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Bessie Daniel Cemetery
Location: Bessie Daniel’s homeplace on Bessie Daniel Road (SR 1147) ½ mile from Flat River Church Road intersection
Directions: From Roxboro, take 501S to right on Bessie Daniel Road
Access: 200 feet behind house on private property
Survey: April 2006 by Ken and Becky Dalton
GPS: 36 20 36.9 N 078 59 55.6 W
Graves:

1. Capt / Campbell Barnett / 35th Batt / NC HOME GUARDS / CSA / Sept 22, 1852 (birthdate is wrong) Dec 24, 1907
(temporary marker) Campbell BARNETT May 21, 1827 / Dec 24, 1907 / son of Dr Currie and Sallie Barnett
2. George Heath DANIEL / Oct 18, 1825 / Apr 24, 1859
3. Mary Ann Lunsford / DANIEL / Jan 10, 1826 / May 6, 1885

(double stone) God is, and all is well /
4. Lewis Heath / DANIEL / Feb 9, 1850 / Dec 16, 1934 / (fs) Father
5. Sallie A Barnett / DANIEL / Mar 20, 1860 / Jun 16, 1916 / (fs) Mother

6. Bessie Heath DANIEL / Jun 6, 1886 - Feb 29, 1976 / Dau of / Lewis Heath and Sallie Barnett Daniel / Teacher - Farmer - Radio - Historian / "She was a friend to man and / lived in a house by the side of the road" / (fs) BHD

Several other fieldstones and depressions are evident. (See below)

Listed below are additional graves included on a list by Ms. Bessie Daniel around 1972. Although there is no physical evidence at this cemetery to support the existence of these graves, the list is included here in the hope that it will be useful to researchers.

1. Aunt Tildy, beloved nurse of the Daniels family 1833 - 1887
2. Mr. Davis, former owner
3. Mrs. Davis, former owner
4. Mrs. Campbell Barnett (Elizabeth Scott) 1834 - 1912
5. Robert Scott Barnett 1855 - 1895
6. Lewis Daniel 1781 - 1847
7. Martha D Daniel 1797 - 1839
8. Infant of William and Elizabeth Daniel (no date provided)
9. George Heath Webb 1866 - 1867
10. Mary Margaret Daniel 1887 - 1887
11. Helen Daniel 1888 - 1889

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Davis Family Cemetery
Location: 663 Ruff Davis Road (SR 1543)
Directions: Oxford Road (US 158) to Allensville Road. Allensville Road to Ruff Davis Road.
GPS Coordinates: 36° 22' 48"N, 78° 56' 41"W (WGS84/NAD83)
Cemetery Survey by: Danny Lamberth
Updates and additions provided by Ethel Tillman on February 28, 2008 and May 2009
Photographs (thanks to Danny Lamberth)
Graves:

1 - Donna Carole Poindexter / Mar 19 1961 / Mar 13 1968 / (Daughter of Clyde and Nancy Poindexter)

2 - Green P. Poindexter / Jan 3 1910 / July 19 1976 / (double stone)
Mallie Davis Poindexter / Feb 18 1910 / Nov 13 1996

3 - Clarence Thomas Poindexter / Sept 28 1930 / Jan 29 2008 / (Son Of Green & Mallie Poindexter) [corrected May 19, 2008. A Typo resulted in the date of death being shown as 1088 rather than 2008.]

(Double Stone)
4 - Jerolene P. Kirk / Aug 8 1932 / Aug 28 1998
Chandler Kirk/ Sept 9, 1931 / Feb 13, 2009/
5 - Chandler H. Kirk / Sept 9 1931 / Feb 13, 2009/
The Lord is my Shephard I Shall Not Want

6 - James Elwood Davis / June 24 1914 / Sep 21 1989 / (double stone)
Victoria Smith Davis / Nov 13 1916 / Aug 5 2005 /

7 - Linda Carol Davis / Jan 12 1944 / (Daughter of James & Victoria Davis)
8 - Infant Daughter Davis / Dec 14 1941 / (Daughter of James & Victoria Davis)

9 - Gather Spright Clayton / Mar 24 1910 / May 25 1968 / (double stone)
Mildred Davis Clayton / Sept 27 1916 / Jan 2 1999

10 - William H. Buddy / Sep 16 1917 / Apr 20 1941 / (Son Of J.W. & Minnie Mangum)

11 - Luther Vincent Hughes / Nov 3 1923 / April 10 1992 / (double stone)
Elsie Swanson Hughes / July 24 1935 / / (not date of death yet)

12 - Fannie Davis Swanson / April 10 1908 / Dec 21 1990 / (double stone)
Dudley Tilden Swanson / Feb 19 1899 / Jan 23 1968

13 - Henry Clayton Swanson / Jan 11 1929 / Jan 6 1995
14 - Alfed D. Swanson Sr. / May 14 1932 / Dec 24 1963
15 - Robert Edward Hall / Dec 2 1901 / July 1 1991
16 - Infants Of CT. & Mary E. Davis / Dec 20 1925
17 - Infant of CT. & Mary E. Davis / Sept 10 1926
18 - Infant of CT. & Mary E. Davis / Nov 15 1916
19 - Infant of CT. & Mary E. Davis / Dec 4 1920
20 - Maggie T. Davis / May 17 1918 / Mar 22 1922 / (Daughter of CT. & Mary E. Davis)

21 - Charlie T. Davis / May 11 1880 / Nov 12 1947 / (double stone) (Charles Tausley Davis, son of Ruffin and Mildren Clayton Davis)
Mary E. Mclain Davis / Oct 23 1892 / Sept 30 1926 (PCH-II #155 gives her name as Mary Ella McCann.)

22 - Mildred Davis / 1854 / 1921 / (See PHC-II #155 for information about Ruffin Davis and Mildred Clayton Davis. The article includes a photograph taken on their 50th wedding anniversary.)
23 - Ruffin Davis / 1841 / 1925 / (PCH-II #155. Husband of Mildred Davis)
24 - David Lewis Davis / March 14 1876 / July 19 1935 / (PCH-II #155 - son of Ruffin Davis and Mildred Clayton Davis. See PCH-II #150 for information about the David Lewis Davis - Nannie Clayton family.)
25 - Nannie Clayton Davis / Jan 2 1879 / Mar 16 1958 / (PCH-II #155 - wife of David Lewis Davis)
26 - Colan Dee Hawkins / July 3 1916 / April 23 1993
27 - Jesse C. Davis / Dec 30 1911 / Dec 13 1980
28 - Vera R. Davis / July 27 1922 / / (no date of death yet)
29 - Linda Gail Davis / Sept 12 1943 / Sept 15 1943
30 - Jasper N. Davis / Jan 2-1902 / May 8 1942

31 - Ada Clayton Davis / Oct 3 1885 / Jul 24 1949 / (double stone)
Lemuel P. Davis / Jul 20 1878 / Nov 3 1925

32 - John Thomas Davis / June 6 1884 / Feb 14 1930 / (double stone) (Son of Ruffin and Mildred Clayton Davis)
Mabel Swanson Davis /May 7 1892 / Oct 20 1992

33 - Edna Stephens Davis / Jul 7 1920 / April 13 1991/ (double stone)
James Thomas Davis / Feb 29 1912 / Jul 20 1973

34 - John Stephens Davis / July 16 1958 / Nov 7 1989
35 - Clarence Ray Wood / Aug 7 1946 / Aug 8 1946

36 - Bud Gather Lowery / Oct 24 1927 / Oct 1 2001 (double stone)
Estelle Swanson Lowery / May 18 1930 / / (no date of death yet)

37 - Burt Damon Burch / Jan 24 1910 / Nov 15 1920 / Son Of JD & CS.F. Burch
38 - Annie J. Davis / May 1 1903 / July 7 1904 / Daughter of Wm R. & Lula Davis
39 - Gracie M. Davis / Nov 14 1905 / Feb 14 1908 / Daughter of Wm R. & Lula Davis
40 - Mary I. Davis / Jan 22 1908 / June 30 1909 / Daughter of Wm R. & Lula Davis
41 - Pella T. Davis / Apr 19 1902 / Dec 26 1913 / Daughter of Wm R. & Lula Davis
42 - J. Ruffin Davis / Apr 17 1907 / Jan 15 1919 / Daughter of Wm R. & Lula Davis

43 - William Marion Davis / Mar 5 1923 / Oct 9 1994 / (double stone)
Pearl Harris Davis / April 9 1925 / Feb 25 2004 (Daughter of Lemuel and Mallie Oakley Harris. Obit posted on message board.)

44 - Poindexter / Clyde / Edward / Sept 28 /1936 /Nancy / Wrenn / Sept 22 / 1936 / Sept 16 / 2003
45 - Jean B. Gates /Poindexter / July 6, 1936/ Beloved wife and mother (2nd wife of Clyde Edward Poindexter)
46 - Marie Davis Doyle / 1st Lt. US Army / World War II / Dec 31, 1920 / Dec 19, 2003 / Nurse Corps (Daughter of John Thomas and Mable Swanson Davis)
47 - Charles Edward Doyle / e pluribus unum/ July 13, 1920 September 11, 2006 (husband of Marie Davis Doyle)
48 - Davis / David Lewis, Jr. / July 18, 1918 / Sept 7, 2006 / Freda Walker / Jan 1, 1922 / Dec 21, 2007 / Our Father Which Art In Heaven
49 - Katie Sue Davis Hawkins / March 6, 1921 / April 28, 2007 / At Rest (Wife of Colan Dee Hawkins and daughter of David Lewis Davis, Sr and Nannie Bett Clayton Davis)
50 - "Don" / Donald Thomas/ Davis/ May 27, 1982 / Jan 14, 2007 / If Love could have saved you, you would Have lived forever. ( Son of James Earl and Sue Weber Davis)
51 - James Earl Davis / February 22, 1954 / January 20, 2008 /
52 - Anne Hawkins Burch / Love Ya, See Ya / Aug 31, 1942 Nov 30, 2008
(Wife of James Alfred Burch, Sr. and daughter of Colan Dee and Katie Sue Davis Hawkins)
53 - Kathryn Alfred Burch / Our Little Angel / Nov 25 1975 Jan 14, 1976
(Daughter of the James Alfred Burch, Sr. and the late Anne Hawkins Burch)

Update history:
May 27, 2009
Added graves 51 and 52
Added date of death for Chandler H. Kirk on stone for grave 5. Noted that stone for graves 4 and 5 is a double stone.
Removed note about funeral home marker for grave 50; permanent stone is now errected.

June 20, 2009
Added information for Charles Edward Doyle.
Information on sources and reading the inscription listings:

Information about many of the persons buried in this cemetery is provided in the article "Ruffin and Mildred C. Davis" in Person County Heritage, Volume II, #155.
A slash ( / ) designates a new line on the stone.
Comments or added information is in parentheses. Information not in parentheses is from a stone.

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John Day Cemetery
Location: Johnny Palmer Road
Directions: From Roxboro, take 158E. Turn left on Evelyn Day Road, then left onto Johnny Palmer Road (gravel)
Access: Well-maintained and easily accessible
Survey: by Amy and Joseph Ralston on July 10 2006
GPS: 36 21 57 N 78 55 30 W
Notes: This is a well maintained cemetery with sign that states it is Day Cemetery.

Graves:
1. DAY/ Mother of / John / (This is on a cement square that has been hand carved)
2. DAY / Father of / John / ((This is on a cement square that has been hand carved)
3. Mary COZART / DAY / Born 1804 / Died 1879 / Mother of George / (This is on a cement square that has been hand carved)
4. John DAY / Born 1804 / Died 1875 / Father / of George / (This is on a cement square that has been hand carved)
5. Sarah C DAY / 1838-1913 / (fs) SD
6. John DAY / May 21 1848 / July 25 1915 / Thy memory shall / ever be a guiding / star to Heaven / (fs) JD
7. Susan A DAY / May 21 1849 / June 13 1922 / Thy memory shall ever be / a guiding star / to Heaven / (fs) SAD
8. Pauline / dau of / Lee & Nettie DAY / Mar 13 1924 / Apr 9 1924 / Baby / (Reverse side of stone) Weep not Father / and Mother for / me / For I am waiting / in Glory for thee / (fs) PD

DAY (double stone) / Sleep in Peace
9. John Robert / May 8 1889 / Jan 4 1956 / (fs) JRD
10. Gara ELLIS / Dec 2 1897 / Mar 25 1985 / (fs) GED

11. In Memory of / Phillip B DAY / S Sgt US Army Air Corps / World War II / Oct 5 1920 Apr 20 1944
12. Alige E / Daughter of / JR & Gara / DAY / May 20 1924 / July 14 1925 / (fs) AED / (There is writing on the back of this headstone, but I was unable to read)
13. Bertha DAY / 1893-1911 / (fs) BD
14. Mollie E DAY / Oct 11 1883 / Dec 1904 / (fs) MD
15. George C DAY / Dec 2 1856 / Feb 2 1922 / (fs) GD
16. Louisa / wife of / George C DAY / Oct 10 1857 / Sept 1902 / (fs) LD
17. Infant / Dau of / George & Louisa DAY / (fs) D
18. Robert Junior BOWES / October 20 1966 / October 25 2004 / 38 years 0 months 5 days / (This is a funeral home marker)
19. GARRETT / Paul C / GARRETT / Dec 15 1870 / Dec 31 1925 / To him we trust, a place / is given, Among the saints / with Christ in Heaven
20. Phillip Wade DAY / Born & Died / Dec 25 1945 / son of Ophelia & DC DAY / Asleep in Jesus
21. Layla Michelle BAKER / Nov 19 1993 / (Photo Locket) / Oct 30 1994 / Gone to be an / Angel

PAINTER (double stone)
22. Lillian DAY / "Lil" / Apr 3 1931 / (living)
23. John Dalton / "Bum" / Sept 20 1927 / Jan 9 1995 / (fs) John D PAINTER Jr / Cpl US Army / Korea / Sep 20 1927 Jan 9 1995

24. Johnnie S / son of Mr & Mrs / Stephen D / ELLIS / May 2 1901 / Jan 9 1919 / (There is writing below but is unreadable) / (Fs) JSE
25. Stephen D / ELLIS / Mar 9 1867 / Jan 9 1919 / Kind Father of Love / thou art gone to / thy rest / forever to bask / in the joys ( headstone broken and repaired here)/ the blest / (fs) DSE
26. Elizabeth CLAYTON / Wife of / Stephen D / ELLIS / Jan 17 1873 / Aug 1 1929 / We trust our loss / will be her gain / and that with Christ / she’s gone to reign / (fs) ECE

In the cemetery there are about 20 graves that are marked with cement blocks at ground level with smaller blocks marking foot stones. Also at the front left corner is a tall fieldstone with 4 cement blocks next to it.

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Samuel A. Dixon Cemetery
Location: McGee's Mill Road near Ceffo
Directions: from Roxboro, Person Co, NC out NC Route 57, to Concord
Church thence east (right) onto McGee's Mill road at Ceffo, cemetery is on left.
Graves:

1. Elizabeth M Dixon 2-28-1817--3-20-1893
2. Georgia A Dixon 4-29-1854--10-22-1913
3. Samuel A Dixon 9-25-1813--6-27-1881
4. L B Dixon 5-19-1894--8-8-1895
5. Charles H Duncan no date
6. Joanna Thomas Duncan 4-3-1847--1-6-1923
7. John D Harris no date
8. Nancy Winstead 9--1852--2-25-1922
9. Jessie Zionmon 1-12-1883--10-10-1887
10.Charles H Duncan CO. E 35 NC INF CSA
11.Joanna Thomas wife Chas H ( Norlie Duncan)
12.John D Harris Co. E 35 NC INF CSA
13.Jesse Zionmon son of JH and Sallie Zionmon (Zionmon is a misspelling of Zimmerman)
In addition the names listed above there are three markers with only letters:
SMAD
SAD
CAD

There are all so several graves marked with rocks.
Sallie Dixon Zimmerman
John Henry Zimmerman

These last two where twins born to Mollie Bett Long and Eddie Boswell Zimmerman( Eddie was the son of John Henry and Sallie Dixon Zimmerman)
Myrtle Zimmerman died night after birth
Edward Zimmerman 10 months old

(above info thanks to message posted by Barry Whitfield, March 4, 2003)

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Ambrous H Duncan Cemetery
Location: Pixley Pritchard Road (SR1567) on right, before Stanley Oakley Road
Directions: From Roxboro, take 158E to Surl. Left onto Pixley Pritchard. Cemetery is on right.
Access: Near road, maintained, with driveway
Survey: Completed by Amy Ralston & Rebecca Hessee on Sept. 18 2006
GPS: 36 20 53.4 N 078 52 24.6 W
Notes: This cemetery is a match for WPA # 41. (See WPA Index page)
Graves:

1. Unknown (This is marked by a rusted funeral home marker.)
2. Unknown- marked by stone at head and foot
3. Bessie C GENTRY / Dec 12 1898 / July 29 1933 / ( Headstone is marked by stone and the info is on the footstone.)
4. Unknown (marked by stone at head and foot area.)

CHANDLER (double stone)
5. James David / Dec 28 1886 / Mar 8 1942 / (fs) Father
6. Lillie Turner / June 29 1890 / Dec 24 1954 / (fs) Mother

7. John David / son of / DJ & Vennie Morris / Oct 19 1928 / Nov 26 1934 / Darling we miss you / and hope to meet you / some sweet day / (fs) (ground level)

MORRIS (double stone)
8. Dea J / Jan 26 1903 / Aug 26 1975 / (fs) Father
9. Venie C / May 11 1902 / Feb 19 1989 / (fs) (in sticky bush)

10. Infant / son of / A H DUNCAN / and wife / 1913 / (fs) LD
11. Unknown (marked by 7 stones laid in a row)

DUNCAN (double stone) / Mother / wife of / Father
12. Harriet Jane Gentry / May 1 1875 / Sept 7 1916 / (fs) HGD
13. Ambrous H / Sept 16 1873 / Oct 31 1949 / (fs) AHD

14. Rintha C / CLAYTON / Mar 9 1905 / May 6 1980 / (fs) RCC

CHANDLER (double stone)
15. David R / Nov 17 1862 / Mar 4 1928 / (fs) DRC
16. Sarah Jane / Nov 20 1863 / Jan 2 1938 / (fs) SJC (sinking)

17. Earnest / CHANDLER / Jan 19 1889 / Sept 27 1911 / He was a kind and lov- / ing son and affection- / ate to others / (fs) EC
18. Rebecca J / wife of / James K DUNCAN / Dec 13 1840 / Mar 2 1897 / A devoted wife and a / loving mother / (fs) RD
19. James K / DUNCAN / May 6 1840 / Feb 26 191 / A friend to his country and a believer in Christ / (fs) JD
20. Ann F / Wife of / James K DUNCAN / Nov 15 1871 / Nov 27 1908 / We trust with Christ / she has gone to reign / (fs) AD
21. Estha G / DUNCAN / Oct 8 1908 / Mar 27 1909 / From Mother’s / arms to the arms / of Jesus / (fs) ED
 
 

 

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