The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the John A. Tilghman Cemetery in Lenoir County, NC.
Location East of Kinston on US 70 turn left on British Road and continue until you come to Gray Tilghman Road on the left. Turn on it and the cemetery is on the right beside the road
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The epitaphs are as follows:
John A Tilghman
July 11 1848
Dec 10 1913
Confederate Veteran
Mama
Nettie M Tilghman
Nov 21 1861
Sept 23 1962
Mama
Elizabeth T King
Sept 1 1900
May 19 1986
Blank Monument
NOI
Father
Leslie L Tilghman
June 20 1892
Oct 12 1945
Double stone
TILGHMAN
Ruby Constance Clark
Apr 26 1908
May 22 2001
Wade Hampton
Apr 4 1882
Jan 10 1951
Double stone
“Bill”
James Lester Bennett
Apr 28 1917
Sept 19 1951
“Trot”
Mildred Bennett Tyndall
Jan 3 1915
Dec 15 1997
Double stone
TILGHMAN
Polly Ann Jones
Feb 24 1883
Sept 13 1946
J F (Jack)
Apr 6 1879
Apr 24 1958
Gordon R Tilghman
Feb 17 1912
Dec 21 1994
Glenn Fields Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Glenn.
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