Wilkins-Walker Cemetery
Columbus County, NC

Wilkins - Walker Cemetery
Byrdville - Freeman Road, Freeman, NC

transcribed 6 November 1999 by Natasha Miles

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photos ©Natasha Miles February 2009
Miles Foster Wilkins 1876 - 1961
Agnes Rittie Wilkins 1878 - 1932
wooden markers
Ida Bell, wife of Ben Simmons
Born Mar 10, 1899 Died Jan 3, 1918
(daughter of Joseph Lee and Minnie Byrd Wilkins)
2 illegible stones
(next to Ida Bell Simmons)
Round marker
Blank Metal Funeral Home Marker
Stella McDaniel, wife of Henry B Wilkins
November 16, 1891 - June 17, 1960
Henry B Wilkins
October 24, 1881 - January 30, 1965
Hattie Applewhite, wife of Henry B Wilkins
June 9, 1882 - March 8, 1909
Infant son of HB and Hattie A Wilkins
Born & Died February 17, 1909
Geo H Wilkins
December 28, 1869 - March 21, 1936
Alamame Coplin Carroll, wife of GH Wilkins
January 22, 1871 - June 1, 1927
Miles S, son of GH and AC Wilkins
January 2, 1907 - May 17, 1907
Wilkins
Elizabeth Smith Wilkins 1834 - 1915
Joseph Wilkins 1832 - 1892
Joyce, daughter of WH & Lela Hudson
October 13, 1931 - February 13, 1934
Infant daughter of WH & Lela Hudson May 28, 1923
Willie H, son of WH & Lela Hudson,
April 2, 1919 - April 11, 1919
W H Hudson March 2, 1882 - March 22, 1935
George Walker 1896 - 1897
L Janie Walker 1887 - 1908
Joel C Walker October 5, 1855 - September 6, 1936
His wife Caroline V, August 24, 1867 - November 11, 1940
Infant daughter of Mr & Mrs WH Walker
Born & Died February 2, 1942
J Homer, son of CM & MM Walker
March 4, 1912 - Oct 24, 1914
Redmon K Vause
April 24, 1893 - July 23, 1897
Francis Lillar Vause
Born April 27, 1873 Died July 11, 1916
Ezekiel Lee Vause
North Carolina
September 1, 1925
WWI US Navy
3 blank Metal Funeral Home Markers

John Edison Wilkins February 3, 1918 - November 5, 1985
Carolyn E Bryant Wilkins December 24, 1932 - May 27, 1975

Note from Contributor:
List of others buried in Wilkins Cemetery, according to death certificates, but without headstones:

Albert Wilkins 13 August 1913 - 23 September 1951;
son of Joseph Lee and Minnie Byrd Wilkins

Isaac Wilkins 29 September 1923 - 30 December 1968;
son of Joseph Lee and Minnie Byrd Wilkins

Preston Wilkins 6 November 1904 - 19 July 1969;
son of Joseph Lee and Minnie Byrd Wilkins

Minnie Rebecca Byrd Wilkins 10 February 1879 - 26 November 1960
daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Byrd; wife of Joseph Lee Wilkins

Joseph Lee Wilkins born about 1865, died 25 October 1931;
son of Joseph and Elizabeth Smith Wilkins; husband of Minnie Rebecca Byrd Wilkins


Photos taken before and after clean up on cemetery clean up day: 21 February 2009. The cemetery had become overgrown with trees which were in danger of damaging some of the stones. Much of the day was spent removing these trees.

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