MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Bennett Cemetery At Poplar --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- LOCATION: From the beginning of Poplar Road (Route 197 junction with 19W), drive 1.1 miles. The cemetery should then be visible up on your right, inside a chain link fence. Take a right turn up a dirt road and drive to it. CONDITION: good to excellent SURNAMES: ADKINS, BARNETT, BENNETT, BRYANT, CONLEY, COOPER, ENSOR, GARLAND, GRIFFITH, GOUGE, HONEYCUTT, JOHNSON, LAWS, MILLER, MURPHY, PATE, PETERSON, RANDOLPH, THOMAS, TIPTON, WHITSON, WILSON NAME BIRTH DEATH 1. Malone Bennett 8 Apr 1932 2. Dolores U. Bennett 8 Nov 1933 31 March 2003 Wife of # 1. 3. Dennis Thomas 1943 2005 S/o Paul Junior & Pearl Byrd Thomas. 4. Luther Bennett 6 May 1901 27 April 1980 S/o 32 & 33. 5. Hester Bennett 17 Nov 1899 23 Feb 1978 Wife of # 4. 6. Lee Bennett 8 July 1923 7. Ruth Bennett 16 July 1926 26 Oct 1997 Wife of # 6. D/o 5 & 6. 8. Harvey Miller 20 Aug 1906 14 June 1987 S/o 11 & 12. 9. Viola C. Miller 9 July 1918 6 June 1990 Wife of # 8. 10. Barbara Jean Miller 11 Feb 1944 11 Feb 1944 D/o 8 & 9 ? 11. Rev. Dan Miller 1 Dec 1878 29 Aug 1950 S/o Rev. Moses & Nancy Honeycutt Miller. 12. Sarah H. Miller 20 May 1880 3 April 1974 (Sarah Hughes) Wife of # 11. 13. B. J. Bryant 18 Jan 1929 26 Aug 1956 14. Noah Johnson 18 July 1885 21 Feb 1960 S/o Claborn & Elizabeth Johnson. 15. Texanna Johnson 19 Feb 1889 19 June 1982 Wife of # 14. 16. Roscoe Johnson 5 March 1914 26 Oct 1961 “WWII”. S/o 14 & 15 17. Dave Peterson 1911 1990 S/o George & Frankie Jane Peterson 18. Cora B. Peterson 1917 1971 Wife of # 17. 19. Rachel Ann Peterson 14 April 1940 26 May 1942 D/o 17 & 18. 20. C. C. Riddle no dates 21. Rev. Gibbs Gouge 22 Feb 1876 3 March 1947 S/o Nathan & Martha Jane Honeycutt Gouge. 22. Louisa Bennett Gouge 18 Sept 1881 7 Sept 1979 Wife of # 21. D/o 76 & 77. 23. Dayton R. Gouge 14 June 1944 22 April 1953 24. Sam Griffith 1878 1958 S/o John M. & Sarah Laughrun Griffith. 25. Ettie Griffith 1886 1945 Wife of # 24. 26. R. C. Griffith 8 Feb 1918 4 Dec 1999 S/o 24 & 25. 27. Unknown 28. Grace Bennett 27 Nov 1925 30 Jan 1938 D/o 32 & 33. 29. Unknown 30. Unknown 31. Pauline Bennett 2 Dec 1923 16 June 1925 D/o 4 & 5. 32. James [H.] Bennett 2 July 1878 10 Aug 1929 S/o 76 & 77. 33. Mary Jane Bennett 7 April 1883 17 Feb 1970 Wife of # 32. 34. Thomas M. Cooper 25 May 1850 14 Dec 1922 35. Dr. S. J. Cooper 19 May 1872 17 Oct 1952 S/o # 34 & Margaret. 36. Sarah Ann Cooper 23 July 1879 10 Oct 1968 Wife of # 35. 37. Wiley Garland 1862 1930 S/o John & Margaret Garland. 38. Hester Garland 1889 1958 Wife of # 37. 39. Jake Gouge 15 July 1907 1 Oct 1952 S/o William & Sarah Davis Gouge. 40. Cpl. Billy Cooper 1926 1954 41. Anna Lee Griffith 1948 1948 42. Ruth Griffith 29 Jan 1923 16 May 1923 D/o 24 & 25. 43. Conley Bennett 1916 [24 Aug] 1921 S/o 32 & 33. 44. Infant Son of Herbert & Lois Bennett 31 Oct 1970 45. Jeff Bennett 10 March 1905 23 Aug 1994 S/o 32 & 33. 46. Emma Bennett 11 Jan 1909 8 Oct 1996 Wife of # 45. D/o 11 & 12. 47. Conway Bennett 23 July 1931 25 Feb 1933 S/o 45 & 46. 48. Nat Gouge 6 June 1906 18 Dec 1996 S/o 21 & 22. 49. Dora Gouge 6 May 1907 4 Oct 1987 Wife of # 48. D/o Charlie & Emma Jane Gouge Barnett. 50. Hoy Whitson 11 June 1910 13 Feb 1982 S/o James & Nancy Peterson Whitson. 51. Arba J. Whitson 22 Sept 1913 12 April 1998 Wife of # 50. D/o Rev Gibbs & Lillie Street Gouge. 52. James H. Gouge 1899 1981 S/o 21 & 22. 53. Dora H. Adkins 3 March 1915 16 Aug 2002 54. Jim Adkins 1906 1983 Husband of # 53 55. Ronald Lee Murphy 9 July 1942 25 May 1994 S/o Conway & Dona Peterson Murphy. 56. Etta P. Murphy 3 April 1943 57. Tracy Murphy 31 Oct 1976 31 Oct 1976 Child of 55 & 56. 58. O. C. Honeycutt 25 Aug 1917 29 June 2003 59. Virginia Honeycutt 27 Dec 1929 13 April 1974 Wife of # 58 60. Rev John Wilse Honeycutt 9 July 1884 7 Oct 1949 61. Lura Honeycutt 26 May 1880 14 Dec 1923 (Lura Sharp). Wife of # 60 62. Girtha H. Randolph 17 July 1909 12 Feb 1986 D/o 60 & 61. 63. Burnie Honeycutt 2 Jan 1907 1 Oct 1997 S/o 60 & 61 ? 64. Eva Honeycutt 1911 2005 Wife of # 63. 65. Unknown 66. William D. Ensor 22 Nov 1892 1 Dec 1979 67. Martha L. Ensor 20 April 1882 13 Oct 1962 Wife of # 66. 68. John Wilson 1882 1966 69. Laura L. Wilson 1884 1961 Wife of # 68. 70. J. B. Cooper 7 Feb 1865 31 March 1954 (Ben Cooper). S/o 73 & 74. 71. Christenia Cooper 1 April 1861 20 March 1958 (Christenia Bennett). Wife of # 70. 72. John Tipton 10 June 1887 27 Dec 1930 (?) 73. Polly Bennett 17 April 1828 17 April 1903 (Polly Roberson) Wife of # 74. 74. J. G. Cooper 23 Dec 1825 14 April 1908 (John G. Cooper) “3rd NC Mounted Infantry” 75. James H. Cooper 6 May 1869 3 June 1913 S/o 73 & 74. 76. Bud Bennett 1845 (wrong?) 1920 (Malcombe Bennett, Jr.) S/o Malcombe Sr. & Mary Polly Williams Bennett. 77. Disa Bennett 1842 1917 Wife of # 76. D/o 73 & 74. 78. Polly E. Cooper 9 July 1897 1 Feb 1983 D/o John & Cornelia Ensor. 79. David C. Cooper 16 Jan 1891 5 April 1960 Husband of # 78. 80. Cornelia Ensor 23 June 1867 26 July 1948 (?) D/o John & Cornelia Ensor. 81. Unknown 82. Unknown 83. Unknown 84. Richard S. Conley, Sr. 12 Feb 1938 13 Oct 1996 85. Howard Bennett 12 March 1919 2 Aug 1995 S/o 88 & 89 86. Marie Bennett 23 June 1925 30 Sept 2001 D/o J. C. & Geneva Briggs Ensor. 87. Harold Bennett 1909 1993 S/o 88 & 89 88. E. R. Bennett 1888 1968 (Edgar Roscoe Bennett) 89. Rissie Bennett 1893 1981 Wife of # 88. 90. William H. Peterson 12 Jan 1883 22 Oct 1970 91. Cora C. Peterson 22 April 1884 16 April 1979 Wife of # 90. 92. Samuel J. Peterson 16 June 1910 18 Feb 1998 S/o George & Frankie Jane Peterson (?) 93. Altha Omega Peterson 5 March 1913 Wife of # 93. 94. Silas Adkins 6 June 1902 20 Oct 1970 95. Ida Belle Adkins 25 July 1910 10 Jan 1969 Wife of # 94. 96. Buford Gaylon Adkins 18 Sept 1944 13 Feb 2002 S/o 94 & 95. 97. Burgin Honeycutt 14 Feb 1928 20 Dec 1992 S/o 99 & 100. 98. Evelyn Honeycutt 27 Oct 1930 Wife of # 97. 99. James T. Honeycutt 26 May 1904 20 Feb 1996 100. Lillie Honeycutt 12 April 1904 14 Feb 1976 Wife of # 99. 101. Fannie C. Bennett 13 Apr 1933 5 May 1976 Wife of Buster Bennett. D/o Rex Cooper. 102. (Infant) 7 April 1977 7 April 1977 D/o Alfred & Anne Griffith 103. Carson H. Griffith 20 Sept 1901 28 Nov 1976 S/o Samuel & Etta Bennett Griffith. 104. Lillie Griffith 23 July 1904 8 Nov 1997 Wife of # 103. D/o John & Laura Laughrun Wilson. 105. Wanda Lee Bryant 22 March 1941 10 Aug 2002 D/o 103 & 104. 106. R. C. Bryant, Sr. 25 June 1940 Husband of # 105. 107. ________ Griffith 13 Oct 1936 28 Nov 1996 108. Willis Adkins 27 June 1933 109. Lorene P. Adkins 18 July 1936 23 Nov 2004 Wife of # 108. D/o 110 & 111. 110. Briscoe Peterson 22 Jan 1910 25 June 2001 S/oi James W. & Alice Honeycutt Peterson. 111. Kate Peterson 4 Oct 1911 29 Sept 1999 Wife of # 110. D/o Samuel & Etta Bennett Griffith. 112. Buster Peterson 3 March 1934 22 July 1984 113. Florence Peterson 19 Sept 1937 Wife of # 112. 114. Arthur David Laws 5 April 1942 1 Oct 1998 S/o Arthur & Martha Edwards Lewis. 115. Julia Cooper Laws 6 Nov 1943 Wife of # 114. 116. Samuel J. Cooper 6 Jan 1906 4 Nov 1985 117. Daisy E. Cooper 29 July 1909 18 Jan 1995 Wife of # 116. D/o Joseph & Hester Hughes Edwards. 118. Dove M. Cooper 14 March 1889 18 Dec 1982 S/o 70 & 71. 119. Jessie Cooper 15 Jan 1915 13 Aug 2001 120. Linda Wilson 1948 2005 121. Kettie Pate 17 Jan 1904 16 May 1992 122. Ruby Bennett 6 March 1927 2 May 1990 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mark Lawson