Oak Hill AME Zion Church Cemetery

Perquimans County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard & Josh Griffin
April 2008




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Oak Hill AME Zion Church Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.

Location: 911-B Woodland Church Rd

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 11.645 N
    76° 22.616 W


    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Rev John H Skinner Aug 15 1887 Oct 11 1860 Reddick Johnson Died 1918 Margaret Johnson Died Jun 1923 Angeline Crowder Sep 23 1915 Mar 19 1988 Double Stone Zachary Mamie A 1890-1971 Hubert E 1887-1965 Hubert M Zachary Apr 7 1914 Jul 19 1954 SC Johnson Feb 16 1876 Jan 6 1916 Mattie P Archer Feb 12 1888 Jan 17 1953 WIfe of SC Johnson and GW Reed Irving L Johnson SF1 US Navy Jan 25 1907 Jun 14 1962 Willie J Tanner 1910-1964 Almira A Crutchfield May 12 1890 Apr 18 1976 Clara B Sumner Harrell Mar 3 1885 May 28 1963 Mary E Sumner May 24 1880 Oct 1 1970 Losipe? E? Apr 1898 Sep 1900 Stone very worn hard to read Charles R Tolson Tec 4 US Army World War II Mar 1 1910 Feb 20 1986 William L Tolson Mar 5 1884 Jan 6 1957 Louise D Tolson NOI Double Stone Zachary Nathan J Apr 15 1874 Nov 28 1957 Penelope Oct 18 1877 Nov 28 1964 Edna S Zachary Apr 15 1909 Jul 15 1985 Mitchell M Zachary Feb 22 1913 Aug 17 1993 Clara Elliot 1868 Apr 10 1933 Age 65 years Jos. Elliott Co F 35th SC Unreadable Stone Double Stone G W S Aug 16 1852 Mar 7 1929 M J S His Wife Dec 7 1857 NOD Oliver Husband of Estell Elliott Feb 1 1880 Oct 14 1923 Son Rich. C Reg. J G Cav. Rest of stone unreadable due to weathering Broken Stone Unreadable Florence Tolson 1890-1973 Rev Earnest S Tolson Feb 21 1892 Dec 27 1958 John E Mitchell North Carolina Pvt US Army World War I Nov 22 1891 Jul 16 1968 Harry L Zachary Jan 10 1902 Jun 17 1990 MM Unreadable Gladys F Copeland Feb 9 1931 Jan 30 2001 Bernice F Hart Feb 6 1922 Feb 19 1996 Lucille Fletcher Jun 9 1901 Jan 13 1981 James H Fletcher North Carolina Pvt Co B (Unreadable) Brig World War I Jun 8 1895 Jan 25 1970 Stone very weathered James Fletcher Jr North Carolina Cpl 870 AAA AW Bn CAC World War II Jul 26 1919 Mar 5 1950 Willie Fletcher TEC 5 US Army Jul 6 1920 Aug 16 2005 Broken Stone Unreadable Bernice B Felton Aug 31 1913 Jan 10 1986 Mary W Turner Dec 25 1884 Jul 2 1979 Elnora Jones Oct 31 1974 NOD Charlie M Jones Jul 23 1891 Jun 25 1970 Clarence Harris Sr Jan 4 1924 Dec 3 1993 Delores J Harris Dec 12 1944 Mar 23 1962 Unreadable Stone James Harris Dec 15 Rest unreadable Unreadable Stone Darius Tillett Dec 28 1917 Apr 23 1978 Joseph G Weeks Nov 9 1824 Jun 16 2001 (yes, stone reads those dates, has to be misprint) William E Weeks Jan 4 1933 Dec 6 1987 Nixon Weeks Sr PFC US Army World War I Feb 12 1893 Jun 20 1990 ? H Weems stone partially buried and unreadable Harriett Weems 1861-1944 Ella M Foreman May 8 1927 Dec 31 1990 Millie E Lightfoot Feb 10 1891 Apr 22 1960 Unreadable Stone



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