Salem Baptist Church Cemetery

Pasquotank County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard & Joshua Griffin
October 2007


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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