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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