Jones County, North Carolina

BROWN, Hardy (d. 1834)

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Raleigh Register
February 18, 1834

DIED – at his residence, in Twiggs county, Ga., Hardy BROWN, a native of Jones county, in this State, in the 39th year of his age. He emigrated to Georgia, about eight years since, carrying with him a character for industry, honesty and patriotism.

BROWN, Mary (d. 1819)

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DIED, in Jones County, on Sunday the eleventh inst. Mrs. Mary BROWN, the amiable wife of Isaac BROWN, Esq. In the death of this excellent woman, female society has lost one of its brightest ornaments, the neighborhood a dear friend, and her weeping relations are left to mourn their irreparable loss. Possessed of all those amiable qualities, that adorn and beautify the female sex, she was excelled by none, in the practical exercise of piety, virtue & benevolence. A mild, meek and humble devotion to the doctrines and principles of the holy religion of the Lamb of God, at all times characterised her conduct and conversation; and we trust and believe, that her immortal spirit, which but a few days since was confined within the frail tabernacle of mortality, and agonized by death and disease, has now “winged its flight, on pinions of love,” to the mansions of etherial [sic] bliss; and is now in the full fruition of all the joys of heaven, which are prepared for the faithful followers, of the blessed Jesus, where “wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.” — A Friend.

Source: Newbern Sentinel, 27 Nov 1819, pg. 3.

WYES, Selby H. (d. 1821)

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Died – on the 19th inst., at the seat of Mr. Edwin BECTON, Jones County, the Rev. Selby H. WYES, aged about 43.

Mr. WYES was a gracious and useful man. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and freely gave himself up to seek and save perishing sinners. Though not regularly attached to the travelling connexion, he had been a laborious itenerant Preacher nearly three years. His ministry was not without seals in New River; and in Raleigh Circuit, his meekness, love, prayers, tears, sermons, and exhortations will not soon be forgotten.

He wanted no appeal from labor, danger, or suffering. His willing soul said with Isaiah, “Here am I, send me,” – -and, when struggling with the king of terrors in the arms of death, his supreme desires appear to have been, “to recommend his Savior to others and to make a speedy believing application to him for safety and happiness.” As he lived, so he died, a Christian, in full expectation of a blessed immortality.

“Far from a world of toil and strife,
He’s present with the Lord,
The labors of his mortal life,
End in a rich reward.”

Source: New Bern Sentinel. 1 Dec 1821. pg. 3.

HOWARD, James (d. 1848)

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The following death notice appeared in the May 24, 1848 issue of the Raleigh Register newspaper. James HOWARD was a Senator from the Jones and Carteret districts.

COXE, Wimberly (d. 1848)

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The following death notice for Wimberly COXE appeared in the April 15, 1848 issue of the Raleigh Register newspaper. He was 23 years old.

ANDREWS, Daniel (d. 1848)

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The following death notice for Daniel ANDREWS appeared in the May 13, 1848 issue of the Raleigh Register newspaper.

ASKEW, John (d. 1848)

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The following death notice appeared in the May 13, 1848 issue of the Raleigh Register newspaper. John ASKEW was 35 years old.

KOONCE – George & Alice Pension Request

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Old slave darkies a Pension and if such is facts why then we hope that we are in time to meet the benefits of such.

Yours respectfully,

Geo. Jones junior & Annie Koonce

P.O. Tuckahoe

Jones Co. NC

Received Jan 4, 1898

Source: Correspondence and Case Files of the Bureau of Pensions Pertaining to the Ex-Slave Pension Movement, 1892-1922. Microfilm M2110, 1 roll. Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Pre-1914 Cemetery Transcriptions

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In the 1930′s and 1940′s, the workers of the Works Progress Administration (now called the Works Projects Administration) set out to record burial information for cemeteries across the state. These records have now been added online by the NC State Archives and State Library of NC.

The survey includes listings for the following cemeteries. Do keep in mind that there may be errors and/or mistakes, but the value of these records is immense.

Adams Cemetery (pg. 5)
Banks Cemetery (two of them – pgs. 6 & 7)
Bender Cemetery — pg. 8
Brown Cemetery (pg. 9 – African-American)
Civils & Gray Cemetery (pg. 35)
Cumbo Cemetery (pg. 36)
Dillahunt Cemetery (pg. 37)
Duval Cemetery (pg. 10)
Friendship Cemetery (pg. 38)
Forbes Cemetery (pg. 11)
Foscue Cemetery (two of them, pgs. 12 & 13)
Foy Cemetery (pg. 14)
Foy Cemetery (pg. 15 – African-American)
Gilbert Cemetery (pg. 40)
Green’s Cemetery (pg. 41)
Harriett Cemetery (pg. 16)
Harrison Cemetery (pg. 42)
Howard Cemetery (pg. 17)
Huggins Cemetery (pg. 43)
Koonce Cemetery (pg. 44)
Maysville Cemetery (pg. 4)
McDaniel’s Cemetery (pgs. 45 & 46)
Melton Cemetery (pg. 18)
Moore Cemetery (pg. 47)
Oak Grove Cemetery (pg. 21)
Oliver Cemetery (two of them, pgs. 22 & 23)
Piney Grove Cemetery (pg. 25)
Pleasant Hill Cemetery (pg. 2)
Pollock Cemetery (pgs. 48 & 49)
Pollocksville Cemetery (pg. 26)
Scott Cemetery (pg. 50)
Simmons Cemetery (pg. 31 & 32)
Smith Cemetery (pg. 51)
Taylor Cemetery (pg. 33)
Taylor’s Cemetery (pg. 52)
Trenton Cemetery (pg. 53 & 58)
White Cemetery (pg. 34)

You can find the Jones County files here. To view more from across the state, click here.

Philyaw Cemetery (aka Jones Cemetery)

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Philyaw Cemetery (as listed on numerous death certificates), is now called the “Jones Family Cemetery”. It is located on NC Highway 41 in Comfort, NC; Behind brick house with circle drive; Three giant oak in midst of cemetery.

Surveyed by Brenda Craft Hardy and Lynda Lewis Frisch - June 2011

Bishop, Barney W.
b. Sep., 1827 d. Mar., 1914

Bishop, Susan Packer Jones
b. Dec., 1829 d. 1900

Cottle, Preston
b. May 31, 1922 d. Jul. 25, 1999

Ellis, Margaret Cottle Phillips
b. May 22, 1927 d. Jan. 21, 1988

George, Mariah Louise Hatch
b. Mar. 25, 1863 d. Apr. 22, 1946

George, Mary Elizabeth Jones
b. Sep. 12, 1902 d. Dec. 3, 1949

George, Richard Louis
b. Aug. 22, 1889 d. Jun. 26, 1959

George, William Council
b. Oct. 20, 1838 d. Mar. 17, 1919

Hill, Jimmie Bryant
b. Oct. 17, 1902 d. Jan. 30,

Hill, Joseph William
b. Aug. 3, 1923 d. Jun. 23, 1990

Hill, Leona Noble
b. Oct. 29, 1895 d. Feb. 10, 1965

Hill, Manly Gray
b. Jan. 4, 1927 d. Jan. 4, 1927

Jarman, Jobe
b. Feb. 9, 1866 d. Nov. 23, 1935

Jenkins, Clarence Ray
b. Jun. 7, 1951 d. Jul. 7, 1996

Jenkins, Emaline Philyaw
b. Jun. 29, 1914 d. Jan. 7, 2005

Jenkins, Flora Bell Philyaw
b. Mar. 8, 1912 d. Aug. 20, 2001

Jenkins, Infant Daughter
b. May 5, 1947 d. May 5, 1947

Jenkins, Johnie Ruth Philyaw
b. Oct. 20, 1909 d. Mar. 28, 1930

Jenkins, Lillian Mae Craft
b. May 24, 1922 d. May 18, 1990

Jenkins, Rachel Susan “Sudie” Meadows
b. Aug. 24, 1892 d. Feb. 4, 1937

Jenkins, Ralph
b. Nov. 14, 1911 d. Oct. 31, 1994

Jenkins, Wilbur Perry
b. Mar. 1, 1907 d. Jan. 19, 1955

Jenkins, William Clem, Jr
b. Jan. 23, 1914 d. Sep. 4, 1988

Jenkins, William Clem, Sr
b. May 5, 1880 d. Nov. 6, 1955

Jones, Charles “Charlie”
b. Aug. 7, 1862 d. Apr. 8, 1954

Jones, Charles Cecil “Charlie”
b. Jan. 13, 1934 d. Nov. 16, 1936

Jones, Claude
b. Jun. 29, 1907 d. Sep. 29, 1984

Jones, Florence Mabel Chase
b. Feb. 8, 1905 d. Dec. 26, 1985

Jones, George Ace
b. Jan., 1872 d. Jan. 21, 1937

Jones, George Henry
b. Oct. 13, 1913 d. Oct. 4, 1921

Jones, George Robert
b. Apr. 7, 1860 d. May 30, 1938

Jones, Jesse
b. 1820 d. 1867

Jones, Jimmie Lee
b. Sep. 12, 1944 d. Mar. 25, 2009

Jones, Margaret “Margie” Chase
b. Aug. 4, 1884 d. Jul. 18, 1968

Jones, Mittie Ida
b. Apr. 29, 1871 d. May 20, 1934

Jones, Virginia Mae Walters
b. Jul. 6, 1876 d. Sep. 15, 1957

Killingsworth, Albert Robert
b. Oct. 15, 1873 d. Sep. 2, 1944

Killingsworth, Lucy Philyaw
b. Jan. 23, 1885 d. Jul. 3, 1963

King, Ernest Edward
b. Oct. 23, 1939 d. Jun. 22, 1940

King, Horace Edward
b. Apr. 4, 1910 d. Dec. 25, 1978

King, Macie Florence Jones
b. Dec. 24, 1919 d. Mar. 16, 2006

King, Raymond
b. Dec. 31, 1940 d. Oct. 14, 2010

King, Russell Rodgers
b. Jun. 6, 1936 d. Aug. 2, 1942

King, Yoncarrel
b. Sep. 30, 1937 d. Aug. 16, 1940

Marshburn, Bettie Noble
b. Dec. 12, 1886 d. Oct. 11, 1951

Noble, Joseph H. “Joe”
b. Feb. 8, 1854 d. Feb. 10, 1922

Noble, Lizzie Battle
b. Mar. 2, 1865 d. Sep. 18, 1937

Nobles, Elsie Philyaw
b. Aug. 24, 1903 d. Jun. 28, 1988

Nobles, Faison Paul
b. Aug. 25, 1897 d. Aug. 9, 1982

Nobles, Luby Hall
b. Sep. 29, 1893 d. Nov. 2, 1975

Philyaw, Audie Ellen Coombs
b. Jan. 23, 1881 d. Nov. 20, 1968

Philyaw, Carrie Harrison
b. Oct. 23, 1885 d. Apr. 20, 1961

Philyaw, Cecil L.
b. Jun. 21, 1915 d. Apr. 2, 1916

Philyaw, Edna Ivees Nobles
b. Jun. 25, 1924 d. Jul. 7, 2008

Philyaw, Frances Lucille Hill
b. Jun., 1926 d. Jan. 19, 1990

Philyaw, George Robert
b. Oct. 20, 1887 d. Feb. 7, 1968

Philyaw, Harper William
b. Nov. 18, 1922 d. Mar. 17, 2000

Philyaw, Haywood B.
b. Nov. 18, 1922 d. Feb. 14, 1962

Philyaw, Leroy
b. Nov. 6, 1917 d. Jun. 28, 1997

Philyaw, Luther
b. Nov. 25, 1881 d. Nov. 14, 1958

Philyaw, Mabel
b. Jun. 25, 1916 d. Feb. 22, 1936

Philyaw, Mable B.
b. Oct. 28, 1910 d. Nov. 13, 1910

Philyaw, Macie Marie
b. Oct. 24, 1921 d. Dec. 24, 1954

Philyaw, Martha Murphy-Graves
b. Jan. 26, 1932 d. Mar. 6, 2011

Philyaw, Mary Elizabeth Jones
b. Jun. 17, 1849 d. Oct. 20, 1901

Philyaw, Minerva Alice Huffman
b. Jun. 14, 1883 d. Feb. 25, 1950

Philyaw, Rena A. Coombs
b. Aug. 18, 1888 d. Dec. 24, 1954

Philyaw, Walter Wilson
b. Feb. 24, 1882 d. Dec. 24, 1958

Philyaw, Zachariah Wilson “Zackie”
b. Aug. 17, 1859 d. May 4, 1946

Southerland, William Henry
b. Mar. 13, 1841 d. Jun. 10, 1916

Walker, Donald Ray
b. Dec. 15, 1934 d. Aug. 1, 1940

Walters, Claudius M.
b. Dec. 7, 1870 d. May 22, 1950

Winsette, Joseph Haneby
b. Oct. 4, 1912 d. Nov. 3, 1916

Winsette, Peter Calvin “Pete”
b. Jun. 21, 1871 d. Dec. 27, 1945