Hertford County, NC - JORDAN GATLING CEMETERY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE JORDAN GATLING CEMETERY JORDAN GATLING PLANTATION MANEY’S NECK TOWNSHIP HERTFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Directions to Jordan Gatling Cemetery, Como North Carolina. Take US 258 North leaving Murfreesboro, NC and go about 3 miles then turn left on Gatling Road. Go about 1/2 mile and the cemetery is in the field on the right. In 1875 Charles Henry Foster, writing in Potter’s American Monthly, described the Gatling burying-ground as “the handsomest private cemetery in the county [of Hertford]. On rising ground, it was enclosed by an elegant iron rail fence, octagonal in form, each of the sides being 22 1/2 feet long. The fence was erected in 1861 and was cast in Norfolk, Virginia by S. H. Hodges and Company. Just within the enclosure is a circle of box extending around its entire circumference, with an inner circle of the same perennial shrub. Hollies, junipers, and arbor vitae are placed at intervals in regular order. The whole is kept clear of grass and weeds. In the center is a monument on a granite pedestal with a marble base, erected A.D. 1860. It is 14 feet in height. The obelisk is of white Italian marble, with delicate blue veins. It has on one face a floral wreath encircling the name “Gatling,” and surmounted by the sculptured vase of flowers. On a lower corner of the monument appears the stone cutter’s mark T. M’Caffrey Norfolk, Va. James Henry Gatling had the monument and fence erected in honor of his parents. The graves run east and west; those of the parents are at the east of the monument. The inscriptions are: Jordan Gatling, born May 14, 1783, died 64 years, 10 months and 29 days. He was a kind father. Mary, wife of Jordan Gatling, born October 30, 1795, died September 30, 1868. A devoted wife, an affectionate mother, and a true Christian. Thomas B. Gatling, died May 14, 1857, age 45 years, 7 months and 15 days. He was a useful man. His wife Rebecca Jane, born October 14. 1815, died March 27, 1870. Mary Ann Gatling, died October 4, 1838, age 25 years and 5 days. She died a Christian. James H. Gatling, born July 15, 1816, died by the hands of an assassin September 2, 1879. An industrious, honest and worthy man. Caroline Gatling, died October 23, 1836, aged 29 days. She died an angel. Martha S. Gatling, died July 22, 1846, aged 17 years, 9 months and 23 days. She was much beloved. Alic, infant daughter of Thomas B. and Jane Gatling. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Compliments of Mr. E. Frank Stephenson, Jr. Author of: "GATLING, A PHOTOGRAPHIC REMEMBRANCE" Published by: Mehherin River Press __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by E. Frank Stephenson, Jr. & Barbara Nichols Mulder ___________________________________________________________________