Wayne County, NC   Whitfield Family Cemetery

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From the files of the late Barbara Langston
Posted with permission from her family

WHITFIELD FAMILY CEMETERY
West River Street	
Seven Springs, NC  28578
Indian Springs Township

Surname            Given Name     Birth Date    Death Date   Comments

Row 1   Large marble slab

Whitfield, III       William            1743         1817

Married – (1) Hester Williams, 1763; (2) Mrs. Sarah Hurst; (3) Hepzibah Hatch, 1792; 
(4) Sarah Bryan Hatch.  

He was the father of 29 children – 21 reached maturity. His eldest son, William, had 
raised a family before his youngest, William Alexander was born him by his 4th wife. 
This William died in 1904 which was 161 years after the birth of his father.

William III and his brother Needham served in the Revolution and helped destroy the 
Tories in the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, Feb 27, 1776.

In 1787 William III together with his eldest son and Joseph Green were appointed Directors 
and Trustees for designing and building the town of Waynesborough, now Goldsboro.

Row 2   Large marble slab

Whitfield, II        William     20 May 1715  31 Mar 1795
Bryan                Rachael     10 Jun 1723     Nov 1780  His wife
Whitfield            Needham     20 Feb 1758   6 Apr 1812
Hatch                Lucy        13 Nov 1756  23 Jul 1789  (w/o Needham Whitfield II)
Hatch                Elizabeth    3 Sep 1760               (w/o Needham Whitfield II)
Watkins              Sarah       28 Feb 1777               (w/o Needham Whitfield II)

Bush                 Penelope           1756   4 Mar 1816  (w/o Needham Whitfield II)