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
Diane Siniard Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Diane.
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