Wake County, NC - Cemeteries File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Shirley Olson Cary 1st United Church of Christ Cemetery, an African American Cemetery Cemetery location: Corner of W. Cornwall Rd., and Pond St., Cary, WAKE CO., NC Transcribed from tombstones by Shirley & Gordon Olson glolson@attglobal.net , 2/13/02 Lat. 35° 46' 31" N Long. 078° 47' 16" W Directions: From Interstate 40, west of Raleigh, take Exit # 287, the N. Harrison Avenue exit, (SR 1652) and go south about 2 miles to Chatham St. At the traffic light jog left on Chatham St. (SR 1616) and turn right (south) on Academy St., at the next traffic light. About ¼ mile down the road it will dead end at Cary Elementary School. A sign at the traffic light points left to continue south on Kildaire Farm Rd., (SR 1300) about ¼ mile to a traffic light at the intersection of W. Cornwall Rd. Turn right and drive a short distance. On the right is the cemetery, at the intersection of Pond Rd., and W. Cornwall Rd. The sign in front of the cemetery proclaims it is the property of Cary 1st United Church of Christ, 1109 Evans Rd., Cary, NC, 27513, Tel. # 467- 1053. This is a cemetery that is still in use with space for additional burials. The cemetery is in a state of disarray, with graves scattered here and there, many unmarked graves and many graves with cast concrete slabs with no names inscribed. Many stones are broken and overturned and general signs of serious neglect are rampant. I recommend to anyone interested in this cemetery that they read "Both Sides of the Tracks II, Recollections of Cary, NC, 1860-2000", published in 2001, written by Ella Arrington Williams-Vinson. Many photographs of the cemetery tombstones are included as well as the history of those buried here. It is a very vauable aid to those researching these graves. Sallie E. Jones is chairman of the Cary Colored Cemetery Committee at the Cary United Church of Christ, 1109 Evans Road, Cary, NC., 27513, and has the task of identifying each grave site. Many of the graves do not have tombstones. Questions may be addressed to her, care of the church. Arrington, Alfred, b. 1 May 1829, d. 9 Feb 1911 Arrington, Arch, b. 18 Apr 1859, d. 17 Jun 1933 Arrington, Arch Jr., b. 25 May 1898*, d. 23 Jul 1953 *1889 Arrington, Beulah Evans, b. 3 Nov 1892, d. 31 Dec 1943 Arrington, Catherine S., b. 9 May 1925, d. 28 Jun 1996 Arrington, Clyde L., b. 9 Nov 1924, d. ???? Arrington, Eliza Helen Rogers, b. 4 Sep 1906, d. 16 May 1984 Arrington, Emerson P. (Dick), b. 28 Feb 1928, d. 17 Dec 1997 Arrington, Ettie, b. 16 Jun 1883, d. 30 Mar 1975 Arrington, Exum,b. 23 Aug 1881*, d. 29 Oct 1940 *1886 Arrington, Sallie, no dates, * Arrington, Sallie Blake, b. ? Jun 1858?, d. 11 Aug 1952 Atwater, Blanchie May, b. Oct 1906, d. 2 Apr 1909 Bates, Alice, b. 1856, d. 1918 Bates, Edward, b. 1845, d. 1917 Beckwith, Fletcher, b. 17 May 1925, d. 29 Nov 1972, NC Pfc. 3220 QM Service Co. WW II Beckwith," Mother Jennie", b. 6 Sep 1864, d. 31 Jan 1886 Bell, Gorda M., b. 2 Jan 1927, d. 22 Feb 2001 Bell, William, b. 9 Apr 1927, d. ???? Boyd, Henry, b. 31 May 1888, d. 23 Nov 1944 Boyd, Othalia, b. 30 Sep 1910, d. 8 Apr 1989 Boyd, Rev., stone is flat on ground, no dates Cotton, Anna, no dates, w. o. W. C. Cotton Cotton, Arqusta R., b. 1883, d. 1931 Cotton, Charlie, b. 1908, d. 1979 Cotton, Clarence, b. 19 Sep 1890, d. 29 Oct 1958, NC Pfc., 20 Co. 161 Depot Brigade WW I Cotton, J. A., b. 1892, d. 1925 Cotton, Mack, b. 1893, d. 1903 Cotton, Vermal, b. 1887, d. ???? Cotton, Willis C., b. 4 Mar 1867, d. 5 Jun 1942 Craig, Mariah, 12 Mar 1906, age about 65, w. o. John Craig Day, "In memory of the George Washington Day Family, Mary Harris, Reuben, Jessie, Pattie, Alexander, Nora, Ida, Nancy Ann, George, Mary" " Presented by IRA" (This is a homemade slab with these names inscribed by hand. It is not clear if this is a mass grave or if they are buried in unmarked graves with only this for a marker) Dixon, Earnest, b. 25 Dec 1886, d. 10 Aug 1930 Ferrell, Al Harry, b./d. 19 Jul 1952 Ferrell, John B., b. 27 Jun 1912, d. 15 Dec 1982 Ferrell, John Mahlon, b. 12 Mar 1949, d. 20 Jun 1966 Ferrell, Mary C., b. 5 Oct 1915, d. 10 Jun 1995 Hawkins, Thomas, b. 17 Apr 1856, d. 27 Aug 1925 Hawkins, Nannie, b. 25 Dec 1854, d. 17 Mar 1915 Hawkins, Elizabeth, no dates Hawkins, W. N., b. 9 Sep 1883, d. 25 Mar 1911 Henderson, Darryl Blake, b. 26 Jul 1960, d. 13 Jan 1986 Hicks, Virginia, b. 1864, d. 1936 Hopson, Mae N., b. 1893, d. 1997 Hopson, Mollie, b. 28 Feb 1878, d. 17 Apr 1924 Hopson, Nathaniel, b. 12 Mar 1880, d. ? May 1908 Jenkins, Lena, b. 1915, d. 1984, no stone, some broken rocks with a fun. home marker Jones, Cora E., b. 1864, d. 1952 Jones, Dennis, 13 Mar 1918, age 45 years Jones, Emily Arrington., b. 20 Dec 1890, d. 25 Apr 1975 Jones, Emily Mae, b. 1919, d. 1999 Jones, Harrie, b. 21 Mar 1900, d. 2 Jul 1920, son of Alice Blokworth Jones, James Henry, b. 1888, d. 1949 Jones, James Henry Jr., b. 28 Apr 1917, d. 29 Mar 1990 Jones, N.B., no dates ( may be "newborn") Lee, Herman, b. 30 Aug 1891, d. 14 May 1961, NC Pvt. Co. B 536 Engineers WWI McCoy, Sandra Elizabeth, b. 17 Oct 1944, d. 18 Sep 1997 Moore, Alexander, b. 4 Jul 1909, d. 5 Sep 1926 Moore, Arthur M., b. 10 Sep 1888, d. 11 May 1920, s. o. Sam & Malinda Moore Moore, Malinda, 16 Mar 1947, age 75 Nichols, John, b. 1848, d. 6 Jul 1921 Pollard, Blondell, b. 25 Feb 1925, d. 30 Sep 1960, w. o. John Mays Pollard, C. A., b. 1892, d. 1979 Pollard, Helen D., b. 1897, d. 1980 Reaves, Annie E., b. 1 Jun 1914, d. 9 Mar 1991 Reaves, Delma T., b. 1 Jan 1914, d. 18 Apr 1979 Reaves, Sallie, b. 1895, d. 1984 Royster, Lottie May, b. 11 Apr 1926, d. 2 Jun 1927 Royster, Luther, b. 1918, d. 1947 Ruffin, Mildred S. H., 19 Dec 1913 Satterfield, Mazie, b. 1903, d. 1987 Scott, Ervin, b. 27 Mar 1872, d. 20 Aug 1907 Simmons, William H., b. 25 Oct 1888, d. 29 Dec 1916 Stroud, Berry G*., b. 5* Jul 1886, d. 10 Feb 1923 * O. * 3 Jul 1886 Stroud, Herbert B., b. 1887, d. 1958 Stroud, "Mother Jane", 12 Feb 1913 Turner, Hattie, b. / d., 1891, daughter of R. B. & L. J. Turner Turner, RD, b./ d., 1893, son of R.B. & L. J. Turner Turner, Susie, b. 15 Apr 1897, d. 11 Feb 1925, w. o. Frank R. Cherry White, Marie, b. 8 Jan 1898, d. ????, (Cotton-Jones) ______________________________________________________________________ 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. The 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. __________________________________________________________________________