The epitaphs are as follows:
Ethel Abbott
Wife of
S C Ezzell
May 14 1901
Feb 7 1949
Floyd J Abbott
May 12 1916
Apr 9 1943
G A Abbott
Feb 22 1853
Jul 22 1875
Double Stone
Abbott
Jacob S
Sep 17 1885
Sep 6 1956
Mamie C
May 14 1886
Oct 10 1937
Joan R Abbott
Wife of
Lynwood E Abbott
Dec 20 1939
Nov 19 1992
Lucindia May
Wife of T J Abbott
Mar 26 1812
Aug 20 1898
Double Stone
Abbott
Annie Dora McCoy
Dec 2 1919
Aug 27 1984
Married
May 31 1937
Lynwood Herman
Jul 11 1917
May 2 1984
Mary Abbott
Mar 27 1841
Sep 2 1858
Triple Stone
Abbott
Martha Jane
Daughter of
Thomas Pinkney & Lydia Jane Gray Hartsfield
Sep 14 1842
Mar 9 1883
Married
Nov 2 1866
Stephen Decatur
Son of
Thomas Jefferson & Lucindia May Phillips Abbott
Jul 15 1848
Aug 10 1907
Lydia Jan
Nov 19 1869
Nov 7 1908
S D Abbott
Jul 15 1843
Aug 10 1907
Double Stone
Abbott
Julia E
Sep 11 1878
Dec 10 1905
Thomas A
Aug 3 1867
May 14 1938
T J Abbott
Nov 5 1808
Apr 15 1853
Hattie Freeman Beddard
Oct 17 1886
Jan 26 1950
Annie Burns
1878-1953
Sandy Clayton Ezzell
Nov 26 1870
Apr 17 1962
Bessie Freeman
Apr 12 1886
Jan 13 1887
Jane E P Freeman
Twin of Malinda Caroline
Sep 14 1856
Dec 7 1950
Jimmy "Bud" Freeman
Son of
W S & Jane Freeman
Oct 31 1898
Mar 12 1958
William S Freeman
1859-1901
Brooke Jacqueline Allie Gaddis
Nov 24 2007
NOD
Baby Boy Grant
Jan 24 1945
NOD
Iris Dell Abbott Grant
Wife of
Roland Harper Grant
May 24 1923
NOD
Roland H Grant
PFC US Army
World War II
Dec 15 1921
Sep 28 1999
Triple Stone
Hardison
Daughter
Madge K
Feb 6 1926
Jul 7 1932
Father
John S
Aug 11 1875
Sep 14 1958
Mother
May Kendrick
Apr 5 1887
Dec 17 1968
Ann
Wife of
James Jones
Died
Nov 13 1898
NOI
Pvt James Jones
NC State Troops
CSA
Aug 17 1829
Nov 13 1917
Double Stone
Jones
Jessie A
Oct 26 1901
Aug 15 1941
Rachel A
Mar 29 1910
Aug 22 1935
Martha E Abbott
Wife of
Sam Jones
Feb 23 1883
Dec 4 1943
Sam Jones
Mar 3 1883
Aug 13 1959
Double Stone
Mercer
Annie Glenn
Jul 18 1903
Jan 15 1987
James Henry
Apr 17 1908
Feb 10 1990
Mary F Phillips
Wife of
C M Odham
Apr 1 1850
Feb 20 1940
Alwilda
Daughter of
W H & Annie Phillips
? 12 1878
Oct 4 1880
Emmett
Son of
W H & Annie Phillips
Jun 12 1882
Jul 25 1882
Ernest
Son of
Peter & Martha A Phillips
Apr 6 1875
Sep 10 1882
Gertrude
Daughter of
Peter & Martha A Phillips
Apr 22 1872
Sep 20 1882
John Henry
Son of
W H & Annie E Phillips
Apr 12 1877
May 10 1878
Martha E Phillips
Mar 27 1841
Aug 4 1881
Martha A
Wife of
Peter Phillips Sr
Sep 25 1849
Oct 31 1880
Thopmas Phillips
Jan 10 1802
May 28 1879
Pvt Wyatt J Phillips
CO D 66 Regt
NC State Troops
CSA
Mar 24 1835
Aug 4 1875
Marion Eugene Rogers
May 10 1942
Mar 26 2003
Alice Rouse
Jan 27 1854
Jan 8 1927
Edward C
Son of
E C & Iola Rouse
May 20 1910
Sep 25 1912
Edward Caswell Rouse
Jul 13 1883
Feb 13 1965
Elley
Wife of
M W Rouse
May 29 1846
Jul 26 1917
George K Rouse
Sep 6 1872
Aug 8 1921
Infants
of
George K & Sallie H Rouse
Apr 20 1912
NOD
Iola Sutton
Wife of
E C Rouse
Aug 12 1875
Nov 19 1935
M W Rouse
Aug 21 1846
May 23 1915
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Double Stone
Troy W Rouse
Jul 16 1909
Sep 14 1994
Mary T Rouse
Aug 24 1912
Jul 26 1984
Raymond Turnage
Oct 14 1912
Jul 14 1914
Edward Gerald Abbott
Jun 6 1957
Sep 7 1973
Joseph H Abbott
Oct 4 1878
Feb 20 1920
Rosa L Abbott
Jan 27 1892
Oct 26 1937
Sallie
Wife of
Joseph Abbott
Jun 10 1881
Oct 31 1912
Selma & Kathleen
Infant Daughters of
Sallie & Joe Abbott
Born & Died
1904
T J Abbott
Jan 19 1845
Jul 4 1918
Double Stone
Eubanks
Cephus Allen
Mar 21 1911
Apr 27 1974
Ruby Phillips
Jul 26 1912
Jan 1 1981
Ellen
Daughter of
H L & Stella Ewell
Oct 14 1921
May 7 1922
Bessie Phillips
Wife of
L T Freeman
Aug 12 1891
Sep 28 1918
L T Freeman
Jun 20 1887
Mar 20 1925
Malinda Caroline Freeman
Sep 14 1856
Dec 10 1934
Rebie F Grimes
Daughter of
W S & Jane P Freeman
May 19 1891
Aug 3 1976
Fatima Victoria Jackson
Nov 15 1857
May 23 1949
S O Jackson
Feb 29 1856
Dec 12 1938
Thomas Jackson
Apr 26 1829
Nov 11 1911
Carrie F Johnson
May 21 1923
Mar 1 1961
Double Stone
Jones
Letha Mae P
Oct 6 1900
May 12 1975
A L Roy
Oct 25 1895
Feb 17 1974
A Virginia L Jones
Sep 5 1908
Oct 28 1980
Randolph David "Doc" Jones
Oct 15 1920
Sep 5 1995
Nancy
Wife of
R T Jones
Oct 19 1879
Dec 13 1909
Double Stone
Lang
Willie E
Jan 18 1910
Jul 1 1984
Gussie P
Mar 20 1911
May 25 2004
John Mozingo
May 27 1857
Oct 15 1916
Annie
Wife of
W H Phillips
Aug 22 1857
May 26 1913
H B "Beech" Phillips
Jan 16 1875
Feb 14 1963
Clara Turnage
Wife of
D R Phillips
Feb 14 1873
Mar 3 1926
Cora B
Wife of
H B Phillips
Oct 28 1882
Dec 7 1939
Dave R Phillips
Jul 16 1872
Jan 6 1936
Harold
Son of
D R & Clara Phillips
Oct 2 1907
May 25 1925
Double Stone
Phillips
Eva A
Jan 3 1884
Sep 29 1962
Heber F
May 11 1884
Jul 2 1939
Heber Jr
Son of
H F & Eva Phillips
Aug 30 1908
NOD
Horace Abbott Phillips
Oct 28 1903
Jan 12 1973
Hubert B
Son of
H B & Cora Phillips
Ferb 21 1918
Mar 30 1918
Lacy Phillips
Feb 22 1832
Sep 23 1911
Lavenia Dell
Infant of
H B & Cora Phillips
May 27 1911
Nov 25 1913
Mariza
Wife of Thomas Phillips
May 17 1816
Jan 16 1898
Mark Anthony Phillips
Jan 10 1959
Aug 22 2000
Double Stone
Phillips
Christine Mable
Mar 16 1923
Mar 16 2001
Mark Luke
Feb 9 1913
Feb 11 1986
Patsy Ann Phillips
Dec 7 1836
Feb 16 1900
Double Stone
Phillips
Nancy R
May 10 1884
Jan 28 1959
Pete
Mar 21 1889
Oct 23 1957
Peter Phillips
Dec 4 1845
Dec 25 1925
Sarah E
Wife of
Peter Phillips
Jan 30 1853
Randolph County
Mar 30 1920
Double Stone
Phillips
Ada
Nov 3 1876
Jul 23 1956
Uzzell
Jun 29 1880
May 25 1946
W Arthur Phillips
Oct 29 1906
Sep 28 1939
W H Phillips
Apr 7 1854
May 26 1925
Dorothy Rae T Porter
Dec 2 1924
Jun 29 1993
Double Stone
Rouse
Gatha Phillips
Oct 13 1905
NOD
Elbert Leslie
Oct 10 1905
Nov 20 1972
Double Stone
Rouse
Alma Phillips
Jun 16 1909
Aug 17 1984
Ernest Avern
Jun 16 1908
Jun 17 1975
Uzzell P Rouse
AN
US Navy
Vietnam
Jul 7 1941
Feb 18 1991
Bruce Davis Turnage
Jul 18 1937
Nov 21 1937
John F Turnage
CO E
61 NC Inf
CSA
May 21 1843
Dec 18 1925
Musa Dora Abbott
Wife of
J F Turnage
Sep 7 1877
Feb 27 1949
Double Stone
Turnage
Helen A
Jul 29 1910
Jun 19 2004
Roy E
Mar 5 1909
Aug 12 1962
This photo is of the only remaining stone in a separately fenced section
of the cemetery that the old folks have always called the slave cemetery.
Since only this one grave is marked we can only assume that possibly
slaves and more probably other free blacks are buried there. This
Agness Abbott is unknown to us, but she is assumed to have been born
into slavery and later freed, married a freed black man named Charles
Abbott, died, and was buried at this spot.
Agness
Wife of
Charles Abbott
1848
Apr 27 1911
Jim & Sue Gaddis Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Jim & Sue
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