The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Basker Moore Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: about 0.3 miles east of the intersection of SR 1720 and Sr 1721. Cemetery is on the left side of SR 1721, about 1500 feet from the road.
There are just 3 grave sites inside a fence, cemetery does not have much undergrowth. The 3 graves have no markings on them there is about 5" by 7' where it looks as if in time past the info was there.
According to Perry Whaley Book published in 1984, and the death certificates this is who buried here.
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GPS Coordinates:
34.92737 N
77.72964 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Dallas
(death certificate in Duplin county Register of Deeds Office) Book 35 Page 136
gives the following information:
Dallas Moore
DOB Nov. 29, 1868
DOD June 13, 1948
Emmer Moore
(Death certificate in Duplin county Register of Deeds Office)
Book 29 Page 168 gives the following information:
Emma Moore
DOB: Nov. 29, 1868
DOD: June 13, 1942
Emma Moore was the wife of Dallas Moore
Henry Moore son of Basker & Mrs Moore
(Death Certificate in Duplin County Register of Deeds Office)
book 22 Page 263 gives the following information:
Henry Jacob Moore
DOB Aug. 29, 1934
DOD May 4, 1935
Father: Basker Moore
Mother: Gladylie Williams
According to the guy we talked with said that Basker Moore was not buried here.
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