Swans Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Grays Creek Township of Cumberland Co.
Surveyed and contributed by Mary Lee Boyer     Posted April 22, 2002 by Myrtle Bridges
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Take Hwy 87 So. towards Elizabethtown NC. You will see a green road sign on the right that say's School Rd., and a sign indicating the Church in the same direction.Take this road around about 2 miles and there will be another sign on the left pointing to the Church. This church was established in 1875.



Blocker, Margie N. 8-14-1914 / 4-28-1973
Bonds, ------ b. 1879 4---1930 {old hand written and faded out}
Bryant, A. W. 12-4-1883 / 10-6-1923
Bryant, Linwood s/o A.W. & Delilah  6-26-1912 / 3-9-1924
Bryant, Delilah G.w/o A. W. 10-24-1888 / 4-11-1974
Bullock, Marie B. 3-1-1945 / 12-11-1985
Burns, Ella M. 4-29-1935 nothing more
Burns, Floyd 10-28-1915 / 3-18-1989 NC PVT 431 Labor BN OMC Tec 5 US Army WWII
Burns, Lula 10-23-1901 / 10-23-1983
Burns, Roena 4-4-1898 / 3-13-1983
Burns, Samuel 4-10-1922 / 3-31-1984
Burns, Maria B. Dec 1847 / 5-17-1892
Burns, Jessie 2-1-1818 / 10-24-1927
Burns, Edmun   Aug. 1854 /  8-31-1918 {1916} faded out
Burns, Fres 9-16-1921 / 3-26-1977
Burns, Herbert 4-27-1912 / 12-9-1984
Burnes, Rachel w/o Hesic Burns  d. 2-5-1999 Age 40 Yrs.
Burnes, Lula w/o E. D. Burns 11-26-1857 / 7-19-1945 {1946 not clear}
Butler, George Robert 3-30-1897 / 10-28-1954 NC Pvt Sanitary Corps WW II
Butler, Fannie Lee 2-21-1922 / 8-20-1989
Butler, Eddie Sr. 7-12-1914 / 3-20-1990
Butler, Bertha 8-1-1904 / 8-2-1985
Butler, Willie A. 3-1-1894 / 6-29-1989
Butler, Fred Douglas s/o George Lea & Bertha 3-16-1935 / 11-20-1938
Byers, Alean Sampson 7-20-1931 / 9-7-1992
Byers, George Washington 2-22-1920  Age 87 Yrs.
Byers, Deliah w/o George W. 12-?-1916 Age 75 Yrs.
Carver, Callie Robinson 3-5-1894 / 11-10-1969
Coachman,William Rudolph 5-25-1923 / 8-10-1966 NC Tec 5  4380 Qm Trk Co WW II
Coachman, Lewis W. 5-8-1899 / 9-14-1975
Coachman, Bertha C. w/o Lewis W. 7-15-1901 / 6-17-1974
Coachman, Miss Corine 2-12-1934 / 8-12-1999
Coachman, George L. 5-17-1927 / 4-18-1987
Coachman, Warren L. 4-27-1924 / 1-19-1981
Coachman, Eureha E. 4-12-1026 / 1-23-1998
Cogdell, John M. 1-8-1879 / 1-24-1922
Cogdell, Mary Ann w/o John M. 5-5-1881 / 1-21-1949
Cox, Cellia Burns 6-15-1882 / 10-30-1981
Cromartie, Steven S. 7-30-1955 / 1-17-1988
Davis, Ivory K. 1-10-1913 / 3-9-1994
Davis, Mary H. 9-3-1917 / 1-13-2000
Davis, Anna Ruth 11-11-1919 / 5-28-1967
Davis, Robert Felix 2-18-1880 / 9-28-1960
Davis, Cattie w/o Robert Felix  d. 11-1-1033 Age 33 Yrs.
Davis, H. W. 5-21-1906 / 4-21-1941
Davis, Coy L. 8-10-1911 / 6-3-1960
Davis, Thedore s/o H.L. & Delilah 1907 / 1941
Davis, Rubert L. s/o H.L. & Delilah 10-3-1909 / 11-20-1918
Davis, Elsie d/o H.L. & Delilah 1923--1935
Davis, Henry L. 9-8-1877 / 4-19-1946
Davis, Delilah Drake w/o Henry L. 1887--1957
Davis, Robert S. 5-18-1918 / 4-12-1993 US Army WW II
Davis, Etta Caroline 5-1-1923 / 8-12-1966
Davis, Henry Layton 9-22-1915 / 9-19-1866
Davis, Arlene Hodges w/o Henry Layton 8-6-1920 / 12-3-1995
Davis, Mary w/o Fortune d. May 9-1931 Age 80 Yrs.
Edwards, Yvonne 9-18-1947 / 8-16-1989
Edwards, Thomas E. 4-22-1944 / 4-2-1999
Fairley, Henry d. 5-15-1911 Age 84
Fairley, James 9-29-1971 {nothing more}
Fisher, Lynwood 4-16-1930 / 3-8-1994
Floyd, Woodrow W.3-17-1919 / 6-13-1988
Foy, Herbert Edward {dates are buried in ground} Tech 5 US Army WWII
Foy, Herbert E. 4-4-1923 / 10-31-1990
Foy, Veloa 3-10-1906 / 3-14-1981
Foy, Lannie C. 11-15-1948 / 1-4-1980
Foy, June B. 4-10-1910 / 4-20-1976
Foy, Goldia G. 1-20-1911 / 5-9-1991
Foy, Clarence S. 1-12-1908 / 3-6-1969
Foy, Johnnie 5-8-1932 / 2-15-1995
Foy, Double Stone with Alexander Jr. & Mary {can't read}
Foy, Robert T. 1-1-1922 / 1-1-1996 US Army WW II
Foy, Pete Sr. 12-24-1898 / 3-6-1971
Foy, Theodosia w/o Pete Sr. 2-20-1902 / 2-10-1953
Foy, Martha W. 11-17-18822 / 6-6-1947
Foy, Hector 5-25-1856 / 10-11-1947
Foy, Alexander 3-26-1894 / 5-31-1970 Pvt US Army WW II
Foy, Raddie L. d/o Hector & Martha 2-2-1914 / 3-8-1944
Foy, Lacy 3-13-1919 / 4-17-1972
Foy, Neil 12-21-1912 / 5-26-1979
Foy, George 9-5-1901 / 4-30-1979
Foy, Jonas Hessie 11-6-1892 / 10-18-1970
Freeman, Eugene 4-29-1933 / 10-9-1986
Freeman, Maggie Nora 5-21-1927 / 2-27-1966
Freeman, Miranda A. 12-28-1966 nothing more
Freeman, Mattie B. 10-4-1925 / 7-13-1998
Fuller, Charlie 4-28-1919 / 8-23-1974
G---ford, Pauline d/o Walter & Amanda 7-16-1909 / 7-18-1911
Gadie, Eldora McNair {no dates}
Gaddie, David Jr. 12-31-1941 / 10-4-1970 NC SSG CO L 503 INI 173 ABN BD1 Vietnam
Gaddie, Dorothy Bonds 7-3-1911 / 10-20-1946
Gaddie, Tommy C. 4-27-1940 / 3-20-1989
Gaddie, J. E. 3---1878 / 12-- {crudley hand written on upright stone, rest unreadable}
Gaddie, David L. 3-5-1913 / 11-11-1994
Gadson. Jethro  June 1851 / 12-30-1916
Gilmore, Armetter 11-11-1884 / 9-13-1971
Gilmore, Hezekiah 2-13-1924 / 5-8-1982
Glover, Eula M. Burns 8-23-1903 / 4-14-1989
Glover, Sonya Wright 11-29-1967 / 11-10-1992
Glover, Lou William 1911 / 1979
Glover, Fred D. 9-9-1919 / 6-17-1976
Glover, Willie Ann 2-15-1881 / 2-2-1949
Huges, Sarah McMillian w/o J.S. McNair Nov. 1864 / Aug. 1892
Huges, John E. 9-30-1920 / 9-30-1999 NC Pvt Co B 1321 Engr GS BN WW II
Hughes, {Huges} Floyd 10-20-1915 / 3-18-1989
Hunt,Velma M 6-10-195 / 4-30-1998
Hunt, Robert 12-16-1906 / 4-25-1986 US Army WW II
Jackson, Caroline d. 5-15-1915 Age 60
Jackson, Andrew h/o Sarah 3-22-1835 {1885 not clear} 4-15-1911
**Jackson, In Memory of Deacon F. Jae. of which he was a member 
by the Church  {no dates}**
**Jackson, In Memory of Frances Jackson 1st. Deacon & Co-Founder of
Swans Creek Missionary Baptist Church Established 1875 {no dates}**
Jessup, Charlie 10-16-1963  Age 57 {hand carved on a large boulder}
Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Ann 6-2-1881 / 4-25-1974
Jones, Andrew Lee, Jr. 7-5-1884 / 8-17-1951
Jones, Mrs. Myrtle J. 1941 / 2001
Jones, George Clarence 10-7-1936 / 9-17-1992
Jones, Rev. John A. 6-15-1912 / 2-9-1992
Jones, Ella M. 6-10-1896 / 9-5-1983
Jordan, Olden 12-20-1915 / 6-15-1988 US Army WW II
Jordan, Mrs. Bertha Hill d. 6-23-1998 Age 68 {metal marker}
Loftis, John 1927 / 1987
Long, Robert {can't read}
Long, Rena {can't read}
Marsh, Celia Fairley 6-22-1894 / 4-28-1985
Maxwell, Eliza Fay 3-23-1913 / 8-28-1996
Maxwell, Dueitta 7-1-1973 / {nothing more}
McDonald, Annie Melvin 8-13-1898 / 5-2-1981
McFayden, Mrs. Hattie Lee 1-30-1933 / 6-3-1998 {metal marker}
McKoy, Fannie R. 5-2-1896 / 7-3-1967
McMillian, Eddie Jr. 8-7-1932 / 12-14-1988 Pvt US Army Korea
McMillian, Essex G. 9-22-1914 / 9-5-1985 US Army WW II
McMillian, Ruth 5-24-1925 / 1-21-1994
McMillian, Nathaniel W. 3-9-1909 / 12-25-1984 TEC 5 US Army WWII
McMillian, Mary d. 6-9-1918 Age 86 Yrs.
McMillian, Amanda d/o George & Eliza d. 1-25-1959 Age 87 Yrs.
McMillian, Rias B. 3-26-1876 / 2-9-1960
McMillian, Sarah Gertrude Melvin w/o Rias B. 8-21-1881 / 7-16-1948
McMillian, Mark Menner 9-24-1910 / 11-23-1967 Sgt US Army WW II
McMillian, Grant 8-7-1872 / 1-20-1937
McMillian, Caroline w/o Grant 1-6-1874 / 6-28-1913
McMillian, Janie B. w/o Grant d. 10-10-1930 Age 49 Yrs.
McMillian, Essie T. 5-11-1886 / 12-?2-1935 {nothing more}
McMillian, A.R. Born 1916 / 7-12-1918
McMillian, Twins Marjorie--Marie {hand written-broken in several pecies-dates missing}
McMillian, Iolus 1-29-1909 / 1-12-1934
McMillian, Daniel 6-10-1923 / the rest is un-readable
McMillian, George 8-25-1812 / 3-14-1940
McMillian, Lafayette 12-11-1917 / 2-12-1975
Mcmillian, Charles A. 3-26-1900 / 5-20-1932
McMillain, ?ander L. 2-1-1863 / 6-7-1987
McMillian, Neal Archie 12-22-1895 / 4-6-1979
McMillian, Emma E. McNair w/o ?ander L. 7-26-1873 / 9-12-1940
**McMillian, Alex s/o Dick & Lizzie {no dates}**
**McMillian, Bodie s/o Dick & Lizzie 6Yrs. {no dates}**
**these two are on the same stone**
McMillian, Lula E. 1-8-1908 / 9-10-1963
McNair, Rev. John A. 7-27-1877 / 9-22-1956
McNair, Charity Ann w/o Rev. John A. 11-5-1876 / 2-25-1958
McNair, Hector 1928 NC {rest unreadable}
McNair, Hannah   June 8, 1846 / October 28, 1932  w/o Mark McNair                                        
McNair, Mark   June 13, 1841 / July 22, 1931
McNair, Mary Abt. 1889 {broked hand carved, barley readble}
McNair, W. B. Jan. 1884 / 1959 {crudley hand carved on a stone}
McNair, Marcus 9-8-1891 / 2-18-1963
McNair, John D. 1875 / 1891
McNair, Leanna M. 1890 / 1943
McNair, Neal Archie 1901 / 1979 {metal marker}
McNair, Neil Archie 1901--1979 metal marker
McPherson, James 2-9-1880 / 12-12-1952
McPherson, Delia 7-11-1880 / 1-10-1967
McPherson, Minnie d/o Jamesz & Delia 10-8-1904 / 1-20-1928
Melvin, William I. 12-17-1878 / 12-22-1950
Melvin, Dicey Fairley w/o William I. 8-20-1878 / 2-10-1968
Millian, Johnnie Lee M. 9-9-1935 / 10-1-1993
Percell, William J. 8-8-1843 / 11-1-1912
Pinkey, John D. 10-2-1918 / 10-7-1992
Purdie, Nellie w/o G.L. d. 8-9-1916 Age 30 Yrs.
Purdie, Woodrow 3-15-1918 / 6-12-1973
Purdie, Pearl 2-14-1913 / 10-28-1972
Purdie, Tom 7-6-1879 / July 1969
Purdie, Bessie H. Oct. 1950 {nothing more}
Purdie, Abednego 3-5-1895 / 2-19-1956 NC Pvt 349 Labor BN OMC WW II
Purdie, Sylvester 5-20-1947 / 1-6-1992
**Purdie, Sarah 3-24-1906 / 3-27-1906**
      Children of Tom & Bessie
**Purdie, John W. 2-9-1910 / 6-9-1914**
**these two are on the same stone** 
Purdie, Mr. Hardie 11-16-1922 / 9-12-2000
Purdie, Clarice Marie 5-30-1963 / 5-30-1988
Purdie, Evelyn 1-10-1929 / 5-16-1991
Purdie, Woodrow 3-15-1918 / 6-12-1975
Purdie, Aligue Jr. 6-2-1957 / 9-11-1957
Purdie, Ron A. 6-20-1970 / 1-22-1971
Ray, Kevin Dishon 8-22-1979 / 8-21-1994
Ray, Hester 10-27-1917 / 4-5-1976
Ray, Maggie 1879 / 3-8-195? {hand writtn--faded out}
Ray, Carrie L. 2-20-1960 / {nothing more}
Ray, Jasper L. 10-15-1912 / 2-4-1981
Rhods, Dan 12-9-1931 ?-?-1987 {cement stone crudley hand written}
Richardson, Nettie 1916--1984
Robinson, Hattie 1894 / 1968
Robinson,  Alnzo H. Jr. 10-5-1954 / 6-29-1986
Robinson, Mr. Lonzo J. d. 3-3-1962 Age 27
Sampson, James C. 9-30-1895 / 10-5-1966
Sampson, Lula B. w/o James C. 11-15-1894 / 7-6-1983
Sampson, Mother Mary 10-13-1872 / 8-28-1951
Sampson, Willie L. 8-7-19-- / 10-6- {unreadable}
Sampson, Willie {old hand written and fades out}
Spearman Mary 11-14-1902 / 3-25-1986
Spearman, Elijah 1908--1948
Spearman, Mary L. w/o William d. 11-14-1903 Age 21 Yrs.
Spearman, Essie May d/o William & Julia 8-4-1917 / 8-9-1917
Spearman, David 2-20-1911 / 10-11-1990
Spearman, William, Jr. 8-4-1919 / 1-12-1967 NC Tec5 4001 QM Trk Co WW II
Spearman, Allen Carnell 8-30-1934 / 4-26-2001 SP3 US Army Korea
Standleer, Infant, Jordyn C. 4-23-2000 B&D
Sutton, Robert B. 4-20-1896 / 12-19-1972
Sutton, Ellen w/o Robert B. 7-4-1898 / 7-20-1974
Sutton, Pauline B. 1917 / 1983
Sutton, Robert V. 1922 / 1974
Sutton, Jessie 4-4-1918 / 2-18-1971
Sutton, Eliza w/o William d. 4-5-1918 Age 40 Yrs.
Thomas, Lawrence 5-8-1910 / 8-27-1938
Thomas, Lawrence T. 2-20-1959 / 9-10-1987
Thomas, Edna P. 5-10-1891 / 8-10-1970
Thomas, Sylvester 7-5-1919 / 5-10-1964 NC TEC 5 3551 OM Truck Co WWII
Thomas, Mary Annette Jones 10-20-1956 / 3-12-1982
Warren, Doris C. 4-3-1932
Warren, Freeman 7-7-1926 / 2-3-1991
Whitted, Lillian 6-18-1926 / 6-11-1973
Williams, Ophelia 3-17-1925 / 1-24-1998
Williams, Agusta June 1891 / 6-27-1916
Womack, Charlotte 12-24-1869 / 9-25-1951
Womack, Venus 7-15-1890 / 4-17-1975 PVT US Army
Womack, Mr. Joe 4-21-1908 / 12-20-1975
Wright, Saphronia 12-5-1898 / 3-3-1989
Wright, Jum G.   1877 / 4-25-1955
Wright, Albert William 1939 / 1996


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