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044    MOUNT GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY - BLACK (CA. 1896)

Location - In the SE corner of Eno Township on the east side of Pleasant Green Road (SR #1567) between Hwy US70 and Cole Mill Road (SR #1569). The cemetery is to the rear of the church.

Coordinates: 36d 03m 51.0s N; 78d 59m 46.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Survey - This cemetery was surveyed on February 25, 1973 and October 7, 1974. Photograph by Milton Forsyth in 2005. Gravestone photographs provided by Ellen Kerley in September 2009.

Graves, Marked - There were 32 marked graves (earliest, Fannie Pratt, d. 1896).

Graves, Unmarked - There were at least 121 unmarked graves, probably more. The Mt. Gilead Graves are marked chiefly by rough stones and fading or blank funeral markers. One otherwise illegible funeral marker was inscribed 'Flonnie' --.

1. Atkins, Hattie   (b. 1888 - d. 15 Sep 1928)
Footstone: 'Mother'
2. Bagley, Maybelle (Mrs.)   (b. 1917 - d. 1967)
3. Borland, Laura Ann   (b. 21 Aug 1882 - d. 30 Jan 1930)
Wife of James K Borland. Footstone: L.A.B.
4. Brown, Abbie   (b. 2 Feb 1817 - d. 17 May 1914)
(stone is broken in half) Footstone: A.B.
5. Brown, Edward   (b. 16 Aug 1894 - d. 19 Jan 1959)
Pvt. 10 Recruit Co. World War I
6. Brown, George   (b. - d. 6 Sep 1931)
Aged 61 Yrs.
7. Brown, Lucille (Mrs.)   (b. 28 Aug 1925 - d. 19 Aug 1961)
(Funeral Home Marker)
8. Brown, Noveskie L   (b. 15 Jan 1960 - d. 6 Aug 1960)
9. Burton, Connie   (b. 25 Sep 1914 - d. 29 Jul 2005)
Tec-4 US Army, WW-II
10. Cameron, Thelma (Mrs.)   (b. - d. 15 Mar 1931)
Aged 23 Yrs. (Illeg. Fun. Marker)
11. Camp, Robert   (b. - d. 10 Oct 1936)
Aged 39 Yrs.
12. Carrington, Hennie (Mrs.)   (b. - d. 2 Feb 1929)
Aged 68 Yrs. (Fun. Marker Nearly Illegible) Died Feb. 2(?), 1929
13. Cooper, Eugene   (b. 25 Dec 1890 - d. 1 Feb 1988)
husband of Luvenia W. Cooper
14. Cooper, Luvenia W.   (b. 15 Oct 1893 - d. 8 Nov 1989)
wife of Eugene Cooper
15. Cooper, Rosa B   (b. 3 Apr 1884 - d. 23 Apr 1931)
Footstone: 'Mother'
16. Dickins, Mary   (b. - d. 30 Aug 1929)
Aged 36 Yrs.
17. Edwards, Aaliyah D.   (b. 2004 - d. 2004)
(Funeral Home Marker)
18. Gamble, George   (b. 1894 - d. 1964)
19. Gamble, Pearlie R.   (b. 1892 - d. 1982)
(Funeral Home Marker)
20. Green, Canaday   (b. 1840 - d. 6 Apr 1924)
Footstone: C.G.
21. Green, Lizzie   (b. - d. 16 Sep 1932)
Aged 70 Yrs.
22. Greene, William   (b. 1874 - d. 10 Dec 1903)
Footstone: W.G.
23. Hopkins, Christianna   (b. 8 Jan 1873 - d. 25 Dec 1961)
(Funeral Home Marker)
24. Horton, Emma L (Mrs.)   (b. 1888 - d. 1967)
(Funeral Home Marker)
25. Howard, Julia (Mrs.)   (b. 9 Apr 1895 - d. 3 Jul 1955)
(Dates Reversed On Funeral Home Marker)
26. Johnson, Gertrude (Mrs.)   (b. - d. 23 Nov 1945)
Aged 44 Yrs. (Question Concerning Given Name Gertrude Gr---?)
27. Jones, Francis   (b. 1826 - d. 5 Oct 1915)
28. Jones, Stephen   (b. 24 Feb 1831 - d. 11 Aug 1907)
Footstone: S.J.
29. Kelley, Jarrett   (b. 2 Jun 1834 - d. 22 Sep 1909)
30. Kelly, Deliah   (b. 15 Aug 1848 - d. 25 Oct 1937)
Aged 89 Yrs., 6 Mos., 10 Ds. 'A Loving Mother'. Footstone: D.K.
31. Kelly, Savanah A.   (b. 19 Jun 1917 - d. 31 Mar 2006)
32. King, Frances   (b. 15 May 1870 - d. 3 Mar 1900)
Footstone: F.K.
33. Lewis, Lillie M (Mrs.)   (b. 1907 - d. 1969)
34. Little, Charlie   (b. 4 Jul 1882 - d. 29 Dec 1956)
(Funeral Home Marker)
35. Little, Mattie W (Mrs.)   (b. 1887 - d. 1971)
(Funeral Home Marker)
36. Lunsford, Babby Girl   (b. - d. 29 Dec 1952)
Aged 1 Mo. (Family Name Lun(s)ford)
37. Lunsford, Eddie L.   (b. 1949 - d. 1986)
SP4, US Army, Vietnam
38. Lunsford, James   (b. 1927 - d. 1985)
(Funeral Home Marker)
39. Lunsford, Pamela D   (b. 1969 - d. 1970)
40. Lunsford, William E.   (b. 1905 - d. 2005)
(Funeral Home Marker)
41. Moore, ??, Jr. (Mr.)   (b. 22 Aug 1911 - d. 19 Oct 1996)
(Funeral Home Marker - information obscurred) Age 85
42. Pratt, Ada   (b. - d. 4 Jun 1936)
Aged 72 Yrs.
43. Pratt, Fannie   (b. 5 May 1892 - d. 20 Oct 1896)
Footstone: F.P.
44. Pratt, George A   (b. 24 Jun 1890 - d. 11 Jan 1901)
Footstone: G.A.P.
45. Scarlett, Beatrice B.   (b. 28 Dec 1909 - d. 4 Jun 1989)
wife of James I. Scarlett
46. Scarlett, Boshop Sadie   (b. 14 Aug 1903 - d. 20 Niv 1986)
47. Scarlett, James I.   (b. 13 Jun 1915 - d. 8 Jan 2001)
husband of Beatrice B. Scarlett
48. Scarlett, Lula W.   (b. 29 Sep 1882 - d. 16 Jul 1972)
wife of William Greene Scarlett
49. Scarlett, Odell (Mr.)   (b. 1910 - d. 1982)
(Funeral Home Marker)
50. Scarlett, Richard Eugene   (b. 21 Jul 1923 - d. 26 Jul 1954)
51. Scarlett, William Green   (b. 24 Feb 1877 - d. 15 Apr 1938)
husband of Lula W. Scarlett. Footstone: W.G.S.
52. Scarlock, Garland   (b. - d. 5 Nov 1932)
Aged 31 Yrs. (Cf. Family Name Scurlock)
53. Scurlock, Charles Napolean "Polia"   (b. 1909 - d. 1968)
A Loving Father
54. Scurlock, David   (b. 14 Jul 1905 - d. 16 Mar 1973)
Pvt. U.S. Army World War II
55. Scurlock, Garland   (b. - d. 5 Nov 1932)
Aged 31 Yrs. (Cf. Family Name Scarlock)
56. Scurlock, Grover C   (b. 10 Aug 1914 - d. 22 Aug 1969)
Sgt. U.S. Army World War II
57. Scurlock, Ida Lee   (b. 22 Aug 1895 - d. 25 Feb 1978)
In Loving Memory
58. Scurlock, James W   (b. - d. 18 Nov 1948)
Aged 76 Yrs.
59. Scurlock, Quinn W (Mr.)   (b. 18 Jan 1898 - d. 23 Nov 1960)
(Funeral Home Marker)
60. Sims, Della   (b. Mar 1880 - d. Jun 1940)
(Question Concerning Year of Birth and Death)
61. Sims, Marvin   (b. 14 Nov 1910 - d. 9 Jan 1926)
(Birds Incised In Concrete)
62. Steele, Pearl Green (Mrs.)   (b. - d. 10 Feb 1942)
Aged 43 Yrs.
63. Wade, Zura   (b. - d. 27 Apr 1936)
Aged 85 Yrs.
64. Washington, F. Ruth Brown   (b. 1 Jul 1914 - d. 16 Feb 2005)
Always Remembered
65. Watlington, Nution   (b. 4 Apr 1859 - d. 26 Aug 1924)
'My Father' Footstone: N.W. (Stone Broken)
66. Williams, Charlotte E.   (b. 26 Apr 1875 - d. 2 Dec 1925)
67. Williamson, James P (Rev.)   (b. 25 Oct 1856 - d. 12 May 1930)
Aged 73 Yrs., 6 Mos, 17 Ds. Footstone: J.P.W.
68. Williamson, Joseph   (b. Abt 1891 - d. 23 Apr 1919)
Pvt. Mem. Co. D 367 Infantry Aged 28 Yrs. Footstone: J.W.
69. Williamson, Maggie M   (b. 2 Jul 1852 - d. 17 Sep 1909)
Wife of James P Williamson Footstone: M.M.W
70. Williamson, William S   (b. 1 Jul 1884 - d. 13 Aug 1903)
Son of James P and Maggie Williamson Footstone: W.S.W.