The Cherry Hill Cemetery
Gravestone Inscriptions
Section OThe 1872 deed from Cherry to the Town of Greenville designated Section O as a "Colored" area. The gravemarker inscriptions in this section have never been published. (Because the stones are largely missing, and the names difÞcult to follow, the plots in this section are numbered.)
Note: An ampersand (&) between 2 inscriptions indicates a double marker.
Section O
Beginning at the hedge opening, and continuing northward
PLOT 1: PARKER-KING-RUSSELL Bare spots suggest several other unmarked graves 1315. Moses King, Died Oct. 11, 1909 Age 56 Yrs 1316. Jacob Raspers Russell, Mar. 4, 1841 - Oct. 7, 1908 1317. David Lee Parker, Feb. 18, 1892 - July 7 1969 1318. Blanche Parker, Dec. 12, 1905 - Oct. 19, 1977 1319. Henry Lee, Son of D. L. & Blanche Parker, Jan. 24, 1917 - Aug. 6, 1918 1320. Evelyn Parker, Oct. 10, 1920 - Feb. 13, 1967 1321. (small, sinking grave, possibly a child's, marked with broken bits of old stone) 1322. (footstone lying face-up, "B. S."--no headstone) 1323. (unmarked footstone, no headstone) PLOT 2: (no markers, probably unmarked graves here, very desirable location) PLOT 3: FLEMING-JACKSON 1324. Willie C. Fleming, Feb. 10, 1941. & 1325. Nell C. Fleming, June 15, 1940. 1326. Charity Waddell, Oct. 2, 1898 - Oct. 9, 1989 1327. Annie L., Dau. of C. H. & C. Jackson, Oct. 24, 1904 - Oct. 28, 1919 (broken and propped against base) 1328. (embedded, face-down; only visible marking: "At Rest") 1329. Charlie Jackson, Died Oct. 7, 1928 Age 54 Years 1330. Nathan Jackson, Jan. 15, 1884 - Jan. 9, 1900 1331. (broken base, footstone "E. P.") 1332. (broken base, only visible marking: "My Mother" & long Biblical quotation) 1333. Laura B., Wife of Alfred Cully, Nov. 7, 1847 - July 15, 1885 & Harriett Cully, Bo_(underground)_9, 1904 (date of birth or death?) PLOT 4: EDMONDS 1334. Henry Edmonds, May 28, 1892 - Sept. 19, 1961 1335. Herbert A. Edmonds, July 12, 1897 - Sept. 27, 1983 1336. James T. Edmonds, Dec. 1, 1899 - Oct. 11, 19655 1337. Henry Edmonds, Apr. 11, 1826 - Feb. 1, 1892 1338. Florence Edmonds, 1862 - 1932 Mother 1339. Herbert Edmonds, Jan. 20, 1861 - May 18, 1918 (lying face-up) 1340. Whit, son of A. L. & Victo_ (broken) Jones, May 6, 19__ (broken) - Aug. 1, 191_(broken) 1341. Cermilla Williams, Wife of Daniel Williams, Feb. 10, 1855 - Jan. 12, 1914 PLOT 5: KING 1342. Daniel R. King, June 17, 1848 - Mar. 10, 1922 Father & 1343. Frances E. King, Apr. 18, 1851 - Sept. 1, 1922 Mother PLOT 6: (empty of markers) PLOT 7: SMITH This is a beautiful area, by a tree, and overlooking the north ravine. 1344. Elizabeth, Wife of R. S. Smith, June 8, 1896 - Dec. 21, 1922 1345. Dennis Barnes, Died Mar. 20, 1904 Age 41 Years (broken and propped against next marker) 1346. Helen Douglas, Dau. of Pearl Wooten, Nov 15, 1906 - Aug. 8, 1922 1347. (broken base) ____ Age 22 Yrs (and a quotation) 1348. Rosa, Dau. of Wm. & Lucy Barnhill, Nov. __, 1881 or 1890 (crack goes through date) - Oct. 15, 1908 (broken off and propped against its lower half) PLOT 8: PLUMMER A huge magnolia tree dominates this area; its roots have pushed earth over a large slab, no longer retrievable. 1349. Delia, Wife of Peter Plummer, Feb. 15, 1866 - Jan. 20, 1908 1350. Alex Bullock, May 2, 1877 - Aug. 17, 1907? PLOT 9: PAYTON 1351. Erma L. Moore, July 23, 1933 - Jan. 20, 1984 Mother 1352. Erma P. Little, July 5, 1914 - May 1, 1977 Mother, "Sister Payton" 1353. George Payton, N. C. Pvt. 484 Coast Arty. Bn (AA) W W II, Dec. 4, 1911 - Mar. 26, 1943 1354. Samuel Payton, July 13, 1920 - Mar. 5, 1941 1355. Mary Moye Payton, Jan. 22, 1895 - Oct. 21, 1965 1356. Mary Elizabeth Payton, Aug. 31, 1918 - Apr. 23, 1961 1357. Luretha, Dau. of Francis Staton, Jan. 19, 1912 - May 24, 1934? (a broken stone propped, along with the next fragment, against a base whose marker is missing) 1358. (footstone) "D. P." PLOT 10: CHERRY-NORCOTT 1359. Alonzo B. Cherry, Aug. 4, 1854 - Apr. 12, 1906 1360. Violet B. Patrick, Mar. 16, 1863 - July 9, 1930 1361. Ernest Harmon Cherry, Feb 1885 - Dec. 20, 1926 1362. Samuel L. Cherry, Jan 23, 1882 - May 22, 1925 1363. William P. Norcott, Jan. 8, 1857 - Feb. 7, 1923 1364. Wortham S. Norcott, N. C. Pvt. 365 Inf 92 Div, Feb. 18, 1940 - (lower portion buried) 1365. Olivia E. , Dau. of WMP & Sallie Norcott, Wife of W. M. Gray, Aug. 19, 1883 - Jan. 12, 1919 1366. James H., Son of WMP & Sallie Norcott, Jan. 3, 1885 - Oct. 14, 1918 1367. Sallie H., Dau. of WMP & Sallie Norcott, Nov. 8, 1905 - Apr. 1, 1908 1368. Wiley P. Norcott, Feb. 10, 1833 - Dec. 30, 1909 1369. Marion Norcott, Cpl. 3 N. C. Inf. Sp. Am. War (no dates) 1370. Wallace T. F., son of Wiley & Ala Norcott, Feb. 2, 1900 - Jan. 27, 1901 1371. (broken base) 1372. James Latham, Feb. 21, 1883 - Nov. 3, 1916 1373. (broken base) PLOT 11: ELKS-HUMPHREY 1374. Jennie, wife of Amos Elks, Nov. 14, 1847 - Nov. 8, 1911 1375. Mary M., daughter of Amos & Jennie Elks, Feb. 10, 1880 - Oct. 23, 1906 1376. William W. Humphrey, Sgt. Major, 3 NC Inf., Sp.Am. War (no dates) 1377. Daughter of Jacob & Della Latham, (dates are underground) PLOT 12: EATON-STEWARD 1378. John H. Eaton, Sept. 15, 1914 - Oct. 8, 1896 (Broken, face-up) 1379. Col. Benjamin Steward, Dec. 29, 1879 - Aug. 31, 1909 PLOT 13: GORHAM-CHERRY-TAFT 1380. Dinah Gorham, died Jan. 23, 1919 Age 85 yrs 8 mos (stone is broken & lying face-up near hedge; broken base nearby) 1381. ______ (name broken off), ____ 12, 1905 1382. Lillian B. Sutton, wife of Herman Cherry, Sept. 25, 1887 - May 3, 1907 1383. Oscar Taft, Nov. 9, 1881 - Sept. 17, 1957 (Shaking hands symbol) 1384. Annie, wife of Oscar Taft, Apr. 13, 1881 - Jan. 6, 1911 & 1385. Robert M. T___ (broken, Taft?) PLOT 14: Included in this area are 5 gravemarkers which are actually in the passage between the plots, as originally laid-out. 1386. "5 Bro" (footstone "5") 1387. Henry Duft, died June 26, 1921 Aged about 72 years 1388. "4 Bro W.L.? Y, I? B.P.O.E., ? W." 1389. "K O F P Our Father" James Haywood Lang, Oct. 15, 1857 - July 24, 1925 1390. Afta, wife of F. B. Barnhill, June 11, 1871 - June 10, 1933 (Bottom states "Mother") 1391. Orthur, son of Henry & Lizzie Wooten, Aug. 6, 1888 - Aug. 17, 1906 In a row, between plots?: 1392. Dr. Willie L. Jones, Apr. 5, 1914 - Mar. 31, 1984 1393. Jimmy Elks, Sept. 15, 1903 - Mar. 17, 1954 1394. Ella Elks, Dec. 15, 1886 - June 5, 1966 1395. William Elks, June 10, 1905 - Aug. 3, 1968 1396. Josephine W. Wyche, Sept. 15, 1879 - Apr. 2, 1962, Faithful Mother PLOT 15: (empty of markers) PLOT 16: 1397. Delia Ann Haskins, Feb. 15, 1848 - Jan. 4, 1926 1398. (broken and gone) ____, Age 60 Years Elizabeth Ross, 1990 (© 1998, 1999)
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