Silas Lupton Cemetery
[From the private collection of William Odell Spain held by Janet Orndorff]

Inventoried by: Gladys Holton, Shirley Edwards, Burton Daniels, Jr. and Paul Edwards on October 10, 1981 and by William Odell Spain on Memorial Day, May 1998.
Location: East or South Hog Island, northeast of Cedar Island, Carteret Co., NC
Directions: Following Hwy 12 across the Wildlife Refuge to a point where the road turns to the left to Cedar Island, directly across the inlet is a group of islands called Hog Island.  After the post office was established, it was given the name of Lupton.
Description: In 1981 there were three stones within an iron fence.   In 1998, these stones were within a painted, wooden fence.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	NOTES
Lupton, Joanna	Feb. 22, 1845	Aug. 20, 1918	Wife of Silas Lupton NOTE: Joseph Ann "Joanna" Watson, d/o Joseph Allen Lupton & Maggie Watson; h/o Silas S. Lupton (The Luptons of NC, Vol. 1, by Shirley Edwards & Gladys Sadler, 1982, pgs. 193 & 254)
Lupton, John W.	July 21, 1869	July 20, 1892	Age 22 yrs. 11 mos. 29 days NOTE: s/o Silas Lupton II & Joanna Watson; John was married to Ida Lee Lupton on May 30, 1892 (The Luptons of NC, Vol. 1, by Shirley Edwards & Gladys Sadler, 1982, pg. 193)
Lupton, Silas	Aug. 13, 1839	Aug. 17, 1918	NOTE: Silas Lupton II, born Cedar Island, died Lupton, NC (Hog Island), s/o Clifford Lupton I & Gerusha Baker (The Luptons of NC, Vol. 1, by Shirley Edwards & Gladys Sadler, 1982, pg. 193)