Stephen Wilkerson Cemetery
Location:
Charlie Carr Road
Directions: West on Leasburg Road (US 158). Left on Rolling Hills Road
(SR 1166) just past Lea's Chapel Methodist Church. Left on Charlie Carr Road (SR 1160). My
recollection is that the cemetery is on the right or south side of Charlie Carr Road in a
field. I believe that the cemetery is on property now owned by Guy Carr. At the time of my
last visit some 15 years ago, most of the stones were no longer standing but were flat on
the ground.
Topographic map. (Note that the road names shown on
the topographic map are not current.)
GPS Coordinates: 36° 22' 04"N, 79° 05' 24"W
(WGS84/NAD83) These coordinates and the location on the topographic map are a best
guess. The cemetery is in this general area but it has been years since I was there.
Cemetery Survey by: Ed Clayton (Also included in the WPA survey)
Graves
This information is from my notes made on a visit to this
cemetery on April 8, 1985. This list may be incomplete and at least needs a field survey
to confirm what I have included here. The information below is NOT a transcription of the
information on the stones.
My notes indicate that stones were found when I visited this
cemetery in 1985 for the following:
Stephen Wilkerson
Family records give his birth date as 12 Jan 1796 and his date of death as 14 Aug
1880. His tombstone gives his date of birth as 06 Jan 179? and his date of death as 11 Aug
18??.
Nancy (Wilkerson) Woody
Daughter of Stephen Wilkerson and Mary O’Neal Bradsher. b:28 Nov 1827 d:11 Jun 1867. On 06 Nov 1849 married William
Holeman who may also be buried here. In Nov 1855 married William T. Woody.
James Monroe Wilkerson
A son of Stephen Wilkerson and Mary O’Neal Bradsher. b:03 Jan 1833 d:15 Mar 1865
Never married.
Member of Company G, 30th Regiment, Confederate Army of Virginia. Enlisted on 10 May 1861.
Later promoted. Died in service.
William L. Wilkerson
A son of Stephen Wilkerson and Mary O’Neal Bradsher. b:12 Jan 1842 d:05 Jul 1862
From: North Carolina Troops , Volume VII, 22nd
- 26th Regiments, 1979, page 330. William L. Wilkerson, Corporal; Company H, 24th Regiment
Resided in Person County, where he enlisted at age 18, June 6, 1861. Mustered in as a private and was promoted to
corporal on May 30, 1862. Present or accounted for until wounded at Malvern Hill,
Virginia, July 1, 1862. Died at Richmond, Virginia, July 5 - 6, 1862, of wounds"
The tombstone for William is inscribed
Sacred to the Memory of
William L. Wilkerson
Born Dec 1st 1842
Wounded at
Malvern Hill, July 1st
Died July 5, 1862
Family tradition maintains that after William was wounded his father received news of this
and went to the battlefield and found him and brought him home. He died two days later.
Willie Anderson Pleasant b:01 Aug 1862 d:13
May 1863. (Son of Sarah Margaret Wilkerson and Iverson B. Pleasant.)
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Information for researchers:
The following information may be useful to those researching this
family. Provided by Ed Clayton.
No stones were found for the following
graves, but they are presumed to be located in this cemetery.
Mary
O'Neal Bradsher
First wife of Stephen Wilkerson. Date of birth unknown, date of death 05 Dec 1849.
Mary E. Wilkerson (b:22 Dec 1839 d:15
Aug 1854). Although no stone was found, this daughter is presumed to be buried in this
cemetery.
Dorothy Wilkerson (b:30 Dec 1844
d: Feb 1845) Although no stone
was found, this daughter is presumed to be buried in this cemtery.
Stephen Wilkerson's second wife, Arrena Moore is buried in the Alvis Moore Cemetery at Paynes
Tavern.
Other children of Stephen Wilkerson and Mary O'Neal Bradsher who were
not buried in this cemetery:
Betty P. Wilkerson (b:08
Dec 1838 d:04 Oct 1904) who on 05 Jan 1869
married Alexander Rountree Foushee (b:31 Mar 1839 d:21
Feb 1929) and is buried in Burchwood Cemetery.
John C. Wilkerson (b:30 May 1829 d:05 Aug 1897) on 25 Mar 1852 married Gustrina S.
Thompson (b:18 Dec 1831 d:22 Mar 1910). Both buried at Leasburg Cemetery.
Sarah Margaret Wilkerson (b:27 May 1831 d:24 Jan
1912) on 18 Jul 1852 married Iverson B. Pleasant (b:01 Jan 1828 d:19 Feb 1904). Both buried at Burchwood Cemetery.
Fannie A. Wilkerson (b:19 Nov 1834 d:1915) on 29
Sep 1853 married Benjamin D. Howard (b:Aug 1831 d:Mar 1906) Both buried at Berea Church
Cemetery, Granville County.
Josiah Louis Wilkerson (b:07 Jan 1846 d:07 Aug 1899) on 21 Nov 1877 married Sallie H.
Rogers (b:09 Aug 1856 d:28 Nov 1921). Both
buried at Burchwood Cemetery.
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