Lenoir County, NC - Phineas Davenport Family Farm Cemetery

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                   PHINEAS DAVENPORT FAMILY FARM CEMETERY

This cemetery is located in Woodington Township in Lenoir County. It can be accessed 
from Highway 58 near the Vine Swamp curve by taking Rusty Lee Road (SR 1916) to its 
termination with Parker Fork Road (SR1912), then turn left and the homeplace home is .2 
mile on the left (diagram below). The cemetery cannot be seen from the road, but it is 
located in a field edge far behind this wooden frame home. It is unfenced. The persons 
listed below are buried in it:

Phineas (Finn) Davenport  born 11-20-1840   died 7-7-1922 (Has wooden headmarker)

Winifred (Winnie) Brown Davenport  born 12-21-1844  died 8-7-1922  wife of Phineas and 
daughter of Fred Brown. (Has wooden headmarker)

Council Davenport born 8-30-1871 died 1-14-1932 (Death Cert is accurate at 1933)

Blanche Davenport born 7-11-1906 died 1-13-1908 daughter of Council & Lou

Cleaver Thomas (C. T.) Davenport born 11-6-1915 died 10-11-1916 (death Cert reads 
10-17-1916) son of Council & Lou

Frank Davenport born 6-5-1878 died 6-6-1960

Lillie Smith Davenport born 6-12-1895 died 2-20-1936  wife of Frank

Guilford Davenport born 12-3-1880 died 9-11-1949 (Pvt 44 CO ARTY)

Ida Davenport Smith born 9-1-1886 died 1-22-1905 She was married to William Taylor. They 
were married 12-2-1903. (Is buried in unmarked grave and died from childbirth of daughter 
Kathleen as related by Nannie Mae Davenport Morris). 

This cemetery was surveyed by George Davenport and questions or comments are invited. 
Last Edited 2-8-2007

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