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
Lillian Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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