Linton Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston February 2009
Resurveyed January 2012




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

Location: West of Magnolia on Highway #903 cemetery is 2 miles on right side of road 2/10 miles from the road in a field this was a rather large old cemetery. Very, Very thick undergrowth.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.884188 N
    78.079201 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Due to the Hurricanes and bad weather we have had in the past years These are the only stones we could get to and read John W Smith Dec 1 1846 Nov 18 1916 Wooden Marker Major J Taylor Jun 24 1823 Apr 5 1865 Of wounds received at Bentonville aged 41-9-12 Erected by his widow Sallie M Daughter of J W & E W Taylor Nov 2 1869 Jan 14 1876 When we visited this cemetery in February 2009 the following epitaphs were found Elizabeth Daughter of H & S Matthews Wife of J Wells Taylor May 13 1827 Jul 13 1911 Sallie V Taylor Oct 2 1870 Sep 16 1889 R J Strickland Died Dec 31 1894 Hanover Lodge No 145 J Wells Taylor Feb 3 1821 Jan 10 1910 Jesse K Bradshaw Jan 19 1855 Nov 29 1932 Sophronia Wife of Jesse K Bradshaw Jan 26 1865 Jan 18 1903 Amanda M Daughter of E & R C Mathis 1846-1901 Raymond Infant Son of J K & S C Bradshaw Sep 5 1896 Oct 5 1898 Hampton Infant Son of J K & S C Bradshaw Aug 3 1895 Nov 9 1889 NOTE: according to Duplin County NC Gravestone Record Volume 1 By Ida Brooks Kellum And Leslie H Brown Jr Records collected in November 1960 John W Smith Dec 1 1846 Nov 18 1916 Luther Gray Smith Oct 26 1888 Dec 21 1929 James S Taylor Apr 26 1848 Mar 6 1913 Julie Carr Taylor Mar 16 1861 Mar 26 1928 Mordecai Taylor 1850-1915 Double Stone Mary E Taylor Died Aug 26 1861 J Wells Taylor Feb 3 1821 Jan 10 1910

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