The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the John Alderman Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: from Wallace on highway # 41 east turn right on Powell Page Road (SR#1128) go 3 ½ miles the cemetery is on the left you cannot see it from the road it up a path through a cow Pasture 2/10 mile on the left you turn left on Leighton road (SR#1131) and look to the left you can see it
Note from Lillian: They have improved this cemetery so much we have rephotographed it.
Note from Diane: Thanks go to the Alderman Historical Association & H Sidney Bland for cleaning up and protecting this precious cemetery! We hope more people will take your lead and get involved to save more of Duplin's cemeteries!
View Google map here.
View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
34.76618 N
78.17444 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Monument lying on the ground in cemetery
In reverent memory
Mary Alderman
1771-1812
and
Keziah Alderman
1782
Daughters of
John & Mary Cashwell Alderman
In 1787
Mary wed Joshua Blanton
circa 1764-1847
Their children
Moses
circa 1788-1842
David
1791-1837
Isaac
1799-1823
John
circa 1795 after 1850
Christian
circa 1799-after 1850
Abraham
1801-1874
Enoch
circa 1803- circa 1834
Joshua Jr
1810-1886
In 1814
Keziah wed widower Joshua Blanton
Their children
Elizabeth
circa 1816 after 1870
Mary Lucretia
1818 after 1880
Daniel Alderman
circa 1819 after 1880
Wells
circa 1820-????
James Cashwell
1822-1887
Simeon
circa 1824-????
Noah
1828-1868
Esther
circa 1829-????
Mary's place of burial is not known.
Likely her grave is near her parents
here in Aldreman Family Cemetery.
Two years after Mary's death,
her sister Keziah married Joshua
in 1829.
Joshua and Keziah with their children
migrated from near here to
Horry Co., SC.
It is believed their unmarked graves
are in the "NOIE" Blanton Graveyard
at (formerly Blanton's X-Roads) now
Green Sea, SC
John and Mary Cashwell Alderman's
other children
Christian
1773-1861
James
1775-????
Elizabeth
1778-????
John Jr
1780-1824
Hoover Clarence Blanton and Weldon Leo Blanton,
sons of Clarence Leo Blanton,
son of James Madison Blanton,
son of David Joseph Blanton,
son of Enoch Blanton,
son of Mary Alderman Blanton
dedicate this memorial on behalf
of all descendants May 2010
John Alderman
Born
1742
At Deerfield New Jersey
Came to N C
1755
Died
August 1822
His Wife
Mary Cashwell
Married
1770
Member at Wells Chapel
Plaque
John Alderman
1742-1822
Placed by Edenton Tea
Party Chapter N C D A R
John Alderman
Jul 15 1780
Oct 19 1824
Aged 44 yrs 2 mos
& 28 dys
Ann Alderman
Wife of
John Alderman
Mar 2 1782
Mar 31 1857
Aged 75 yrs & 29 dys
Susan Alderman
May 30 1821
Nov 28 1883
Lillian K. Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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