died Aug 10 1918 Bettie E Died Apr 20 1941 Eddie Williams Sep 20 1897 Aug 12 1970 Addie Key Williams Jan 2 1897 Jul 8 1989 Beulah R Key Mar 2 1903 Mar 3 2001 Katie J Wife of J A Whitehead Dec 30 1867 Aug 24 1914 Joseph A Whitehead Jul 18 1864 Feb 25 1925 Willis R Whitehead Jan 23 1902 Jun 14 1962 Judith Ann Daughter of Mary W & A S Bristow Born & Died Feb 19 1935 James P Turner Oct 5 1836 Dec 29 1915 Charity Wife of James P Turner Nov 7 1846 Dec 1 1926 Johnnie R Key Sep 8 1891 Feb 17 1963 Double Stone Gregory Charles Emmett Feb 1 1898 Jul 9 1973 Mary Etheridge Jul 16 1899 Mar 4 1992 Josiah Riddick Etheridge Jul 23 1889 May 24 1971 William Oscar Etheridge Sep 7 1886 Feb 12 1973 Wilbur Etheridge Koen Nov 18 1892 Oct 6 1984 Mary Riddick Etheridge Nov 5 1856 Apr 22 1951 William K Etheridge Mar 27 1853 Feb 6 1919 Josiah R Etheridge Died Apr 27 1889 Aged 58 ys 10 ms 18 ds Susie T Etheridge Nov 16 1843 Mar 19 1882 Neppie T Etheridge Nov 16 1843 Jun 8 1874 Sue Taylor Etheridge Aged 1 ms 21 ds Sarah Koen Stewart Oct 21 1800 Dec 4 1879 Double Stone Granger Ethelbert B 1856-1933 Susan E 1873-1941 Double Stone Spence Ernest A Nov 10 1887 Jan 17 1958 Lillian F Jul 6 1896 Feb 18 1966 Leslie T Spence US Navy Vietnam Jul 8 1925 Mar 16 1996 Jack S Burton Mar 29 1935 NOD Double Stone Burton John R Jan 25 1914 Jan 16 2004 Estelle S Feb 1 1916 Dec 27 1998 Double Stone Spence William E Dec 13 1919 Feb 19 1981 Married Jul 10 1954 Barbara B Jul 21 1930 NOD Double Stone Spence Ernest A Jr Jul 30 1930 Mar 13 1991 Carolyn P Jun 3 1934 Jul 15 2000 Unmarked Stone Thomas Donald "Tommy" Foster Feb 1 1934 Jun 17 2003 Double Stone Foster Irene Jones Nov 23 1911 Dec 24 2007 Arthur Linwood Sep 20 1907 Jan 29 1975 John W Foster Feb 5 1903 May 27 1969 Lois Leigh Foster Nov 22 1915 Jun 8 2001 W A Foster 1870-1939 William E Spence BMGC US Navy World War II Korea Dec 13 1919 Feb 19 1981 Susan P Wife of W A Foster 1874-1929 Wm C Foster Dec 25 1831 Nov 17 1924 N Temple Foster 1905-1923 Vance Foster Williamson Sep 26 1920 NOD Mildred P Sepnce Apr 11 1917 Nov 16 1919 Mary E Foster Aug 18 1835 Nov 9 1906 Age 71 ys 2 ms 22 ds Mary S Wife of S B Granger Sep 1 1855 Mar 30 1900 Mary S Daughter of S B & M S Granger Dec 2 1880 Mar 24 1900 Christian Etheridge Sawyer Mar 1 1848 Jan 30 1928 James T Spence Feb 24 1840 Aug 9 1877 Sergt John Koen 10 NC Mil Rev War Double Stone Williams Elsbury "Whit" Whedbee Aug 31 1925 Dec 4 2008 Married Jun 19 1948 Kathleen Gregory Sep 2 1930 NOD Children: Rebecca & Roger Raymond Sawyer Nov 13 1888 Nov 30 1973 Dana G Jones Oct 12 1926 Feb 6 1928 Double Stone Jones Lillie J Apr 25 1892 Oct 11 1967 Howard B Oct 7 1892 Sep 8 1971 Miles Howard Jones Mar 26 1922 Aug 2 1922 Elsbury Whedbee Williams SK2 US Navy World War II Korea Aug 31 1925 Dec 4 2008 Mary Louise Jones Dec 13 1929 Sep 8 1930 Newton F Jones Oct 6 1916 Feb 27 1932 Double Stone Jones Lloyd R Oct 12 1925 Oct 27 2011 Married Oct 11 1958 Alice R May 23 1935 NOD Children: Lloyd Jr & Anita Unmarked Stone Claude Raleigh Carver Oct 20 1871 May 10 1948 Mary E Carver Feb 7 1862 Dec 7 1946 Susan Temple Spence Daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Spence Wife of William J Carver Apr 24 1830 Nov 1 1912 Edna Carver Wife of W A Carver Jun 20 1877 Feb 19 1907 James G Carver May 18 1860 May 24 1900 W J Carver May 5 1824 May 15 1894 Mary E Wife of J J Brothers Aug 17 1875 Nov 28 1897 Martha L Daughter of J W & Elizabeth Brothers Aug 7 1875 Dec 18 1898 Mabel C Daughter of J J & Mary L Brothers Sep 27 1899 Mar 7 1901 Wm Talmage Brothers Jul 14 1890 Aug 7 1902 Elizabeth Wife of J W Brothers Dec 24 1843 Sep 13 1916 James W Brothers Aug 18 1843 Feb 11 1928 CO C 56 NC Rgt Ransoms Brigade CSA Wm N Brothers Oct 1 1866 Mar 8 1928 Fannie S Brothers Mar 11 1871 Dec 11 1946 Tina Evelyn Wife of Wm A White Mar 16 1883 Nov 10 1932 William A White Mar 7 1880 Sep 8 1956 Double Stone Craddock Edna White Jun 23 1912 Oct 5 1968 Joseph Leon Oct 18 1906 Aug 9 1979 Double Stone Brothers Josie J 1901-1948 Alma F 1900-1952 Double Stone Brothers Joe James Mar 17 1871 Apr 2 1937 Mary Ellen Sep 22 1875 Mar 19 1944 Shirley Mae Whitehurst Daughter of Marion & Alice Brothers Whitehurst Aug 6 1936 Mar 5 1937 Jackie Foster Brothers Dec 10 1934 Dec 11 1934 Mabel G Brothers Wife of Thomas D Ried Dec 18 1902 Feb 21 1932 Unreadable Stone Nell Louise Daughter of W S & Elsie V Brothers Dec 22 1914 Dec 11 1915 Isabel M Daughter of T W & Maggie Brothers Feb 18 1906 Jun 6 1912 Corinne H Temple Daughter of William & Margaret Temple Died Nov 25 1882 Age 11 ys Wm S Temple Confederate Soldier Died Jul 27 1896 Age 71 ys Margaret A Temple Widow of Wm S Temple Died Oct 24 1916 Age 89 ys Dr Wilson S Temple Sep 24 1836 Mar 1 1899 Wilson Temple Spence Son of J A & Zelda T Spence Apr 14 1922 Apr 24 1922 Curtis D Jones Oct 20 1910 Jul 29 1967 Rudolph E Jones Jun 30 1925 Oct 3 1948 William T Stafford Jr May 8 1895 Nov 19 1950 Unmarked Stone Herbert A Stafford Jan 1 1893 Jun 15 1893 Roger B Stafford Mar 4 1894 Jun 6 1894 Double Stone Stafford William T May 25 1863 Nov 29 1914 Julia J Jan 22 1869 Jun 15 1952 Annie Rebecca Stafford Jul 20 1889 Apr 6 1940 Joannie Mulder Williams Jul 11 1958 Jun 6 1995 Jesse Evans Apr 4 1883 Oct 18 1910 Linwood Evans Apr 16 1903 Apr 6 1977 Maggie S Burgess Wife of F W Brothers Jun 7 1884 Nov 19 1931 Fred W Brothers Nov 19 1877 Oct 22 1958 Maggie Williams Wife of F W Brothers Dec 22 1877 Sep 4 1955 Nina Marie Daughter of F W & Maggie Brothers Dec 10 1913 Jun 17 1937 Stella Mae Daughter of F W & Maggie Brothers Oct 21 1908 Oct 30 1940 Corine Owens Brothers Wife of M B Brothers May 9 1931 Jul 27 1969 Marshall B Brothers Husband of Corine Owens Jan 5 1925 Jul 27 1982 James E Brothers Born & Died Sep 20 1947 Double Stone Ruth S Williams Feb 4 1924 Jul 31 2002 Richard H Williams Mar 7 1924 Oct 30 1999 Grace Williams MacLaurin Jul 12 1917 May 11 1972 Buried in Saratoga Wyo Double Stone Williams Bertie Hewitt Feb 23 1884 Mar 23 1962 Frank Spence Dec 21 1881 Mar 31 1967 Alethea C Hewitt Dec 30 1880 Aug 25 1952 Robert C Hewitt Jan 12 1886 Dec 19 1963 Mary E Wife of Henry Hewitt Aug 10 1847 Mar 4 1929 John James Hewitt Jan 7 1877 Feb 25 1917 Wilson T Hewitt Feb 5 1880 Aug 24 1914 Alfred W Hewitt Aug 1 1910 Jan 3 1976 Double Stone Mother Sabra J Wife of R H Morgan Feb 9 1860 Jan 4 1910 Daughter Buena V Wife of A L Granger Feb 11 1885 Mar 4 1910 Richard O Hewitt Jul 23 1878 Nov 27 1907 Infant Son Henry T Hewitt Nov 19 1907 Henry Hewitt Nov 8 1827 Sep 22 1906 Alice Hewitt Edney Oct 21 1875 Jun 4 1898 Metal Post James W Granger Jul 18 1852 Jan 19 1890 Willie Crawford Jones Dec 25 1861 Aug 11 1897 Josiah Jones Feb 7 1840 Mar 1 1900 Emaline Jones Oct 1 1837 Dec 17 1905 Margaret & Mildred Edney Born & Died 1909 Claude James Davis Sr Cpl US Army Jul 3 1909 May 22 1993 Lula G Davis Mar 13 1883 Sep 5 1962 Elsie Davis Chappell May 13 1914 Apr 15 1984 Alice Davis Palkovic Aug 10 1920 Jul 13 1963 Susan B Granger Jan 20 1860 Jan 31 1909 Newton E Jones Sep 14 1838 Dec 26 1913 Samuel McDonald Oct 18 1887 Oct 31 1936 Bertie Jones McDonald Feb 21 1900 May 27 1985 Roy Leon Son of S D & M V Jones Apr 7 1827 Feb 26 1828 Mary Oretha Wife of W J Betts Nov 4 1906 Feb 27 1932 Kate C Jones 1870-1934 John R Jones Mar 17 1871 Jan 6 1941 Joseph F McDonald Jun 25 1883 Jul 17 1938 Unmarked Stone Double Stone Crews Amy Edney Sep 19 1904 Feb 6 1987 Alfred Baxter Jun 9 1903 Feb 1 1969 Double Stone Edney Robert B Mar 4 1873 Apr 5 1956 Margaret Jones Nov 16 1874 Mar 7 1950 Dallas W Edney Jul 5 1912 Jan 3 1936 Mary L Albertson Mar 1902 Oct 1905 J W Albertson Apr 8 1873 Jun 20 1902 Susan Frances Hewitt Sep 12 1850 May 27 1923 Selena Tebo Evans Mar 4 1904 Jul 23 1905 Sarah E Wife of Willie Crawford Jones Feb 18 1868 Nov 20 1923 Double Stone Sawyer Earl A Nov 25 1927 Nov 17 2004 Doris B Mar 8 1931 Jan 27 1992 Double Stone James A Belch 1929-1997 Elizabeth B Belch 1929-2005 Daniel F Dewald Apr 18 1932 May 30 1999 Double Stone Belch James O 1929-1997 Elizabeth B 1929-2005 Double Stone Dryer Marshall F Mar 22 1916 May 29 1976 Leta Vegas Aug 25 1913 May 28 1980 Hersey E Ballance Oct 4 1904 Nov 30 1984 Ellen Ruth Wife of Hersey E Ballance Sep 8 1906 Mar 10 1942 Double Stone Weatherly Julia Bishop May 10 1927 May 29 1990 George Roscoe Apr 22 1926 Feb 4 1992 Thomas B Hewitt Oct 6 1852 Feb 19 1924 Mattie Sarah Hewitt Jul 27 1885 Jul 8 1972 Double Stone Mary Lena Jones Feb 20 1870 Sep 27 1955 Joseph F Jones Aug 23 1864 Nov 25 1948 Clarence Stuart Edney Mar 17 1902 Nov 25 1979 Rosa Braswell Edney Wife of Clarence S Edney Sep 5 1900 May 29 1953 Hilda Faye Edney Fortner Apr 17 1932 Dec 21 1975 Double Stone Edney JoAnne Harward Aug 30 1931 NOD Robert B Aug 28 1930 Dec 17 1988 Double Stone Rhodes Daniel Dec 17 1889 Oct 22 1945 Fannie K Feb 9 1904 Mar 19 1986 Double Stone Ballance Tilden M Feb 21 1933 NOD Married Mar 11 1956 Hazel P Aug 13 1938 Jul 9 2008 Double Stone Weatherly Michael Roscoe Sep 2 1955 NOD Married Oct 26 1982 Teresa Powers May 10 1963 NOD J E Ballance Oct 28 1932 Oct 27 1951 Double Stone Powers Noah Garland Oct 21 1928 Sep 30 1987 Ivy Victoria Ballance Nov 17 1930 Feb 26 1977 Double Stone Jordan David Graham Jan 2 1946 Sep 9 2007 Betty Powers Sep 16 1952 Jul 18 2011 Benjamin Lee "B J" Jordan Oct 5 1980 Nov 6 2010

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