Chestnutt-Dixon Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston January 2012




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Chestnutt-Dixon Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location: on Isham Frederick Road (SR#1114) about ¼ mile from Magnolia city Limits on the right between Academy street and Jeff Murphy Lane.

African American Cemetery

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  • View photos of the headstones here.

    GPS Coordinates:
    34.901984 N
    78.059503 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Katie Ree C. Wadsworth Apr 5 1920 Jan 11 2003 Sedell D. Crawford Dec 25 1926 Mar 1 1997 Rev. Willie L. Dixon Jun 17 1908 Aug 19 1991 FS Willie L. Dixon PFC US Army World War II Jun 17 1908 Aug 9 1991 Rena Dixon Best Dec 18 1888 Sep 2 1986 Samuel Chestnut Mar 11 1901 Apr 1 1963 Ivory L. Chestnut Oct 16 1940 Feb 29 2000 James Franklin Chestnut Sr Dec 16 1942 Oct 5 2008

    Lillian Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.

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