ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Old Georgetown Cemetery, Jacksonville ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mike Hardester 2Lakota@Gibralter.Net ==================================================================== Old Georgetown Cemetery, Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina Copyright © 2000 by Mike Hardester. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. 2Lakota@Gibralter.Net ************************************************************************ In 1996, while working for the City of Jacksonville, I was cleaning land for a new city park. During a break, I stumbled (literally) across a long-forgotten cemetery in the Georgetown Area of Jacksonville. The cemetery is off US17 about 0.5 miles down Broadhurst Rd (the road extends only one way off of US17) and adjacent to the Georgetown Park. It sits on an elevated parcel of land, and gradually slopes downward to the right. In talking to area residents, I learned that the cemetery was in use until the early 1960s. One man, in his 70s at the time of the survey, recalled the cemetery being kept up when he was a child, but it has long been neglected. Today, there is a nearby cemetery (off nearby Erastus Lane) which has been referred to as Georgetown Cemetery. The gentleman with whom I spoke said that this must make this cemetery the “Old Georgetown Cemetery.” It has been rumored that slaves were buried in the area to the right of the cemetery, but there is no proof to substantiate this. Although access is easy, one must keep in mind that under the many fallen trees, leaves and trash are both ticks and copperhead snakes! Following is not a complete list of those interred - many markers are nothing more than a stone or metal marker with indecipherable letters. BRINKLEY, Kitsy Born 1845 Died June 4, 1921 COUNCIL, George Died June 22, 1921 COUNCIL, John Died August 1, 1921 DOVE, Hazel Margaret March 25, 1921 to January 19, 1950 DOVE, Mary Stanford December 10, 1902 to December 6, 1925 EDENS, Maggie 1891 to 1943. There is a metal marker with a possible date of November 16 EDENS, Mitchell 1884 to 1943. Possibly, October 6, 1943. There is a metal marker with an inscription of “John Shaw and Sons Funeral Home, Lumberton and Jacksonville.” Also, “Husband of Maggie Edens. FONVILLE, Morris T. July 21, 1921 to July 18, 1953 GRAHAM, Emma J. July 5, 1887 to August 31, 1948 HARDISON, Katie B. Jones June 21(?), 1911 to December 25, 1950 HUMPHREY, Mary Ann October 6, 1883 to March 19, 1947 JONES, Alberta January 5, 1923 to April 13, 1939 JONES, Family Large marker near other smaller “Jones” markers - no other inscription JONES, Irene C. April 24, 1885 to November 2, 1963 LEMMING, Jennie June 15, 1871 to November 16, 1935. “65 Years 5 Months 1 Day” MARSHALL, Mary January 24, 1931 to April 29, 1961 MILL, G. Reverend. May 21, 1888 to August 10, 1924 “57 Years” PETERSON, Ernest PFC, 999 Field Artillery Battalion, WWII. October 9, 1921 to June 11, 1951 PHILIPS, W. H. August 26, 1870 to May 15, 1923. Deacon of Evening View Baptist Church REASE, Family No other details discernable on the marker STANFORD, Eliza V. October 9, 1876 to November 5, 1950 STANFORD, Stephen Levi November 8, 1881 to August 9, 1952. Pastor Washington Chapel Church 18 years Saint Phillip Church 35 years Hills Chapel Church 4 years. WARD, Lozetta December 25, 1877 to December 28, 1941 WILLIAMS, Child? Metal marker - possibly a child’s. No dates are readable. WILLIAMS, Lula McNeil March 10, 1891 to December 20, 1958 YOUNG, Mary E. September 26, 1900 to August 6, 1957