Nelme Cemetery

Location: four miles north of Lilesville, North Carolina on county road to Tom C. Coxe's place. Condition: Very well marked, but in a rather deserted spot and completely hidden from view by undergrowth and dense trees around it.

Compiled by the Historical Records Survey of North Carolina: 1939 Worker: Lucie Lea Dunlap




NAME			BORN		DIED			REMARKS



Nelms, Anne M.		Feb. 7, 1794	Aug. 31, 1868		Wife of	Pressley Nelms



Nelms, Pressley		1787		May 5, 1841



Robinson, Annie E.	Sep. 22, 1866	1868			Dau of H. W. & E. K. Robinson



Smith, Anna Bet		Oct. 29, 1842	Apr. 17, 1859		Dau. Of Samuel 	& Jane H. Smith



Smith, Eliza Sidnor	Nov. 5, 1814	Jan. 11, 1873		Dau. of   Nelms Pressley & Annie M. Smith



Smith, Eliza Jane	Jan. 16, 1840	Sep.  1840		Dau. of Joseph & Mary Smith



Smith, (infant)		_____		_____



Smith, (infant)		June 7, 1853	June 7, 1853		Infant of John & Annie L. Smith



Smith, James M.		May 11, 1812	Sep. 22, 1836		Son of John & Mary Smith



Smith, John		1772		Oct. 2, 1854



Smith, John C.		1807		Nov. 22, 1834		Son of John & Mary Smith



Smith, John G.		Apr. 20, 1835	1836			Son of Wm & Eliza Smith



Smith, Joseph P.	1816		Nov. 1862		Youngest son of John & Mary Smith





Smith, Mary		1776		Oct. 20, 1872		Wife of John Smith



Smith, Mary Alice	May 14, 1854	May 16, 1855		Dau. of John G. & Annie L. Smith



Smith, Rufus Alexander	Oct. 12, 1855	1856			Son of Sam & Jane H. Smith



Smith, William G. (Col.)Sep. 6, 1802	Nov. 5, 1879





The following are buried outside the enclosure.  I do not think they are

related to Smiths or Nelms. **



Winfree, Eli B.		July 1835	Apr. 14, 1862

Ingram, Charles M.	-----		Sep. 29, 1853

Ingram, Catherine T.	July 13, 1855	Nov. 1856



** Remarks in the original typewritten copy.



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