ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Henderson Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Henderson Family Cemetery This cemetery is approxamatly 100x100 feet square and is located in Kellum, NC off US-17 North behind the sand pit located on the Morton Trucking Co. property about 1.7 miles North of Piney Green Road on the right. To access it you will need to turn right into the drive of the Trucking Co. and follow the road until you come to the entrance to the large earthen ramp. At that point turn down the road on the left side and go down about 500 feet and you will find a telephone pole on the right and the lake on the left. The cemetery is 30 feet to the right of the telephone pole. The begining of the cemetery starts about 42 feet before the pole and ends about 49 feet past the pole. The rows start on the Northeast corner and run South. There has currently been 6 rows deep and up to 14 rows wide identified. Not all of the graves have been found yet as we are still in the process of cleaning it. The following is supplied out of personal knowledge, information from area residents, family history, found graves with stones, and the basic knowledge of old cemetery layouts. Some of the stones were wooden, some have been destroyed and or buried, some are still in place, and some have been replaced. This will be updated as progress continues: Row 1: Gabriel Hildreth Henderson Born: 1804 Died: October 17, 1839 (Assumed correct) Opry Brown Henderson Born: 1809 Died: November 4, 1839 (Assumed correct) Josiah Henderson Sr. Born: 1758 Died: 1844 (Assumed Correct) Alice Henderson Born: 1872 Died: November 22, 1843 (Assumed correct) Josiah Henderson Jr. Born: October 6, 1798 Died: December 1, 1850 (Assumed correct) Susan Humphrey Henderson Born: June 13, 1804 Died: (Assumed Correct) Nobles Henderson Born: 1869 Lewis Hill Henderson Born: November 6, 1822 Died: September 27, 1880 Josiah Smith Henderson Born: October 25, 1830 Died: April 18, 1900 Margarett Henderson Born: 1832 Died: Bruce McClaine Henderson Born: 1864 Died: 1901 (Assumed correct) Lula Henderson Born: January 18, 1872 Died: June 1, 1903 Unknown: Unknown: Row 2: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Asher Henderson Born: June 18, 1876 Died: November 15, 1913 Unknown: Unknown: Row 3: Ben Lee Parker Born: August 23, 1862 Died: February 8, 1952 Row 4: Edward Parker Born: 1833 Died: January 11, 1895 Matilda Caroline Parker Born: May 25, 1838 Died: Unknown: Mag A. Parker Born: Died: 1908 Row 5: Durant Morton Father Mary Frances Morton Mother Virginia Dare Sister Row 6: Baby stone: Date 1895 There are many more graves to find and by report there is at least one American Indian and an unknown number of Slaves buried outside of the cemetery. END: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Samuel Henderson ----------------------------------------------------------------------