Note from contributor: Located in church yard 1/2 mile north of Hickman's Crossroads on Hickman Road. From Shallotte take US Hwy 17 south approximately 12 miles. Turn right onto Hickman Road, located just south of Brunswick Plantation Golf Course. Cemetery is located on right approximately 2 miles from US 17.

Surveyed on 2 Aug 1999 by Danny Lee Blanton and dedicated to the memory of my mother, Annie Jane Ward Blanton Ward Simmons buried here, as was a church member.

Though now known as the church cemetery it was originally a family graveyard. Even now the large percentage of people buried here are descendants of William Marsdon Benton and his wife Prudence E Cox who gave the property for the cemetery and church building. The oldest stone dates from 1885 though there are many unmarked grave that are probably older. Family tradition says that his parents, Arthur Benton and Rebecca Sellers are buried here.

Adams, Marcus (son of M C & Frances M Adams) 28 Sep 1880 - 16 Sep 1885
Anderson, Marion Dewey (adopted son of WM & Prudence Benton) 21 May 1898 - 31 Jul 1980
Anderson, Pearl Ward (wife of Dewey Anderson) 15 Jul 1905 - 17 Jun 1985
Andrews, Christine Cox (daughter of Arren & Mary Cox) 12 Mar 1921 - 19 Dec 1979
Ball, Sara Atha Lee (daughter of John & Addie Lee) 3 Aug 1926 - 20 Oct 1973
Bellamy, Joseph B (husband of P Malissie Bellamy) 1879 - 1942
Bellamy, Leatha T (daughter of W E Benton) 8 Aug 1895 - 12 Mar 1967
Bellamy, Margaret F (daughter of J B & Malissie Bellamy?) 25 Aug 1935 - 30 Nov 1935
Bellamy, P Malissie (wife of Joseph B Bellamy) 1896 - 1935
Bellamy, William L (husband of Letha T Bellamy) 29 Jan 1893 - 28 Jul 1965
Bennett, Mina Lettie (wife of Lewis H Benton) 7 Jul 1886 - 8 Feb 1918
Benton, infant son and daughter of Lewis & Lettie Benton no dates
Benton, Anthony E "Tony" (son of Earl Benton) 20 Apr 1952 - 17 Jul 1994
Benton, Bertha Powell (wife of William Carliss Benton) 25 Nov 1905 - 8 Nov 1971
Benton, Curby B (son of W E Benton) 24 Mar 1894 - 7 Oct 1984
Benton, Hattie E (wife of Curby Benton) 20 Oct 1893 - 4 Mar 1985
Benton, Ellis McKinley Sr (husband of Lottie Mintz) 6 Jul 1907 - 10 Aug 1991
Benton, Emma E dates unreadable
Benton, Emma Jane Carter (wife of W E Benton) 3 Sep 1872 - 5 May 1926
Benton, Larry Ellis 1 Dec 1950 - 25 Aug 1978
Benton, Lottie (daughter of E M & Lottie Benton) 15 May 1946 - 16 May 1946
Benton, Lottie Lucille Mintz (wife of E M Benton) 20 Jul 1911 - 15 Feb 1993
Benton, Lundy Ervin 1898 - 1942
Benton, Maggie Walker Blanton (wife of Jesse Blanton & W E Benton) broken stone
Benton, Prudence E Cox (wife of W M Benton) 12 Nov 1836 - 15 Jul 1919
Benton, Robert W (son of E M & Lottie Benton) 23 Apr 1930 - 4 Mar 1931
Benton, Rutilla M (wife of W E Benton) 8 May 1864 - 19 Feb 1911
Benton, Sarah Elizabeth (daughter of W M & Prudence Benton) 6 Mar 1867 - 16 Apr 1942
Benton, William Carliss (son of Solon Maloy Benton) 10 Apr 1907 - 10 Aug 1980
Benton, William E (son of W M & Prudence Benton) 3 Mar 1862 - 30 Sep 1943
Benton, William M (husband of Prudence E Cox) 20 Mar 1833 - 21 Sep 1916
Best, Ella H (wife of R R Best) 18 Jul 1895 - 24 Apr 1988
Best, Raleigh R (husband of Ella H Best) 1 Aug 1895 - 24 Jan 1982
Brown, Beddie Russ (wife of W A Brown) 6 Aug 1897 - 26 Apr 1962
Brown, Herman Daly 1900 - 1947
Brown, William A (husband of Beddie Russ) 28 Jul 1890 - 3 Nov 1956
Carter, Harriet Ellen Benton (daughter of W M & Prudence Benton) died Jul 1931
Carter, Ella Ward (daughter of Ebby and Emma Ward) 11 Jun 1877 - 16 Mar 1974
Carter, John F (husband of Mary Bennett) 20 Jan 1872 - 15 Sep 1920
Carter, William M (husband of Ella Ward) 28 May 1875 - 13 Jan 1970
Coleman, Lila Ann (wife of Richard Coleman) 11 Aug 1883 - 4 Mar 1974
Coleman, Richard J (husband of Lila Ann Coleman) 6 Jan 1862 - 13 Nov 1942
Cox, Arren Taylor (son of Alex & Chrissie Benton Taylor) 10 Oct 1889 - 16 Nov 1962
Cox, Myrtle Kitchen (wife of Arren T Cox) 30 Nov 1903 - 14 Sep 1993
Davis, Edison C 30 Oct 1917 - 25 Nov 1992 U S Marines WWII
Davis, Frankie H 14 Feb 1921 - 15 Feb 1990 U S Army WWII
Davis, Lonnie Zeb (son of Zeb & Matha Davis) 29 Nov 1944 - 12 Dec 1961
Davis, Matha Sarvis (wife of Zeb Davis) 4 Sep 1922 - 15 Jan 1980
Davis, Zeb (husband of Matha Sarvis) 9 Jan 1922 -
Goodwin, Dorothy E 13 Jan 1922 - 3 Sep 1967
Graham, Heath Lynn (infant son of Seth & Alinda Graham) 8 Feb 1972
Halks, John J (husband of Maude Alma Blanton) 9 Jun 1885 - 8 Dec 1955
Halks, Maude A (daughter of Joseph & Emma Blanton) 23 Sep 1897 - 17 Oct 1984
Hardee, Lessie M McLamb (wife of W A Hardee) 1 Jan 1901 -
Hardee, William A (son of Ferny & Rebecca Benton Hardee) 24 Aug 1896 - 19 Sep 1968
Hewett, Calvin Q (son of James & Levie Hewett) 6 Sep 1925 - 5 Oct 1970
Hewett, David Lindberg (son of James & Levie Hewett) 9 Jan 1934 - 18 Dec 1971
Hewett, Levie Mae (wife of James B Hewett) 1 Apr 1904 - 7 Jul 1996
Hewett, James B (husband of Levie Mae Hewett) 6 Jan 1892 - 11 May 1959 WWII
Hickman, Geneare (daughter of W M & Ella Carter) 31 Mar 1915 - 8 Oct 1951
Hinson, Vera M Long (daughter of Louis & Pollie McLamb) 1915 - 1988
King, Madie Belle Lee (daughter of William "Joe" Lee) 11 May 1922 -
King, Benjamin R (husband of Madie Belle Lee) 2 Aug 1919 - 19 Apr 1964
Lee, Addie Mae Smith (wife of John S Lee) 23 Dec 1902 -
Lee, Bessie Moore (wife of Daniel Rockwell Lee) 31 Mar 1926 - 27 Feb 1957
Lee, Daniel R (son of James P & Dollie Lee) 1921 - 1997 (coble funeral marker)
Lee, Dollie N (wife of James P Lee) 1 Jul 1885 - 5 Feb 1970
Lee, Donal Dean (son of Daniel & Bessie Lee) 20 Jan 1943 - 3 May 1945
Lee, James P (son of S J & J A Lee) 2 Jul 1886 - 6 Apr 1965
Lee, Jathan Gattlen (son of Samuel and Julia Lee) 6 Mar 1908 - 22 Jan 1971
Lee, John Samuel (son of S J & Julia Benton Lee) 1 Sep 1894 - 26 Apr 1962
Lee, Julia A Benton (daughter of W M & P E Benton) Mar 1872 - Jun 1942
Lee, Jerry Wayne (son of William Joseph Lee) 7 Apr 1951 - 23 Apr 1973
Lee, Martha L (wife of William Joseph Lee) 20 Feb 1908 - 5 Jun 1962
Lee, Prudence Elmina (daughter of J S & A M Lee) 6 Apr 1916 - 17 Jun 1922
Lee, R Dale (son of Daniel & Bessie Lee) 6 Dec 1953 - 21 May 1954
Lee, Rufus G (son of Elbert and Charity Lee) 3 Oct 1931 - 27 Mar 1971
Lee, Ruth Lewis (wife of Jathan G Lee) 12 Dec 1908 - 2 Sep 1996
Lee, Samuel Bernice (son of J S & A M Lee) 16 Apr 1913 - 3 Jul 1934
Lee, Samuel James (husband of Julia Ann Benton) Mar 1865 - Jun 1936
Lee, William Joseph (son of Samuel & Julia Lee) 3 Mar 1891 - 25 Dec 1966
Lewis, Charity B (wife of R O Lewis) 15 Jul 1901 - 24 Nov 1991
Lewis, Dudley P (husband of Louise Lewis) 4 Sep 1920 -
Lewis, Dudley Deyonn (son of Dudley & Louise Lewis) 16 Aug 1955 - 7 Apr 1988
Lewis, Louise L (wife of Dudley Lewis) 10 May 1921 -
Lewis, Romeo (husband of Charity Benton) 1899 - 1960
Lewis, infant son of R O & C B Lewis 1933
Long, Adrien D (husband of Vera M Long Hinson) 1908 - 1961
McDonald, Edward L, Jr (son of Edward & Pauline McDonald) 29 Apr 1940 -
McDonald, Pauline (daughter of Louis & Pollie Benton) 24 Dec 1922 - 10 Feb 1944
McLamb, Aaron Drake (son of Louis& Pollie McLamb) 5 Jun 1917 - 28 Dec 1994
McLamb, Baby (Infant Of L D McLamb?) died at birth 5 Apr 1936
McLamb, Connie P (daughter of James & Evolulu McLamb) 29 Sep 1945 - 14 Jul 1946
McLamb, Ella Mae 4 Jul 1935
McLamb, Evolulu Anderson (daughter of Dewey Anderson & wife of James McLamb) 28 Oct 1922 -
McLamb, Gail Hickman (wife of Jimmy McLamb) 12 Apr 1945 -
McLamb, infant (daughter of Jimmy & Gail McLamb) 12 Oct 1965 - 12 Oct 1965
McLamb, Elder James M (son of Louis & Polly McLamb) 14 May 1926 - 8 Mar 1990
McLamb, Jimmy Allison (son of L M & Myrtle McLamb) 27 Nov 1941 -
McLamb, Lena Fulwood (wife of Aaron McLamb) 18 Jan 1917 - 23 May 1993
McLamb, Lennon M (son of Louis & Pollie McLamb) 2 May 1920 - 6 Mar 1991
McLamb, Louis Jr (son of L D McLamb?) 28 Dec 1934 - 5 Jun 1935
McLamb, Louis Dayton Sr 14 Dec 1912 - 4 Sep 1986
McLamb, Lora Jo (daughter of Sibyl & W J McLamb,Jr) no dates
McLamb, Lydia Edna Todd (wife of W J McLamb Sr) 19 Jul 1908 - 15 Apr 1967
McLamb, Louis Allen (husband of Polly B McLamb) 18 Oct 1875 - 13 Mar 1967
McLamb, Myrtle Gore (wife of LM McLamb) 31 Dec 1920 -
McLamb, Nellie Mae Carter (daughter of W M & Ella Carter) 29 Mar 1911 -
McLamb, Pollie B (daughter of W E & Rutilla Benton) 23 Mar 1882 - 4 Apr 1972
McLamb, Ramona Earl (daughter of W J & Lydia McLamb) 25 Sep 1930 - 26 Oct 1993
McLamb, Robert Jerry (son of Robert & Nellie McLamb) 20 Sep 1939 -
McLamb, Robert Lee (husband of Nellie Carter) 16 Nov 1908 - 22 Aug 1987
McLamb, William Joseph Sr (son of Louis & Polly McLamb) 10 Jun 1906 - 28 Apr 1975
Meares, Crinnie B (daughter of W M & Prudence Benton) 1882 - 1960
Meares, Frank (husband of Crinnie B ) 1885 - 1953
Mintz, Alma Jean Lucas (wife of W C Mintz) 22 May 1932 -
Mintz, Arementh B (daughter of W M & Prudence Benton) 1886 - 1971
Mintz, Bobby Elliot (son of R W & Dorothy Mintz) 28 Oct 1934 - 12 Apr 1987
Mintz, Bronson (son of R A & Arementh Mintz) 18 Aug 1907 - 8 Apr 1922
Mintz, Dorothy Carter (daughter of W M & Ella Carter) 30 Jun 1900 - 3 Aug 1993
Mintz, Martha (daughter of R A & Arementh Mintz) 16 Aug 1922 - 24 Sep 1927
Mintz, Robert Allen (husband of Arementh Benton Mintz) 1864 - 1923
Mintz, Robert Walker (husband of Dorothy Mintz) 10 Apr 1895 - 6 Jul 1957
Mintz, Elder W C, Sr (son of R W & Dorothy Mintz) 11 May 1932 -
Mintz, William Lacy (son of R W & Dorothy Mintz) 12 Sep 1925 - 26 Jan 1969
Ottoway, Roy F 1891 - 1960
Platt, Henry O (husband of Lois Moore Platt) 20 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1967
Platt, Lela Carolyn (daughter of Henry & Lois Platt) 14 Dec 1941 - 1 Oct 1977
Platt, Lois R (daughter of Porter & Fannie Moore) 2 Sep 1918 - 10 Feb 1980
Platt, Ronald K (son of Henry & Lois Platt) 1952 - 1954
Phillips, Frances H (daughter of W A & L M Hardee) 30 Aug 1931 -
Simmons, Annie Jane Ward (daughter of Needham G and Elmina Ward, wife of Robert L Blanton Jr,
Bruce Ward and Randolph Simmons) 20 Aug 1921 - 27 Jun 1999
Somersett, Robert J (husband of Shellie M Somersett) 5 Sep 1905 - 20 Jul 1986
Somersett, Shellie McLamb (daughter of Louis & Pollie McLamb) 9 Nov 1903 -
Spivey, Lenord R 1903 - 1931
Starling, "Bud" Marcus L (husband of Katherine Ward Starling Terry) 21 Jul 1924 - 30 Dec 1972
Suggs, child stone unreadable
Suggs, George Benjamin (husband of Theatus Ellen Lee) 25 Nov 1911 - 17 Jan 1965
Suggs, Hazel I (daughter of James & Alice Suggs) 11 Jun 1944 - 16 Dec 1946
Suggs, infant daughter (daughter of James & Alice Suggs) 25 Nov 1954
Suggs, James Edward (husband of Alice Lee) 29 Jun 1913 - 16 Feb 1973
Suggs, Julia Alice Lee (daughter of James & Dollie Lee) 20 May 1919 - 27 Feb 1998
Suggs, Theatus Ellen Lee (daughter of J P & Dollie Lee) 21 May 1921 -
Terry, Richard E (husband of Katherine Ward Starling Terry) 16 Mar 1924 - 25 Aug 1978
Thompkins, L B (husband of Mary H Thompkins) 25 Oct 1898 - 21 May 1986
Thompkins, Mary Hardee (wife of L B Thompkins) 23 Feb 1894 - 26 Aug 1961
Ward, Alfrieda McLamb (wife of Allen Ward) 21 Jan 1929 -
Ward, Allen Colon (husband of Alfrieda McLamb) 19 Jul 1922 - 11 Nov 1980
Ward, Julia Elmina Lee (daughter of S J & Julia Lee, wife of N G Ward) 15 Sep 1896 - 2 Feb 1982
Ward, Needham G (son of Ebby & Emma Ward, husband of Elmina Lee) 15 Aug 1881 - 9 Dec 1964
Ward, Needham Garfield Jr (son of N G & Elmina Ward) 4 Mar 1925 - 5 Sep 1952
Watkins, Dottie M (daughter of J P & D N Lee) 16 Aug 1932 - 22 Aug 1994