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034    CARY FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Location - corner of W. Cornwall Rd., and Pond St., Cary, Wake County., NC

Coordinates: 35d 46m 31.0s N; 78d 47m 18.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Surveyed by Shirley Olson in February 13, 2002.

Directions: From Interstate 40, west of Raleigh, take Exit # 287, the N. Harrison Avenue exit, (SR 1652) and go south about 2 miles to Chatham St. At the traffic light jog left on Chatham St. (SR 1616) and turn right (south) on Academy St., at the next traffic light. About ¬ mile down the road it will dead end at Cary Elementary School. A sign at the traffic light points left to continue south on Kildaire Farm Rd., (SR 1300) about ¬ mile to a traffic light at the intersection of W. Cornwall Rd. Turn right and drive a short distance. On the right is the cemetery, at the intersection of Pond Rd., and W. Cornwall Rd.

The sign in front of the cemetery proclaims it is the property of Cary 1st United Church of Christ, 1109 Evans Rd., Cary, NC, 27513, Tel. # 467- 1053. This is a cemetery that is still in use with space for additional burials. The cemetery is in a state of disarray, with graves scattered here and there, many unmarked graves and many graves with cast concrete slabs with no names inscribed. Many stones are broken and overturned and general signs of serious neglect are rampant.

It is recommended to anyone interested in this cemetery that they read "Both Sides of the Tracks II, Recollections of Cary, NC, 1860-2000", published in 2001, written by Ella Arrington Williams-Vinson. Many photographs of the cemetery tombstones are included as well as the history of those buried here. It is a very vauable aid to those researching these graves. Sallie E. Jones is chairman of the Cary Colored Cemetery Committee at the Cary United Church of Christ, 1109 Evans Road, Cary, NC.,
27513, and has the task of identifying each grave site. Many of the graves do not have tombstones. Questions may be addressed to her, care of the church.

Day, "In memory of the George Washington Day Family, Mary Harris, Reuben, Jessie, Pattie, Alexander, Nora, Ida, Nancy Ann, George, Mary" " Presented by IRA" (This is a homemade slab with
these names inscribed by hand. It is not clear if this is a mass grave or if they are buried in unmarked graves with only this for a marker)

1. Arrington, Alfred   (b. 1 May 1829 - d. 9 Feb 1911)
2. Arrington, Arch   (b. 18 Apr 1859 - d. 17 Jun 1933)
3. Arrington, Arch Jr.   (b. 25 May 1898 - d. 23 Jul 1953)
birth year may be 1889
4. Arrington, Beulah Evans   (b. 3 Nov 1892 - d. 31 Dec 1943)
5. Arrington, Catherine S.   (b. 9 May 1925 - d. 28 Jun 1996)
6. Arrington, Clyde L.   (b. 9 Nov 1924 - d. ????)
7. Arrington, Eliza Helen Rogers   (b. 4 Sep 1906 - d. 16 May 1984)
8. Arrington, Emerson P. (Dick)   (b. 28 Feb 1928 - d. 17 Dec 1997)
9. Arrington, Ettie   (b. 16 Jun 1883 - d. 30 Mar 1975)
10. Arrington, Exum   (b. 23 Aug 1881 - d. 29 Oct 1940)
birth year may be 1886
11. Arrington, Sallie Blake   (b. ? Jun 1858 - d. 11 Aug 1952)
12. Atwater, Blanchie May   (b. Oct 1906 - d. 2 Apr 1909)
13. Bates, Alice   (b. 1856 - d. 1918)
14. Bates, Edward   (b. 1845 - d. 1917)
15. Beckwith, "Mother Jennie"   (b. 6 Sep 1864 - d. 31 Jan 1886)
16. Beckwith, Fletcher   (b. 17 May 1925 - d. 29 Nov 1972)
NC Pfc. 3220 QM Service Co. WW II
17. Bell, Gorda M.   (b. 2 Jan 1927 - d. 22 Feb 2001)
18. Bell, William   (b. 9 Apr 1927 - d. ????)
19. Boyd, Henry   (b. 31 May 1888 - d. 23 Nov 1944)
20. Boyd, Othalia   (b. 30 Sep 1910 - d. 8 Apr 1989)
21. Boyd, Rev.   (b. - d. )
stone is flat on ground, no dates
22. Cotton, Anna   (b. - d. )
no dates, Wife of W. C. Cotton
23. Cotton, Arqusta R.   (b. 1883 - d. 1931)
24. Cotton, Charlie   (b. 1908 - d. 1979)
25. Cotton, Clarence   (b. 19 Sep 1890 - d. 29 Oct 1958)
NC Pfc., 20 Co. 161 Depot Brigade WW I
26. Cotton, J. A.   (b. 1892 - d. 1925)
27. Cotton, Mack   (b. 1893 - d. 1903)
28. Cotton, Vermal   (b. 1887 - d. ????)
29. Cotton, Willis C.   (b. 4 Mar 1867 - d. 5 Jun 1942)
30. Craig, Mariah   (b. - d. 12 Mar 1906)
age about 65, Wife of John Craig
31. Day, George Washington, Family   (b. - d. )
[See the note above about this marker]
32. Dixon, Earnest   (b. 25 Dec 1886 - d. 10 Aug 1930)
33. Ferrell, Al Harry   (b. 19 Jul 1952 - d. 19 Jul 1952)
34. Ferrell, John B.   (b. 27 Jun 1912 - d. 15 Dec 1982)
35. Ferrell, John Mahlon   (b. 12 Mar 1949 - d. 20 Jun 1966)
36. Ferrell, Mary C.   (b. 5 Oct 1915 - d. 10 Jun 1995)
37. Hawkins, Elizabeth   (b. - d. )
no dates
38. Hawkins, Nannie   (b. 25 Dec 1854 - d. 17 Mar 1915)
39. Hawkins, Thomas   (b. 17 Apr 1856 - d. 27 Aug 1925)
40. Hawkins, W. N.   (b. 9 Sep 1883 - d. 25 Mar 1911)
41. Henderson, Darryl Blake   (b. 26 Jul 1960 - d. 13 Jan 1986)
42. Hicks, Virginia   (b. 1864 - d. 1936)
43. Hopson, Mae N.   (b. 1893 - d. 1997)
44. Hopson, Mollie   (b. 28 Feb 1878 - d. 17 Apr 1924)
45. Hopson, Nathaniel   (b. 12 Mar 1880 - d. ? May 1908)
46. Jenkins, Lena   (b. 1915 - d. 1984)
no stone, some broken rocks with a fun. home marker
47. Jones, Cora E.   (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
48. Jones, Dennis   (b. - d. 13 Mar 1918)
age 45 years
49. Jones, Emily Arrington.   (b. 20 Dec 1890 - d. 25 Apr 1975)
50. Jones, Emily Mae   (b. 1919 - d. 1999)
51. Jones, Harrie   (b. 21 Mar 1900 - d. 2 Jul 1920)
son of Alice Blokworth
52. Jones, James Henry   (b. 1888 - d. 1949)
53. Jones, James Henry Jr.   (b. 28 Apr 1917 - d. 29 Mar 1990)
54. Jones, N.B.   (b. - d. )
no dates (may be "newborn")
55. Lee, Herman   (b. 30 Aug 1891 - d. 14 May 1961)
NC Pvt. Co. B 536 Engineers WWI
56. McCoy, Sandra Elizabeth   (b. 17 Oct 1944 - d. 18 Sep 1997)
57. Moore, Alexander   (b. 4 Jul 1909 - d. 5 Sep 1926)
58. Moore, Arthur M.   (b. 10 Sep 1888 - d. 11 May 1920)
son of Sam and Malinda Moore
59. Moore, Malinda   (b. - d. 16 Mar 1947)
age 75
60. Nichols, John   (b. 1848 - d. 6 Jul 1921)
61. Pollard, Blondell   (b. 25 Feb 1925 - d. 30 Sep 1960)
Wife of John Mays
62. Pollard, C. A.   (b. 1892 - d. 1979)
63. Pollard, Helen D.   (b. 1897 - d. 1980)
64. Reaves, Annie E.   (b. 1 Jun 1914 - d. 9 Mar 1991)
65. Reaves, Delma T.   (b. 1 Jan 1914 - d. 18 Apr 1979)
66. Reaves, Sallie   (b. 1895 - d. 1984)
67. Royster, Lottie May   (b. 11 Apr 1926 - d. 2 Jun 1927)
68. Royster, Luther   (b. 1918 - d. 1947)
69. Ruffin, Mildred S. H.   (b. - d. 19 Dec 1913)
70. Satterfield, Mazie   (b. 1903 - d. 1987)
71. Scott, Ervin   (b. 27 Mar 1872 - d. 20 Aug 1907)
72. Simmons, William H.   (b. 25 Oct 1888 - d. 29 Dec 1916)
73. Stroud, "Mother Jane"   (b. - d. 12 Feb 1913)
74. Stroud, Berry G.   (b. 5 Jul 1886 - d. 10 Feb 1923)
initial may be O. birth date may be 3 Jul 1886.
75. Stroud, Herbert B.   (b. 1887 - d. 1958)
76. Turner, Hattie   (b. - d. 1891)
daughter of R. B. and L. J. Turner
77. Turner, RD   (b. 1893 - d. 1893)
son of R.B. and L. J. Turner
78. Turner, Susie   (b. 15 Apr 1897 - d. 11 Feb 1925)
Wife of Frank R. Cherry
79. White, Marie   (b. 8 Jan 1898 - d. ????)
(Cotton-Jones)