Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
Columbus County, NC
This cemetery is located on both sides of Baldwin Road, State Road 1702 (turn east at Mt Zion Church from Red Hill Road). The first and oldest section is on the right side of the road. [Additional information from a cemetery map belonging to Mrs Rosalee Watts, Farmers Union Road, whose family has maintained the cemetery for some years. Her map does not have birth and death dates on it.]

Surveyed and transcribed by David B High, May 1998
(Survey as of 5/16/1998)

001 Beatrice Batten Burney, 11/13/1931
002 William Floyd Burney, 10/30/1924
003 Jarrell Dean Wilson, 9/20/1935 -
004 Sterlyn M Wilson, 3/27/1929 - 10/7/1995
005 Besterfeldt (no further information)
006 Robert L Shipman, 7/22/1921 - 3/18/1976
007 Laura H Shipman, 5/13/1899 - 5/1/1976
008 Neil A Shipman, 11/15/1882 - 12/3/1978
009 Ann Lambert Shipman, 4/26/1951 - 5/18/1986
010 Andrew M Shipman, 1949 - 1989 (metal marker)
011 Mary Lennon Smith Shipman, 10/25/1922 -
012 Andrew Odom Shipman, 9/6/1919 - 11/10/1989
013 Louise Blackburn, 10/1/1914 - 12/21/1988
014 James Blackburn, 4/18/1903 - 9/6/1972
015 Baby Boy Shipman, 1972 (metal marker)
016 Margaret Shipman, 9/18/1900 - 1/4/1972
017 William S Shipman, 1/28/1900 - 7/26/1971
018 Ann E High, daughter of Kathryn & B B High, 5/6/1848 - 6/1929
019 Bertha Shipman, 1928 - 1970 (metal marker)
020 Annie Ruth Smith Blackman, 11/2/1913 - 10 September 2003
021 Eddie Lee Blackman, 11/15/1912 - 7/27/1968
022 Elkins, double stone
023 Infant son of Margaret & Edison Elkins, 2/15/1967
024 Edna Ruby "Joey" Batton, 4/26/1943 - 5/28/1993
025 Carol Dianne Batton, 8/28/1943 - 10/16/1971
026 Bobby Gearl Batton, 2/8/1943 -
027 Luphelia Heustess, 11/18/1911 - 4/9/1991
028 James Howard Heustess, 11/27/1908 - 3/19/1984
029 Pearl H(igh) Baldwin, 10/7/1896 - 10/29/1974
030 Joseph A Baldwin, 4/27/1883 - 5/19/1959
031 Unmarked
032 Mary C Lewis, 1/27/1860 - 10/3/1904
033 Thomas C Lewis, 9/7/1851 - 11/22/1905
034 Max F High, 1907 - 1934
035 Daughter of H S & M L High, 12/21/1916 - 1/2/1917
036 Daughter of H S & M L High, 6/2/1914 - 10/26/1917
037 Son of H S & M L High, 1/14/1919 - 1/3/1920
038 Wood marker, no name, no date
039 Daughter of A H & Quintie High, 12/29/1875 - 1/15/1876
040 Son of A H & Quintie High, 12/6/1892 - 12/9/1892
041 Quintie, wife of A H High, 10/19/1851 - 5/31/1899
042 Asa H High, 6/11/1848 - 7/20/1933
043 Lelia High, daughter of A H & Quintie High, 2/11/1879 - 5/3/1923
044 Infant daughter of R V & Minnie High Lennon, 1902
045 Infant daughter of R V & Minnie High Lennon, 1903
046 Mary Elizabeth Atkinson, 7/23/2899 - 6/21/1982
047 John Lee Atkinson, 4/10/1898 - 7/4/1957
048 Estelle Worrell Lennon, 9/8/1919 - 
049 John Paul Lennon, 10/27/1909 - 6/29/1990
050 Valeria Baldwin, 2/21/1915 - 1/12/1998 (metal marker)
051 Alice J Shipman, 1883 - 1965
052 Rufus H Shipman, 1875 - 1942
053 Paul Claxton Elkins
054 Clarence Elkins
055 Marshal Neil Elkins
055A Sims Worth Elkins
056 David Walter, son of D C & M E Haddock, 3/7/1911 - 6/14/1911?
057 Maggie Elizabeth, wife of D C Haddock, 6/2/1880 - 6/18/1911
058 George Dewitt Wooten, 2/2/1914 - 7/19/1949
059 Margaret G MaCallum Wooten, 3/10/1921 -
060 Zebulon Vance Greene, 7/31/1900 - 1/13/1935
061 Gladys McKoy Brown Greene, 1/18/1896 - 12/8/1970
062 John K Brown, 11/11/1861 - 10/18/1924
063 Margaret B Brown, 4/4/1864 - 3/9/1947
064 G W Elkins, 8/20/1837 - 9/2/1889
065 Florella Elkins, 1/22/1852 - 6/20/1941
066 Alvin George Miner, SFC US Army Ret Vietnam, 1/9/1935 - 5/3/1992
067 Elizabeth Chancey Dease, wife of R E Dease, 6/29/1842 - 3/31/1916
068 Elizabeth, daughter of R E & Elizabeth Dease, 4/4/1872 - 7/1/1934
069 Charlie Dease, 11/5/1876 - 5/29/1938
070 Ellen Jane Dease, 11/25/1874 - 11/13/1948
071 John Carson Dease, 7/3/1913 - 9/8/1951
072 John Carson Dease, Sr, 3/13/1883 - 7/23/1968
073 Lucy P Dease, 12/15/1887 - 10/11/1969
074 Edgar R Heustess, 9/4/1902 - 7/29/1986
075 Jeanette D Heustess, 2/11/1907 - 2/23/1993
076 Betty Lou Heustess, 3/12/1939 - 6/9/1939
077 James E Heustess, 4/22/1881 - 10/15/1932
078 Charlotte O Heustess, 4/8/1875 - 11/23/1932
079 Infant child of Howard & Luphelia Heustess, 7/21/1938
080 Infant child of Howard & Luphelia Heustess, 6/4/1941
081 John E Campbell, 3 Lieut, Co A, 51st NC Infantry, CSA (no dates)
082 Annie Campbell, 2/24/1824 - 2/3/1911
083 H Lennon Campbell, 8/31/1868 - 5/27/1940
084 Addie Lou Campbell, 4/11/1888 - 3/22/1960
085 Irvin R Campbell, Georgia PFC Co A 141st Infantry WWII 5/17/1917 - 3/22/1965
086 F Y Cloverius(?), 7/31/1861 - 12/6/1927
087 Samuel Jack Brown, 3/22/1919 - 2/12/1993
088 Katie Lee Smith Brown, 12/8/1920 -
089 Elkins, double stone, no graves
090
091 James Woody Elkins, US Air Force Cadet, 3/16/1935 - 2/19/1958
092 John Samuel Baldwin, 8/29/1903 - 7/8/1962
093 Callie McFarland Baldwin, 12/4/1863 - 5/7/1946
094 Andrew James Baldwin, 9/24/1854 - 6/12/1921
095 James C Baldwin, Cpl US Army, WW I, 3/8/1894 - 2/19/1975
096 Sally Lewis Shipman, wife of J M Shipman, 3/19/1857 - 4/20/1919
097 James Matthew Shipman, 10/18/1850 - 11/30/1935
098 Catherine R V Smith Shipman, wife of J M Shipman, 9/14/1855 - 11/29/1891
099 James Woodie Smith, 3/26/1888 - 1/17/1941
100 Ruth Lennon Smith, 10/17/1895 - 2/1/1979
101 Loula Lennon Smith, 6/27/1876 - 6/28/1959
102 John D Smith, 7/29/1885 -  -  8/12/1965
103 Carrie B Smith, 8/20/1889 - 10/30/1968
104 George, son of John D & Carrie Smith, 10/2/1926 - 6/10/1932
105 Infant [Smith?]
106 Emmaline Elkins
107 Maggie Elkins, 9/7/?  -  3/3/?
108 J Q Elkins, 4/30/1839 - 4/3/1935?
109 Grace Nell Baldwin, 10/25/1918 - 11/30/1922
110 Troy Simes Baldwin, 12/7/1902 - 2/4/1908
111 [Baldwin Infant] (Small bricked grave, no marker)
112 Alvinia J Baldwin, 3/29/1888 - 1/3/1945
113 Troy Baldwin, 10/6/1886 - 1/6/1954
114 James Troy "Jake" Baldwin, 1/15/1922 - 10/11/1974
115 Unmarked
116 Fannie Thomas [stone unreadable]
117 Daniel M [Morris] Smith, NC CSC US Navy WWII, 2/8/1922 - 5/11/1967
118 Hoke B Smith, 1894 - 1930
119 Minnie H[High] Smith, 1893 - 1989 [had a second husband named Pridgen]
120 JQE [According to Mrs Watts' map, an infant]
121 LS (An infant) [According to Mrs Watts' map, Lena Smith]
122 MEE [According to Mrs Watts' map, Lily Smith]
123 Annie Smith, 1853 - 1928
124 Daniel M Smith, 1851 - 1941
125 Sarah Kate Smith, 1883 - 1941
126 Maggie E Smith, 1882 - 1951
127 Linie D Smith, 1891 - 1979
128 Roland Cecil Stanton, PFC US Army WWII, 8/8/1913 - 11/20/1984
129 Lucy Marie Shaw, 8/10/1909 - 6/20/1989
130 Ruffin Shaw, 6/13/1895 - 3/31/1984
131 Mortie Catherine Shaw, daughter of Ruffin & Lucy Shaw, 8/4/1935 - 3/8/1938
132 Arrie, wife of J C Shaw, 5/7/1858 - 1/9/1928
133 J C Shaw, 5/7/1858 - 1/9/1926
134 Lawrence, son of J C & Arrie Shaw, 1/14/1892 - 10/10/1919
135 Sarah Ellis, 1825 - 10/14/1906
136 Bryant Ellis, 4/14/1823 - 7/10/1903
137 John James Lambert, 1885 - 1961
138 Mary E Penny, 9/11/1854 - 9/27/1887
139 J D Penny, 8/22/1887 - 9/28/1887
140 Evelyn Marie Shaw, 10/20/1936 - 12/28/1940
141 Charlie Worth Shaw, 3/8/1888 - 3/6/1952
142 Janie Macie Shaw, 1/16/1909 - 11/30/1978

The second section of the cemetery is on the left side of State Road 1702,
to the north
143 Henry Thomas Lewis, 9/12/1892 - 5/8/1947
144 Margaret Elizabeth Reynolds Lewis, 8/18/1901 - 4/16/1992
145 Ruth Eileen Lewis, 5/15/1929 - 9/27/1997
146 Charles Allen Lewis, 8/7/1927 - 9/27/1997
147 Charles A Lewis, 8/7/1927 -
148 Irene S Lewis, 9/24/1930 - 1/13/1994
149 Daughter of Wm & Edna Lewis, 4/26/1929
150 William H Lewis, NC Pvt 2nd Regt FA REPL Draft WWI, 2/18/1894 - 11/5/1959
151 Edna Bryant Lewis, 2/25/1900 - 12/7/1972
152 William H Lewis, NC TEC5 US Army WWII, 9/19/1920 - 5/9/1974
153 Ralph Heustess, NC TEC5 HQ Co 386 Infantry WWII, 5/23/1923 - 8/14/1971
154 Talbert Heustess, NC Pvt 341 Inf 86 Div WWII, 3/8/1925 - 4/14/1945
155 Charlie E Heustess, 7/22/1899 - 2/24/1956
156 Annie S Heustess, 1/8/1891 - 8/18/1977
157 Elva Heustess, 8/23/1921 - 8/5/1939
158 James M, son of T F & Dollie Walters, 3/14/1920 - 6/16/1922
159 William Junius Watts, 9/1/1923 - 2/2/1989
160 Betty Jo Watts, 8/16/1937 -
161 James Ernest Watts, 2/3/1928 - 7/3/1985
162 Lois Shaw Watts, 4/2/1899 - 10/4/1976
163 William W Watts, 5/29/1883 - 1/9/1940
164 Robert Paul Watts, 10/3/1935 - 11/8/1935
165 Clara Hildon Watts, 2/14/1932 - 6/15/1933
165A Sidney, wife of Alex Watts, 10/6/1866 - 7/10/1921
166 William Calder Lennon, 2/12/1898 - 1/6/1935
167 Maggie Lee Lennon, 3/23/1895 - 2/17/1977
168 Elise Lennon Shipman, 7/21/1931 -
169 Elmer Reginald Shipman, 10/14/1926 - 4/4/1980
170 Charles Wilton Lennon, 2/2/1927 - 10/16/1990
171 Robert Parker Ellis, Jr, 8/11/1944 - 8/20/1994
172 Perneil Bigford Ellis, 1/23/1947
173 Bessie Brown, 1983 - 1986
174 Cecil Rea Brown, SA USNR, 7/7/1931 - 7/19/1958
175 Charles L Brown, 1924 - 1982
176 Elizabeth Coleman, wife of Joel S Coleman, 2/8/1863 - 1/19/1950
177 Joel S Coleman, Co H 18th NC Infantry CSA (no dates)
178 John Carvel, son of JW & L E Benson, 2/26/1896 - 12/5/1900
179 Lucy E, wife of J W Benson, 7/25/2872 - 7/3/1967
180 Denice Goodman Watts, Pfc US Army, 11/14/1926 - 5/11/1996
181 Rosa Lee H Watts, 3/5/1940 -
182 William H Smith, Co H, 18th NC Infantry, CSA (no dates)
183 Minnie Pearl Smith, 7/11/1894 - 9/20/1905
184 Lizzie Powell, 5/6/1881 - 11/26/1905
185 Reginald Powell, 12/17/1905 - 5/5/1906
186 Samuel W Smith, 3/10/1812 - 10/15/1900 (gave land for second section of cemetery)
187 Sarah B Smith, 6/18/1817 - 6/10/1894 
188 E M Shipman, 1837 - 1877
189 Mathew[sic] K Smith, 6/1/1847 - 12/3/1903
190 Penny Shipman, 12/28/1852 - 7/23/1940
191 Austin Powell, 10/29/1906 - 12/6/1925
192 Kelly Smith, 11/8/1883 - 6/2/1943
193 Delphia Catherine Baldwin, 6/6/1886 - 4/16/1976
194 J Henry Baldwin, 12/25/1881 - 1/4/1953
195 Colin Marsden Priest, 6/12/1912 - 5/13/1962
196 Colin M Priest, 8/4/1872 - 1/6/1924
197 His Wife, Bessie Smith, 9/2/1877 -
198 Adair[?] Priest, 1/13/190[?] - 2/26/1911
199 Harold Priest, 5/28/1906 - 6/15/1920
200 D L, daughter of CA & AE Baldwin, 12/21/1898 - 6/11/1899
201 Amelia Elizabeth Elkins, wife of Charles Arie Baldwin, 7/11/1874 - 9/12/1937
202 Charles Arie Baldwin, 1/18/1876 - 9/19/1962
203 Ada Janie, daughter of CA & AE Baldwin, 10/13/1900 - 3/18/1940
204 Hattie Baldwin, wife of J E Young, 9/19/1873 - 4/17/1944
205 J E Young, 5/6/1866 - 1/18/1927
206 Charles Frank Young, 9/2/1909 - 10/27/1990
207 Mary Estelle Robinson, wife of Charles Frank Young, 6/18/1917 - 7/16/1986