Pre-1914 Chowan County cemetery transcriptions

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) records have been added online by the N. C. State Archives and the State Library of N. C.  These are North Carolina Cemetery Surveys done by the Historical Society in the 1930′s.

You can find the Chowan County files here.

The entire State files here.

The survey includes listings for the following cemeteries for Chowan County. I have gone through & put the page numbers where you can find the transcriptions for the cemeteries.

  • Baptist Cemetery Page 2
  • Beaver Hill Cemetery Page 4
  • Johnston Cemetery Page 8
  • Macedonia Cemetery Page 10
  • County Negro Cemetery Page 11
  • Pearce Cemetery Page 14
  • St. Pauls Episcopal Cemetery Page 15
  • St. Pauls Episcopal Cemetery Page 17
  • Topping Cemetery Page 24
  • Ashley Cemetery Page 25
  • Baptist Cemetery Page 26

African-American Cemetery in Edenton

Compiled by Historical Record Survey of NC, 1936. Copies donated by Shepard-Pruden Library, Edenton, NC, and transcribed and contributed by Dayle Noble Biba (h1218@albemarlenet.com). Location not stated, but judging from its size, it is possibly the large cemetery on Granville St., near Virginia Rd. (Hwy 32 north).


BADHAM, Hannibal 6/16/1846-12/18/1918
Miles B. ?-1925
Pennie 1858-3/30/1922
BANKS, Andrew 12/27/1928-?
Ernestine B. 3/16/1902-8/21/1927
Hoberta 1881-1915
BARCLAY, John H. 1856-1928
Venns 1864-1934
BARNES, John 1849-5/31/1921
BEASLEY, Arthur 12/25/1866-11/25/1935
Laura C. 2/28/1868-1/22/1934
Sarah Jane 9/27/1886-1918
BENDRIDGE,James NORFLEET 12/23/1864-1/2/1916
BEMBRY, Bessie ?-12/17/1925
John T. 6/15/1880-6/16/1927
Perry 3/18/1885-11/5/193
BENTON, Mary S. 2/29/1840-6/28/1912
BLAIR, Polly 7/5/1884-2/7/1911
BLOUNT, Willie S. 7/2/1913-11/4/1932
BADHAM, John H. Jr. 4/21/1903-5/27/1906
BOND, Nannie E. 1/30/1870-6/4/1913
BOUSHELL, Joseph W. ?-10/10/1844
Martha B. 1830-8/1/1844
Thomas Allen 1846-10/14/1848
BRANCH, Albert 12/28/1875-12/20/1927
BRIGHT, J.A. 1/29/1869-4/2/1926
BRITT, James A. 1867-1930
BURKE, M.F. 10/26/1874-2/10/1921
W.E. 1868-1923
BUTTS, Annie 1/6/1872-4/18/1928
CAPEHART, John E. 11/14/1850-2/14/1926
Julia C. 11/20/1864-11/2/1927
CHAPMAN, Marie L. 1801-12/14/1855
CLARK, Fannie 1868-1904
COOKE, Virginia 12/21/1860-12/29/1916
COX, Richard 1834-10/12/1931
CREECY, A.C. 7/4/1836-6/1/1894
Martha A. ?-7/26/1925
Mary 9/1/1849-3/9/1913
DAVES, Armstead 1823-5/15/1903
Caroline 1822-10/1/1900
DEAL, Laura 2/18/1865-3/14/1927
DUGGINS, Maggie ?-3/1/1926
DUNGEX, Mary H. 1902-1923
EASON, Carrie Elmer 9/14/1890-10/7/1897
EDNEY, Edward 1877-6/24/1934
EURE, Sarah 10/1/1906-8/23/1923
FAUMELL, Thomas BASDON 1854-2/5/1856
FLEETWOOD, Emma NIXON ?-1/20/1951
GREEN, Mary 10/15/1906-6/15/1908
Paul A. 10/16/1903-11/9/1903
Weimer 4/2/1909-6/6/1930
GREGORY, Ellen 9/18/1855-4/11/1919
GRIFFIN, Thomas 2/15/1887-11/30/1908
HALLEY, Priscella 2/10/1896-8/17/1931
HARDY, Albino ?-4/3/1924
James ?-4/10/1915(?)
HASKINS, Aggie 1800-1902(?)
HATHAWAY, Burton W. 1/28/1814-3/20/1857
Richard M. 12/18/1896-7/189(?)
HAUGHTON, Frank ?-12/4/1931
Lee Violet 10/20/1856-10/6/1912
HILL, Odessa 8/28/1923-3/29/1924
HINES, Charles H. 1872-1921
HOLLY, Annie T. 1856-1928
Bessie G. 1870-1924
HAWKINS, Moses A. ?-1/17/1934
M.P. 1893-1/7/1918
JOHNSON, A.A. 3/5/1854-2/13/1929
Elizabeth 6/1/1904-8/1/1904
Thomas 1875-1912
JONES, Willie T. 1886-10/12/1918
KING, Timothy 1891-5/24/1922
KNIGHT, S.F. 10/11/1853-10/18/1901
LEARY, Josephine 1856-3/18/1923
LEE, Corine 1/15/1857-4/30/1922
Richard M. 7/25/1859-10/18/1924
LOWTHER, Beryl 1896-1921
E.G. 9/14/1898-1928
Fannie A.M. 3/14/1860-6/2/1924
Gladys 1900-1922
Hester ?-21/10/1910
James L. 1873-1923
Rose ?-8/7/1917
MCDONALD, Elijah 10/24/1888-12/4/1893
Maude 4/6/1892-3/13/1928
Oliver H. 2/17/1884-8/21/1884
Phillip Sr. 12/10/1814-6/30/1891
Precilla 8/15/1818-1/18/1891
MCCALL, A.N. 1853-6/30/1913
MERIMAN, Sersson 4/1/1867-1/1/1935
MOORE, Claudia 1877-5/15/1898
MORRIS, Mariam 10/23/1853-2/19/1915
MURDOUGH, Margaret ?-7/8/1914
MUSE, Aaron Sr. 9/10/1865-6/11/1921
Helen 4/10/1868-8/3/1932
NICHOLS, Lucinda 12/4/1834-3/30/1862
NIXON, Johnny 12/25/1902-1/16/1931
John T. 5/1/1870-12/13/1927
NORMAN, Elijah 6/12/1891-3/31/1933
Nellie 12/7/1885-6/14/1911
PAGE, John R. 2/29/1840-1/8/1881
PAXTON, Jennie 1820-10/10/1893
Robert 1819-12/25/1891
Samuel T. 11/10/1895-6/25/1925
Serina 6/14/1840-9/5/1840
REEVES, Croswell D. 10/8/1898-6/23/1928
Gaston M. 12/10/1890-7/13/1895
Leothia 5/21/1901-11/28/1929
Winston A. 9/8/1893-8/7/1930
RAWLS, James L. 3/1/1902-12/18/1927
RICKS, Martha 1869-1931
Thomas Jr. 6/22/1911-12/24/1933
RIDDICK, Hannah 10/30/1885-3/25/1927
Rebecca 12/30/1869-10/28/1922
RYAN, Mary Jane 5/15/1869-8/6/1911
SAWYER, Cecil Harry ?-9/23/1930
Emma 12/1852-6/1919
SHARPE, L.F. 1/7/1872-9/6/1919
SKINNER, Annie A. 12/4/1848-7/26/1920
John 1871-1919
Nancy T. 5/11/1862-3/19/1916
Willie 1837-1923
SMITH, Edna Pearl 12/1892-7/7/1893
TURNER, Henry 1861-5/19/1912
WELCH, Luke 3/5/1862-9/1/1927
Winnie 9/15/1862-4/15/1862
WHEDBEE, Edgar 1885-1923
WHITE, Claria 1847-6/12/1918
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth D. 1777-3/2/1849
Joseph 1886-1929
WISE, Edward Mark 5/2/1913-3/24/1916
WOOD, Viola L. 10/8/1897-10/9/1915
WORRELL, Sameul 3/10/1882-8/10/1931
WYNN, Johnson 1851-12/12/1911