Galatia Baptist Church Cemetery
Perquimans Co., NC
Surveyed by Diane Siniard
June 2008
Resurveyed June 2013




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Galatia Baptist Church Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.

Location: 2384 New Hope Rd

African American Cemetery

Note: Some of these stones are impossible to read due to the disrespect and lack of care of this cemetery. I have left messages trying to get more info on the cemetery but no one from the church has returned any of my calls.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36°08.845 N
    76°17.731 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    


Page 1


Lucille Freeman
Apr 12 1897
Jan 9 1973

Caroline Banks
Apr 9 1889
Mar 15 1972

Joseph Banks
Oct 16 1936
Nov 22 1972

Elder Harris
Jul 1 1903
Sep 18 1977

Wilbert Lee
Feb 12 1934
Feb 20 1971

Unmarked Stone

Eller Whedbee
1868-1960

Willie Taylor
North Carolina
Pvt
2 Bil & Sup Det
World War I
Oct 13 1891
Dec 31 1959

Sarah Whidbee
Aug 12 1905
May 4 1977

Jonah E Whidbee
Aug 23 1953
Jul 17 1988

Beverly Ann White
Jun 22 1960
May 29 2011

Barbara A James
May 14 1956
Oct 19 1996

James E Overton
Feb 14 1931
NOD

G Overton
Jun 29 1935
NOD

Destroyed Stone

Helene S Thomas
Sep 25 1928
Jun 13 2011

William L Harris
US Marine Corps
Vietnam
Jun 28 1952
Jun 11 2003

Inez Turner Harris
Jun 1 1921
Apr 18 1996

Josephine H Banks
Aug 21 1899
Mar 11 1988

Joseph E Banks
Apr 20 1910
Aug 17 1989

Matthew Harris
Jul 6 1926
Sep 27 1994

Grace Banks
Apr 24 1927
Nov 25 1984
Mother of 
Calvin, Geraldine, Willie,
Gwendolyn & Melody

Nellie B Johnson
Apr 1 1903
Jul 28 1984

Henry Banks
Jul 2 1921
Sep 10 1982

Roll E Banks
Aug 3
Feb 13 19
Rest buried

George W Banks
Sept 3 1907
Dec 14 1979

James Harris Sr
Jan 1 1917
Feb 19 1979

Addie F Dance
Jul 27 1915
Dec 11 2008

Charlie Dance
Pvt
US Army
World War II
Mar 19 1915
Apr 18 1992

Unmarked Grave

Andrew Walter Lee
Aug 2 1892
Aug 28 1972

Unmarked Stone

Unmarked Stone

Unmarked Stone

Rev Joseph Banks
1872-1940

Unmarked Stone

Ella Whidbee Greene
Dec 15 1886
May 15 1987

Mamie Nixon
Feb 7 1897
Oct 13 1961

Ella Louginia Leigh Hurdle
Nov 29 1929
Feb 20 1995

George Willie Hurdle
Nov 24 1978
Jan 17 2012


Page 2


Unmarked Stone

Double Stone
Overton
Warren
Sep 16 1902
Oct 10 1974
Sarah Lee
Apr 7 1906
Jan 24 1985

Double Stone
Parson
Walter Jr
Sep 25 1925
Feb 28 2001
Naomi T
Jan 15 1928
Sep 22 2008

Double Stone
Turner
Mazzie L
Feb 1 1899
Nov 6 1940
Luther D
Aug 21 1898
Apr 17 1955

Unmarked Stone

Destroyed Stone

Robert C Hoffler
1860-1942

Susan A Hoffler
Nov 7 1861
Jul 9 1945

Lottie Hoffler Overton
Aug 13 1894
Jul 9 1946

Joseph Overton
1881-1939

Rev ? Overton
1881-1958

Destroyed Stone

Raymond W Hoffler
Jun 6 1907
Dec 5 1979

Mattie Hoffler
Sep 28 1886
Dec 11 1977

Unmarked Stone

James O Campbell
Jul 17 1900
Jul 12 1945

Frances Hoffler Welch
May 25 1923
Nov 5 1985

Unmarked Stone

H
9 198
All that is readable

Sarah Overton
Apr 25 1918
Sep 19 1960

William H Overton Sr
Feb 5 1928
Oct 7 1983

Fannie E Overton
Jan 6 1899
Feb 7 1970

David D Overton
Jul 16 1898
Apr 20 1984

Narcissus Overton
Jul 5 1917
Jun 29 1985

Robert W Chisolm
Oct 12 1964
May 10 1992

Tommy L Chisolm
Dec 26 1967
Sep 20 1992

George A Overton
Feb 12 1943
Apr 5 1997

Margaret J Overton
Dec 24 1930
Jun 5 2002

Leroy Banks
Sgt
US Army
Korea
Nov 21 1932
Jan 5 1997

Cora O James
Aug 6 1924
Sep 6 1992

Levi Overton
US Army
World War II
Apr 7 1916
Jun 1 1992

Unmarked Stone

Wiley C Welch
US Army
World War II
Jul 3 1920
Nov 16 1992

Ellis Hoffler
Jan 16 1900
Nov 14 1990

Maggie S Hoffler
Oct 16 1903
Jan 27 1991

Mozell Barclift
Jun 10 1942
Feb 15 2001

Jessie Barclift
Apr 12 1933
Jan 8 2008

Ruby Mae Barclift
Jan 8 1929
Mar 4 2005

Unmarked Grave

William H Welch
Apr 1 1916
Nov 15 1994

Wiley Earl Welch Jr
S Sgt
US Army
Vietman
Aug 22 1940
Aug 16 1995

Shirley W Thomas
Oct 17 1945
Mar 22 1999

Mildred L Dawson
Oct 20 1934
Mar 8 2009

William Banks Jr
Jul 30 1938
Jun 14 1987

Annie B P Rivers
May 15 1886
Nov 4 1979

Joseph D Banks
Pvt
US Army
World War II
Oct 12 1905
Jan 6 1998

Destroyed Stone

Marie J Spruill
Jan 28 1910
Jun 4 2001


Page 3


Destroyed Stone

Onella Washington
Sep 9 1922
May 13 2003

Weltha L Greene
Jun 15 1933
May 12 2004

Tia Michelle Greene
Born & Died
Jan 12 2005

Vickie Jarvis McClain
Sep 5 1947
Nov 18 2006

Lillie M Banks
Mar 21 1919
Sep 27 2007

Triple Stone
Greene
Ella Mae Mobley
Sep 3 1922
Apr 27 2010
Lillian FOster
Apr 15 1913
Oct 5 2010
Charles D Greene
Sep 25 1915
Oct 31 2010

John E Hoffler
Feb 14 1944
Feb 23 1997
 
Jacqueline Hoffler Askew
Jul 26 1916
Apr 4 1985

Charles Chester Askew
Nov 9 1916
Oct 10 1988
US Merchant Marine

Maggie T Braciff
Apr 1 1901
Mar 17 1965

Josehua Burnham
Pvt
US Army
World War I
Jan 15 1897
May 14 1984

Susie E Taylor
Oct 9 1887
Jan 13 1990

Nannie N Banks
Sep 22 1912
Feb 4 2002

Marie J Spruill
Jan 28 1910
Jun 4 2001

Bennie L Banks
Mar 10 1937
Apr 29 1999

Jeremiah Jamar Milton
Sep 10 2008
Apr 27 2009

Bessie S. D. Brown
May 23 1929
Apr 17 1995

Unmarked Stone

Unmarked Grave

Samuel Banks
Jan 15 1921
Dec 1 1976

Double Stone
Turner
Alonzo Sr
Apr 1 1887
Mar 17 1950
Bessie R
Apr 18 1891
Mar 10 1984

Ruth Hoffler White
Sep 10 1900
Dec 20 1982

Unmarked Stone

Thomas C Hoffler
May 15 1901
Jun 19 1980

Mary H White
Nov 5 1882
Feb 3 1968

Bernice F Hoffler
Dec 15 1902
Oct 12 1985

Olive Hoffler
Jan 9 1892
Dec 19 1986



Section 2
Behind church in field



MM
Verhonda Turner
NOI

Nathan A Turner
Sep 2 1908
Aug 11 2001

Elnora C Nixon
Oct 5 1895
Dec 2 1945

Alice A Turner
Jun 11 1869
Sep 1 1934

Washington Webb
Feb 19 1842
Oct 18 1909

Andrew Venson Johnson
US Navy
Dec 10 1933
Jan 17 2013

Robin J Banks
1869-1935

Unmarked Stone

Sergt
Hannibal Whitby
Co F
36th USCI

Unmarked Grave



Section 3
Beside Church
across ditch



Demothenese W Jacox
May 2 1923
Jun 6 2006

Clarence Williams
Oct 26 1922
Mar 4 1988?

Emmeral Emanuel Jacocks
Pvt
US Army
Mar 31 1938
Mar 12 2006

J Pearl Jacocks
Sep 13 1909
Jun 2 2003

Claudine Jacocks Mitchell
May 30 1912
Jul 2 2006
Mother of
Loretta
Grandmother of
Shawnya
Great Grandmother of
Taliea

John Sylvester Perry
Jul 18 1954
May 18 2004


Page 4


John H Jacocks
US Army
World War II
1925-1990

Jesse C Jacocks
Aug 10 1889
Apr 1 1962

Ella J Beverly
Jul 15 1884
Sep 24 1955

Isaac Watson Jacox
North Carolina
Pvt
207 Pioneer Inf
World War I
Nov 12 1888
Jan 13 1952

Clattie J Thomas
Dec 15 1932
Mar 5 2011

Jesse H Jacocks
Dec 28 1933
Dec 2 1979

Rayfield Jacocks
Cpl
US Army
May 15 1935
Apr 13 1999

Georgetta W Jacocks
Feb 26 1935
Jul 18 2008

Double Stone
Jacocks
Demas C
Sep 20 1847
Jul 5 1925
Martha E
Sep 24 1849
Oct 4 1931

Unreadable Stone

Willie L Weaver
Florida
403 Unreadable Bn
QMC
World War I
Aug 3 1898
Oct ? 1949

Laura Jacocks Weaver
Apr 15 1891
Jun 10 1958

Vina J Medley
Mar 14 1879
Oct 2 1963

Daisy J Bess
1886-1966

Mattie J Gathers
Oct 20 1906
Feb 26 1975

Nannie L Jacocks
Feb 23 1904
Feb 21 1980



These stones were 
in the 2007 survey 
but aren't there now 
or the stones are 
destroyed or unreadable.


Blanche H McKoy
Jul 13 1910
Dec 31 1986

Susan Banks
1898–1956

John L Johnson
Mar 13 1912
Jan 20 1990

Thellamar B Johnson
June 5 1911
Nov 25 1999

Millie G Perry
Sep 29 1917
Jul 5 1998


    

    

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