Cumberland County, NC - Bell-King Cemetery

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Directions to cemetery: North of Fayetteville on Highway 401 a short 
distance from the Fayetteville city limits, turn on Melstone Road 
and continue on Melstone Road until you reach the end, which is 
just before you get to the Cape Fear River. The cemetery will be to 
your left, several hundred yards from the road. Beyond the scrub
brush are a couple of large trees and the cemetery is beneath them.

Amy Mathews
Dau. of John & Sarah Bell
Nov 2, 1855
Sep 30 1899

In Memory of
John Bell
Born Mar 4, 1798
Died Oct 21, 1882

Father
Michael William King
Son of Henry R. & Flora E. King
April 30, 1844
March 6, 1919
Dearest father thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel,
But his God that hath bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.

Sarah Margaret
Wife of Michael W. King
April 27, 1848
Feb 4, 1920

Lovedy Jane
Dau. of M.W. and Sarah M. King 
Feb. 26, 1890 
Feb. 27, 1903

John H.
Son of M.W. & S.M. King
Sept 25, 1881
Sept 6, 1882

Milton A.
Son of M.W. & S.M. King
April 21, 1877
June 19, 1878

Nathan King
North Carolina
Capt. Armstrong's N.C. Regt.
Rev. War
December 31, 1833
(In his Revolutionary War pension he stated
he was born 7th day of November AD 1750)

James A. King
2 Lt. Co. B 
56 N.C. Inf.
C.S.A.

Pherebe I. King

In Memory of
Martha King
Wife of Michael D. King
Who died Nov 1st, 1822

FAK initials
Footstone

In Memory of
Michael D. King
Died March 5th, 1845
Aged 55 years

John White
June 4, 1866
Apr 18, 1923

Lovedy Jane King
Second wife of Henry R. King 
Daughter of James McNeill
Born Aug. 14, 1804
Died Nov. 1, 1878

Flora Catherine 
Dau. of Henry R. & Flora King 
Born Sept. 26, 1846 
Died Nov. 20, 1862

Lovedy Jane
Dau. of Henry R. & Flora E. King 
Born Sept. 4, 1851 
Died Sept. 4, 1852 

Henry R. King 
Son of Capt. Nathan & Flora King 
Born July 12, 1810 
Died April 2, 1881

Flora Elizabeth
Wife of Henry R. King 
Dau. of James McNeill 
Born March 31, 1815 
Died April 4, 1856

Henry Rufus
Son of Henry B. & Flora E. King
Born April 4, 1841
Died Oct 6, 1848

In Memory of
Viola
Daughter of James E. & Maggie C. Lucas
Born Oct 23, 1905
Died Feb 13, 1910
Aged 4 yrs 3 mos & 20 days

There are several rocks used as headstones and footstones
and a couple of partial wooden markers

The fencing around the cemetery is laying on the ground with 
a fence post here and there. It was a very large cemetery at
one time and there are probably more burials without any
markers still remaining.

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