The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Pasquotank County, NC.
Location: On corner of Salem Chruch Rd and Old McDonald Rd.
There are basically 4 cemeteries combined into one according to Pastor of the church. I will seperate them into plots on the transcription. 3 plots are across Old McDonald Rd from the church the other is in the church yard.
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The epitaphs are as follows:
Plot 1
Ella Reid Chopy (Chory?)
Apr 21 1869
Oct 5 1923
Blanche Lucille Chory
Feb 20 1906
Oct 16 1913
Gladys Elizabeth
Daughter of
RC Jr and Ethel Wilson Lowry
Jun 20 1913
Sep 21 1914
Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
Mar 17 1860
Nov 11 1898
Age
38 yrs 7 mo 13 days
John Wilson
Oct 1 1849
Dec 12 1912
Age
63 yrs 2 mo 12 days
Elizabeth Banks
Jun 14 1838
Nov 22 1919
John C Banks
Feb 20 1842
Jun 11 1917
Sallie E
Wife of
DB Walston
Sep 6 1878
May 1 1911
Viola E
daughter of
DB & SE Walston
Feb 2 1910
Age
2 weeks
Addie James Swain
May 13 1869
Apr 21 1940
WE Swain
May 14 1862
Apr 22 1912
William E Halstead
Apr 1 1848
Mar 3 1933
Margaret E
Oct 19 1857
May 19 1933
GA Scott
Feb 8 1861
Mar 18 1909
Age
48 yrs 1 mo 10 days
Gussie
Wife of
GA Scott
Jun 8 1863
Feb 17? 1919
Lula Mae
Wife of
JE Meads
Jan 30 1889
Feb 11 1919
E Bruce Swain
May 19 1895
Feb 13 1974
Plot 2
William L Davis
Oct 19 1870
Oct 2 1930
Willie C Davis
Nov 12 1871
Apr 12 1956
John Calvin James
Husband of
Fannie Coppersmith James
Mar 9 1873
Dec 4 1957
Fannie Coppersmith James
Wife of
John Calvin James
Mar 27 1880
Jan 25 1974
WG Coppersmith
1851-1922
Sarah F Coppersmith
1845-1908
WG Coppersmith Jr
1885-1886
Vernon G James
NC House of Representatives
26 Years
Jul 11 1910
Oct 21 2002
Selma Harris James
Wife of Vernon Crane James
Oct 8 1911
Feb 27 1977
John Thomas James
Husband of
Patricia Bonnette James
Sep 27 1834
Feb 18 1985
Double Stone
James
Vernon G James
Jul 11 1910
Oct 21 2002
Selma Harris
Oct 8 1911
Feb 27 1977
John Thomas James
Sep 27 1934
Feb 18 1985
Jemima R James
Wife of
Talmadge T Markham
Dec 17 1903
Jan 2 2006
William C Rogers
Oct 27 1854
Jun 19 1946
Double Stone
John T Coppersmith
Sep 15 1848
Feb 16 1917
Jennie Burgess
Oct 17 1847
Oct 25 1884
JE Coppersmith
Dec 29 1871
Aug 15 1924
Double Stone
Daniels
Hervie Broughton
Mar 23 1899
Apr 12 1986
Vivian James
Jul 3 1905
Apr 23 1994
Vernon G James
SSgt
US Air Force
Vietnam
Feb 23 1937
May 15 1984
Ernest Melvin James
US Navy
World War II Korea
Jul 9 1920
Mar 12 1982
Double Stone
James
Ernest Melvin
Jul 9 1920
Mar 12 1982
NOI
Bill Palmer
Apr 16 1852
Aug 31 1920
Plot 3
Mary F Cartwright
Nov 14 1875
Aug 2 1912
Age
36 yrs 8 mo & 18 days
William D Lister
Apr 30 1876
May 21 1967
Johnie Lister
Wife of
WD Lister
Apr 22 1885
Mar 12 1919
Lurendia White
Wife of
John White
Jun 8 1849
Sep 3 1933
William D Lister Jr
Mar 7 1914
Feb 12 1936
Double Stone
Spencer
Delaide Lister
Jan 17 1917
Jun 12 2005
Joseph Clinton
Jan 28 1923
Apr 13 1988
Lizzie C Reid
Daughter of
Thomas & Susan Sykes
Born Currituck Co
Jun 4 1865
Sep 5 1912
Same Stone
Stephen Reid
Nov 23 1863
May 5 1925
Benjamin Pendleton
Jul 11 1885
Mar 12 1935
Mary Charlestine Pendleton
Feb 23 1919
Jun 21 1919
Double Stone
Memory of our Dear Brothers
Charles C Pendleton
Feb 15 1893
Nov 8 1918
John C Pendleton
Aug 18 1898
May 8 1919
Double Stone
Benjamin Pendleton
Jun 22 1841
Nov 29 1903
Laura J Pendleton
Jan 31 1857
Oct 6 1901
John A Sawyer
Jan 18 1884
Sep 18 1884
Lina Bell Sawyer
Mar 5 1898
Sep 17 1898
Clifton Sawyer
Jan 9 1857
Jun 9 1915
Anna Palmer
Wife of
James M Jennings
Sep 16 1857
Apr 10 1941
Julius C Jennings
Dec 10 1881
Sep 19 1945
Sarah Elizabeth
Wife of
JC Jennings
Aug 3 1886
Sep 1 1934
Walter Scott
Aug 5 1864
Mar 9 1930
Age 66 yrs 7 mo 4 dys
Lucy Ann Scott
Jul 10 1863
Apr 2 1930
Age 66 yrs 8 mo 23 dys
Beulah T Puzzuto
1906-1956
JW Twiddy
1861-1935
Flonnie L Berry
1891-1940
Austin Howard Berry
Pvt US Army
World War II
Jan 27 1917
Dec 23 1999
Howard
Son of
Mr & Mrs Walter & Lucy Ann Scott
May 4 1904
Jul 18 1927
Age 23 yrs 2 mo 14 dys
Nina Myraline
Granddaughter of
Mr & Mrs JC Jennings
Sep 30 1924
Feb 17 1925
Junior
Son of
TR & Ora Wilcox
Nov 4 1927
Nov 5 1927
Harley Kendrick
Son of
Harley M & Mattie James
Nov 10 1922
May 10 1941
Edith James Halstead
Nov 30 1919
Jun 21 1943
John T Hagatha Jr
Cpl US Army
World War II
Jun 7 1914
Jan 18 1986
Jesse G Bright
Husband of
Beatrice Wilson
Apr 20 1872
May 10 1952
Beatrice Wilson
WIfe of
Jesse G Bright
Jan 30 1882
Jan 5 1931
Handwritten Stone
Dear Mother
Mrs JT Hagatha
NOI
Mary Lou S Raper
Jan 30 1897
Feb 29 1927
Harley M James
Feb 20 1885
Jul 23 1973
Mattie
Wife of
HM James
Nov 25 1894
Mar 22 1926
Annie Wilson
Aug 26 1861
Apr 1 1943
Jesse D Wilson
Mar 11 1855
Jun 30 1924
Catherine M Sawyer
Mar 25 1867
Mar 23 1940
John Henry Sawyer
Oct 26 1850
Jul 4 1920
Triple Stone
Hagatha
Daughter
Sarah E
Apr 25 1925
Mar 17 1965
Mother
Molly S
Sep 3 1904
Jan 4 1980
Father
William E
Mar 29 1901
Dec 27 1982
Baby Morse
NOI
WF Berry
Aug 7 1877
May 24 1908
Milton H White
Feb 13 1898
Jul 24 1912
Luvenia E White
Oct 3 1869
Dec 8 1929
NM White
Jul 16 1857
Jul 9 1913
Martha
Wife of
NM White
Nov 23 1845
Feb 1 1897
Clifton P Sawyer
North Carolina
PVT 1 Army Arty Park CAC
World War I
Mar 4 1891
Oct 15 1968
Hunter Sawyer
1895-1982
Carolina M Sawyer
Jan 7 1855
Nov 2 1917
(Stone reads 8155 as year of birth)
Mary E Swain
1929
NOI
Bella Mae Swain
1928
NOI
James M
Husband of
Anna Jennings
Jun 1 1858
Aug 11 1929
JW Bateman
Nov 27 1899
Dec 22 1917
Addie May Bateman
May 22 1894
Nov 1 1895
Mary E Bateman
Sep 11 1875
Oct 16 1906
John Bateman
Jan 30 1843
Mar 8 1903
Second Wife
Narsissus
1864-1893
Same Stone
Daughter
Bertha
1890-1897
Same Stone
Daughter Narsissus
1893
Age 10 Ds
Same Stone
Daughter
Susan
By First Wife
1878-1896
Same Stone
Granddaughter
Sarah
1894-1896
James T Chory
1884-1888
Cordelia Forbes
Wife of
DW Chory
1860-1890
Daniel W Chory
1858-1922
Gladwell Fox
Died
Oct 6 1878
Age 8 yrs
Broken Stone
Name Broken off and missing
Died
Oct 6 1878
Aged
8 years 3 months & 9days
Double Stone
Stephen Bateman
1855-1888
Virginia J Fox
1860-1896
Double Stone
Mary
Wife of
Geo. Fox
Mar 5 1834
Feb 28 1901
Geo. Fox
Born
Jul 10 1819
Age 81 yrs.
Margaret Ann
Wife of
WG Coppersmith
Jul 15 1851
Apr 18 1872
Rebecca Briggs
Died
Sep 3 1927
Age 86 yrs
James T Owens
Jan 11 1891
Feb 14 1911
Member of Weeksville
Council No. 245
Jr. O.U.A.M.
Lessie A
Daughter of
Thos. & Amanda Meads
Wife of
GA Chappell
Mar 17 1887
Nov 1 1907
Thomas Meads
1845-1921
Amanda S
Second Wife of
Thos. Meads
Died
Oct 9 1920
Age 72 yrs 6 mos
Elmira
Wife of
Thomas Meads
Died
Jan 13 1871
Aged 20 yrs 9 mos
DW Meads
Son of
Thomas & Elmira Meads
Jan 7 1870
Jan 24 1907
Barney Berry
Jun 20 1815
Mar 28 1890
Katherine Berry
Aug 25 1850
Sep 8 1933
Sarah J Norman Parsons
Oct 7 1863
Jul 26 1946
Thomas Ferebee Parsons
Jun 30 1845
Feb 16 1908
Mary Elizabeth Garrett Brown
Nov 16 1857
Sep 9 1911
John Ross Brown
Co A
56 North Carolina Inf.
Confederate States Army
May 26 1843
Aug 29 1917
Mary V Bell
Sep 20 1849
Jun 14 1902
Same Stone
David G Bell
Jun 14 1841
Jun 27 1904
Same Stone
Our Children
Mary E
Joseph
James
Margret
David
Peter
Virginia
Same Stone
Our Friend
Tom Turner
NOI
Thomas James
Mar 1 1836
Jul 16 18??
Stone cracked and worn
encased in concrete
rest of year unreadable
Mary G
Wife of
TE Parsons
Died
Jun 4 1885
Aged
35 years
Mary
Wife of
JE Corbett
Apr 3 1877
Apr 10 1925
Marcellus
Son of
JE & Mary Corbett
Jul 13 1907
Mar 23 1923
Henry J Parson
Apr 12 1871
Nov 19 1913
Double Stone
Lovora B
Jul 9 1901
Aug 11 1901
Kittie D
Mar 28 1903
Sep 11 1903
Nannie J Parsons
Wife of
Lloyd Halstead
Jan 23 1897
Apr 16 1923
Lloyd Thomas
Son of
Lloyd & Nannie J Halstead
Feb 6 1918
Mar 24 1925
Lilly Parsons
Wife of
John Berry
Jan 9 1894
Oct 3 1952
John Berry
Son of
Katherine Pendleton
& Barney Berry
Jan 3 1882
May 2 1945
Elizabeth Jennings
Nov 18 1855
Jul 12 1899
Age
43 yrs
Elisha Coppersmith
Dec 5 1887
Aged
34 years 9 months & 2 days
Mrs Mary Burgess
Apr 17 1799
May 25 1881
Nicholas Burgess
1813-1851
Margaret Pendleton
Died
Apr 14 1882
Aged
33 years 2 mos 11 days
Mary E Coppersmith
1842-1924
Elisha Coppersmith
Died
Mar 2 1882
Aged
21? years 3 mos 17 days
Stone worn on age
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