Galatia Baptist Church Cemetery

Perquimans County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard
June 2008




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

Location: 2340 New Hope Rd

Transcription by Kerry Smith

African American Cemetery

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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    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 Braoiff Apr 1 1901 Mar 17 1965 Josehua Burnham Jan 15 1897 May 14 1984 Pvt US Army World War I Susie E. Taylor Oct 9 1887 Jan 13 1990 Blanche H. McKoy Jul 13 1910 Dec 31 1986 Olive Hoffler Jan 9 1892 Dec 19 1986 Bernice F. Hoffler Dec 15 1902 Oct 12 1985 Mary H. White Nov 5 1882 Feb 3 1968 Thomas C. Hoffler May 15 1901 Jun 19 1980 Ruth Hoffler White Sep 10 1900 Dec 20 1982 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 Unreadable buried stone Bessie S. D. Brown May 23 1929 Apr 17 1995 Susan Banks 1898–1956 John L. Johnson Mar 13 1912 Jan 20 1990 Thellamar B. Johnson June 5 1911 Nov 25 1999 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 Jessie Barclift Apr 12 1933 Jan 8 2008 Ruby Mae Barclift Jan 8 1929 Mar 4 2005 William H. Welch Apr 1 1916 Nov 15 1994 Wiley Earl Welch, Jr. Aug 22 1940 Aug 16 1995 S Sgt US Army Vietman Shirley W. Thomas Oct 17 1945 Mar 22 1999 William Banks, Jr. Jul 30 1938 Jun 14 1987 Annie B. P. Rivers May 15 1886 Nov 4 1979 Joseph D. Banks Oct 12 1905 Jan 6 1998 Pvt US Army World War II Marie J. Spruill Jan 28 1910 Jun 4 2001 Millie G. Perry Sep 29 1917 Jul 5 1998 Unreadable metal marker Onella Washington Sep 9 1922 May 13 2003 Weltha L. Greene Jun 15 1933 May 12 2004 Tia Michelle Greene “Sunrise and Sunset” Jan 12 2005 Vickie Jarvis McCLain Sep 5 1947 Nov 18 2006 Lillie M. Banks Mar 21 1919 Sep 27 2007 Margaret J. Overton Dec 24 1930 Jun 5 2002 Leroy Banks Nov 21 1932 Jan 5 1997 Sgt US Army Korea Cora O. James Aug 6 1924 Sep 6 1992 Levi Overton Apr 7 1916 Jun 1 1992 US Army World War II Unreadable buried stone Unreadable stone Wiley C. Welch Jul 3 1920 Nov 16 1992 US Army World War II 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 James O. Campbell Jul 17 1900 Jul 12 1945 Frances Hoffler Welch May 25 1923 Nov 5 1985 Unreadable stone Unreadable stone Sarah Overton Apr 25 1918 Sep 19 1960 Unreadable stone Unreadable stone 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 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. NOI Double Stone Turner Luther D. Aug 21 1898 Apr 17 1955 Mazzie L. Feb 1 1899 Nov 6 1940 Unreadable stone Unreadable stone Robert C. Hoffler 1860-1942 Susan A. Hoffler Nov 7 1861 Jul 9 1945 Lottie Hoffler Overton Aug 13 1894 Jul 9 1946 Unreadable stone Unreadable stone Unreadable stone Unreadable stone Raymond W. Hoffler Jun 6 1907 Dec 5 1979 Mattie Hoffler Sep 28 1886 Dec 11 1977 Unreadable stone Unreadable stone 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 Unreadable stone George W. Banks Sept 3 1907 Dec 14 1979 James Harris, Sr. Jan 1 1917 Feb 19 1979 Charlie Dance Mar 19 1915 Apr 18 1992 Pvt US Army World War II Very small fenced plot no stone Andrew Walter Lee Aug 2 1892 Aug 28 1972 Overton Stone broken / obscured Hand inscribed – illegible James E. Overton Feb 14 1931 NOD (born Jan 1, 1873 from other records) Barbara A. James May 14 1956 Oct 19 1996 Jonah E. Whidbee Aug 23 1953 Jul 17 1988 Sarah Whidbee Aug 12 1905 May 4 1977 Willie Taylor Oct 13 1891 Dec 31 1959 Pvt 2 Bil and Sup Det World War I Eller Whedbee 1868-1960 Unreadable stone Ella Whidbee Greene Dec 15 1886 May 15 1987 Mamie Nixon Feb 7 1887 Oct 13 1961 Ella Louginia Leigh Hurdle Nov 29 1929 Feb 20 1995 Unreadable stone Rock marker Lucille Freeman Apr 12 1897 Jan 9 1973 Caroline Banks Apr 9 1889 Mar 15 1972 Joseph ____ Rest unreadable ____ Lee Date unreadable Feb 20 1971 Elder Harris Jul 1 1903 Sep 18 1977 William L. Harris Jun 28 1952 Jun 11 2003 US Marine Corps Vietnam 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 ____ Banks 1869 – rest unreadable Unreadable stone Hannibal Whitby Sergt Co. F 36th USCI (US Colored Infantry) No dates Washington Webb Feb 19 184_ Oct 18 1909 Alice A. Turner Jun 11 1869 Sep 1 1934 Elnora C. Nixon Oct 5 1895 Dec 2 1945 Nathan A. Turner Sep 2 1908 Aug 11 2001 Metal marker Verhonda Turner No other information Unreadable stone Nannie L. Jacocks Feb 23 1904 Feb 21 1980 Mattie J. Gathers Oct 20 1906 Feb 26 1975 Daisy I. Ress 1886-19_6 Vina J. Medley Mar 14 1879 Oct 2 1963 Laura Jacocks Weaver Apr 15 1891 Jun 10 1958 Willie L. Weaver Dates illegible Unreadable stone John Sylvester Perry Jul 18 1954 May 18 2004 John H. Jacocks 1925-1990 US Army World War II Claudine Jacocks Mitchell May 30 1912 Jul 2 2006 Mother of Loretta Grandmother of Shawnya Great Grandmother of Taliea Jesse C. Jacocks Aug 10 1889 Apr 1 1962 Ella J. Beverly Jul 15 1884 Sep 24 1955 Isaac Watson Jacox Nov 12 1888 Jan 13 1952 Pvt. 107 Pioneer JNP (?) World War II Jesse H. Jacocks Dec 26 1933 Dec 2 1979 Rayfield Jacocks May 15 1935 Apr 13 1999 Cpl. US Army Double Stone Jacocks Demas C. Sep 20 1847 Jul 5 1925 Martha E. Sep 24 1849 Oct 4 1931 Demothenese W. Jacox May 2 1923 Jun 6 2006



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