Wake County, NC - Oak Grove Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17 Aug 2005 Oak Grove Cemetery Ligon Rd. Raleigh, Wake Co., NC N 35°47'18" W 78°41'55" Dir: Take Raleigh Beltline (440) Exit # 2, which is Western Blvd. (SR 1012) and go east on Western Blvd. abt. 1/2 mile to the traffic light at Method Rd. Turn left (north) on Method Rd. and go 1/2 mile to Ligon St. Turn left (west) on Ligon Rd. and go 1/4 mile to the tunnel under the Beltline. Continue through the one lane tunnel carefully and go about another 1/10 mile taking the left angle that brings you to the cemetery. Park and enter the cemetery. The cemetery is listed as "Cemetery" in the Wake Co. land record which incorrectly gives the address of the property as Beryl Rd. There is no single owner. People whose families purchased plots own these various plots. The cemetery contains 1.25 acres. It is active and has room for more burials. It is located in Method, a Raleigh neighborhood, and dates from the post Civil War era when Method was settled by African Americans. This cemetery has historic significance, so it is dismaying to find it in such poor condition. The surface is very uneven and rough, littered with rubbish and overgrown with vines and weeds. The general appearance is one of gross neglect. The graves are scattered every which way, many graves are unmarked, many headstones broken. Funeral home markers are in use instead of headstones on a large number of graves and many are rusted and unreadable. Among all this disorder there are some dignified headstones. I walked the cemetery and recorded all that was readable from headstones and markers. Shirley Olson, shirley32olson@yahoo.com Anders, Annette Hogan, b. 18 Jul 1937,d. 5 Sep 2003, "Our Sister" Arrington, Julia, b. ??, d. 7 May 1918, age 77 Atwater, Minnie, b. ??, d. 26 Mar 1952, headstone partially buried and leaning, tree growing through grave Banks, Emmer, b. ??, d. 31 Dec 1918 Clinton, Doris, b. 1925, d. 2005, Chappell's FH Cobb, John Curtis, b. 16 May 1922, d. 15 Jan 1980 Cobb, Margaret, b. 10 Aug 1925, d. 28 Feb 1983 Cobb, Margaret, b. 1944, d. 2005, Chappell FH Cole, Beatrice P., b. 1909, d. ?? Cole, James F., b. 1908, d. 1969, s. w. Beatrice Cole Copeland, Esther Fort, b. 10 Oct 1923, d. 29 Sep 1973 Cotton, Hubert, b. ??, d. 26 Mar 1927, NC Pvt 810 Pioneer Inf Dunn, Mattie H., b. 4 May 1890, d. 22 Mar 1962 Edgerton, Frank S., b. 23 Jul 1910, d. 10 Mar 1997 Edwards, Addie Shaw, b. 1903, d. 1985 Edwards, Corinna H., b. 17 May 1899, d. 11 Apr 1985 Fort, Lucy, b. 1867, d. 1963 Gambrell, Elizabeth E., b. 1921, d. 1950 Gray, Alice, b. 30 Mar 1915, d. 8 Oct 1974, buried in the Williams plot Griffin, Elizabeth P., b. 1 Jul 1909, d. 22 Nov 1981 Hackney, Margaret, b. 11 Aug 1854, d. 12 Jun 1928, "Dear Mother" Hardin, Bertha W., b. 2 Dec 1909, d. 18 Oct 1997 Harris, Amos Latwell, Sr., b. 18 Mar 1905, d. 10 Nov 1962 Harris, Carol L., b. 1914, d. 1967 Harris, Ethel B., b. 1892, d. 1949 Harris, Joe Louis, b. 1935, d. 1994, Haywood FH Harris, Mary Ida, b. 30 May 1905, d. 30 Sep 1978 Harris, Mildred Marlene, b. 14 Dec 1958, d. 13 Jul 1990 Harris, Theodore W., b. 1891, d. 1962 Harris, Willie Astor, b. 2 Mar 1910, d. 14 Jun 1911 Hill, Kemp, b. ??, d. 20 Apr 1924, age 57 Hill, Luke, b. 5 Aug 1849, d. 19 Apr 1914 Hinton, Pearl R., b. 19 Mar 1897, d. 8 Feb 1989 Lee, Donald Russell, b. 17 Nov 1960, d. 30 Apr 1986 Lee, Henrietta H., b. 9 Sep 1935, d. 6 Nov 2000 Lee, Nathaniel H., Jr., b. 24 May 1956, d. 11 Feb 1993 Lee, Roxie P., b. 4 Jan 1887, d. 1 Oct 1972 Lenton, James, b. ? Mar 1883, d. 6 Jun 1925 Ligon, Ellen, b. 25 Oct 1888, d. 4 Dec 1888, dau. o. J.(?) O. & M. S. Ligon Ligon, Everhardt M., b. 7 Sep 1904, d. 14 Jun 1983, s. w. Mary A. Ligon Ligon, Lafayette, b. 14 Feb 1826, d. 29 Mar 1891 Ligon, Lafayette, no dates (this is a different headstone) Ligon, Mary A., b. 23 Aug 1901, d. 24 Oct 1983 Lipscomb, Earnest H., b. 1934, d. 1985, Seagroves FH Marriott, James Edward, Sr. "Boss Man", b. 1919, d. 1989 Marriott, Marion, b. 1921, d. 2004, Lea FH Marrow, Mamie B., b. 26 Aug 1939, d. 30 Aug 1989 McCray, Callie, b. 1 Jun 1892, d. 29 Aug 1961 McIver, Anna Wilcox, b. 1 Sep 1895, d. 8 Feb 1939 McRae, John H., b. ??, d. 18 Jan 1926, age 65 Medlin, James E., b. 1945, d. 2005, Chappell FH Mims, Wilson, b. 1913, d. 1984, Lea FH Morgan, Clyde, b. 1926, d. 1996, Haywood FH Morgan, Ellmore, b. 3 May 1932,d. 17 Feb 1967 Morgan, Etta S., b. 1896, d. 1979 Morgan, Horace L., b. 14 Jul 1916, d. 23 Mar 1961, NC S/sgt 594 Port Co TC WW 2 Navon, Ligon, b. 1961, d. 2004, Haywood FH O'Kelly, Baby, no dates O'Kelly, Berry, b. 14 May 1898, d. 3 Aug 1993 O'Kelly, Chanie, b. 4 Jul 1863, d. 7 Jul 1902 O'Kelly, Claudia, b. 29 Apr 1911,d. 2 Aug 1992 Parrish, Jose, b. 1862, d. 18 Jul 1921, husb. o. Cornela Parrish Patton, Michael D., b. 1967, d. 1985 Peacox, Thady G., b. 11 Apr 1889, d. 18 Apr 1983 Peebles, Mary H., b. 9 Aug 1894, d. 24 Jul 1969 Pope, Amanda B., b. 1893, d. 1970 Pope, Martha A., b. 31 Jan 1922, d. 23 May 1989 Pope, S. Jackson, b. 1893, d. 1955, s. w. Amanda Pope Pope, Wilbert J., b. 1919, d. 1991, Pfc US Army WW 2 Ray, Laurence A., b. 9 Jul 1969, d. 28 Sep 1994 Rodgers, Authur, b. 1921, d. 3 Dec 1934, hand scribed, dates not positive Rodgers, Souare, 1 Dec 1920 Rogers, Leonard, Sr., b. 2 Aug 1911, d. 28 Feb 1979 Rogers, Lillie Stroud, b. ??, d. 4 Jul 1968 Rogers, Ruth, b. 1914, d. 1994, Lightner FH Rogers, Wiley, b. ??, d. 17 Feb 1940 Sills, John, b. 8 Nov 1920, d. 2 Apr 1955, s. o. Mr. & Mrs. David Sills Sills, Minnie, b. 14 Dec 1914, d. 11 May 1960, dau. o. Mr. & Mrs. David Sills Sills, Wilbertine H., b. 1920, d. 1961 Smith, Evelyn M., b. 29 Jul 1927, d. 4 May 1964 Smith, Gloria C., b. 1949, d. 2003, Lea FH Smith, Willie M., b. 25 Nov 1904, d.24 Feb 1985 Snipes, John Fletcher, Sr., b. 2 Feb 1899, d. 2 Oct 1973 Thomas, Ada, b. ??, d. 19 Jun 1918, age 56 Thomas, Della (?), b. 20 Jan 1925, d. 25 Feb 1955, hand scribed Thomas, Ida O., b. 8 Jun 1888, d. 19 Nov 1974 Thomas, Margaret Pope, b. 4 Nov 1927, d. 10 Jan 1984 White, Marion Elizabeth, b. 18 Nov 1890, d. 22 Jul 1924, "mother" Wilcox, Baby, b. 9 Jul 1898, d. 16 Aug 1898, dau. o. T. H. & Irene Wilcox, Method, NC Wilcox, Berry O., b. 24 Nov 1899, d. 11 Nov 1964 Wilcox, Edwin F., b. 27 Dec 1907, d. 29 Sep 1968 Wilcox, Fernando, b. 14 Nov 1893, d. 2 Mar 1905, s. o. T. H. & Irene Wilcox, b. Panola Co., Miss. Wilcox, Irene A., b. 17 Nov 1892, d. 13 Jul 1904, dau. o. T. H. & Irene Wilcox b. Panola Co., Miss. Wilder, James W. Sr., b. 1925, d. 2002, Haywood FH Wilder, Octoria, b. 25 Jul 1896, d. 2 May 1925 Wilder, Ruth, b. 1926,d. 2003, Haywood FH Williams, Andrew C., b. 1890, d. 1962 Williams, Andrew G., b. 3 Apr 1948, d. 25 Dec 1985 Williams, Androw Guffie, Jr., b. 25 Dec 1919, d. 28 Sep 1979, spelling from tombstone Williams, Annie B., b. 1898, d. 1961 Williams, Margaret Mariah Hodges Howard, b. 20 Dec 1914, d. 27 May 1999 Wilson, Bessie McCrae, b. 11 Apr 1885, d. ?? Wilson, Jethro Robert, b. 15 Apr 1885, d. 29 Apr 1956, s. w. Bessie Wilson Wynder, Thelma Thomas, b. 22 Jan 1909, d. 23 Jun 1992 headstone partially buried, no name visible, near Thady Peacox 2 FH markers, unreadable, near Thady Peacox broken stone, no name, next to John McRae broken stone, unreadable, near John McRae unmarked grave next to John Sills unmarked grave next to Carol Harris, FH marker unreadable unmarked stone and grave next to Julia Arrington footstone "S. A.", next to Authur Rodgers, no headstone stone and grave, no names, next to Ada Thomas Atwater tombstone no dates or names next to Atwater stone are 3 small markers, "Lonnie", "Father", "Ida" tombstone with beaded cross, no names or dates, on the corner of the cemetery large sunken headstone in front of Bertha Hardin, next to Margaret Cobb tipped stone near John Curtis Cobb ?uckett, Ro?ret, d. 9 Aug 1970, FH, near Earnest Lipscomb _________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Shirley Olson - shirley32olson@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________