Porter's Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery

Perquimans County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard
November 2007




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Porter's Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.

Location: Turn on Weigh Station Rd from Chapanoke Rd, Church and cemetery will be on the left right after the woods. Many signs of unmarked graves.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 15.140 N
    76° 22.514 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Henry V Jackson Sr Feb 15 1910 Feb 25 1987 Walter Riddick Oct 26 1913 Jan 28 1972 Ella D Whidbee Sep 20 1929 Jun 17 1970 Henry Riddick Apr 1 1924 Oct 21 1969 Gladys O Sutton 1906-1960 Steve Felton Died Jan 1960 NOI Leon Riddick Apr 20 1916 Jul 13 1958 Joseph Riddick Jul 4 1890 Oct 30 1957 Iseal Armstrong Mar 17 1930 Nov 15 1994 Ernest Armstrong Sr Feb 16 1901 Jun 11 1994 Mattie Towe "Matt" Armstrong Feb 12 1928 Feb 21 1966 George MC Armstrong Jan 6 1854 Apr 26 1958 Mary E Armstrong Apr 21 1869 May 8 1952 Unmarked Grave Susan Armstrong Died Jun 26 1941 NOI George Armstrong Mar 4 1869 Oct 23 1934 George Armstrong Jul 26 1894 Jul 20 1977 Lillian B Armstrong Oct 3 1889 Nov 3 1972 Lydia Armstrong Died Jan 1 1923 Double Stone Whidbee Charlie Oct 26 1909 Jan 18 1986 Annie Hazel Jun 19 1920 Aug 25 1995 Frank Coston Sep 9 1904 Jun 5 1983 Gertie Mae Coston Jun 23 1934 Jun 21 1998 Martha H Coston Oct 3 1911 Jan 28 2000 John W Coston Oct 2 1927 Jun 29 2003 Helen Riddick Felton Mar 13 1920 Jul 6 2004 Kyone' Tania Mercer May 2 2000 May 3 2000 Minnie Plurdie??? Born 1890 NOI Ruth Steward Feb 27 1922 Apr 12 1923 Stewart Allen Whidbee Apr 18 1973 Jun 8 1973 Georgette Wenona Whidbee Jun 11 1974 Dec 23 1974 Maggie M Wife of WH Burke Jan 1 1887 Aug 22 1924 Rachel E Lane Died Jan 15 1915 Ollie B Turner Nov 23 1911 Jan 10 1939 Elizabeth R Whidbee Jan 18 1901 Mar 29 2002 Josephus Riddick Mar 5 1922 Aug 29 1998 Vernon Roy Davis TEC 5 US Army World War II Dec 16 1921 Apr 4 2001 George Riley Whidbee Aug 2 1886 Jan 14 1982 Percy Davis Dec 24 1914 Oct 2 1989 Maggie S Davis Nov 23 1889 Jul 20 1968 Willie Hurdle North Carolina Pvt 93 QM RHD Co World War II Mar 17 1924 Oct 31 1948 Percy Steward Jr US Army World War II 1925-1991 James E Gordon Jr PFC US Army Jan 29 1954 Jun 8 1989 Betha S Gordon Aug 19 1919 Mar 30 1968 Willie Steward May 5 1896 Nov 10 1957 James Steward Aug 17 1916 Mar 19 1936 Percy Steward Aug 8 1894 Aug 12 1996 Sarah L Arcliff Sep 2 1893 Dec 12 1978 Unmarked Grave Lular Armstrong Wife of JJ Armstrong Sep 9 1869 Jul 31 1914 Age 45 yrs 10 mo 25days Kate Riddick 1886-1930 Unreadable stone Unmarked Grave Mable L Moore Aug 31 1916 Jun 5 1979 Charles Coleman Jr Sep 10 1926 Aug 16 1978 Perry M Barcliff Oct 26 1954 Apr 3 1992 Charlie Haywood Barcliff Aug 17 1892 May 14 1986 Edgar W Barcliff Sr Apr 9 1927 Jul 5 2000 George W Armstrong Oct 24 1928 Nov 26 1991 Bruster Lester Chesson Jan 24 1913 Dec 16 1973 Rosa Chesson Turner Dec 24 1882 Feb 6 1956 Mary Elizabeth Chesson Jun 29 1905 Feb 5 1929 Double Stone Pierce William H Apr 1 1874 Sep 6 1941 Gertrude A Mar 10 1879 Apr 8 1931 WH Chesson May 17 1877 Feb 14 1922 Mariah Sylvester Sep 15 1849 Apr 25 1918 Mattie I Wife of Richard Steward Jul 1894 Feb 23 1926 Mamie Perry Barcliff Oct 11 1898 Dec 22 1937 Eva J Tomes Mar 14 1914 Oct 23 1940 Della W Perry Oct 9 1870 Dec 13 1946 Levi Perry Nov 16 1869 Feb 1941 Edna Armstrong 1914 May 6 1944 Isaac Overton Mar 20 1854 Jun 8 1928 Isaac Overton Aug 16 1897 Jun 1 1976 James K Overton Nov 18 1916 Jul 31 1967 Lessie Perry Overton Aug 24 1900 Mar 9 1936 Daffie Mae Overton Nov 28 1936 Dec 2 1940 Ellen Spellman 1886-1959 Unmarked Grave Emma Price May 22 1900 Aug 27 1968 (Very hard to read!) Willie Price North Carolina PFC 834 Trans Corps World War I Jul 26 1894 Sep 2 1970 ???llis Price 1853 1916 One side of stone buried Unmarked Grave Martha E Barcliff Daughter of Magor & Elizabeth Love Wife of WH Barcliff Jun 19 1873 Aug 26 1903 WH Barcliff Aug 18 1867 May 24 1924 Hardy Sutton Son of Sophia and James Sutton May 15 1877 Aug 12 1921 Martha Price Barcliff Jun 15 1893 Jul 26 1973 WC Barcliff Dec 22 1894 Dec 15 1977 William C Barcliff Jr Jun 18 1922 Oct 24 1995 Irvin R "Weasel" Barcliff Dec 19 1935 Feb 15 2003 Argustus Barcliff PFC US Army Apr 30 1931 Sep 20 1986 Herma Lightford Jul 18 1916 ??? 8 1950 (VERY hard to read) Unmarked Grave Maggie P Lightfoot 1884 Dec 11 1933 John L Lightfoot Jan 16 1891 Feb 3 1964 Lester Perry Aug 2 1937 Jun 27 1960 Mary Perry Aug 15 1864 Jan 3 1962 Edgar Perry Nov 19 1901 Jan 10 1968 Occue Perry Mar 8 1910 Dec 16 1993 Helen J Perry Jan 12 1914 Dec 27 1985 Callace Lightford Aug 12 1932 Aug 18 1967 Marjore L Brothers Mar 18 1926 Mar 21 1997 Angela Yvette Godfrey May 18 1971 Jul 11 1971 Marshall Godfrey Sep 14 1966 Aug 30 1967 Narcissua L Parker Mar 29 1907 Nov 29 1966 Clifton V Parker Sep 8 1927 Feb 19 1946 Rev Clifton O Parker Jul 6 1905 Dec 22 1984 Claude Spellman Feb 28 1900 Mar 30 1994 James Mallory Feb 8 1915 Apr 29 1980 Clinlora R Mallory Apr 15 1925 Sep 11 1978 Matthew Riddick Aug 15 1914 Feb 15 1986 Mary E Riddick 1912-1975 Joseph M Riddick Jun 17 1935 Jul 3 1979


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