THE JOHNSON FAMILY CEMETERY Hope Mills, Cumberland County
Surveyed and contributed by Debi Florez Posted April 17, 2005 by Myrtle Bridges.
"This is a small family cemetary located in Hope Mills, Cumberland County, NC on the corner of River Road
and Cameron Road where they join at Legion Road
I came across this cemetery about a year ago,and I've been meaning to stop and investigate it but I only
recently found the time during the daylight hours to do so--there are 20 graves, 2 small and unmarked.
I spoke to the woman next door to it, and she told me that she had spoken to Mary L. Johnson (b: Dec 22, 1904
-d: Feb 21, 1998) numerous times prior to her death. She told her that some of them dated back to the 1840's,
however, the earliest date that I found was in 1863,so she may have been referring to the unmarked stones. I
was unable to read all of what was contained on the headstone of young Nellie Mildred but judging from the
placement between the other Robinsons, I believe she was the d/o William J Robinson and Elsie May (shared
headstone), and sister of Myra Robinson, and James Madison. (I may try doing a tracing on young Nellie's
tilted headstone another day,when time allows,in the hope that it will reveal more detail)
Mary L also told her that most of her family now lived up in Virginia (note the fact that no one had
been interred there since 1969,a 29 yr gap).
I hope this will be useful for someone researching Johnson/Robinson/Smith/Cameron lines in this area." Debi
Annie Jane Johnson wife of James P Smith Dec.31, 1900 Dec 13, 1951 James P Smith Sept 9,1899 Mar 4,1954 Andrew Jackson Johnson Feb 15, 1912 Apr 15,1967 Thomas Franklin son of A. J. & Louise Johnson Aug 9, 1944 May 9, 1957 Mary L. Johnson Dec 22, 1904 Feb 21,1998 Callie Crutchfield wife of James H Johnson Jul 9, 1873 Apr 22, 1931 James Hughey Johnson Apr 3, 1863 Apr 7, 1923 Flora Kate Cameron wife of James H Johnson May 29,1868 Feb 1,1892 Clarence Cameron son of James H & Kate C. Johnson Oct 6,1888 Dec 13,1891 James Hughey, Jr. son of James H. & Callie C. Johnson Apr 16,1908 Jun 20,1909 Elizabeth Harrington daughter of James H. & Callie C. Johnson Jan 28,1918 Apr 1,1918 Thomas Alexander son of James H. & Callie C. Johnson Dec 29,1913 Apr 28,1919 Robinson William J. Mar 13,1882 Aug 13,1946 Make in us an humble dwelling (shared headstone) Elsie May Aug 29,1890 Oct 13,1943 Myra Robinson wife of Paul V Johnson Nov 28,1916 May 4,1969 She died as she lived, trusting in God Nellie Mildred daughter of [?] Nov 28,1910 Feb 4,1919 James Madison son of William & E.M. Robinson Aug 15,1914 Feb 4,1928 Weep not, he is not dead, but sleepth Luise iiii 52-- [I'm guessing this is signature of the person who crudely carved the message] A small upright stone marker with the initials JMR A small upright stone markers w/o markings
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