Routledge Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston September 2011




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

Location on Highway # 24 east in the edge of Kenansville city limit on the left next to a home



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.96426 N
    77.94694 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Macy Cox Jul 11 1873 Nov 16 1962 Ann Ella Cox Feb 19 1861 May 25 1945 Mary Catherine Cox Sep 27 1834 Oct 4 1898 James Woodard Cox Nov 12 1835 Oct 7 1911 Junius Clayton Cox Jul 9 1859 Oct 1 1889 Age 30 years James Franklin Cox Sep 1 1864 Sep 1 1889 David Samuel Cox Jul 25 1871 May 2 1947 Minnie Lee Cox Oct 6 1868 Aug 19 1888 Minnie Lee Herring 1891-1956 Dora Cox Wife of John S. Herring Oct 11 1862 Feb 8 1938 Wooden Marker NOI Harriet W. Sandlin May 19 1804 Feb 14 1833 Age 25 yrs. 8 mos. 25 days Dorcas Wife of Hon. James Gillespie Departed this life Nov 8 1801 In the 51 years of her age Mary E. Wife of Jonathan Chesnutt Sep 10 1836 Aug 1 1867 Ann Eliza Wife of Benjamin F. Grady May 20 1850 Aug 26 1950 Mary E. Daughter of J. and M. E. Chestnut Jun 26 1860 Sep 7 1861 Latane I. Son of J. and M. E. Chestnut Jul 27 1862 Jan 27 1869 Herbert A. Son of J. and M. E. Chestnut Jun 25 1855 Jun 29 1865 Johnnie Son of J. and M. E. Chestnut Apr 27 1856 Apr 29 1857 John Chestnut Died Nov 27 1877 Age 1yr. 9 mos. 29 days Andrew McIntire Died Feb 12 1818 Age 13 years Alexander Dickson The Philanthropist Died Mar 22 1814 Age 68 yrs Mrs. Rebecca Williams Consort of Rev. Jacob Williams Who departed this life May 1803 Age 23 years Rev. Jacob Williams Who departed this Life Oct 12 1823 Aged 53 years and 8 months James S. Son of James & Ann Pearsall NOI James S. Son of James & Ann Pearsall NOI James Pearsall Sr Capt NC Moilitia Rev. War 1750 Nov 12 1812 Battle of Moores Creek Bridge Zilpha Pearsall Wife of Jamrs Pearsall Senr And daughter of Thos and Catherine Uzzell NOI Unreadable Stone Mary C. Wife of Wm. H. Stetson Died Dec 14 1851 Louisa E. Daughter of E. W. and E. J. Ward Sep 11 1853 Aug 4 1874 Catherine Wife of Dickson Sloan Died Oct 28 1845 Age 44 yrs Catherine Wife of Dickson Sloan Died Oct 28 1845 aged 43 years 11 months & 13 days Rev. Samuel Stanford Born in Orange County A soldier of the Revolution Pastor of Grove church and President of Grove Academy From 1795-1833 Died in Duplin County 1833 Frank LeRoy Son of E. L. and E. E. Goodman Aug 27 1933 Aug 28 1933 A.T. Stanford Oct 12 1804 Dec 23 1890 John D. Stanford Mar 12 1833 Jun 24 1901 Scott Stanford Jul 14 1849 Jan 24 1916 Martha W. Wife of A.T. Stanford Died Aug 11 1853 Aged 11 years Elizabeth A Houston Relic of Samuel Houston Dec'd Died Sep 7 1856 in the 55th year of her age Samuel Houston Who Departed This life the 24 Feb 1855 In 52 years and 1 month Mary W. Houston Wife of G. W. Carroll Aug 25 1836 Jan 11 1894 Anna Carroll Boyette Sep 15 1865 Dec 20 1941 Isaac B Kelly 1810-1863 First wife Catherine Shepard Second Wife Mary Shine Abigail Elizabeth Daughter of Iassc B. and Catherine Kelly Died Aug 21 1842 Age 1 year and 3 months Ann Jane Wife of A. Kornegay Died Apr 20 1852 Aged 37 years 6 mos Sarah Wife of Wm. J Price Who died Nov 8 1836 In the 20th year of her age Edgar H. Son of E. H. and F. E. Stanley Dec 1 1860 Oct 26 1861 Redmond H Infant son of E. H. and F. E. Stanley Jul 21 1856 Jul 24 1857 Elisha H. Stanley Died Jul 9 1874 Age 64 years Hampton Sullivan Died Mar 1 1852 Age 42 years An infant Son of H and N Sullivan Died Oct 28 1839 Aged 21 dys Sarah Swan Wife of Patrick Merritt Feb 29 1807 Aug 30 1860 Robert W. Hargrove Died Oct 18 1893 Age 42 years Mary Henry Grimes Died Aug 20 1872 Aged 2 years and 3 mos Unreadable Stone Double Stone Stroud Kay Bell Oct 31 1945 NOD Married Aug 10 1965 Earl Frederich May 28 1937 Jun 9 2007 Ann Elizabeth Daughter of James Benjamin and Celia Mercer Stroud Nov 20 1946 Feb 9 1947 Robt J. Fennell Feb 11 1832 Dec 22 1893 Jerusha Stroud May 23 1858 Jun 12 1933 James Stroud Mar 9 1859 Sep 18 1930 James Walter Stroud Nov 9 1883 Jan 23 1910 Josephine Smith Stroud Oct 29 1883 Dec 19 1962 Mary Harding Daughter of A.R. and Mary Stroud Jan 26 1920 Jul 16 1940

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