SEARS CEMETERY - Whiteville, Columbus County, NC Submitted by Dave High , September 1998 North Carolina, Columbus County, NC All rights reserved, 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Search: Ctrl + F Transcribed by David B. High, June 1998 from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1883" dated December, 1983. Permission granted by the authors, Anita W. Barfield and Kay W. Duncan. 1 David C. Smith, 11/31/1850-5/[no day/1894 2 James Smith, 7/5/1805-7/16/1861 3 Winnifred Smith, 9/22/1820-9/8/1867 [wife of James Smith] 4 John W. Smith, 10/20/1838-1/25/1853 [son of #'s 2 & 3] 5 C. Calvin Watkins, 1825-2/18/1891 [son-in-law of #'s 2 & 3] 6 Mary F. Watkins, 4/27/1840-3/16/1921 [wife of # 5] [This stone had fallen over and was covered with leaves.] 7 Sue Watkins, 1868-1893 [Stone on ground, covered with leaves] Second Section [behind first section, partway through a pine thicket] 8 Elias Newman, 1/15/1836-2/9/1900 9 Nancy, wife of G. Boswell, 1808-8/19/1888 10 Above-ground brick vault, no dates or names At one time this cemetery was apparently much larger. [I do not know why it is called "Sears Cemetery"-- D. High] ©1998 Jerome Smith, Columbus County Coordinator North Carolina, USA All rights reserved. ====================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy 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 may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must contact the submitter or the listed USGenWeb archivist.