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 Walker Cemetery
Listed in the 1936 WPA Cemetery Survey as the E.E. Walker Cemetery
Currituck, NC

In March 1822 Jeremiah Land deeded 11^1/2 acres to his daughter, Melissa Gould.  "Jeremiah Land for the natural love & affection which I bare to my beloved Daughter & the sum of 5 Shillings paid by my Daughter Melisa Gould have granted unto her a parcel of land near the Court House. Beginning at the main road opposite the Store House owned by the orphans of John Scurr Esqr. dec’d along by the Store House now occupied by Emerson Gould various courses by the grave yard to the Maun? plantation to the Sound side to the first containing 11 ½ acres.  Witness S. Hall; Registered Jan. 31, 1823.  John Scurr died Jan. 31, 1810 and his estate was administered by his wife, Elizabeth, in Feb. 1810 with Samuel Ferebee, Jeremiah Land and William Blair posting a £10000 bond.

The Gould family sold this property to the Walker family in the 1870s.  In 1952 the Caratoke Highway was constructed which took the Gould & Scurr tombstones and pushed them forward into what is now known as the Walker Cemetery.  As you can see, all of the Scurr & Gould stones are dated in the early 1800s while the newer ones are related to the Walker family.  The Currituck County Cemetery book, published in 1995 by the Albemarle Genealogical Society, has all of the Gould, Scurr and Walker stones being in the same cemetery but were, at one time, two distinct and separate cemeteries.

Directions: This cemetery sits on the Wilson Snowden property and is about 170' west of Pilmoor Memorial United Methodist Church.  Google Maps for this cemetery.
Photographed:  In January 2012 by Judy Brickhouse and her daughter, Lisa Boswood, who said that there is a thick briar patch that some of the stones might have been hidden in, although they couldn't see any.  One stone was mashed against a tree and could not be read from any angle....this was the Elizabeth Scurr headstone You can still see bricks which were seen in a 1988 survey where there were 5 bricked unmarked graves.  WPA Records list Scurr as "Scarr".  In November 2013 Judy Brickhouse and her cousin, Brenda Merrell Laughinghouse, revisited this cemetery and discovered a few of these stones buried but were able to unearth them for photos.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS
Davis, Maria Scurr	[Feb. 10, 1828]	Feb. 27, 1829	Infant daughter of Doct. William F. & Melissa Davis; Age 1 yr & 17 days [William F. Daves listed in 1830 census]
Gould, Elizabeth	[Oct. 18, 1821]	Oct. 13, 1823	Daughter of Emerson & Melissa Gould; Age 1 yr 11 mos 25 days
Gould, Emerson [stone lying flat on the ground and partially buried]	[c1794] [possibly born in MA]	September 1st 1823	Sacred to the memory of inestimable departed Worth; to unrivaled exelence and virtue Emerson Gould whose remains are deposited here and whose etherial part became a scrape.; in the 29th year of his age Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear; That mourns thy exit from a world like this, Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss. [Epitaph taken from online gravestones but believed to be the epitaph on this stone.]  [see another photo] [Said to have married Melissa Land.  Witnessed the 1819 will of Gideon Bonney.]
Gould, Sarah			Daughter of Emerson & Melissa Gould [Sarah Scarr listed in the WPA Records may possibly be Sarah Gould]
Johnson, George L.	Dec. 5, 1860	Nov. 6, 1903	Sacred To The Memory of A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved it stilled, A place is vacant in our home, That never can be filled.
Scurr, Elizabeth	Oct. 8, 1801	Oct. 8, 1807	Daughter of John & Elizabeth Scurr; Age 5? years
Scurr, Mr John	10th June 1775	31st January 1810	Sacred to the Memory of; in the 35th year of his age  [Closeup] Beneath a MASTER MASON lies Who holds a Mansion in the Skies With swift desire his steps pursue And take the prize prepared for you.
Scurr, Prudence	February 11th 1810	June 3rd 1814	Sacred to the memory of; daughter of John & Elizabeth Scurr; aged 4 years 3 months & 23 days
Snowden, Grace  W.	[Jan. 23] 1904	[June 23] 1985	Mother  [double with William H. Snowden]
Snowden, William H. [Henry]	[Nov. 13] 1901	[Oct. 18] 1979	Father  [double with Grace W. Snowden]
Spence, Jack	1848	[Jan. 19] 1923	[death certificate states birth as Oct. 10, 1846 and name as Jackson Spence]
Walker, Caroline M.	Feb. 26, 1840	July 29, 1912	Thy trials ended, thy rest is won.
Walker, E. [Ernest] Leslie	[Aug. 9] 1902	[July 1] 1931	[see death certificate]
Walker, Elizabeth			Wife of John Walker [no dates - WPA data]
Walker, Ernest E. [Eugene]	[June 1] 1879	[Aug. 6] 1924	[see death certificate]
Walker, Gertrude B. [Brumsey]	[Apr. 23] 1877	[June 24] 1963	[see death certificate]
Wilkes, Elizabeth	[Dec. 14, 1783]	27th March 1821	In Memory Of - Wife of John Wilkes - aged 37 years 3 months & 13 days

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