Cumberland Co. NC - Sardis Presbyterian Church Cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be 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 for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Frances Harper fharper@lexcominc.net ==================================================================== SARDIS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETARY, LINDEN, NC This survey was conducted Jan. 27, 1997 by Frances C. Harper. Please send additions or corrections to her via email fharper@lexcominc.net or at: 8980 Durant Nixon Rd. Linden, NC 28356 The cemetary is not located beside the present church in Linden. To find the cemetery, go N on US 401 about 1/8 mile past the NC 217 turnoff to Linden. Or go S 1/4 mile from the Lower Little River bridge on US 401.On the east side of US 401 is a dirt driveway between two stone pillars. This winds back through several fields and eventually comes out at the cemetary. On one of the large stone entrance pillars to the right of the cemetery gate appears the following: 1816 1936 Sardis Church Sardis Church was organized May 5, 1816, the first building known as Hodges' Meeting House, was located on the opposite side of the ravine, and nearer the river. The second building, probably erected in 1830, stood at the southwest corner of this cemetery, the stone of these pillars forming its foundation. In 1916 the third building was erected at Linden, NC. The following have served as ministers and ruling elders at the Sardis Church: Rev. Colin McIver 1816-1821 Rev. Allan McDougald 1826-1836 Rev. Evander McNair 1838-1848 Rev. Neill McKay D.D. 1844-1851 Rev. Simeon Colton D.D. 1851-1854 Rev. D. D. MacBryde 1854 - 1892 Rev. J. S. Black 1898-1905 Rev. L. A. McLaurin 1906-1908 Rev. C. L. Bragaw 1909-1910 Rev. M. B. McLauchlin 1910-1911 Rev. J. K. Hall 1911-1917 Rev. E. E. Washburn 1918-1920 Rev. C. M. Gibbs 1920-1926 Rev. D. M. Clark 1927-1936 Rev. D. H. Dulin 1936- Ruling Elders: William L. Walker 1817- John McNeill 1817-1850 Joel Williams 1825-1842 Henry Elliott 1825-1855 John Elliott 1825-1835 James A. Thompson 1825-1835 Joel Williams 1825-1842 Henry Elliot 1825-1855 John Elliot 1825-1835 James Williams 1845-1874 William L. Williams 1845-1856 James P. Hodges 1851-1899 Ronald McMillan 1851-1859 Jesse Slocumb Smith 1874-1897 Jonathan E. Elliott 1874-1916 William L. Williams 1891-1922 Cader Parker 1891-1901 James M. Davis 1902-1905 John M. Hodges 1902-1933 Alexander McArtan 1915-1935 George D. Elliot 1926-1934 John Williams 1926-1926 Henry Elliot 1934- William C. McColl 1934- Frank McDonald, Jr. 1934- Tombstones: Williams Betty Betz T Frank McNeill d 1985 --- Lynch James Joseph Eleanore Williams 1899-1969 1913-1984 Williams Gen Alexander Elliot Janie McBryde 1875-1954 1875-1952 Class of West Point 1898 Henrietta Williams 5/30/1880 - 3/30/1975 Jane Evans Williams wife of James S Cobb 3/17/1884 - 5/3/1960 Mary Elliott dau of William L & Mary Elliott Williams 1/5/1874 - 6/12/1874 Sarah McKellar Williams dau of William L & Mary Elliott Williams d 8/8/1880 aged 3 yrs William Lane Williams wife Katherine Dupree Pender 6/29/1880 - 12/23/1950 7/31/1884 - 7/22/1966 Maggie Bell dau of J E & A L Elliott 2/7/1885 - 5/16/1887 Jonathan Evans Elliott son of Jonathan E & Alice H Elliott 10/21/1888 - 8/31/1940 William Henry Elliott son of Jonathan Evans Elliott & Alice Hall Eliott 2/7/1893 - 11/28/1968 Florence Isabel Dickson dau of Dr Albert Pickett Dickson & Frances Wyatt DeVane wife of William Henry Elliott 8/2/1895 - 11/18/1966 infant son of B T & H E McBryde William L Williams wife Mary Eliott Williams 12/25/1842 - 12/21/1922 1/8/1848- 3/13/1924 Jane Williams Cobb dau of Mary Elliott & William L Williams Henrietta Williams dau of Mary E Elliott & William L Williams (four-sided monument for three graves) Sarah Ann wife of William L Williams 2/20/1818 - 7/24/1896 husband William Laurence Williams 10/21/1813 - 11/28/1856 son Sgt Henry M Williams Co F 2nd NC son of W L & S A Williams 8/22/1846 - 9/26/1864 Joseph Carlyle Williams 11/7/1903-12/25/1993 John Farquehard Williams 8/25/1914 - 7/20/1962 Joseph H Williams 2/25/1882 - 7/19/1918 Williams John Lucy Robinson 1852 - 1926 1857 - 1939 Belle D dau of John & Lucie Williams 10/27/1884 - 10/29/1884 Lucy Robinson dau of John & Lucy R Williams 12/2/1888 - 7/28/1889 MacBryde Ann H Campbell Duncan Daniel 2/15/1913 11/26/1911 (no death dates for either) Duncan Daniel McBryde 6/12/1827 - 10/20/1896 wife Frances McKay McBryde pastor of Sardis & Bluff churches for 39 yrs 12/16/1837 - 10/12/1901 John McArn McBryde 5/15/1880 - 11/20/1898 Fanny McKay McBryde 8/19/1861 - 9/16/1926 Benjamin Thornwell McBryde son of Rev D D & Frances McKay McBryde 8/31/1863 - 5/31/1927 Archibald M McBryde Co A 2nd SC Inf - Spanish American War 3/7/1866 - 6/17/1938 Margaret S McBryde beloved wife of David K Walthall 6/1/1859 - 12/10/1944 John P. MacBryde Lt Col US Air Force 8/6/1909 - 1/18/1975 Katie MacBryde Mitchell 1918 - (no death date) McBryde Gracie Gilbert D Lacy, Atty. 5/24/1921 (no death date) 5/17/1907 - 2/13/1976 Donald L McBryde wife Lucy Pender McBryde Founder of Linden 12/17/1881 - 4/27/1962 4/29/1873 - 11/17/1948 Benjamin T MacBryde Capt U S Air Force WW II Korea 12/5/1920 - 12/22/1989 Benj. Thornwell McBryde Son of Rev. D.D. & Frances McKay McBryde 8/31/1863 - 5/31/1927 Newcomer Lucy MacBryde Herbert Randolph 3/12/1914 4/28/1917 (no death dates for either) Joel Gaither Edwards 6/11/1945 - 10/11/1988 Blaine (Tracy) Woestman Samson 8/28/1952 - 1/25/1987 dau of William Lee Samson & Jane Samson Williams George Elliott son of E S & N E Yarborough 9/10/1912 - 6/9/1913 (mother may be an Elliott) Jesse Bradsher dau of E S & N E Yarborough 3/30/1914 - 10/18/1914 (mother may be an Elliott) Henry Elliott 4/13/1894 - 1/25/1980 son of George D Elliott & Cornelia McNeill beloved husband of Dessie White Elliott Dessie Lee White wife of Henry Elliott 11/4/1893 - 10/2/1946 Edwards Richard N. Edwards (no inscription but footstone at head of grave reads K.E.E.) 9/9/1915 - 4/23/1984 Edward Charles Howard 1st Lt U S Army WW II 9/2/1918 - 8/2/1982 Alexander Elliott 2/5/1886 - 9/25/1943 George Douglas Elliott 3/5/1851 - 9/5/1934 son of Jane Smith Evans & Alexander Elliott Cornelia Elvira dau of Roxana Cornelia Worth & John McNeill 1/20/1857 - 2/11/1936 Beloved wife of George Douglas Elliot Married 10/26/1882 Aldrige Miller Byrd 8/22/1822 - 6/5/1895 aged 72 y 4 m 13 d Catharine McArthur wife of Aldrige M. Byrd 11/13/1820 - 5/15/1896 aged 75 y 6 m 2 d Ferris Harvey Potter mar 6/12/1948 Eunice Worth Elliott son of Alice Potter & dau of Cornelia McNeill & Charles Henry Ferris George Douglas Eliott Georgia 1st Lt 7/27/1892 - 11/19/1974 Signal Corps WW I 11/2/1888 - 5/25/1972 James Martine Davis 3/7/1855 - 3/21/1905 Caro Harris wife of J M Davis ??/??/1860 - 12/1/1898 (stone is broken through birth date) Kate Elliott Davis wife of James M Davis dau of Alexander & Jane S Elliott 1860 - 1915 Anna Roberta Beloved wife of J S McIver 10/23/1857 - 11/18/1889 aged 32 y 26 d Janet McNeill dau of James M & Caro H Davis 3/13/1892 - 1/29/1905 Roxanna Worth McNeill wife of John McNeill 1/22/1826 - 9/24/1914 James Philemon Hodges 11/11/1821 - 8/23/1899 Flora Murchison Hodges 3/8/1827 - 3/21/1935 John McNeill 3/6/1815 - 3/8/1857 Roxanna Worth Hodges 9/21/1879 - 4/3/1938 Sallie McNeill Hodges 3/1/1915 - 1/5/1920 Roberta Ann Morris wife of John Murchison Hodges Jr. 8/12/1886 - 12/20/1920 John Murchison Hodges Jr. 1/26/1882 - 3/5/1969 Ruth Gardner Hodges 10/22/1893 - 3/8/1980 Sallie E McNeill wife of John M Hodges 10/15/1854 - 2/14/1924 John Murchison Hodges 8/29/1848 - 3/6/1933 David Worth son of J M & S E Hodges 10/12/1877 - 8/5/1878 Julia Worth dau of J M & S E Hodges 4/9/1886 - 10/9/1886 James P son of J M & S E Hodges d 8/19/1876 age 8 mos 27 days Francis Marion Harper wife Clara Hodges 11/27/1865 - 11/14/1944 8/1/1873 - 2/27/1959 James Allison Hodges Jr. 12/4/1917 - 1/19/1984 Ann Milliken Hodges 10/21/1913 - 6/29/1992 age 78 Ida Turner Hodges wife of Jesse Slocumb Smith 10/29/1852 - 5/7/1934 Jesse Slocumb Smith 1/7/1849 - 2/9/1897 Farquhard Smith MD 5/8/1839 - 11/2/1919 Sarah E wife of Farquhard Smith 3/1/1840 - 8/16/1900 Bettie dau of Farquhard & Bettie Smith 8/13/1881 - 12/1/1881 Walter Jones Smith 5/13/1840 - 5/8/1910 Mary Louisa Smith wife of Dr. Junius S. Williams 6/11/1839 - 2/25/1908 Junius S. Williams, MD 8/12/1825 - 10/2/1881 Mary Louisa Williams daughter of Normie Black and Junius Sneed Williams 3/20/1910 - 10/13/1991 James H son of J S and M L Williams 2/17/1869 - 1/21/1874 Normie Black wife of Junius Sneed Williams daughter of Rev J S Black and Ada Shaw Black 10/22/1878 - 11/28/1965 Junius Sneed son of Dr J S. and Mary L Smith Williams 2/4/1877 - 10/23/1915 Alexander Brown Walker wife Elizabeth Murchison 4/8/1836 - 6/24/1917 d. 1890 aged 52 yrs Sarah J Smith Longnecker Walker wife of Col A B Walker 4/20/1862 - 9/15/1926 Sarah Campbell wife of Alex Miller daughter of James and W Campbell 3/17/1814 - 10/22/1822 Infant daughter of I W and Jane Smith 2/1910 Jane wife of I W Smith 12/28/1885 - 10/24/1910 Isaac Williams Smith 10/16/1880 - 7/14/1959 J Lawrence Smith 1/25/1845 - 4/21/1923 Winnifred W Wife of J L Smith 1/31/1846 - 9/28/1925 Walter Douglas Smith of Dunn, NC 1878 - 1904 Buried in Louisiana Mary McNair wife of Edwin S Smith 1877 - 1913 William Curtis Smith 1/1/1909 - 12/7/1978 Elizabeth daughter of E S and M McN Smith 5/20/1900 - 6/??/1900 (stone is damaged) Edward Sanders Co D 3 NC Cav CSA 9/5/1829 - 1/22/1898 Capt I S Williams 9/24/1817 - 6/19/1883 Jane P Hodges wife of Isaac S Williams 9/1/1826 - 11/10/1914 _______________________ Long slab contains the inscriptions for the following graves which were located at the Smith Place Cem located 200 yards on the north side of Fonville Rd 1.3 miles from the junction of Hwy. 217 and 3 miles from Erwin NC: Col David Smith son of Col Samuel Smith of Johnston Co and Edith Whitfield 9/7/1746 - 3/10/1795 Patriot American Revolution Charity Whitfield consort of David Smith 4/6/1756 - 8/21/1818 Mary Smith 12/10/1779 - 2/1/1780 David Smith 9/18/1781 - 6/7/1805 Whitfield Smith 9/7/1785 - 3/25/1817 Elizabeth Smith 1/27/1790 - 11/24/1790 Louis Smith (check spelling of Louis - Lewis?) 10/29/1795 - 9/1/1796 _______________________________ (This slab adjoins the above slab and appears to be the stone for a grave which was also moved from the Smith Cemetery, but is not part of the slab.) Charity S Williams consort of Alex'r Williams d 10/15/1848 age 35 y 9 m 17 d (could be 55 yrs) _____________________________ Daniel McKinnon native of the island of Coll, Argyle Shire, Scotland d. 12/18/1878 age 73 yrs Lee Bertha W Robert E 8/27/1910 - 8/20/1979 3/29/1911 - 4/10/1975 Williams Joseph Huske Henrietta Morris 5/8/1848 - 9/15/1930 9/7/1865 - 1/28/1957 Joseph Huske son of John C. and Hattie N Williams 2/15/1921 John C, Jr. son of John C and Hattie N Williams 3/2/1915 - 4/13/1920 Hattie Nichols wife of John C Williams 4/13/1892 - 2/24/1921 Infant dau of R S, Sr and C H Williams Born and died 1/9/1940 Caroline Chandler daughter of Caroline Chandler and Robert LaRoche Heriot wife of Robert Strange Williams, Sr 7/15/1903 4/14/1964 Robert S Williams, Sr Son of Henrietta Morris and Joseph Huske Williams Husband of Caroline C Heriot 10/11/1898 - 8/26/1980 Elizabeth Morris Williams 1/15/1892 - 4/18/1983 Dougald C Cameron 7/28/1881 - 9/11/1927 Bryant Giles Carrie Elizabeth Giles Florence Giles 9/2/1882 - 9/18/1938 1/24/1892 - 4/4/1967 Blount Father Mother William James Maggie Giles, his wife 12/25/1883 - 1/1/1919 7/24/1878 - 11/7/1968 Forest C Hale 6/19/1889 - 12/21/1905 Hobbs Etta Weeks Hobbs S M Hobbs Frances C Hobbs 3/12/1888 - 8/19/1958 8/18/1868 - 9/26/1942 3/28/1867 - 11/23/1906 Susan A Hobbs 12/4/1832 - 2/28/1920 Mabel daughter of J R and Flora West 3/21/1912 - 1/27/1921 J R West Flora, his wife 2/9/1870 - 3/15/1931 7/8/1886 - 12/?/1973 Sarah Kathryn West daughter of James R and Flora I West 3/13/1916 - 11/14/1986 James A West son of J R and L M West 4/15/1902 - 6/26/1902 Sadie Lou daughter of J R and Flora West 7/20/1909 - 8/4/1909 Vivian F daughter of James and Ethel West 5/1951 Johnny son of Mr and Mrs W D Hair 10/5/1905 - 9/10/1910 W D Hair 1872 - 1952 Betsie C wife of W D Hair 1875 - 1952 C B Porter 11/21/1869 - 10/25/1918 William R Giles 12/24/1889 - 1/15/1927 Annie R Giles 8/29/1931 - 6/28/1934 Fannie Giles 3/24/1894 - 3/24/1894 Benjamin Giles 1/2/1896 - 5/15/1897 Giles Carrie O Giles Jacob A Giles 10/19/1857 - 2/8/1928 5/8/1826 - 12/ 31/1911 Bobby James son of R E and Bertha Lee 3/29/1933 - 6/20/1933 Dudley (no inscription on left side) Charles D 10/24/1926 - 10/22/1985 Louella McDonald wife of D F McDonald 10/12/1873 - 6/16/1946 B P Parker 12/4/1854 - 8/31/1929 Mary M wife of B P Parker 12/25/1844 - 8/2/1908 Jennie F Mathews 12/15/1887 - 1/3/1949 Jane Shearer wife of William Rosebrugh 5/??/1823 - 5/30/1905 William Rosebrugh born in Branc???, Canada 10/1/1821- 12/1891(?) George Mortimer Lawrason 9/28/1842 - 10/8/1902 Louise Heriot Wilkins 9/29/1898 - 7/7/1979 James B Wilkins 7/29/1882 - 7/18/1949 Wilkins James Harrison Wilkins Bettie Hatcher Wilkins 8/1/1840 - 3/14/1921 3/31/1853 - 2/12/1922 Bettie Hatcher Wilkins 12/21/1968 Cornelia Wilkes 7/18/1886 - 7/8/1958 Godwin Evander M Julia A 8/8/1855 - 4/21/1939 7/16/1856 - 4/25/1939 Col. Thomas J Morisey 11/19/1818 - 2/13/1887 aged 68 y 2 m 24 d Mary L wife of Col T J Morrisey 2/22/1827 - 7/25/1884 age 57 y 5 m 3 d Surles (left side not inscribed) Jeffrey Neill 4/18/1960 - 12/23/1995 (temporary marker) Mrs Lillie Giles Price 9/11/1909 - 11/21/1996 age 87 Giles Maggie M Porter William Erskine 6/20/1890 - 5/8/1969 5/4/1884 - 11/23/1970 McDonald Elizabeth Giles Neill Eugene 6/20/1921 - (no death date) 6/4/1921 - 10/10/1989 David H Pierce New York 1st Lt Cml Warfare Service World War I 1/2/1887 - 11/5/1965 Henrietta Louise Melvin Lucy Unetta Melvin 11/28/1908 - 9/17/1981 11/28/1908 - 4/30/1988 Alda Jones Melvin 10/29/1881 - 4/18/1968 Wayman Chalmers Melvin MD 5/11/1875 - 4/26/1937 Wayman Chalmers Melvin, Jr. 7/26/1907 - 6/30/1976 Lowman Pastor 1969 - 1975 Sardis-Erwin Presbyterian Churches H Ruffner, Jr. Dorothy H 11/19/1910 - 6/4/1996 5/1/1915 - (no death date) Joel Gaither Edwards 6/11/1945- 10-11-1948