Johnson Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston January 2010




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

Location: on left on 1140 (William Mill Pond Road) about 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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    Robert Ellis Register Dec. 28, 1873 July 26, 1899 Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Register Dec. 23, 1832 Nov. 6, 1913 80 yrs 10 mo 14 das D. S. Register Sept. 20, 1829 Feb. 24, 1908 78 yrs 5 mo 4 das Laura S. Page Wife of H. P Page Sept. 17, 1869 Oct. 23, 1898 29 yrs 1 mo 6 das Robert H Son of H P & L S Page Mar 24 1898 Dec 5 1899 Susan Register Jan. 18, 1793 April 4, 1883 1 Large stone turn down Unreadable Philip J. Sellars Jan. 11, 1876 Oct. 1, 1940 Same stone Dollie C. Strickland March 16, 1872 Nov. 24, 1944 1 Large stone turn down Unreadable 1 Large stone turn down Unreadable Bettie J. Sellars Feb. 14, 1858 Sept. 2, 1917 Infant Daughter of P. J. and Dollie Sellars Nov. 21, 1900 Dec. 18, 1900 Addison A. Cromartic CO F 2 BN NC LOCAL DEF TRPS C S A Peyton P. Mathews CO C. 51 NC INF C S A 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 July 18, 1938 Bizzell Johnson Oct. 1, 1811 Oct. 28, 1895 Age 84-0-27 PENNIE Wife of Bizzell Johnson Dec. 22, 1895 July 19, 1918 Mrs. Eliza Johnson Wife of Bizzell Johnson Age 59-4-15 Ezra W. Johnson Son of Bizzell & Eliza Johnson June 11, 1839 July 24, 1871 Age 28-9-20 Eusebius S. Johnson Son of Bizzell & Eliza Johnson Oct. 4, 1843 July 24, 1871 Age 29-9-20 Marcellus N. Johnson July 10, 1835 Feb. 7, 1901 Age 65-5-27 Raymond L. Son of F. L. & Mary O. Johnson Mar. 3, 1898 Nov. 12, 1933 Fletcher L. Johnson---FATHER Jan. 28, 1850 Mar. 13, 1906 Same stone His wife Mary O. Johnson—MOTHER 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 Jam. 28, 1918 SGT Timothy Strickland CO A 36 NC ST TROOPS C S A No Dates Mrs. R.K.S. Strickland Dau. Of Bizzell & Eliza Johnson Oct. 16, 1845 June 30 1879 Age 34 yrs. 8 mos. Cora F. Johnson Wife of Wm. D. Henderson Jan. 2, 1887 Apr. 27, 1904 Age 27-3-25 Infant Son of F. L. & M. O. Johnson Sept. 5, 1890 Ade E. Dau. 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) Owen Wellington Raynor Aug. 20, 1883 Nov. 19, 1933 Same stone Minnie Robinson Raynor Jan. 14, 1888 NOD Julious James Robinson Feb. 27, 1858 Jan. 28, 1918 Same stone Laura Caldonia Strickland Robinson July 9, 1870 Feb. 4, 1953 Willie Marvin Robinson July 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 July 26, 1952 Dec. 30, 1952 Mrs. Eliza Ann Fussell d. Jan. 1953 age 755-5-30 (MM) Penelope c. Dixon 1873--1960

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