Wayne County, NC - Cemeteries From the book, "Gravestone Inscriptions" Compiled by Mrs. Faison Thomson, Jr. & Mrs. Gordon B. Weeks Reprinted with permission of the Wayne County Historical Association and cannot be reproduced without permission. Located across the field from Northeast Freewill Baptist Church and about 1 mile northeast of Mt Olive, N.C. on State Road 1941 is a large cemetery badly neglected and grown over with bushes and trees. It was impossible to get all the names as many of the stones had fallen down. Some of the bodies had been moved to Maplewood Cemetery in Mt. Olive. Inside an iron fence are: John Kornegay, 5-23-1798; 11-23-1887 His wife, Catherine Kornegay, 4-11-1801; 5-5-1877 His wife, Harriett Kornegay, died 1-1-1902; aged 60 years C.F.R. Kornegay, 2-4-1825; 5-18-1899 His wife, Mantha Prince Kornegay, 3-31-1839; 12-28-1902 Sarah C., daughter of C.F.R. and Mantha Kornegay, 12-25-1864; 9-10-1884 Giles Kornegay, 10-3-1822; 11-28-1902 His wife, Catherine Kornegay, 3-4-1847; 5-21-1915 Dawson Kornegay, husband of Sarah Capps, 10-4-1870; 7-24-1951 John Wright Martin, 8-16-1850; 1-6-1923 His wife, Julia F. Jones, 8-24-1854; 12-30-1921 Outside the iron fence: Willis Witherington, 2-14-1897; 3-20-1951 Rev. Issac Moore Lane, 8-29-1838; 7-1-1884 Wife, Harriett K. Lane, 9-25-1836; 9-6-1910 Floyd N. Millen, 10-22-1880; 3-16-1901 Edward H. Millen, 11-1-1841; 5-16-1914 J.T. Matthis, 1876 - 1914 Betty Brock, died 6-5-1925; aged 50 years Zilphia Anne Stanly, wife of Henderson Martin, died 1924 William H. Lambert, 9-16-1827; 9-1-1901 May, wife of William James Lambert, died 4-27-1920 Elder D.E. Newell, 12-1-1834; 4-9-1903 Nancy G., wife of D.E. Newell, 4-2-1838; 8-2-1916 Sarah E., daughter of D.E. and Nancy Newell, 5-25-1876; 12-21-1891 Mary E., wife of John W. Bowden, 10-24-1874; 7-18-1892 daughter of D.E. and Nancy Newell Monroe Bowden, son of James B. and Katie Bowden, born July, 1876 Rachel Bowden, wife of Monroe Bowden, 1884 - 1949 Sally, wife of W.A. Jones, 8-15-1847; 10-5-1912 Daisy, daughter of D.E. Newell, 1873 - 1892 W.G. Fulghum, 1844 - 1904 Willis K. Peele, 1860 - 1939 Sally E. Peele, 1867 - 1908 Ann Muriah, wife of Frank Robinson, 1831 - 1898 Mary, daughter of Captain Frank M. Robinson and Ann Muriah Johnston, 1856 - 1922 James B. Lee, 1865 - 1911 Nellie, daughter of James R and Nellie Lee, 1892 ============================================================== 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 Guy Potts ==============================================================