Vance County, NC - Liles Edwards Cemetery USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Contributed by Vance County History and Genealogy: http://home.comcast.net/~teylu/ncvance LILES EDWARDS CEMETERY - Updated/ see additions below Transcribed from Historical Records Survey by WPA, conducted 1940, of pre 1914 cemetery markers in Vance County, North Carolina; only markers erected prior to 1914 were recorded, hence all markers in a cemetery are not necessarily shown; Filmed by NC Archives; available as LDS Film # 0882940 NOTE: all directions and notations of condition are original, as noted in 1940; transcribed March 1999 LILES EDWARDS CEMETERY Vance County Henderson, N.C. Worker: John J. Adams Condition: good Location: Located on the Old Martha Edwards place 1 mile north of June Hoyle place, Henderson, N.C. R. #1 on the Henderson-Louisburg Road. DENT, A.T.; b. 10 May 1828 - d. 6 July 1891 DENT, Anna R.; b. 20 May 1846 - d. 17 Jan 1911 EDWARDS, Elizabeth; b. 17 Dec 1812 - d. ____1875; age 63 years EDWARDS, James; b. 16 May 1870 - d. 29 Mar 1883; son of J.M. & L.J. Edwards EDWARDS, Jas. H.R.; b. 21 Nov 1817 - d. _____1871; age 55 yrs. EDWARDS, John W.A.; b. 10 Oct 1815 - d. _____, 1896; age 81 yrs. EDWARDS, Liles; b. 29 May 1786 - d. _____, 1861; age 75 yrs. EDWARDS, Martha; b. 21 Mar 1795 - d. _____, 1867; age 72 yrs. EDWARDS, Martha V.; b. 18 Aug 1824 - d. _____, 1908; age 84 yrs. EDWARDS, Mary A.A.; b. 2 Dec 1819 - d. _____, 1862; age 45 yrs. EDWARDS, Samuel T.; b. 29 Oct 1821 - d. ____, 1875; age 54 yrs. FAULKNER, Eugene A.F.; b. 9 Aug 1891 - d 10 Dec. 1891 FAULKNER, Eugene P.; b. 25 Jan 1895 - d. 10 Jan 1896 FAULKNER, James D.; b. 25 Feb 1883 - d. 30 Mar 1903 FAULKNER, Rosa; b. 27 Jan 1827 - d. 20 Dec. 1912 PEARCE, Beenie; b. 3 July 1864 - d 7 Feb 1902; wife of J.A. Pearce PEARCE, L.G. (Mrs.); b. 17 June 1832 - d. 13 Oct 1900 ===== end of WPA inventory ===== ADDITIONS - compiled 1999 by Marie P. Faulkner Additions to the Liles Edwards Cemetery on Highway #39 S. Also known as Old Dr. Gill Cemetery, Falkner Famly Cemetery, and the Meggie Falkner Cemetery NOTE: The present owner of the deed to the cemtery states that there was a large family of Indian descent called "McGee's" who lived on the Edwards farm. It was remembered that the family often came to ask for a space to bury their family. If anyone else knows of other people who are buried in this cemetery, I would like to add them to this list - Maria Faulkner Samuel Thomas Faulkner Harvey Theodore Faulkner Inf Son Faulkner B January 29 1889 B January 28 1919 B January 27 1920 D October 1939 D May 20 1920 D January 27 1920 These were Samuel's children Littleton James Faulkner --> 2nd wife: Rosa F R Edwards Faulkner B 1811 B January 27 1827 D 1890 D 1912 James D. Falkner --> wife --> Martha Elizabeth Edwards Falkner B 1838 B September 07 1848 D July 8 1901 - Has a marker D Oct 15 1928 Son of Littleton and Dilly Falkner Eugene A Falkner Son of Martha & James D. Falkner B August 09 1891 D Oct 04 _?_ James Ernest Falkner Son of Martha & James D. Falkner B March 07 1875 D May 28 1934 Littleton Falkner Son of Rosa F R & James Littleton Falkner B 1867 D March 29 1927 Austin Wilson Faulkner Son of Hettie & Arthur Falkner B October 07 1914 D October 25 1914 stone Harold Marian Faulkner Charlotte Dean Faulkner B October 25 1928 B April 20 1922 December 191928 - no stone D January 28 1924 - no stone Children of Howard & Bessie Faulkner Richard Pierce Falkner (Dick) --> wife: Elizabeth Frances Hoyle Falkner B June 03 1832 B March 27 1853 D September 21 1938 D March 09 1922 Death certificate says Falkner family plot ------ same Henry Pierce Falkner Son of Richard and Elizabeth H Falkner B June 19, 1888 D Oct 18 1920 Sadie Coghill B June 15 1922 D Aug 8 1922 Death certificate states the burial place was Meggie (Omega) Faulkner Cemetery