Wayne County, NC - James Madison Hines, Sr. Cemetery

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Slick Rock Rd.
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina

Cemetery notes and/or description:
The tombstones were photographed by John Hamlet in 2003 with the help of 
Mr. Grady who owns the farm where they are located, off Slick Rock Rd, 
Wayne Co., NC. The current location of N35°16.564'/ W077°55.903'. The stones 
were broken by a tenant when he moved them from original location (6000 ft 
NW of Broadhurst Bridge) N35°16.358'/W077°55.686' over NC111 & 2600 ft E. of 
bend in Neuse River at curve of Rock Rd. which Slick Road runs into. 

They located 36 pieces in all which could be about 6 or 7 tombstones.

According to newspaper articles this was the area that James Madison Hines, Sr. 
lived which was called Spring Bank; along with his father Willis Hines, b. ca. 
1769 who drowned while crossing the Neuse River in 1835. James Madison Hines, Sr. 
was married to 1) Catherine J. Cobb, (b. 26 Nov 1821-d. 5 June 1848) daughter of 
Enoch Cobb who he married 9 May 1837. & 2) Nancy Thompson, daughter of Waitman 
Thompson who he married 29 May 1849.

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Benjamin Hines
Son of James M. Hines 
Birth: unknown
Death: Nov. 4
Goldsboro, Wayne County
North Carolina

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Catherine Elizabeth Hines
Birth: Oct. 13, 1847
Goldsboro, Wayne County
North Carolina, USA
Death: Jun. 7, 1848
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina

Catherine Elizabeth Hines, according to Obituary she was:
7 months 25 days
d. 7 June 1848
birth would be 13 Oct 1847
Tombstone broken

According to tombstone she was 8 months old 

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Catherine J. Cobb Hines
Birth: Nov. 26, 1821
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina
Death: Jun. 21, 1848
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina

Catherine J. Cobb Hines was the daughter of Enoch Cobb. She was the 1st wife 
of James Madison Hines, Sr.
According to her Obituary she died on the 5th June 1848 at Spring Bank, Wayne Co., NC 
26 years 6 months 10 days
on the 5th June 1848
This would make her birthdate as: 26 Nov 1821
(according to Civl Court Records there was a typhoid fever epidemic in 1848) 
 
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Willis Hines
Birth: 1841
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina
Death: Jan. 19, 1857
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina

4 Oct 1879
According to deposition of James M. Hines, Sr. in
Hines vs. Hines
children named in deposition as children of Catherine J. Cobb Hines & James 
Madison Hines, Sr. were Willis Hines, who had died by 1857 & Mary Ann Hines 
who died by 1859. James M. Hines, Jr. was entitled to 1/3 title; also a son.
last two numbers on death date of tombstone 57. 

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Bryant Hines
Birth: 1860
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina
Death: Dec. 16, 1867
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina

Tombstone
Bryant Hines
Son of James M. Hines
Died Dec. 16, 1867
aged 7 years
(probably son of James Madison Hines, Sr. & Nancy Thompson) 

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Mary Ann Hines
Birth: unknown
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina
Death: 1859
Goldsboro
Wayne County
North Carolina

4 Oct 1879
According to deposition of James M. Hines, Sr. in Hines vs. Hines children 
named in deposition as children of Catherine J. Cobb Hines & James Madison 
Hines, Sr. were Willis Hines, who had died by 1857 & Mary Ann Hines who died 
by 1859. James M. Hines, Jr. was entitled to 1/3 title.