The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Whitfield Cemetery in Lenoir County, NC.
Location From La Grange by-pass, take Hwy 70 West for about 2 miles, and turn right on Promise Land Rd. The cemetery is located on the right on Promise Land Rd. You can see this cemetery from Hwy 70. The nearest intersection is Promise Land Rd. and Hwy 70 West.
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The epitaphs are as follows:
L H Measley
Sep 6 1855
Oct 7 1916
Ruth Maye
Daughter of
T R & Ruth Boyett
Dec 29 1925
rest of stone buried
Ruth Measley
Wife of
T R Boyett
Jul 2 1899
rest of stone buried
Johnny J
Son of
A D & Cora Williams
Aug 7 1890
Mar 31 1918
Cora
Wife of
A D Williams
Mar 9 1872
Sep 22 1892
Austin Williams
Jan 4 1830
Jun 2 1901
Unreadable Stone
Margaret Susan Daniels
Jan 27 1905
Mar 17 1931
Howell Garril
Died
Aug 16 1915
Age 66 years
L J Lois?d
Born???
Died
Dec ???
Stone impossible to read
Lee Ellis
Apr 26 1887
Oct 29 1918
Lewis Whitfield
Jun 23 1766
Oct 20 1849
Charlott Whitfield
Died
Mar 9 1798
Aged 33 yrs
?atsey
Wife of
Rev Lewis Whitfield
Died
Feb 5 1840
top corner broken
Mary A Boyette
May 25 1908
Jun 15 1909
Tommie A Boyette
Jul 18 1900
Nov 10 190?
rest buried
John H Boyette
May 13 1896
Jan 28 1914
Josephine C Boyette
Apr 9 1870
Jan 25 1902
Judy Hawkins Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Judy.
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