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121    CAMERON GROVE

Location - Mangum Township off Old Oxford Highway. This is on Southern Research property. Come up International Drive, just past the access road to the power distribution station on your left is a small gravel road, follow that until, at the top of the hill, there is a short track joining at 90 degrees from the left. Turn up that and stop. The cemetery is in the forest on your right.

Coordinates: 36d 05m 54.0s N; 78d 51m 03.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Canvassed by Jean Anderson (1978). This cemetery was the primary burial ground for the approximate 1000 slaves of the Cameron Plantation. The cemetery is located near what is believed to be foundation remnants of Cameron Grove, the church serving the slave community. The many marked graves, at least 100, add significance for further research and examination. The cemetery is on what was once the Little River Plantation of a succession of Cameron owners: Duncan, Paul, Bennehan.

Visited and photographed by Allen Dew on September 13, 2007. The cemetery is in a deplorable condition. Many trees have fallen down and most of the gravemarkers are damaged or missing.

1. Brandon, Rosa   (b. 8 Sep 1891 - d. Sep 1903)
2. Brockrum, Sue   (b. 28 Dec 1879 - d. 2 Oct 1922)
3. Dunegan, Elvie   (b. 1872 - d. 24 Nov 1929)
4. Dunegan, Isaac   (b. 5 Jul 1900 - d. 28 Mar 1920)
5. Dunnegan, John H.   (b. 5 Nov 1931 - d. )
Pvt 1CL, 344 Service.
6. Dunnegan, Mildred Edwards   (b. 15 Feb 1883 - d. 11 Jul 1939)
7. Edward, Abram   (b. 14 Mayay 14 - d. 12, 1906)
8. Edwards, Allen   (b. 7 Jan 1871 - d. 22 Feb 1929)
9. Edwards, Esther   (b. - d. 16 May 1841)
10. Edwards, Lessie   (b. 1896 - d. 1934)
11. Harris, Nellie   (b. 8 Apr 1896 - d. 14 Jan 1934)
Spouse - Rev. Sidney Harris
12. Hart, Kate   (b. - d. 28 Feb 1937)
age abt 50
13. Hart, Willis   (b. - d. 30 Mar 1946)
age 80
14. Harts, Jennie   (b. - d. 11 Dec 1907)
age 45
15. Harts, Paul   (b. 25 Mar 1900 - d. 10 Oct 1928)
16. Holeman, Janie   (b. 1881 - d. 1951)
17. Holman, George   (b. - d. 27 Apr 1956)
age 75
18. Jones, Isaac   (b. - d. 31 Jul 1912)
19. Jones, Jasper   (b. 20 Mar 1874 - d. 2 Jul 1944)
20. Jones, Joe Annie   (b. - d. 22 J-- 1925)
21. Jones, Lether Mangum   (b. 1857 - d. 1935)
Spouse - Nick Jones
22. Justice, Lettey   (b. - d. 24 Nov 1848)
23. Justice, Louis   (b. - d. 1 Apr 1928)
age 60
24. Lewis, Ardelia   (b. 18 Nov 1927 - d. 29 Jan 1934)
age 43
25. Markham, Tempie   (b. - d. 15 Jan 1933)
26. Meaks, Nelly   (b. - d. 15 Jun 1936)
Age 69. Last name assumed; canvass note says (Nelly). Death date could be wrong if Nelly and Phillip belong together.
27. Meaks, Phillip   (b. - d. 22 Jun 1857)
age 74
28. Mebane, Hattie Peaks   (b. - d. 12 Apr 2013)
Fisher Funeral Parlor.
29. Peaks, Barbara Jean   (b. 19 Jan 1885 - d. 26 Aug 1939)
30. Peaks, John A.   (b. - d. )
31. Peaks, Sallie   (b. Mar 1830 - d. 28 Jun 1901)
32. Peaks, Sandy   (b. 22 Jan 1864 - d. 10 Jul 1950)
33. Satterfield, Manda   (b. - d. 12 Aug 1913)
34. Sowell, Luke   (b. - d. 19 Aug 1933)
35. Sowell, Nellie Ruth   (b. 10 Dec 1905 - d. 28 Mar 1927)
Spouse - Jake (? Luke) Sowell
36. Sowell, Ora   (b. - d. 13 Dec 1946)
age 43
37. Umstead, Annie   (b. - d. 1 Sep 1927)
Spouse - Dan Umstead. age 45
38. Walker, Henry   (b. 17 Feb 1888 - d. 21 Jan 1928)
39. Webb, Jerry   (b. - d. 29 Mar 1928)
age 67