Wayne County, NC - Cemeteries - From the book, "Gravestone Inscriptions" Reprinted with permission of the Wayne County Historical Association and cannot be reproduced without permission. ======================================================= Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2412889/cogdell-britt-cemetery Cemetery number 404 and known as the Cogdell - Britt Cemetery is located in the Corbett Hill section in the Grantham Township on State Road 1006 about ¼ mile north of the road and about 1 mile west of State Road 1006 to Smith Chapel from Grantham. It is very old and many of the markers are of wood and some of the graves have none. It is thought to date back to the early 1800's. Marshall H. Britt, 1849 - 1929 Hepsey Britt, 1845 - 1914 Katie Gertrude, daughter of Marshall and Hepsey Britt, 1885 - 1886 R.O. Grantham, 1894 - 1934 Lealand Grantham, 1884 - 1942 Vera Grantham, wife of Ed Harrell, 1885 - 1909 Dallas Grantham 1897 - 1943 Nina Grantham, wife of Dallas, 1892 - 1935 Ina Mae, wife of Louis Holland, 1893 - 1914 George W. Summerlin, 1851 - 1916 George W. Sumnerlin, Jr., 1891 - 1900 R.M. Grantham, 1860 - 1907 (Richard M. Grantham) Laura B. Grantham, 1868 - 1921 (Laura Britt) Needham Claudius Cogdell, 1846 - 1925 Charlotte Cogdell, 1842 - 1905 (Charlotte Britt) Martha Britt Cogdell, 1849 - 1888 Needham A. Cogdell, 2-18-1906; died 1931, son of Lewis and Louise Godwin Cogdell Lewis Marion Cogdell, 10-18-1871; 12-30-1957, son of Needham and Martha Cogdell Louise Godwin Cogdell, 3-27-1872; 7-19-1958, daughter of Handy Godwin and Betsy Naylor Walter Allen Keen, 1888 - 1909 Henry B. Keen, 1850 - 1922 Wife, Sarah M. Britt Keen, 1852 - 1936 Kinchen, Britt, 1842 - 1917 Clarissa Britt, 1853 - 1919 T. Sgt Alton G. Summerlin, 1918 - 1946 Some of the graves with wooden markers were identified by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Marion Cogdell in 1950 and shown to Gladys B. Weeks at the time of copying above. Kinchen Britt Susan Odom Britt, his wife. ============================================================== 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. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Judy Lynch ==============================================================