The following obituary appeared in the October 9, 1928 issue of the Kinston Free Press. Carrie was the daughter of Dr. Heritage BLOUNT.
Editorial Note: Carrie was the wife of Marion Green Koonce. See her record at FamilySearch Family Trees.
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1936 Kinston Directory
Check out a new addition to the Internet Archive – a directory for Kinston from 1936.
The directory was printed by Baldwin Publishing Company. It lists all residents aged 16 years or older, a business directory, buyer’s guide and local civic & government information. Click on the image to access the full-text or click here.
Posted in Announcement, Directories.
1923-24 Kinston Directory
The 1923-1924 Kinston directory is freely available online at the Internet Archive. Click on the image below to access the full document.
Posted in Directories.
FindAGrave: Search Lenoir County Cemeteries
FindAGrave is a database of user-submitted burial information. Using the form below, you can search across all the names entered at the site for individuals buried in Blount County.
You can also browse specific cemeteries.
Posted in Cemeteries.
Kinston Free Press Abstracts Update – June 2011
This weekend I’ve added additional newspaper extracts from the Kinston Free Press to the NC People in the Papers database. You can access a list of names in the database so far here.
This update includes items from the June 18 – June 30 1906 issues and added more than 300 names to the database. Remember, this is not a complete index; just items I think have greater genealogical value, in addition to all vitals of local and residents of nearby counties.
Lenoir county deaths reported in these issues include:
- ASKEW, (infant) – 11 month old daughter of John Askew
- HARGRAVE, Katie L. (Mrs.)
- OGLESBY, Beulah – (2 year old daughter of Henry T. Oglesby)
- PATRICK, George Lane
- POTTER, Adeline
- SUTTON Jr., John W.
Marriages added with this update include:
- Maud Luce KING and G. W. GWALTNEY
- Nancy BEST and Robert Peyton BENSON
- Miss Frankie SHIVERS and Robert PHILLIPS
- Laura ROUSE and Ed JONES
- Lillie HOWARD and R.C. JACKSON
The total number of names in the NC People in the Papers database associated with Lenoir County is now up to 377.
Posted in Announcement.
Dawson Cemetery (Thomas Dawson)
Surveyed by Glenn Fields August 2008.
Location: From Hwy 70 in Kinston take Jenny Lind Rd. turn left on Bear Creek Rd, then right onto Ben F Herring Rd. Cemetery is on the left in the field surrounded by trees.
Listings
Double stone
ELMORE
Wife
Lucy Herring
July 5 1906
Sept 9 1986
Husband
Lester May
Nov 6 1901
Apr 3 1955
Double stone
HERRING
Lucy Jane Dawson
Apr 11 1874
Aug 19 1942
Benjamin Franklin
July 18 1874
Dec 16 1959
Frances W Herring
June 22 1901
July 1 1990
Jake Herring
Oct 8 1881
Oct 15 1959
Double stone
HERRING
Emma Clyde Cowen
Oct 5 1912
Apr 26 1993
Tommie Franklin
Oct 25 1905
Aug 16 1960
Ira W Dawson
Feb 24 1870
Feb 20 1927
John W Dawson
Died March 9 1920
Age 36 years
Hugh Mac Lane
1877 – 1918
Barbara Hines Lane
1878 – 1930
Zella Dawson Brown
Aug 31 1884
Jan 24 1938
Seth Dawson
Born March 29 1871
Died May 30 1915
Clyde
Son of
Seth & Zella Dawson
Died Aug 13 1908
Aged 2 mos
Double stone
HEATH
Gertrude D
Dec 25 1888
Aug 25 1966
Henry T
May 12 1886
Feb 15 1947
Double stone
DAWSON
Della
Nov 30 1848
Oct 15 1908
Thomas
June 10 1840
Dec 20 1895
Mamie Lane
1914 – 1918
Franklin Lane
Born & Died 1898
Levi Andrew Dawson
North Carolina
PFC US Army
World War I PH
Feb 2 1894
Dec 7 1961
Double stone
DAWSON
Andrew L
Oct 4 1864
Dec 29 1920
Hannah Herring
Apr 1 1871
July 3 1913
Archie Franklin
Son of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
Infant of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
George Lindsey
Son of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
Infant of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
Huldy A
Daughter of
T & D Dawson
Born
Nov 10 1879
Died
Aug 12 1882
Virginia
Daughter of
T & D Dawson
Born
May 20 1876
Died
Oct 2 1881
Elbert
Son of
T & D Dawson
Born
Dec 7 1872
Died
July 10 1881
Double stone
PELLETIER
Myrtle D
1878 – 1950
Robert L
1871 – 1920
Doc
Son of
R L & Myrtle Pelletier
Sept 7 1914
Oct 22 1917
Double stone
PELLETIER
Helen Hunt
May 1 1920
NOD
Hazel Haynes
May 1920
May 10 2007
DAWSON
NOI
Posted in CemeteryListing.
Bright Cemetery (Simon Bright)
Surveyed by Glenn Fields January 2009.
Location: Off Hwy 58 between Grays Mill Rd and Airy Grove Church Rd back in the field
Listings
Rachel Dawson Bright
Wife of
Simon Bright
Born
April 3 1803
Died
Feb 25 1863
Simon Bright
May 24 1850
Aged 58 Yrs.
Posted in CemeteryListing.
Caswell Cemetery (Richard Caswell)
Surveyed by Glenn Fields April 2009.
Location: at the Richard Caswell Memorial Park on East Vernon Avenue in Kinston. It is where the CSS Neuse is located.
Listings
John R Watford
Feb. 12, 1873
Dec. 26, 1950
Rachel L Brown
Wife of
J R Watford
March 9, 1880
April 21, 1947
Aunt Pennie
Mary P Brown
Daughter of
John M. & Martha C. Brown
Born Sept. 20, 1854
Died Dec. 2 , 1922
Mary W. Brown
Wife of
G. T. Brown
Born
Feb. 12, 1855
Died
Oct. 20, 1908
G. T. Brown
Born
Sept. 22, 1845
Died
Feb. 21, 1897
In Memory Of
Sarah C. Reavis
Daughter of
John & Susan Gatlin
who died in Kin(g)ston
on the 24th March, 1858.
Aged 23 years & 7 months.
In Memory Of
John Gatlin
who died in Kin(g)ston
on the 20th June, 1836.
Aged 67 years 5 months
and 10 days.
Mary E. Fonville
Daughter of
Lewis G. & Eliza W.
Desmond
Born
July 25, 1823
Died
April 18, 1900
The Remains Of
Walter Davenport
repose here. He was
a native of Coventry, Conn.
Died June 5, 1822
AEt 32
Louisa Jane
Daughter of
Lewis C. &
Eliza W. Desmond
died
July 12, 1844
AE 4 yrs.
1 mo.& 9 ds.
Elizabeth Bryan
Daughter of
Lewis C. &
Eliza W. Desmond
died
Dec. 8, 1840
AE 8 yrs.
1 mo.&25 ds.
Sarah Catherine
Daughter of
Lewis C. &
Eliza W. Desmond
died
Oct. 17, 1836
AE 2 yrs.
3 mos.& 9ds.
William Lewis
Son of
Lewis C. &
Eliza W. Desmond
Died
Oct. 25, 1831
AE 5 yrs.
& 27 ds.
Eliza W.
Wife of
Lewis C. Desmond
Born
Sept. 17, 1804
Died
Sept. 18, 1844
Aged 40 years & 1 day
Lewis C. Desmond
Born
April 10, 1812
Died
Oct. 24, 1868
Joshua D.
Son of
Lewis C. & Eliza W.
Desmond
Born
Nov. 26, 1829
In Memory Of
Mary Catherine
Wife of
J. Chestnutt,
who departed
this life
the 23rd of February
ED 1834
Aged 24 years &
4 months
In Memory Of
Susan Gatlin
Daughter of
Richard Caswell
who died at the Rev. C. Floak’s
in Wayne, Co.
on the 5th March, 1843
aged 67 years & 17 days
Richard Caswell
Aug. 23, 1729 – Nov. 10, 1789
First Constitutional Gov.
Master
First Recorded Of St. John’s
No. 4 A. F. & A. M.
Second Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of N. C.
Caswell (front of previous stone)
A Hero Among Masons
Grand Lodge
A. F. & A. M. of N. C.
Richard Caswell
Cmdr of the
Minutemen 1775
Kinston, NC
1st NC Gov. 1777
Posted in CemeteryListing.
Davenport Cemetery (Phineas Davenport)
Surveyed by George Davenport October 2008.
Location: Woodington Township in Lenoir County. It can be accessed from Highway 58 near the Vine Swamp curve by taking Rusty Lee Road (SR 1916) to its termination with Parker Fork Road SR1912), then turn left and a gated entrance is .2 mile on the left. The cemetery cannot be seen from the road, but it is located about .2 mile on the left side of a field edge back of this house. It is unfenced.
Listings
Phineas (Finn) Davenport
born 11-20-1840
died 7-7-1922
(Has wooden headmarker)
married 1862
Winifred (Winnie) Brown Davenport
born 12-21-1844
died 8-7-1922
wife of Phineas
daughter of Fred Brown.
(Has wooden headmarker)
Council Davenport
born 8-30-1871
died 1-14-1932
(Death Cert is accurate at 1933)
Married Sarah Louvenia “Lou” Heath
2-10-1904
Blanche Davenport
born 7-11-1906
died 1-13-1908
daughter of Council & Lou
Cleaver Thomas (C. T.) Davenport
born 11-6-1915
died 10-11-1916
(death Cert reads 10-17-1916)
son of Council & Lou
Frank Davenport
born 6-5-1878
died 6-6-1960
Married 12-21-1913
Lillie Inez Smith Davenport
born 6-12-1895
died 2-20-1936
wife of Frank
Daughter of Thomas Smith & Martha Williams
Guilford Davenport
born 12-3-1880
died 9-11-1949
(Pvt 44 CO ARTY)
Married Katie “Kitty” Lee Young.
&
Gertrude “Trudy” Irene Baker. Married 11-16-1941
Ida Davenport Taylor
born 9-1-1886
died 1-22-1905
She was married to William Taylor.
They were married 12-2-1903.
(Is buried in unmarked grave and died from childbirth of daughter Kathleen
as related by Nannie Mae Davenport Morris).
Corydon Santos
(has metal marker)
Born 6-3-1947
Died 2-21-1954
Son of Alyce Hunter Davenport Santos and Juan J Santos
Posted in CemeteryListing.
Davis Cemetery (Leon Davis)
Surveyed by Glenn Fields November 2008.
Location: Hwy 55W about 2 miles from Hwy 11S on the right side in front of a country store on the left.
Listings
Johnnie Carroll Dail, Jr.
May 14 1940
May 8 1988
Beloved husband & father
A friend to all
Love endureth all
Let your heart not be troubled
nor let it be afraid John 14:27
May the Lord watch between me
and thee while we are absent,
one from the other.
Footstone
“J. C.”
Do not stand at
my grave and cry,
I am not here,
I did not die.
Leon Davis
Jan 9 1877 or 1887
Dec 1 1934
Gone But Not Forgotten
Sybil C. Davis
Feb 6 1885
Feb 17 1954
Gone But Not Forgotten
Hattie Davis
Daughter of
Leon & Sybil Davis
Nov 28 1917
May 5 1918
Joseph Winfield
Son of
Mr & Mrs Charles Rouse
July 8 1939
May 16 1943
Our Darling
FATHER
Charles T. Rouse
June 11 1913
Nov 26 1959
God’s finger touched him
and he slept.
MOTHER
Helen D. Rouse
Oct 28 1913
Aug 27 1994
Where the roses never fade.
DOUBLE STONE
DAVIS
Nannie Ruth
June 16 1931
NOD
Robert D.
Nov 19 1925
June 28 1995
Together forever
Wilbur Wooten
North Carolina
PVT 2123 Base Unit AAF
World War II
Aug 6 1924
Jan 5 1957
Posted in CemeteryListing.
