Wake County, NC - Cemeteries

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
Shirley Olson <golson@attglobal.net>

11/2/2000

Cemetery:  White Plains Cemetery

Surveyed by: Shirley Olson 

Location: Tolliver Ct., Cary, Wake Co., NC 

Directions: Take the Raleigh Beltline South to the Walnut Street exit at Cary. 
Go to the right on Walnut St. until you see Carytown Mall on your right.  You 
will see a traffic light.  Get in the left turn lane and  get on Maynard Rd.  
The second street to the left off  Maynard Rd. is Seabrook Ave.  Turn left 
onto Seabrook  and follow Seabrook, there is a circle a little way  ahead and 
not far beyond  that  you need to take a right turn onto Kings Fork Rd.  The 
first left turn is Dorchester Pines, and another left brings you to Tolliver 
Ct. There, in this pleasant  neighborhood between two houses is this little 
relic from the past.

Enclosed within a locked wrought iron fence, in an area about 30' by 60' is a 
tree shaded cemetery containing the remains of Nathaniel Jones.  On the 
obelisk is inscribed the following:

NATHANIEL JONES, son of EVAN and ELIZABETH JONES, was born January 13, 1749   
Died February 8, 1815 in the 67th year of his age. 

In front of the monument is a tomb of granite, and scattered about are 
remnants of grave stones, broken and unreadable.  The cemetery was vandalized 
at one time but has been restored.  In one history of Wake Co., this is 
described as the burial site of Francis Jones, his second wife Rachel, sons 
Wesley and Alfred and two others. The only name that is identified is that 
of Nathaniel Jones, so the others may or may not be interred here. Francis 
Jones was one of the earliest settlers in Wake County and had a house in 
this vicinity called "White Plains". 

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