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 Dempsey Walker Cemetery
Maple, NC

From Hwy 168 it is .5 miles on the left side of S. Currituck Rd. about 150' from the road.  Google Maps for this cemetery.  What's left of this cemetery was photographed March 4, 2014.  As you can see from the overview pictures, farming equipment has decimated most of the cemetery.  The land owner has given permission to stake it off and clean it up so that more headstones might be found.  No photos of the actual headstones have been taken yet but will be forthcoming after the cleanup is done.  The overview photos were taken by Donna Breda.  A lot of the stones look to be WPA type stones but no WPA record has been found for this cemetery.

Mrs. Margaret (Walker) Walker [1920-1991] gave most of the cemetery information used in Currituck County, NC Cemetery Records book but there are discrepancies between her version and those found when the cemetery was physically surveyed in 1988 and twice in 1993. We believe that Mrs. Walker used Bibles, obituaries and other records to enhance her records.  The 5th column is Mrs. Walker's notes on the decedents.  Several people have the same death date of June 5, 1873 which is supposedly when the Rotary steamer blew up and killed them, however, a news article that appeared in the Norfolk Virginian says that the event occurred on Friday, May 10, 1872.  Those with *** by their names are those that were killed that day.  Read "The Rotary Disaster".  Those named in the article specific to this cemetery are: Mr. William Walker, engineer of the boat; his wife Elizabeth (listed as "Jennie" in Mrs. Walker's notes and Eugeni & Virginia in census records) and their little 3 year old daughter (Mettamora); Elizabeth Crane (sister of Mr. William Walker & wife of David Crane who was engineer of a dredging machine in Hyde County)

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS	MARGARET WALKER'S NOTES
Crane, A.E. *** [see 1860 census]	Feb. 28, 1846	June 5, 1873	Consort of Daniel Crane	Archann Elizabeth Walker - Consort of Daniel Crane Feb. 25, 1846 - June 5, 1873
Crane, Daniel *** [listed as David Crane in the Rotary news article]			Age 30 years	Died June 5, 1873
Walker, Dempsey [see 1850 census] [see 1860 census]	Mar. 21, 1813	Sept. 25, 1890		same information as the 1988 & 1993 surveys
Walker, Gideon M.	Nov. 29, 1857	June 28, 1941	Father	same information as the 1988 & 1993 surveys except his middle name is "Marchant"
Walker, Henoreta B. [see 1860 census]	Apr. 30, 1826	Feb. 17, 1907	Consort of Dempsey Walker	same information as the 1988 & 1993 surveys except her name is "Henrietta"
Walker, Isadora M.	Dec. 3, 1873	May 15, 1944	Mother	Isadora Lou Munden Walker - wife of Gideon M. Walker Dates are the same
Walker, Jennie *** [not found in 1988 or 1993]			[Currituck marriage shows Wm. L. Walker marrying Virginia Walker, d/o Caleb & Polly Walker, on June 6, 1869] [listed as Eugeni Walker in 1870 Currituck Co., age 21, which would make her birth year 1849.  William was age 28 which matches with his headstone]]	Jennie Walker - wife of William L. Walker 1843 - June 5, 1873
Walker, L. ?.	Sept. 26, 1840	Nov. 5?, 1841	Son of Dempsey & Mary Walker	William L.G. Walker - Son of Dempsey & Mary Walker Sept. 26, 1840 - June 3, 1841 [death date differs]
Walker, Martha S.	Jan. 11, 1867	Dec. 14, 1903	Wife of G.M. Walker	Martha Susan Nicholson Walker - wife of Gideon Walker Dec. 11 1867 - Dec. 14, 1903 [birth date differs]
Walker, Mary [see 1850 census]	Mar. 14, 1822	June 11, 1841	Consort of Dempsey Walker	same information as the 1988 & 1993 surveys
Walker, Mettamora *** [not found in 1988 or 1993			[Age 3 according to Rotary news article]	Mettamora Walker - daughter of William L. & Jennie Walker Died June 5, 1873
Walker, Susan [see 1850 census] [see 1860 census] [stone broken in pieces]	May 20, 1849	???, 25, 19??		Susan M. Walker - daughter of Dempsey & Mary Walker May 20, 1849 - Feb. 25, 1912
Walker, William L. ***	Aug. 8, 1842	June 5, 1873	Was killed and his wife Jennie and their child Mettamora	William L. Walker Aug. 27, 1842 - June 5, 1873  [birth date differs]

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