The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Thompson Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.
Location: Snug Harbor Rd, pass New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, on the other side of the woods. This cemetery is in horrible shape. Vandals have knocked over a lot of stones. Signs of a lot of graves that are not marked.
African American Cemetery
View photos of the headstones here.
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GPS Coordinates:
36° 06.598 N
76° 28.577 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Abraham Thompson
Dec 3 1891
Dec 1 1970
Grave turned over
cannot read
Lillian BT Edney
Mar 4 1893
Dec 7 1978
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
Infant son of
L & H I Thompson
Died
Oct 9 1910
age 5 days
Mr and Mrs Levi Thompson
Father
1849-1920
Mother
1859-1920
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
James Bembry
Died
Jun 1932
Isaac G Bembry
Sep 1877
May 29 1933
George W Simpson
Oct 17 1900
Aug 14 1969
Annie M Simpson
Mar 1 1866
Dec 8 1921
Booker T Simpson
Oct 17 1900
Dec 18 1926
Unreadable Stone
John A Carr
Aug 29 1938
May 15 1949
Sophia B Simpson Carr
Oct 26 1895
Jun 6 1955
Rev John H Skinner
Mar 15 1877
Aug 20 1966
Unreadable Stone
Lucey Jon??
Nov 1817
Nov 27
stone broken and was buried
hard to read
Unreadable Stone
Evangelist Jua'nita Revell
Sep 6 1950
Feb 14 1998
Robert Lewis Revell
Oct 3 1935
Nov 10 1996
Lester Revell
Feb 10 1910
Feb 28 1962
Edward Revell
May 10 1912
Jul 15 1979
Robert L Revell
Oct 3 1935
Nov 10 1996
Juanita Revell
Sep 6 1950
Feb 14 1998
Geoffrey C Felton
Aug 30 1902
Jan 25 1922
Same stone
this one was thrown in edge of woods.
Unreadable Stone
Mary S Revell
Nov 3 1916
Jul 31 1995
Annie Elizabeth
Wife of
JB Felton
Mar 4 1892
Aug 29 1926
Stone turned over
cannot read
JH White
Sep 13 1895
Nov 5 1967
John L White
Jul 14 1895
Jul 22 1974
Bettie Felton
Feb 6 1874
Jul 17 1926
William G
Son of
HA Holly
Mar 14 1907
Oct 20 1925
Jackson Coston Jr
US Army
World War II
Dec 23 1921
Nov 23 1986
James E Skinner
Feb 13 1914
Aug 7 1987
Linwood Skinner
Sep 15 1912
Jan 2 1973
Hardy Skinner
1862-1935
Lewis Skinner
1911-1935
Mary E Gallop
1896-1936
Mollie Skinner
1868-1953
Henry C Skinner
Tec 5
US Army
World War II
Oct 18 1917
Oct 12 2004
Carthinie Skinner
Apr 13 1895
Sep 4 1959
James P Skinner
Dec 29 1889
Jul 28 1972
Tyquan D Bailey McKithan
Oct 23 1984
Feb 5 2004
William I Skinner
Nov 12 1927
Jun 1 1991
Ivory Skinner
Jan 22 1920
Mar 27 1998
Fannie Phelps
Nov 24 1934
Jan 28 1998
Jean Felton
May 3 1926
Apr 4 2000
Eugene Felton
Apr 27 1895
Sep 29 1984
Virgillia J Felton
Jun 15 1897
Sep 3 1962
Nellie M Sutton
Sep 8 1910
Apr 17 1998
Rev. Raymond R Sutton
Jul 13 1913
Jul 31 1996
Raymond L Wilson
Apr 18 1910
Dec 28 1995
Miriam Juanita McMichael
Dec 31 1943
Aug 18 1996
Ruth Hassell Gomez
Jun 28 1945
May 5 2004
Dorothy "Dot" D Skinner
Apr 13 1936
Feb 22 2005
Unmarked Grave
Isabelle VA Campbell
Sep 27 1894
Jun 8 1976
Johnetta Marie Alexander
May 29 1900
Dec 17 1974
Lillian Mae Alexander
May 25 1896
Nov 13 1992
Arthur Louis Hassell
Jan 1 1947
Jul 17 1996
Alexzena Hassell
Dec 31 1914
Jul 26 1970
James L Hassell
Jun 2 1916
Nov 6 1976
Cornelus Garrett
Sep 10 1918
Jul 26 1967
Stone turned over
Cannot read
Annas White
1891-1940
Herbert N White
Nov 27 1892
Dec 26 1959
Marganna Jennette
Mar 26 1870
Mar 25 1954
Cain Jennett
1859-1920
Unreadable Stone
Mary P Lyons
Jun 29 1908
Mar 30 1953
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
Thomas B Alexander
Sep 11 1856
Dec 1 1933
Unreadable Stone
Lena Holley
Died
Apr 11 19??
rest unreadable buried
Sherman Holley
1883-1948
Phillips Arthur Campbell
Dec 20 1899
Oct 2 1967
Cursie Alexander Sr
Feb 13 1909
Jun 27 1968
Louise A Wilson
Oct 9 1914
Dec 3 1978
Sallie Green
Nov 27 1912
Jul 10 1974
Sufronia Holley
Apr 13 1946
Feb 16 1998
General Sherman Holley
Mar 21 1919
Apr 11 2001
George Skenner
May 13 1914
Mar 16 1969
Percy Skinner
Oct 23 1911
May 12 1986
??cie S Boone
Mar 5 1905
Jul 22 1996
part of stone buried
Unmarked Grave
Mary H Fre???
Oct 26 1???
Aug 17 ????
Stone partially buried
Double Stone
Hudson
Clara E
1887-1941
Charlie
1883-1958
Unreadable Stone
Jsoeph Bonns
186?-1939
Stone weathered
hard to read
CB
NOI
Grizell Bonne
1877-1927
Double Stone
Skinner
Willie Lee
Feb 15 1900
Apr 28 1987
Cora W
Apr 10 1900
May 4 1989
John E Felton
Jan 16 1909
Aug 21 1976
Claro L Felton
Aug 7 1909
Dec 11 1969
Reginald G Hardy Sr
Feb 4 1955
Sep 6 1999
Leroy T White
Mar 31 1874
Mar 3 1944
Maggie H Brothers
Sep 19 1907
Oct 6 2000
Percy Brothers
Feb 8 1934
May 22 2001
George W Long
May 16 1916
Jul 15 1983
Mattie V Gaskins
Feb 28 1938
Oct 11 2002
Lillie M Carter
Mar 5 1910
Jan 6 1980
Sarah M Felton
Jul 12 1936
Sep 20 1977
Bernice Harrell Perry
Dec 25 1933
Aug 25 2006
Daniel Harrell
Nov 25 1903
Jan 26 1982
Harriett Harrell
May 30 1902
Apr 22 1978
Boone A Long
Dec 5 1914
Jul 25 1943
Selma Long
North Carolina
OFC OM Corps
World War II
Apr 25 1917
May 27 1947
Addie Long
Jul 13 1894
Mar 15 1958
Unreadable Stone
Wooden Marker
Arlueter? Bonner
Oct 9 1927
Oct 5 1976
Stone hard to read
Ethel B Bolden
Sep 15 1912
Nov 4 1984
Willie W Brothers
Mar 11 1913
Oct 24 1986
Delaware K Abner
Dec 14 1979
Jul 5 1987
Elijah Brothers
May 7 1924
Feb 14 1988
James Brothers
Mar 12 1906
Jul 13 1971
Margaret Brothers
Sep 15 1871
Mar 10 1968
WR Brothers
Oct 16 1866
Aug 14 1942
Katherine Howard
May 2 1879
Feb 12 1965
Glenda Harrell
Born & Died
Jul 20 1944
Alfred W Abner II
May 23 1978
May 30 2002
Annie G Brothers
Jan 8 1909
Sep 25 2001
Unmarked Grave
William A Harrell
Jun 28 1914
Apr 9 1968
Mable Bonner Perry
1929-1996
Double Stone
Bonner
Martha B
Jul 9 1909
Feb 23 1988
Andrew
Sep 9 1904
Apr 10 1996
William R Brothers
Aug 30 1903
Jul 24 1974
Ruth E Brothers
Jan 28 1920
Oct 28 1969
Williams Brothes
Oct 21 1898
May 31 1969
Eressa Brothers
Aug 4 1902
May 16 1961?
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
James Felton
May 19 1902
Dec 11 1959
Margaret Felton
Feb 15 1926
Sep 13 1976
John E Felton Sr
Mar 10 1942
Jan 27 1979
Adnois F Moore
Mar 6 1934
Jul 31 1988
Margaret S Felton
Mar 16 1905
Mar 4 1993
Beulah Felton
Nov 1 1927
Nov 30 1996
Charles Winslow
US Army
World War II
1902-1976
Linda J Bonner
Jun 24 1961
Jun 7 1997
C Shannonhouse
US Army
World War II
Nov 9 1920
Aug 18 197?
stone half buried
Lee W Skinner
Jan 16 1924
Feb 3 1972
Zebulon W Skinner
1900-1968
Unreadable Stone
Patricia Ann Skinner
Oct 1956
Mar 1957
John Willie Skinner
Jun 4 1931
Mar 20 2005
Unreadable Stone
Llewellyn Bembry
May 20 1897
Jul 25 1938
Ruth Bembry
Aug 11 1887
Oct 30 1967
Archie Bembry
North Carolina
ST2 USNR
World War II
Jan 17 1917
Sep 18 1947
Willie LE Downing Sr
Nov 14 1922
Oct 12 1983
John H Shannonhouse
Pvt 9829 Engr GS
World War
Oct
Rest of stone buried
Sam H Jones
1944-1978
Mary Lula Jones
Aug 25 1930
Mar 23 1993
Alice Matilda Long
May 8 1902
Aug 6 1994
Minnie Gregory Gilliam
Oct 1975
NOI
Warner Earl Jones
May 10 1923
Dec 3 1985
Gladys Brenner
Apr 10 1923
Feb 25 1991
Gregory Holley
Oct 27 1948
May 7 1991
Sherman Holley Jr
Aug 3 1965
Sep 28 1992
Mary I Bonner
Sep 28 1906
Aug 22 1997
Unmarked Grave
Daisy Lee Downing
Nov 18 1900
Dec 29 1999
Thomas A "Buddy" Downing
Feb 22 1923
Jun 24 2002
Erie C Downing
Nov 1 1969
Mar 18 1992
Daisy J Downing
Nov 9 1892
Jan 9 1987
Johnson Downing
Dec 5 1889
Mar 27 1974
Margaret E Bonner
Mar 14 1924
May 31 1999
Lucy Shannonhouse
Jul 19 1920
Oct 26 1977
George W Downing
May 12 1915
Jul 22 1974
Mark Downing
Sep 19 1918
Jun 18 1994
Seth A Downing
Pvt
US Army
World War II
1917-1994
Willie W Shannonhouse
Pvt
US Army
World War II
May 5 1917
Oct 8 1984
Mary Shannonhouse
Apr 23 1890
Apr 29 1988
Edward Shannonhouse
Dec 29 1911
Apr 10 1992
Seth L Shannonhouse
Apr 12 1955
Jan 13 1995
Frances R Shannonhouse
Jul 29 1954
Sep 18 2003
Mary A Holley
Jan 30 1911
Jan 31 2002
Steve Gilliam
Dec 5 1961
Dec 21 2001
Vernell D Gilliam
Feb 11 1922
Dec 1 2002
Sarah A Coston
May 13 1925
May 9 2007
Dorothy M Reid
Jul 27 1932
Jul 31 2001
MM
Charlie L Reid
Aug 27 1931
Feb 18 2008
Vailen G White
Sep 24 1905
Jul 23 1988
2 stones covered by dirt from
freshly dug grave.
Cannot read
See photos
Diana L Spruill
Oct 3 1955
Dec 7 1990
Elnora L Spruill
May 20 1920
May 29 2007
Double Stone
Wynn
David
Sep 12 1912
Jan 18 1995
Hester Cofield
May 9 1909
Nov 6 2001
Georgianna H Midgett
Apr 10 1909
Oct 15 1993
Charlie Midgett Sr
Jul 4 1909
May 27 1992
Darry L Powell
Jan 2 1957
Oct 3 1991
Charlie Midgett Jr
Jun 5 1940
Jul 3 1994
Annie W Hardy Midgett
Feb 20 1932
Dec 25 1995
Deborah Lynae Hardy
Jun 4 1959
Jan 11 1999
Double Stone
Felton
Edison N "Pepsi"
Jan 23 1942
NOD
Joyce B
Feb 20 1945
Jul 5 1996
Eva L Downing
Nov 15 1928
Mar 12 2008
Robert L James Jr
Oct 27 1947
Aug 19 2000
Double Stone
James
Robert Lee
Jul 7 1922
Apr 8 1995
Married
Feb 21 1946
Mary Harrell
Nov 8 1922
Robert L James Sr
PFC US Army
World War II
Jul 7 1922
Apr 8 1995
Double Stone
Felton
Christopher T
Oct 16 1906
Oct 16 1992
Married
Dec 22 1927
Leaetta Jennette
Feb 11 1907
Apr 21 1994
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