Shipman Cemetery
Columbus County, NC
Transcribed by David B High, March 1999, from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1984 (Vol 2)" dated June, 1984. This cemetery is #113 in the survey. Permission granted by the authors, Anita Barfield and Kay Duncan. Dates are shown in a uniform format.
Located on Hwy 701 leading to Clarkton on land that was J T Wooten's farm.
Additional information from the Works Projects Administration Historical Records Survey of North Carolina, 1940.
John E Powell
2/28/1838 - 4/30/1924
Elizabeth A
Wife of J E Powell
12/1/1839 - 4/10/1910
Annie Louise Powell
13 December 1903 - 25 December 1908
Emma Powell
Daughter of J E & E A Powell
9/20/1868 - 9/8/1878
J L Brown
9/19/1845 - 5/21/1875
Adrian P
Son of J L & A C Brown
4/29/1871 - 12/1/1874
James Brown
7/27/1812 - 4/4/1876
Mary Jane
Wife of James Brown
12/12/1821 - 7/19/1874
Yancy P Brown
9/8/1863 - 11/3/1869
Joseph W Powell
11/1/1865 - 3/31/1868
Thomas E Brown
2/24/1851 - 6/6/1856
William J Brown
11/22/1848 - 11/10/1851
Dorothy A Brown
7/31/1844 - 8/5/1844
James Shipman
Captain NC Militia Rev War
6/13/1751 - 1/4/1844
Eliza J Shipman
Daughter of Daniel & Darcas Shipman
Died 9/5/1819
Aged 2 Yrs, 5 Mos, 22 Days
Daniel Shipman
Died 10/24/1844
Aged 60 Yrs, 2 Mos, 23 Days
Hays F Shipman
Died 8/17/1845
35 Yrs
By his widow Sarah J Shipman
A H Lennon
12/7/1849 - 3/3/1918
Florence A Lennon
12/21/1843 - 2/6/1908
Rev Haynes Lennon
12/15/1816 - 12/31/1896
Mariah
Wife of Rev Haynes Lennon
10/18/1812 - 11/3/1891
Hays S Lennon
4/9/1847 - 10/18/1848
Florilla A Shipman
Daughter of Daniel & Dorcas Shipman
Died 1/25/1846
Aged 17 Yrs, 2 Days
Space for 7 or 8 unmarked grave sites
Wooden marker and space for about 3 more graves
Vevie G Powell
Wife of A B Stephens
3/15/1885 - 3/15/1929
Sarah E Baxter
Daughter of J E & E A Powell
5/14/1881 - 6/1/1910
Jesse T Jr
Son of J T & B E Powell
1/8/1923 - 7/25/1923
Monroe Masters
7/7/1861 - 3/10/1928
Viola Riphenburgh Masters
3/10/1863/64 - 12/25/1930
Carl Frank Ross
metal marker
Geo F Elkins
6/6/1882 - 9/8/1927
Lawrence M Elkins
Son of Mr & Mrs G F Elkins
1/26/1919 - 2/24/1919
Maulsey Ann
Wife of Benjamin F Pierce
11/12/1831 - 26 September 1864
Space for 4 or 5 graves
Dr Andrew J Shipman
10/27/1830 - 5/1/1869
By His Wife Mary C Shipman
Daniel Shipman
8/27/1835 - 5/6/1866
Katy Lou
Daughter of M W & Mary Anders Pridgen
12/6/1874 - 4/22/1892
Matthew Washington Pridgen
6/14/1832 - 7/18/1904
Catherine Ann King
Wife of W W Anders
4/25/1823 - 2/27/1905
(WPA Records say wife of Andrew W W King)
Minnie Jackson Shipman
8/21/1869 - 10/22/1933
Mary Cathryn Anders Pridgen
Wife of M W Pridgen
10/28/1845 - 1/4/1937
Maggie McRackan Pridgen
Wife of M W Pridgen
6/9/1886 - 1/15/1946
Wm Lawrence Dorsett
9/15/1896 - 12/12/1922
W Dan Dorsett
9/15/1896 - 12/24/1973
E L Nance
3/24/1855 - 9/28/1925
Mrs D B Nance
Wife of E L Nance
6/27/1857 - 8/23/1905
Flora Lee Nance
Wife of C M Lytle
1/5/1883 - 8/14/1905
Johnie E
Daughter of E L & D B Nance
8/20/1884 - 9/23/1885
Father
Archie W Nance
1880 - 1940

Mother
Mary Addie Nance
1871 - 1940
Eunice Wooten Nance
12/7/1912 - 12 June 1989
Archie Leo Nance
11/4/1906 - 10/11/1974
Alvin Wayne Nance
7/21/1937 - 6/8/1974
Son of Leo & Eunice Nance
Francis Nance
8/26/1886 - 6/6/1888
Sally Lillian
Wife of J Elwood Porter
9/20/1878 - 10/12/1898
Alex Nance
9/25/1852 - 11/16/1925
Virginia D Bridgers
Wife of Alexander Nance
5/15/1853 - 11/9/1931
Nancy Carroll
Daughter of W D & Mary A Dorsett
12/24/1933 - 12/26/1937
Dorothy Murle
Daughter of W D & Mary A Dorsett
3/21/1929 - 6/30/1929
Kathleen Wooten Russ
2/15/1917 - 6/2/1981
Clyde T Wooten
Son of Mr & Mrs W D Wooten
11/22/1923 - 10/12/1924
Katie E Wooten
8/25/1888 - 12/6/1958
William D Wooten
10/1/1887 - September 1986
Burdette Franklin Rollins Jr
12/11/1952 - 7/29/1977
Rena E Shipman Wooten
Wife of J T Wooten
4/9/1867 - 10/22/1905
June Thomas Wooten
4/28/1865 - 2/1/1944
Bernice B Wooten
1888 - 1950
Infant of J T & Bernice B Wooten
1923
James Clarence Elkins
12/11/1921 - 2 September 1992
Lula Elizabeth Elkins
2/8/1914 - 2/5/1969
Flossie Bell Masters
Wife of W A Pridgen
1/10/1899 - 8/7/1942
William A Pridgen
10/15/1874 - 10/25/1953
Infant son of Gertrude & J T Wooten Jr
1932