Melton's Grove Cemetery

Perquimans County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard
December 2007




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Melton's Grove Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.

Location: From Hwy 17 (Oceana Hwy) turn onto Main St by the State Dept. Take immediate left by the Water plant. Cemetery will be on the right just past the water plant.
There are signs of at least 50 if not more unmarked graves.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 12.825 N
    76° 26.132 W


    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Mattie W Riddick Dec 9 1890 May 9 1956 Hugh Willie Riddick Aug 12 1883 Jul 16 1972 Romanes Lee Woodard SSG US Army Afghanistan Jul 23 1974 Apr 6 2005 BSM Elmer M Copeland SP5 US Army Vietnam Apr 15 1941 Jul 21 2006 James E Copeland Aug 3 1885 Mar 28 1978 Benner Copeland Mar 17 1892 Aug 24 1969 Leshia M Copeland Jul 12 1939 Sep 24 2002 Lessie A Copeland Dec 25 1913 Jun 18 2000 William W Copeland Oct 20 1911 May 18 1955 Gerdine Copland Sep 2 1944 May 10 1955 Plassie Copland May 9 1946 May 18 1955 Annie Dempsey Oct 10 1831 Mar 8 1927 Double Stone Barnes Martha Tolson 1886-1929 Belinda Forbes 1889-1927 S 2/C Joseph M Tolson May 15 1926 Killed in Action Jul 17 1944 Isaac Tolson Dec 2 1876 Jul 24 1947 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave George R Copeland Virginia PVT 1CL AAC RES Labor Bn Feb 2 1943 NOD Unmarked Grave Mattie A Boyce Jan 9 1883 Dec 24 1961 Hazel B Modlin Jul 22 1912 May 6 1962 William C Modlin Sep 3 1901 Dec 14 1963 Herbert Lee Boyce Sec 4 1908 Sep 14 1966 Ruth W Armstrong Nov 11 1909 Feb 28 2001 Charles F White Aug 22 1963 Dec 30 1993 Andrenella R White Aug 31 1925 Mar 31 1993 Alfred A White Apr 14 1924 May 1 2006 Howard E Johnson Oct 29 1937 Nov 4 1991 William K Johnson Mar 10 1936 Sep 18 1991 William Johnson Jr Mar 18 1962 Aug 10 1985 Isaac Barrow Apr 18 1900 Feb 12 1977 Charlie Frank White Virginia Cook Co C 338 QM Corps World War I Apr 1 1896 Nov 28 1965 Mary J White Aug 10 1896 Feb 5 1965 Margret V White Dec 7 1908 Aug 4 1968 Christopher C Armstrong Sep 10 1913 Apr 29 1975 MM Estelle T Hurdle NOI MM Floyd White Jr Nov 3 ???? Feb 5 ???? Unreadable MM Jason T White rest unreadable Jamie Lewis Brooks Dec 8 1981 Jun 12 2004 Son of Mildred & Jamie Sr James Banks PFC US Army Korea May 30 1930 Jun 1 2004 Dorothy W Banks Dec 24 1937 Jan 11 1997 James E Banks Jan 12 1964 Jun 18 1994 Willie O White Dec 1 1940 Mar 27 2000 Robert A White Jun 10 1913 Jul 23 1975 Helen M White Apr 19 1915 Jan 4 1978 Lutker D Hayes 1899-1963 MM Joe Walker Sr NOI Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Ella H Whitehurst Mar 14 1938 Jan 31 1999 Unmarked Grave John Ellis Riddick PFC US Army Jan 14 1930 Jan 2 1997 Sarah R Patterson Oct 18 1927 Oct 17 1979 Angeline Patterson Jul 7 1935 Jul 31 1978 Sarah E Riddick Dec 2 1893 Feb 3 1984 Herman R Riddick Feb 15 1913 Jan 13 1987 Virgie R White Sep 23 1913 Apr 14 1988 Martha W Riddick Jan 20 1911 Feb 5 1993 Deardeary Riddick Oct 5 1905 Jul 20 1999 Goshua W Lilly Apr 25 1921 Apr 30 1967 Ethel L Johnson Aug 14 1910 May 29 1976 Hilda M Modlin Sep 19 1917 May 5 1996 Matthew M Modlin May 15 1979 NOD Unmarked Grave Ollie B Shufford May 22 1903 Apr 1 1979 Doris Gillian Sep 19 1925 Jun 14 1994 MM Anna Modlin Thomas NOI Sidney M Perry Mar 15 1910 May 2 1982 Onella L Perry Jun 13 1909 Jan 16 1975 Mary L Babb Apr 15 1877 Apr 14 1958 Eleanor P White Nov 22 1925 Feb 25 1986 Carlton Perry Oct 6 1912 Jun 1 1973 Loretta E Collins Apr 11 1914 Feb 15 2002 Elbert S White Nov 10 1934 Aug 13 1994 James H White Dec 18 1921 Oct 17 2004 Andrew C White Sr May 3 1917 Jul 3 2005 Lelia Mae White May 6 1904 Dec 24 1996 General Moore Cpl US Army World War II Nov 20 1919 Nov 4 2001 John (Unreadable) 1886-1949 Stone very hard to read Lauretta T Weeks Sep 10 1934 Jun 30 1995 Eula F Dance Jan 5 1942 Sep 20 2001 Ginider Overton Apr 10 1931 Aug 25 2005 William "Ike" Foreman Dec 20 1905 Oct 6 2001 Stone buried unable to read Magnes S Copeland Mar 16 1941 Jan 30 1988 Rosie L Harris Aug 7 1927 Dec 16 1997 Double Stone Whedbee Wiley Dec 8 1931 Jan 6 2000 FS Wiley Whedbee US Air Force Korea VIetnam 1931-2000 Elnore E White Mar 23 1931 Oct 29 2005 Linda Ellis White Jan 12 1952 Feb 16 2003 Helen White Houston Nov 2 1929 Dec 19 1989 Ozell N White Aug 23 1904 Dec 24 1978 Unmarked Grave George Armstrong Jr May 20 1897 Jan 17 1982 Sally A Barclift Nov 12 1933 Jan 17 1982 George E Armstrong Oct 22 1931 Oct 31 1985 Josephine H Armstrong Jun 8 1902 Dec 25 1991 Elton L Armstrong Aug 24 1948 Feb 11 1995 Lorraine B Sheard Oct 10 1957 Feb 23 1995 Joseph C Armstrong Sr Sep 20 1923 Apr 5 1996 Booker T Armstrong Sr Dec 17 1929 Nov 2 1996 Oliver L Spellman Dec 30 1914 Oct 9 2001 Sally R Spellman Jun 4 1917 May 16 1991 Estelle Bowe Nov 12 1905 Jan 21 1965 Nathan Bowe Oct 11 1894 Dec 18 1972 Ernest C Bowe May 12 1923 Oct 15 2002 Mark R Modlin 1873-1944 Unreadable Stone Willie B Moore Jr Aug 8 1941 Oct 13 2000 Rev. Willie B Moore Sr Oct 22 1923 Sep 26 1999 Elihu H White Jun 1 1898 Feb 28 1982 George Wilson Modlin PFC US Army Korea Jun 1 1934 Jan 25 1987 Jacqueline E Modlin Apr 1 1950 Oct 17 1997 Samuel R Brooks Apr 24 1957 Nov 5 1997 MM Clark Jr NOI Rev Foster F Moore Jan 22 1905 Sep 21 1994 Rosetta K Moore Oct 1 1906 Jan 26 1994 Unmarked Grave Thadies Modlin Nov 8 1908 Aug 12 1954 James E Modlin Mar 8 1907 Mar 8 1958 Charles E Modlin Aug 20 1942 Dec 3 1976 MM Phillip Harrell NOI Margaret E Moore Jan 16 1931 Aug 14 2003 Lenora W Moore Apr 12 1912 Jul 6 2001 William D Moore Jr Jan 1 1933 Jul 28 1990 Rev William D Moore Sr Jul 31 1912 Oct 23 1982 Andrews Moore Jan 10 1910 May 30 1977 Willie Roy Moore North Carolina CK3 US Navy World War II Jan 27 1906 Dec 30 1970 Unmarked Grave Mattie L White May 20 1936 Aug 9 1965 Lula W Harris Oct 19 1923 Nov 11 1988 Milton Harris Sr Sgt US Army World War II May 8 1922 Dec 16 2004 William A Armstrong Feb 1 1900 Sep 4 1986 David I Hurdle 1953-1974 Rosie H Armstrong Jan 14 1901 Jun 1 1986 George W Hurdle Jun 2 1875 Nov 18 1956 Willie M Farrow Jan 5 1917 Jan 2 1978 Pennie H Overton Feb 20 1905 Jan 20 2000 Juanita Farrow Jul 22 1956 May 13 2005 Almay Jones Aug 10 1893 May 4 1963 Sidney Wiggins NOI A??? Eliot very unreadable Hilton L Elliott North Carolina TEC US Army rest buried unreadable Evelyn E "Ell" Elliott Felton Dec 17 1920 Sep 7 1999 Willie E Felton US Army Vietnam Jun 6 1949 Sep 4 1993 Oliver Elliott Nov 15 1913 Aug 18 1967 Double Stone Elliott Annie Bell Dec 18 1912 Aug 7 1982 NOI John H Elliott US Navy World War II Feb 22 1924 Oct 10 1984 Mary L Wiggins Dec 12 1896 Mar 7 1987 Hardy A Wiggins May 19 1896 Mar 30 1951 Gearldine E Wiggins Nov 17 1923 Mar 18 1966 Clarine V White Jan 16 1926 Nov 13 1966 Julius L Moore North Carolina Pvt 347 Service BN QMC World War I Aug 14 1892 Jun 7 1952 Julia Holley Died Nov 2 1967 Julia Wiggins Sep 27 1917 Nov 20 1978 Joseph L Wiggins Dec 7 1918 Nov 20 1992 Fannie L Holley Mar 2 1898 Aug 16 1989 Vernon E Wiggins PFC US Army World War II Jun 19 1922 Jul 15 1999 Mattie S White Nov 11 1932 Oct 27 2005 Hattie H Whidbee Aug 22 1915 Oct 1 2003 Nathaniel Whidbee Jr Jul 31 1926 Jun 15 1990 Jessie M Spellman Sep 29 19?? Jan 21 19?? Half buried MM Unreadable MM Mr Matthew Holley 199-1964 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Rose Bell Boyd Hill Feb 12 1930 Jun 14 2003 Ethel Lee White Nov 15 1931 Feb 22 2003 Nathan Winslow Oct 7 1908 Oct 10 1942 Hattie A Wiggins Mar 22 1906 Jun 25 1990 Madelyn W Nutter Jan 28 1909 Feb 4 1977 Fannie L Boyd Sep 12 1905 Nov 22 1976 Nustus Wiggins Nov 18 1903 May 10 1951 James W Wiggins Sep 12 1935 Jan 27 1969 Gracie M Wiggins May 5 1905 Sep 2 1970 Samuel Tillett May 30 1886 Jan 30 1969 Annie H Tillett May 16 1899 Jun 11 1986 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave William Hunter Feb 8 1926 Jul 27 1927

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