Bertie County NC Cemetery - Mars Hill Baptist Church Contributed to USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn McCarthy Lcmccarthy@aol.com Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Location: Travel 3 3/10 miles ESE of Powellsville on Route 42. Turn right onto State Road 1312. Mars Hill Baptist Church (founded 1854) is 2/5 mile on right side of road. Cemetery is to the right of the church. Recorded: 8 June 1999 by Lynn McCarthy. Gravestones With Inscriptions BROWN Isaac M. Minnie P. Nov. 7, 1887 June 18, 1889 May 27, 1962 June 21, 1971 SUMNER Robert K. Joy Brown Sept. 24, 1926 Mar. 22, 1932 June 13, 1993 BROWN Father Mother Rupert W. Nova L. Apr. 25, 1890 Nov. 23, 1892 Mar. 20, 1962 Jan. 12, 1964 WIGGINS Verdie Wiggins Miltier William T. Wiggins June 27, 1906 April 24, 1879 January 3, 1984 June 12, 1961 VALENTINE David Ernest Valentine Annie Lyon Valentine Jan. 20, 1880 July 28, 1873 Dec. 20, 1946 July 25, 1959 MILLER Rosa D. William Babb (Woodmen of the World Memorial) Apr. 7, 1880 Aug. 16, 1879 Feb. 22, 1961 Jan. 10, 1947 PHELPS Robert C. Dora J. Apr. 5, 1880 May 30, 1881 Nov. 13, 1961 Feb. 17, 1946 JERNIGAN Lettie J. Jernigan James B. Jernigan Feb. 16, 1881 Mar. 15, 1880 Aug.23, 1967 Sept. 29, 1947 J. B. Jernigan, Jr. Jan. 27, 1918 Apr. 12, 1973 TAYLOR Sallie E. Taylor Mar. 9, 1876 Feb. 1, 1952 BROWN Nina E. Brown Philip H. Brown, Sr. June 19, 1897 Aug. 8, 1893 Aug. 15, 1974 Jan. 23, 1957 W. O. Raynor Father Nov. 13, 1878 July 31, 1958 PARKER Hersey Norman Grace Pearce Oct. 31, 1882 Oct. 28, 1893 July 4, 1963 Feb. 1, 1963 BROWN George H. Brown Dec. 8, 1887 - Nov. 12, 1955 His Wife Glennie L. Bunch Mar. 26, 1889 - June 4, 1975 Married Feb. 20, 1910 Unto to this union was born George Herbert, Mildred and H.D. Ruth Pearce Hickey 1917 - 1945 Nannie V. Northcott Jan. 14, 1877 Aug. 21, 1957 J. A. Northcott Feb. 20, 1917 Aug. 9, 1945 USA LEE Jodie W. Gladys M. June 5, 1899 Oct. 4, 1901 Mar. 11, 1965 Jan. 21, 1995 Father Mother Billy Sessoms Lee April 4, 1934 June 9, 1960 MILLER W. Hersey Eva E. May 4, 1877 Aug. 18, 1889 Feb. 25, 1963 Mar. 21, 1975 A Faithful Deacon Nettie Miller Wife of Henry Miller Aug. 28, 1892 Apr. 8, 1953 MORRIS Danie Perry Daughter of James H. & Annie Perry Morris Aug. 30, 1907 Oct. 31, 1973 MORRIS James H. June 7, 1874 Sept. 11, 1951 (Woodmen of the World Memorial) MORRIS Annie O. Wife of J. H. Morris Apr. 18, 1873 Mar. 30, 1947 FREEMAN Lecausey P. Lula E. July 1, 1855 Feb. 15, 1875 May 23, 1942 Jan. 23, 1962 Laura Brown McGee Daughter of Benjamin & Signora Mitchell Brown Dec. 11, 1879 Mar. 22, 1958 HARRELL Evie Wilson Vera Pearce May 14, 1884 Sept. 29, 1890 May 13, 1958 June 11, 1974 Mildred Inez Brown Daughter of George H. & Glennie B. Brown May 31, 1914 Nov. 12, 1976 Bessie Jernigan Wife of R. A. Belch Sept. 4, 1893 May 4, 1942 BELCH Sallie M. 1870 - 1945 Raleigh A. Belch April 13, 1888 Mar. 3, 1966 William H. Belch July 17, 1898 July 15, 1975 Annie Clary Belch Oct. 31, 1903 Sept. 2, 1988 Erma W. Hoggard Mother Jan. 5, 1905 Nov. 6, 1964 Johnnie C. Williams Born Aug. 21, 1892 Died Dec. 6, 1940 LEE Ernest C. Eunice B. Sept. 9, 1884 Nov. 23, 1890 July 26, 1957 Jan. 16, 1982 Married Dec. 27, 1908 Father Mother (Woodmen of the World Memorial) C. Kendall Freeman Oct. 25, 1905 Dec. 7, 1960 Lila Cofield Minton Aug. 10, 1906 Sept. 22, 1990 Ily White Freeman Jan. 27, 1879 Mar. 8, 1947 Eva G. Freeman Sept. 9, 1885 June 1, 1964 McDonald Freeman Jan. 12, 1912 April 7, 1964 ROBERTSON Daughter L.C. Ellen Eileen July 15, 1917 Feb. 10, 1940 Dec. 31, 1919 Feb. 16, 1991 Feb. 9, 1997 Cora E. Brown Oct. 18, 1877 Oct. 10, 1948 Jesse J. Brown Oct. 10, 1871 Mar. 13, 1939 FREEMAN Bertha Brown Wife of Revel L. Freeman Feb. 28, 1875 June 22, 1962 FREEMAN (Woodmen of the World Memorial) Revel L. Freeman Aug. 28, 1874 Sept. 14, 1940 FREEMAN Mary L. Samuel B. Apr. 28, 1867 July 24, 1861 Feb. 11, 1945 Feb. 14, 1936 DAVIDSON Charlie W. Lula B. Nov. 9, 1871 Feb. 14, 1875 Jan. 12, 1959 Dec. 16, 1938 Bethel H. Evans Nov. 7, 1914 Sept. 20, 1953 Edgar R. Evans Mar. 6, 1912 Sept. 22, 1960 Maggie P. Phelps Mar. 1, 1877 Oct. 7, 1959 VINSON Pearl G. Vinson Feb. 1, 1888 Sept, 12, 1955 FERGUSON M. Ella Ferguson Dec. 11, 1903 Dec. 12, 1988 WIGGINS Arthur S. Wiggins 1878 - 1947 Nora H. Wiggins 1855 - 1965 Gilbert H. White Son of Mayburn H. and Lethia H. White May 25, 1921 Mar. 20, 1956 Father TAYLOR Thomas E. Icie N. 1876 - 1963 1878 - 1958 Father Mother BROWN Rupert Lydia B. Oct. 10, 1915 Mar. 16, 1920 Feb. 19, 1994 May 9, 1971 Wed Dec. 31, 1938 Father Mother HARRELL William H. Lattie M. May 1, 1878 June 29, 1891 Mar. 21, 1942 Apr. 14, 1980 S. E. 'Vandy' Freeman June 15, 1895 Sept. 15, 1961 BARNES John Luther Barnes June 28, 1882 July 19, 1953 BARNES Mary Ella Barnes May 10, 1889 May 15, 1977 Ada L. Holloman Dec. 24, 1876 May 25, 1957 Mother Charlie Lee Riddick Sept. 1, 1895 Sept. 14, 1952 Louis Ray Freeman, Sr. April 29, 1928 Nov. 13, 1979 Cecie Parker Freeman Mar. 5, 1888 May 13, 1963 Vera Gladys Powell Nov. 11, 1902 Aug. 5, 1998 Mary M. (Minnie) Powell June 22, 1893 July 21, 1977 Paul Powell Military marker: Paul Powell 1890 - 1968 North Carolina Wagoner US Army World War I Jan. 19, 1890 Jan. 8, 1968 Henry C. Powell Nov. 10, 1884 Feb. 4, 1963 PEARCE Thomas D. Maude E. Dec. 29, 1900 June 21, 1902 June 1, 1972 Nov. 15, 1960 PHELPS Willie D. Clara J. May 11, 1906 Aug. 9, 1909 Sept. 17, 1982 MILLER Duncan Winston Irene Northcott Feb. 18, 1887 Jan. 7, 1897 Apr. 11, 1965 May 2, 1976 Unmarked Graves Approximately ten or more were noted. OTHER GRAVES Graves for Lueso R. Augustus Greene Sep. 13, 1852 Sep. 16, 1901 and Nannie A. Greene Perry Wife of J.E.R. Perry Jan. 14, 1884 Sep. 25-6, 1903 These graves, recorded by Helen Modlin, "Historical Records surveyor" in 1941, were not located during current recording. Re-burials On 8 June 1999, to Ahoskie Cemetery in Hertford County, NC: William Julian III, Son of Julian Jr. and Dorothy F. Robertson March 10, 1960 May 28, 1960 ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.