Union Chapel Church Cemetery

Pasquotank County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard
September 2007


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

Location: On Union Chapel Rd just off Weeksville Rd. Lots of signs of unmarked graves. Cemetery in bad shape.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 13.025 N
    76° 09.431 W


    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Elsie Patterson Sharpe Sep 12 1903 Feb 16 1994 Susie Ann "Sis Sue" Bowe Price Sep 5 1890 Dec 4 1993 Beulah E Combs Jun 10 1932 May 6 1993 Eula P Marshall Aug 8 1928 Apr 16 1993 James E Johnson Feb 18 1938 Mar 31 1993 Percell Woodhouse Sep 19 1919 Oct 24 1991 Dolly O Lister Nov 7 1916 Jan 3 1991 Robert H Taylor Dec 31 1932 Jul 23 1989 John D Shannon Oct 18 1919 May 26 1989 Susie B Sharp Mar 2 1899 Dec 28 1987 Ralph P Poole Sep 22 1931 Jun 27 1987 Lillie M Davis Mar 1 1917 Feb 7 1987 Elijah Freshwater Feb 7 1898 Sep 1 1986 Claude Banks Jr US Navy World War II Korea Feb 9 1922 Jul 23 1986 George Brickhouse Jr Jan 11 1928 Nov 7 1982 Charles E Brown Nov 10 1905 Sep 18 1981 Dorothy Brown Jan 1 1920 Dec 28 1980 Joseph Green Oct 24 1927 May 25 1979 Edith Elizabeth brown Dec 24 1914 May 29 1977 Arthur Brown Aug 5 1915 Jan 15 1993 Glenn A Bailey Nov 8 1965 Nov 5 1997 Double Stone Respess Mageline C Nov 23 1923 Sep 28 2001 Isaac Apr 10 1919 Jan 12 1998 Willie Mae Jones Jan 26 1921 Nov 30 2001 Lucy O Overton Oct 10 1910 Jan 11 2003 Double Stone Wynn Lee Oct 6 1920 Jan 12 2003 Evelyn G Sep 3 1924 Jan 5 2003 Doris E Shannon Sep 19 1915 May 29 2006 James Woodhouse Mar 6 1918 Jul 14 2006 MM Debra Caudle rest unreadable Bernice H Randolph Jun 18 1946 Jul 7 2007 Rev. Calvin Boyd Jan 4 1933 Oct 13 2006 Augustus Noel Sharpe Dec 21 1956 Dec 28 2005 Luther Sharp Jr Mar 21 1925 Feb 23 2003 R Butler Price Feb 1 1913 Dec 10 2001 Double Stone Cole Father Vernon Jul 14 1949 Jun 19 2001 Brother Jesse Oct 18 1947 Sep 29 2000 MM Unreadable Rosa Shannon Cole Mar 2 1910 Jul 20 1999 Adelle E Miller Dec 10 1912 Jul 18 1999 Allen C Miller Nov 21 1912 Dec 7 1994 Booker T Shannon North Carolina TEC5 3433 QM TRK CO World War II Sep 23 1924 Feb 11 1971 Double Crypt Lomax-Sharpe Naomi Cherry Lomax May 25 1923 Nov 1 2005 Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Jul 6 1931 NOD Hazel Cooper North Carolina Pvt US Army World War II Mar 20 1910 Sep 22 1973 Millie Owens Allison Apr 28 1918 Jan 19 1974 Luke Boone Aug 27 1897 Jul 22 1974 Luke Bowman PFC US Army Aug 27 1897 Jul 21 1974 Victoris Sharrock Jul 6 1882 Apr 27 1977 Alice F Poole Jan 3 1914 May 13 1977 John Shannon III Oct 5 1892 Jun 25 1977 Fannie Woodhouse May 15 1906 Jul 6 1980 Priscilla F Winslow Feb 6 1888 May 8 1981 Johnnie H Commander Jan 2 1917 Oct 13 1982 Pecola S Brown Jun 2 1942 Nov 15 1983 George Brickhouse Feb 13 1908 Jul 21 1984 Lucille C Mitchell Jul 21 1902 Dec 12 1985 Richard Hyter May 12 1912 Jan 3 1986 Mary Shannon Jones Jul 31 1900 Jul 23 1986 John Jones Jun 1 1892 Jan 22 1988 Double Stone Jones John S May 15 1893 Jan 22 1988 Mary S Jul 31 1900 Jul 26 1986 Georgianna S Shannon Jan 13 1897 Nov 9 1983 Essie L Respass Jul 22 1892 Jun 3 1983 Adelaide Mullen Aug 14 1911 Nov 24 1982 Ella Boone Royster Dec 17 1896 Sep 3 1982 Katherine T Lett Feb 23 1920 Jul 24 1982 Delia Morris Hyter Feb 10 1903 Mar 1 1980 Calvin W Taylor Mar 25 1925 Feb 21 1979 Mahalia W Brickhouse Jun 15 1908 Apr 10 1978 Roosevelt M Sharpe Jan 8 1925 May 16 1977 Rebecca Respass Apr 10 1919 May 8 1977 Dolphus Woodhouse Nov 14 1914 Feb 10 1977 Bennie Shannon Jr Feb 9 1895 Jul 14 1975 William N Hollowell Oct 10 1918 Jan 31 1975 Pauline Respess Jan 20 1884 Nov 17 1974 Enoch Erasmus Gibson Dec 16 1900 Jun 25 1974 William H Shannon Jr PFC US Army World War II Dec 7 1920 May 10 1973 Ollie B Johnson Aug 15 1907 Oct 5 1971 George W Repess Jan 24 1894 Feb 18 1970 Luther Sharpe Jan 25 1901 Jan 16 1989 Mizzell Boone 1899-1967 Alfred Phillips Jr 1893-1967 Addie M Wilson 1896-1966 Sarah A Phillips 1891-1965 SE Brite? Jan 1 1888 Apr 13 1967 Stone hard to read Ruth Shannon Woodhouse Apr 23 1892 May 27 1963 Elvira Owen Mar 31 189? Oct 15 1983 stone partially buried Mamie Bartlett Oct 16 1916 Dec 25 1955 Andrew M Skinner North Carolina Pvt QMC World War II Jul 25 1912 Jan 28 1953 Sarah F Overton 1894-1948 Sarah F Overton Died Oct 22 1952 Unmarked Grave Willie M Johnson 1927-1952 Hannibal Rayner Jul 23 1898 Jan 23 1951 Mary Commander 1836-1949 Willie Hall North Carolina Pvt 9 Calvalry Mar 21 1872 Dec 4 1949 Unmarked Grave DF White Sep 8 1878 Oct 23 1955 Mary H White Jan 23 1880 Jun 2 1971 Thomas Twine 1867-1957 (unreadable) Spellman Dec 25 19?? May 23 19?? Stone partially buried B Hines Aug 5 1915 Oct 5 1969 Willie John Sharpe May 19 1914 May 31 1986 Rev. Butler Sharpe Sr Aug 19 1893 Oct 15 1972 Perkins Oct 24 1914 Mar 12 1988 Double Stone Shannon William Hyth Mar 10 1885 Feb 3 1977 Maggie Banks Mar 10 1888 Oct 28 1961 Harold E Toxey Sep 12 1946 Mar 30 1957 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Ella Felton 1911-1946 Beacher Overton 1898-1947 Charles H Martin Jr Jun 1 1930 Apr 25 1948 Olivia C Skinner 1917-1948 William D Hollowell Pvt US Army Aug 6 1936 Apr 26 1961 Conston Cherry North Carolina Pvt Co D 349 Labor Bn QMC World War I Jan 3` 1889 Sep 15 1961 William Boone North Carolina Pvt CO K 369 Infantry World War I Mar 27 1896 Oct 19 1958 Elbert White North Carolina PVT US Army World War I Jan 2 1896 unreadable Lee Ernest Bowe North Carolina Pvt 349 Labor Bn QMC World War I Oct 27 1898 Oct 15 1957 M Speilman Nov 25 1927 ??? 14 1957 Stone broken and buried Sarah A Whitehurst 1882-1944 Howard H Son of DF & Mary L White 1919-1941 Unmarked Grave Mary E Pendleton Grandaughter of Mrs. Owens 1932-1940 Jesse Phillips Aug 5 1861 Aug 9 1942 Ethel Mae Cooper Oct 12 1924 Aug 14 1942 George W Jackson 1916-1942 James C Jackson 1927-1942 Unmarked Grave Peter C Nixon Jr 1889-1937 William Taylor Apr 22 1889 Dec 10 1947 Mattie Taylor Oct 28 1891 Nov 26 1972 Paul Woodhouse Jun 10 1892 Aug 15 1949 James Shannon North Carolina PVT 10 Pioneer Inf World War I Dec 20 1894 Jun 22 1952 Benjamin F Cooper Jan 27 1867 Jun 8 1955 Napoleaon N Orson Feb 21 1901 Sep 24 1968 Evelyn O Gibson Sep 23 1903 Mar 25 1988 Samuel S Price Feb 2 1890 Feb 28 1935 Unmarked Grave Millie Mullen Died Mar 25 1920 Age 70 years Rev. BM Mullen Jan 7 1881 Apr 30 1918 Wesley Cherry May 6 1859 Jul 29 1918 Millie Wife of WIlson Morris Died Feb 1910 Age 65 years Unmarked Grave Martha JH Holloman 1877-1960 William Herring 1875-1929 James E Herring Feb 23 1900 Oct 5 1965 Walter L Poole Sr Jul 3 1926 Jan 19 2000 Beulah C Poole Aug 29 1927 Feb 2 1995 Marvenia Godfrey White Dec 10 1951 May 27 1995 Gracie Godfrey Shannon Oct 26 1926 Feb 17 1989 Melvin D Godfrey CPL US Army World War II Nov 9 1922 Oct 13 1985 Willie S Godfrey North Carolina S Sgt US Army World War II May 3 1921 Jan 16 1971 Erline C Bailey Dec 15 1931 Jul 18 1997 Walter Neil Godfrey Jun 17 1929 Nov 23 1993 Bessie W Godfrey Feb 22 1902 May 20 1977 Walter N Godfrey May 30 1886 Sep 21 198? stone buried Aaron Mullen Died Aug 8 1926 Age 65 years John T Sylvester Sr Jun 7 1873 Jan 28 1922 Leathia Phillips May 13 1895 May 24 1919 Louisa Wife of John Mullens May 1855 Apr 7 1915 Andrew W Sharpe 1867-1953 Eliza Billups 1876-1939 Double Stone Shannon John Sr 1845-1933 Margie Boone 1867-1933

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