Saint Elmo Baptist Church Cemetery - Bertie County Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lynn McCarthy LCMCMW5761@aol.com http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm SAINT ELMO BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY LOCATION Windsor Township Bertie County, North Carolina This cemetery, an African-American cemetery, near North King and Roscoe streets, is located to the right and back of Saint Elmo Baptist Church, at 105 East St. Elmo Street in Windsor. DATE RECORDED 05 November 1999 RECORDER Lynn McCarthy CONDITION OF CEMETERY The cemetery is both visible from the street and accessible. The overall condition is poor. It is not well-maintained. On the right side of the church, a plot that had been sectioned off and enclosed in wrought iron fencing, is missing one half of the fencing. Several cinder blocks used for caps, and some cement blocks used to enclose the plot are missing. In the rear of the church, some graves are sunken and some markers are knocked over. Some ledgers are cracked. Debris is on the grounds as well as on many graves, possibly an indication of flooding from a hurricane in September, 1999. MARKED GRAVES PRITCHARD Ida Peter Feb. 11, 1860 Aug. 18, 1854 Nov. 23, 1944 Sept. 30, 1916 Lucy Edward Daughter of Frank & Lucy E. Pritchard Born Nov. 8, 1921 Graduated from Shaw University June 3, 1941 Died June 17, 1941 Mother Lucy Edward Pritchard Nov. 12, 1894 Aug. 7, 1947 Robert Speller Nov. 11, 1915 Feb. 16, 1959 Olivia Harmon Born Dec. 18, 1889 Died Feb. 3, 1952 Frank [M?] Gillam Born Mar. 1, ? Died Dec. 13, 195[?] Mamie Rascoe Born Oct. 10, 1903 Died Aug. 14, 1951 Mary Brunch Sept. 22, 1892 Jan. 25, 1956 My Daughter Jannie Lee Born Oct. 1, 1882 Died July 14, 1905 Lamon B. Cherry NORTH CAROLINA PVT 80 CO 155 DEPOT BRIG World War I Sept. 15, 1896 Nov. 4, 1952 CHERRY Brother Mother William E. Mary E. Feb. 7, 1893 Mar. 17, 1865 Feb. 14, 1912 July 27, 1932 Linear Cherry VIRGINIA MA 3 USNRF World War I August 7, 1894 June 29, 1950 George E. Jernigan Born April 4, 1900 Died Mar. 29, 1953 Alonzo Smallwood NORTH CAROLINA COOK 338 SERV. BN. QMC. May 3, 1941 Clarence F. Cooper Son of P. C. & Hattie Cooper Born Aug. 6, 1894 Died Sept. 20, 1918 Peter C. Cooper Born July 26, 1857 Died Oct. 30, 1919 Masonic Emblem Elen Wife of Henry Gillam Departed this life Feb. 9, 1916 aged 72 years Joseph Bruce Son of Rev. C. C. & R. A. Luton Born Oct. 14, 1903 Died Sept. 8, 1907 Rev. Luke Pierce Born May 1, 1848 Died Aug. 10, 1907 Mother Father Leah B. Robins Hon. A. Robins Jan. 12, 1842 Mar. 1, 1842 Feb. 16, 1933 July 10, 1928 A. F. & A. M. Dr. J. A. Robbins Son of L. B. & A. Robbins Born July 26, 1867 Died June 30, 1911 Dr. Rachel Luton Boyce Age 105 yrs. 1872 - 1977 Educator, Religious Leader, Humanitarian lifting as she climbed Little Frank Pritchard Aug. 11, 1927 May 24, 1928 Mother Hattie A. R. Cooper Our Mother Winnie W. Singleton Born Apr. 7, 1842 Died Apr. 1, 1917 Mother Mollie H. Taylor Wife of J. G. Taylor July 4, 1883 - Aug. 12, 1941 Ameta Pritchard Born Feb. 8, 1873 Died Jan. 14, 1953 Tessie Hawkins May 7, 1900 Feb. 29, 1956 UNMARKED GRAVES Five markers/ledgers have no inscriptions. Numerous depressed areas indicate other burials. NOTATIONS Sudie Thompson who surveyed this cemetery on June 24, 1936 and which survey is part of the Historical Record Survey of North Carolina 1937, made the following recordings which were not found in the current 1999 recording: Maggie N. Smallwood Gillam Wife of Frank Gillam b. March 27, 1887 d. Jan. 28, 1912 Mary Williams b. Feb. 20, 1875 d. [not given] Mary W. Winston b. Dec. 16, 1875 d. June 7, 1925 Mary W. Winston Daughter of P. H. & Cherry R. Winston b. June 28, 1907 d. Oct. 6, 1908