Lenoir County, NC - General William Croom Cemetery

Location: Located on Tower Hill Road, approx 1/4 mile east from 
intersection of Dunn Family Road. Turn onto field path across from  
3440 Tower Hill Road. Go approximately one tenth of a mile crossing 
an earthen bridge. After crossing bridge, turn left following ditch 
toward the pine trees and then down the tree line traveling about 
one tenth of a mile from bridge. Cemetery is about 30 yards inside  
pine trees. This cemetery is not fenced but is in a raised area of 
the trees. I was taken to this cemetery by Rodney Jarman. He told 
me about it several years ago. This land is owned by Mr. Rountree 
who lives in Wilmington, NC.  

Date:  February 2009	GPS:  35°17'03N   077°31'40W
				
Surveyed by:  Kay Becton Ogle, Carson Becton, Laura Lee Spence

             Sacred to
           The memory of
         Gen. William Croom
             Who died
           At Newington
            May 9, 1829
           Aged 57 years
            5 mos. 5 ds.

             Footstone
               W. C.

             Sacred to
           The memory of
    Mrs. Eliza (Whitfield) Croom
             Relict of
         Gen. William Croom
         Who died in Kinston
           June 27, 1831
           Aged 44 years 
             11 months
              8 days

             Footstone
               E. C.

            Sacred to 
          The memory of
         _______ Bryan Cr
        (Mary Bryan Croom)
           Nov 7, 1807
          Aged 32 years
           2 mo 27 das.

These tombstones are in really bad shape.  Most of them were buried 
under dirt and debris.  Some parts were several feet deep.  We found 
several large pieces that we could not match up with the three 
tombstones we uncovered.   We were told by a local resident there 
were lots more tombstones at one time.

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