Edgecombe County, NC - Lancaster Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lancaster Cemetery, located in Edgecombe County. From Rocky Mount on Route 43, off Temperance Hall Road at end of Sawmill Road located about 300 yards north in woods near fence. This is a low wire fenced in cemetery about 24 by 24 feet and has not been maintained, with a gate on the south side. Tombstones with following inscriptions, some broken and lying on the ground. 1. Annie Vivian, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L. F. Lane born Aug 20 1912 died July 19 1913 2. David D. Lancaster, born Dec 12 1896 died Feb 3 1928 3. David N., son of J. W. & M. Lancaster born July 10 1891 died Oct 31 1895 (this was David Norman Lancaster) 4. Infant son of J. W. & M. Lancaster 5. Infant son of Joe and Celia Lanier died July 21 1923 6. J. J. Lancaster born Oct 12 1870 died Aug 12 1942 7. J. R. Lane born May 1 1852 died May 1921 8. James Lenwood, son of M. R. & M. O. Ruffin born Aug 30 1911 died July 13 1914 9. James Austin, son of J. C. & Sallie Lancaster April 15 1900 died Sept 28 1905 10. Jessie J., son of J. W. & M. Lancaster born Oct 16 1889 died July 11 1900 - (this was Jessie James Lancaster) 11. Jesse Lancaster, husband of Prudie Lancaster 12. John C. Lancaster, (Our Father) born Aug 1856 died Aug 4 1908 13. Lizzie D. Lancaster, wife of L. F. Lane born Dec 20 1887 died June 10 1915 - (this was Lizzie Deigh Lancaster, wife of Lawrence Franklin Lane) 14. David Lancaster, husband of Louisa Lancaster (this was David Warren Lancaster born 1820 died 1877) 15. Louisa Lancaster, wife of David Lancaster (this was Louisa Flora Landing) 16. Maggie L. Lancaster born April 19 1883 died May 1 1922 17. Mary Ann Braswell, wife of Joseph R. Lane born Feb 22 1856 died April 16 1934 18. Mother & Father, Mittie B. July 22 1866 d. Nov 15 1926, J. W. Lancaster b. Oct 8 1857 - (Mother was Celia Ann Elizabeth Sabrey Bradley - Father was James Wiley Lancaster) 19. Prudie Lancaster, wife of Jesse Lancaster (this was Prudence Whitehead) 20. Salla A., wife of John C. Lancaster born Nov 8 1861 died March 23 1906 __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Don Lancaster ___________________________________________________________________