Forton Carr Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston October 2011




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

Location on Highway # 403 about 4 miles from Summerlin Crossroads (SR#1004) next to Keith Beaver Lane Farm Equipment and Farm animals has just about destroyed this cemetery.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.15565 N
    78.03893 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

Earl Carr
Apr 7 1914
Dec 25 1984

Stone fliped over
Unreadble

Rob Williams
1892
Aug 2 1951

Destroyed Stone
Unreadable

Stone flipped over
Unreadble

Dora Williams
Oct 10 1912
Feb 2 1930

Lizzie M. Robinson
Apr 30 1926
Jul 22 1948

James Dixon
Jul 4 1904
Oct 28 1950

Estelle P. Hart
Apr 7 1911
Jun 10 1992

Joshua Pettiford
Mar 18 1916
Mar 3 1963

Fannie Bass
1872-1944

Destroyed Stone
Unreadable

Destroyed Stone
Unreadable

Destroyed Stone
Unreadable

Note: when we surveyed this cemetery in March 2008 
we found these stones but couldn’t find them today:

Charles Carr
Feb 15 1931
Dec 1 1950
VIRGINIA
PH CPL CO L 24 INFANTRY
25 9NFANTRY DIVISION
KOREA

Forton Carr
Dec 1826
May 13 1913

Joseph Pettiford
Aug 9 1923
Mar 8 1955

Oscar Williams
Oct 6 1884
Nov 29 1965
Broken Stone

Lillie May Williams
Feb 23 1928
Mar 23 1925


    

    

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