Hamilton Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston February 2009




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

Location from Kenansville on US # 903 turn right on John Williams Evans Rd (SR# 1909) go to the end of this road turn right on John Rich Rd (SR # 1908) go over I-40 Cemetery is on the right at the intersection of John Rich Rd and Rainbow (SR #1908)



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.93762 N
    78.04424 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    In a small white house, locked in a large vault with marble slab, and on the top it reads- IN MEMORY OF John S. and Josephine Hamilton John S. Born Jan. 17, 1848 Died June 11, 1934 Josephine Born Dec. 29, 1851 Died Sept. 26, 1886 31 years, 8 months, 27 days Hamilton James Edgar Hamilton April 25, 1876 Dec. 17, 1954 Same stone Josephine Kornegay Jan. 1, 1888 Dec. 10, 1972 Van Buren Hamilton Feb. 7, 1923 Aug. 5, 1923 Little Frank Son of C. J. and Martha Hamilton Sept. 29, 1909 April 29, 1910 Hamilton Martha Chambers Hamilton June 19, 1873 Nov. 21, 1964 Same stone Claudius John Hamilton Oct. 29, 1871 Oct. 23, 1954 Louiza M. Hamilton April 15, 1839 Nov. 24, 1922 Aged 83 yrs 7 months 9 days Amelia Ann Hamilton Oct. 24, 1874 March 25, 1957 Infant Daughter of S. L. and Eva Hamilton Aug. 22, 1912 David Blackstone Hamilton Oct. 17, 1880 April 10, 1951 Infant sons of John S. and Josephine Hamilton Born and Died Oct. 15, 1879 Born and Died Sept. 30, 1884 Moore John Moore May 18, 1873 Aug. 4, 1944 Same stone Julia H. May 18, 1869 Nov. 8, 1959 Luby Son of John and Julia H. Moore Dec. 28, 1936 April 11, 1908 Josephine Moore Towar Aug. 22, 1902 Dec. 20, 1956 James David Hamilton Nov. 16, 1919 May 6, 1969 Florence Emma Hamilton Dec. 24, 1877 Aug. 12, 1969 Josephine Lou Hamilton Jan. 23, 1886 Feb. 10, 1964

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