PITT COUNTY, NC - Afr.-Amer. Cemeteries - John J. Tyson Cemetery ====================================================================== 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, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: William B. Kittrell Mar. 1999 ======================================================================== SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN GRAVE SITES IN PITT COUNTY Contributed by Wm. B. (Bill) Kittrell, Jan. 1999 to the Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1908/ JOHN J. TYSON CEMETERY on Stantonsburg Road (SR 1200) one mile east of SR 1221. It is on the north side of the road about 200 yards from highway. Buried in Tyson cemetery, he is reported to be former slave. TORNY TYSON b. __ __, 1842 d. February 15, 1920