Bizzell Johnson Cemetery

Duplin Co., NC

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston January 2010




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Bizzell Johnson Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location: on left on 1140 (William Mill Pond Road) between SR# 1139 (Earl Davis Road) and SR # 1101 (Cornwallis Road)

Transcribers Note: Diane, our map call this the Johnson Cemetery according to Ida B. Kellum in 1962 this was a large cemetery there was a lot of Johnson’s which all have been moved to Rockfish Cemetery and a lot of Raynor’s they have been moved to the Robinson Cemetery.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.80779 N
    78.08408 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Robert Ellis Register Dec 28 1873 Jul 26 1899 Elizabeth Register Dec 23 1832 Nov 6 1913 80 ys 10 mo 14 ds D S Register Sep 20 1829 Feb 24 1908 78 ys 5 mo 4 ds Laura S Page Wife of H P Page Sep 17 1869 Oct 23 1898 29 ys 1 mo 6 ds Robert H Son of H P & L S Page Mar 27 1898 Dec 5 1899 Large Stone Unreadable Susan Register Jan 18 1793 Apr 4 1883 90 ys 2 ms ? ds Double Stone Philip J Sellars Jan 11 1876 Oct 1 1940 Dollie C Strickland Mar 16 1872 Nov 24 1944 Large Stone Unreadable Bettie J Sellars Feb 14 1853 Sep 2 1917 Infant Daughter of P J & Dollie Sellars Nov 21 1900 Dec 18 1900 Addison A Cromartie Co F 2 Bn NC Local Def Trps CSA Peyton P Mathews Co C 51 NC Inf CSA Unmarked Stone The following are graves that were moved to Rockfish Cemetery and a lot of Raynor’s that have been moved to the Robinson Cemetery. Diane, All of these were all in Rockfish Pres. Cemetery *Note, you will see where the ones were moved to Robinson. Florella P Johnson Wife of A D Cromartie & Payton Matthews Oct 22 1850 Jul 18 1938 Bizzell Johnson Oct 1 1811 Oct 28 1895 Age 84 ys 27 ds Pennie Wife of Bizzell Johnson Dec 22 1895 Jul 19 1918 Mrs Eliza Johnson Wife of Bizzell Johnson Age 59 ys 4 ms 15 ds Ezra W Johnson Son of Bizzell & Eliza Johnson Jun 11 1839 Jul 24 1871 Age 28 ys 9 ms 20 ds Eusebius S Johnson Son of Bizzell & Eliza Johnson Oct 4 1843 Jul 24 1871 Age 29 ys 9 ms 20 ds Marcellus N Johnson Jul 10 1835 Feb 7 1901 Age 65 ys 5 ms 27 ds Raymond L Son of F L & Mary O Johnson Mar 3 1898 Nov 12 1933 Fletcher L Johnson Jan 28 1850 Mar 13 1906 Mary O Johnson May 1 1858 May 18 1933 Susan E Johnson Wife of John Wallace Nov 15 1875 Aug 10 1909 J J Robinson Feb 27 1858 Jan 28 1918 SGT Timothy Strickland CO A 36 NC ST TROOPS C S A Mrs R K S Strickland Daughter Of Bizzell & Eliza Johnson Oct 16 1845 Jun 30 1879 Age 34 yrs 8 mos Cora F Johnson Wife of Wm D Henderson Jan 2 1887 Apr 27 1904 Age 27 ys 3 ms 25 ds Infant Son of F L & M O Johnson Sep 5 1890 Ade E Daughter Of Bizzell & Eliza Johnson Mar 15 1852 Feb 2 1962 Found the following in Robinson cemetery (According to Ida B Kellam’s records in 1962 the following were in this graveyard) Double Stone Owen Wellington Raynor Aug 20 1883 Nov 19 1933 Minnie Robinson Raynor Jan 14 1888 NOD Julious James Robinson Feb 27 1858 Jan 28 1918 Laura Caldonia Strickland Robinson Jul 9 1870 Feb 4 1953 Willie Marvin Robinson Jul 19 1893 Nov 10 1909 Jimima Robinson Aug 30 1820 Aug 29 1900 James Henry Son of Mr & Mrs Oscar Blackburn Oct 17 1923 Dec 30 1952 Cary Ray Son of Raeford & Mary Lee Hudson Jul 26 1952 Dec 30 1952 Mrs Eliza Ann Fussell Died Jan 1953 age 75 ys 5 ms 30 ds MM Penelope c Dixon 1873-1960

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