William Bowden Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston January 2009
Resurveyed January 2012




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

Location: from Warsaw take NC # 117 toward Faison in Bowden Turn left Warren Road (SR # 1301) Cemetery is on Jim Sauls Road (SR # 1838) about 1 mile on the right in a grove of woods. The cemetery is very overgrown

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.05333 N
    78.12498 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

William H
Son of 
John C. & Mary W Bowden
Jan 14 1857
Jul 22 1862

Julia L.
Daughter of
John & Mary W Bowen
Dec 20 1858
Jul 15 1862

Sarah
Daughter of 
Henry & Mary Bowden
Apr 16 1806
Mar 10 1854

Robert S.
Son of
Henry & Mary Bowden
Jun 2 1817
Sep 15 1853

Infant 
Daughter Of 
D. B. & C. A. Newton
Oct 1 1816
Oct 3 1816

Catherine A.
Daughter of
Henry & Mary Bowden
Wife of 
Samuel B. Newton
Sep 17 1804
Mar 15 1861

Heppie E. Jerman
Wife of 
Benjamin C Bowden
Apr 12 1847
Sep 14 1915

Unreadable stone

Stone buried
Can’t photo or read

We found the following stones in January 2009 
but we were able to find them 
we could not get into the graveyard

Mary Louise Bowden
Daughter of 
B. C. & H. E. Bowden
Jan 16 1881
Feb 6 1881

Morehead Bowden
Son of
Daniel & Edney A. Bowden
Apr 10 1858
Mar 18 1860

Albert
Son of
Henry & Mary Bowden
Jun 2 1812
Sep 15 1853


Note: According to Duplin County Cemetery Record volume C, 
by Leon H. Sikes published 1986, page 33 
the following graves were posted:

Benjamin Christopher Bowden
Feb 9 1821
Jun 6 1901

Tree has falling on stone could not read

John F. Bowden
Son of
Daniel & Edney A. Bowden
Sep 6 1855
Stone Buried

(Several other unmarked graves)


    

    

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