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Mount Nelson Cemetery ...
Submitted by
Milton Jenkins
If you have
additional names for this cemetery, please send them to
LeFloris Lyon.
Burnett, James 1 Nov 1801—1883
Burnett, John
28 Aug 1816—
Burnett, Rosanna
13 Sep 1806--1885
Carter, C. H.
4 Mar 1849—16 Feb 1932
Carter, C. H. Jr.
10 Aug1878—24 Jan 1884
Carter, Mary F.
31 Aug 1847—16 Feb 1913
Carter, Samuel C. [Company I, 41 AL INF CSA]
Carter, Sara Francis
9 Dec 1872—15 Dec 1908
Gather, Rosie
17 Jan 1896—28 Aug 1900, son of A.J. and S.G. Gather
Harrison, William H.
10 Apr 1800—3 Mar 1879
Moore, Dianna
7 Oct 1804—27 May 1858, wife of Pettigrew Moore
Moore, J. L. 17
Aug 1838—13 Nov 1886, husband of N. C. Moore
Moore, Pettigrew
17 Apr 1806—20 Jul 1877, husband of Dianna
Moore, N. C.
23 Mar 1884—8 Feb 1931, wife of J. L. Moore
Petty, Emma F.
11 Oct 1878—6 Sep 1879
Greetings,
Additional information on the Mount Nelson Cemetery. I have heard for a number
of years from older people of my community that there was a "Slave Cemetery"
there next to the church. I finally had a chance to stop and see for myself. If
you pull in the driveway on the east side of the church and pull to the far
upper left side (by the power line clearing) you will see two large stones. I
walked through there and noticed they were tombstones. there are several through
there from the mid to late 1800's. It is not know if they are slave graves or
not. there are several that are marked by regular rocks. several of the markers
are broken or trees have fallen on them. It was very exciting. if you are
standing in the mount nelson cemetery itself you will see two tombstones in the
woods and if you are looking for them you can see them from the highway, but
walk through the small patch of trees and you will see those tombstones as well.
Looking at the markers you noticed in the far back of it there was one marker
that was one of a minister. Two that were of men who were of the Masonic lodge.
some still have markers from a funeral home here in Philadelphia. the date on
one was for an infant that dated to the early or mid 1990's if not mistaken.
Here is the information on the Mt. Nelson Cemetery here in Philadelphia. First
let me share a bit of information I uncovered through some county history books
and from speaking with older members. Mt. Nelson was a church that was organized
around the year 1834, but at that time it was known as Campground Baptist Church
because there was a campground close by. It was not located at the site in which
it sets now. The church was later renamed when it was moved to its present site.
A man whose last name was Nelson donated the land for the church and the
cemetery so the new church was named after him, in which we get Mt. Nelson. The
cemetery that you have recorded names on is, in county record books, known as
Mt. Nelson Cemetery (White). This is a cemetery of only white people. The
cemetery information in which I sent earlier and am now providing to you is
known as Mt. Nelson Cemetery (Black). They are side by side of each other but
one is white's and one is black's. There are several in the black part of the
cemetery, however, that cannot be identified as to who they are because they are
only marked by sandstones. This is a large portion of them. There were a few
that actually had funeral home markers that I was unable to identify because the
information was missing. A few headstones were not legible so I could not get
the information from them.
Here is the names and dates of birth and death for all markers that I found in
the Mt. Nelson Cemetery (Black). There are a total of 17 that I found. May be
more in the woods I overlooked. This is not counting all the graves marked by
sandstone.
I. H. Jones
February 17, 1864
March 6, 1923
(This marker had the Masonic emblem at top)
Sarah
Wife of R. L. Jones
June 1866
November 23, 1903
Lewis Jones
April 18, 1897
August 15, 1925
Harriet
Wife of Tho. Jones
September 12, 1846
September 3, 1880
Clara
Daughter of J. M. and Julia Jones
June 23, 1888
June 4, 1901
J. E.
Son of J. M. and Julia Jones
December 15, 1884
June 20, 1902
Lueller Spinks
May 21, 1862
July 6, 1918
Jane Clemons
December 8, 1847
August 15, 1924
Maurine Campbell
Death: July 28, ?
Age: 1year 2months 27days
(this one had a funeral home marker)
Gurtue Moore
December 25, 1911
February 22, 1934
Eller Kiklin
July 4, 1883
July 10, 1892
Elizabeth Anderson
Death: January 11, 1896
Hanna
Wife of Bill Kirklan
December 1859
June 17, 1906
Rev. W.D. Kirlad
November 1887
January 1, 1933
O. Seale
June 15, 1889
June 18, 1892
James Poole
March 21, 1863
May 29, 1921
Mary Gibson
1856
October 30, 1914
(This headstone had some form of crest at top with the initials U. W. at top of
crest)
I hope this information is of help.
Respectfully,
Rev. Leavy Shoffner
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