Cumberland
County Cemeteries
ELLIS CEMETERY
Seventy-First Township, Cumberland County, 1850-1918.
Located on a wooded ridge (302' contour) above Stewart's Creek
southeast of the intersection of MacRidge and Chicken Roads,
in the vicinity of military grid coordinates PJ 796 849.
The cemetery is surrounded by two strands of barbed wire fence
supported by 9 posts, encompassing an area approximately 28'x 46'
and is marked "OFF LIMITS" on the north side. There are
seventeen markers: the oldest being for John Ellis (1832-1850)
and the most recent the infant son of Jesse and Fannie Ellis
(1918). All of headstones are east-facing with the footstones
facing to the west.
1 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a
single low beveled base which is below ground surface.
The matching footstone has a flat top.
SARAH S.E.
daughter of Jesse & Levina ELLIS
Born
Feb. 8, 1834
Died
May 1, 1900
2 White marble low beveled base of a missing marker:
Fannie Ellis? The footstone has a flat top.
F.E.
3 White marble marker with a flat arch top. The footstone
has a flat top.
MARY CARROLL M.C.E.
daughter of Jesse & Levina ELLIS
Born
July 24, 1830
Died
April 10, 1899
4 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is below ground surface. The footstone
has a flat top.
LEVINA L.E.
Wife of Jesse ELLIS
Born
Nov. 5, 1806
Died
Jan. 8, 1892
5 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is now partially buried. The footstone
has a flat top.
JESSE ELLIS J.E.
Born
Jan 15, 1800
Died
July 1, 1890
6 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is now buried. The footstone has a
flat top.
CATHERINE C.E.
daughter of Jesse & Levina ELLIS
Born
Oct. 3, 1835
Died
July 28, 1888
7 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base. The footstone has a flat top.
WILLIAM DEBERRY William Deberry Ellis W.D.E.
son of Pvt Co I 51st NC Inf Regt
Jesse & Levina ELLIS 1839-1864
Born
April 22, 1839
Died
Dec. 22, 1864
8 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base. The footstone has a flat top.
ALEXANDER Alexander Ellis A.E.
son of Pvt Co I 51st NC Inf Regt
Jesse & Levina ELLIS 1843-1864
Born
Oct. 31, 1843
Died
May 24, 1864
9 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is below ground surface.
The footstone has a flat top.
JESSE M. Jesse M. Ellis J.M.E.
son of Pvt Co C 3rd NC Inf Regt
Jesse & Levina ELLIS 1840-1862
Born
Dec. 11, 1840
Died
Nov. 13, 1862
10 White marble marker with a flat arch top broken at the
single low beveled base and lying face up on ground behind
base. The footstone has a flat top.
JOHN J.E.
son of Jesse & Levina ELLIS
Born
Jan. 8, 1832
Died
April 28, 1850
11 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is below ground surface.
The footstone has a flat top.
MARY LEVINA M.L.E.
daughter of H. J. & Susan ELLIS
Born
Oct. 21, 1876
Died
July 14, 1897
12 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a
single low beveled base. The footstone has a flat top.
LIZZIE A. L.A.E
daughter of H. J. & Susan ELLIS
Born
June 14, 1869
Died
Nov. 5, 1893
13 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is partially buried. The footstone
has a flat top.
HENRY JAMES Henry James Ellis H.J.E.
son of Pvt Co K 38th NC Inf Regt
Jesse & Levina ELLIS 1837-1896
Born
July 30, 1837
Died
Aug. 1, 1896
14 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base. The marker has sunk up to the last line
of the epitaph. The footstone has a flat top.
SUSAN S.E.
wife of Henry ELLIS
Born
June 15, 1849
Died
Jan. 16, 1911
15 Small white marble marker with a flat arch top set
in a single low beveled base. The footstone has a flat top.
JOSEPH MARVIN J.M.E.
son of Jesse & Fannie ELLIS
Born
Sept. 10, 1915
Died
May 30, 1917
----
Our darling baby sleeps
with Jesus.
16 White marble marker with a flat top. The footstone also
has a flat top.
INFANT SON OF JESSE & FANNIE ELLIS
DIED FEB. 27, 1918
17 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is partially buried. The footstone
has a flat top.
ADDIE
wife of J.S. ELLIS
Born
Aug. 14, 1878
Died
Oct. 22, 1902
18 White marble marker with a flat arch top set in a single
low beveled base which is now buried. The footstone has a
flat top.
MATTIE JANE
daughter of J.S. & Audie ELLIS
Born
Apr. 16, 1900
Died
July 14, 1900
KNOX STREET
Manchester Township, late 19th or early 20th century. One grave (183_) located in a wooded area west of Knox Street (220' contour) between the eastern and western forks of Beaver Creek approximately 325' to the south of Honeycutt Marshalling Yard. The grave is surrounded by a 14'x 14' fence with four posts supporting two strands of barbed wire. The marker could have faced either east or west.
White Georgia Marble marker base with beveled edges. Four fragments of a flat arch top marker lie on the ground, face-up in front of the base. Only a portion of the raised letter epitaph remains. There is no footstone.
___ELPHIA
___DURDEN,
(BO)RN 183_
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