Grimes Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston March 2008




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

Location about seven miles north of Kenansville going on Summerlin Crossrooad (SR1004) going toward Mount Olive, right after you pass Kelly road (SR1511) besides a private home.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.06479 N
    77.94794 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

    

    

IN Memory of 
Joseph Grimes
1734----1790
Father of
Charles 
John
Joseph
James 
Thomas
LIEUT. NC MILITIA
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
1752---1789

In Memory of John Windows 
(This should read John Winders spelling incorrect on stone)
And Daughter SARAH

In Memory of
William Grimes
Born About 1755
Died in Rev. War

Hugh
Son of Walter Grimes
1700---cir 1780
Father of
Joseph 
James
Sampson

Elizabeth Grimes
Wife of Hugh Grimes
1712 cir 1790

Archelaus Branch
Feb. 20, 1892
April 18, 1865


Ester
Daughter of Sampson Grimes
Wife of Archelaus Branch
Died May 18, 1841
Age 56 years

Sampson 
Son of Hugh Grimes
Husband of Besheba Winders
Cir 1749---1828

James Grimes
Son of Hugh Grimes
Husband of Sarah Winders
1747
1831

Sarah Winders
No date
No date
Wedding date
Feb. 19, 1777


    

    

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