ROCKAWALKIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (aka Ebenezer Church) CEMETERY

Established in 1839, this church is located at Rockawalkin Road and Crooked Oak Lane. The cemetery is well-maintained by the church. Our faithful contributor, Jill Pevear, has come through again and generously provided this transcription! To see an interesting synopsis of the history of this church, see the Rockawalkin Church web site.

TAYLOR, Mary R (Johnson)  1863 - 1948

DENNIS, Willis P  d. 15 Dec 1881, 
        age 10 yrs, 11 mos, 22 days

PUSEY, Margaret J, wife of Elihu  
       25 May 1827 - 28 Feb 1897
PUSEY, Elihu J  23 Oct 1817 - 25 Apr 1878
PUSEY, Isaac Merrill, son of Elihu & Margaret  
       d. 18 Dec 1838, age 6 yrs 4 mos, 8 days

HUMPHREYS, Margaret W  12 Aug 1808 - 9 Apr 1892
HUMPHREYS, Amelia A, wife of Charles W  
          d. 14 May 1877, age 63 yrs, 9 mos, 21 days
HUMPHRIES, Charles W  9 Jul 1810 - 7 Apr 1866
HUMPHRISS, Charles E F, son of Charles & Amelia A
          d. 15 Sep 1857, age 5 yrs, 11 mos, 15 days
HUMPHRISS, Elizabeth A, oldest dau of Chalres & Amelia
          d. 20 Dec 1854, age 19 yrs, 5 mos, 9 days
HUMPHREUS, Infant son of J C & Harriette  1 Nov 1890
HUMPHRISS, Hester E, dau of Josiah & Susan
         d. 7 Oct 1851, age 1 yr, 1 mo, 25 days
HUMPHRISS, Eliza A J C, dau of Josiah & Susan 
         d. 21 Aug 1855, age 5 mos 27 days

A J H

HUMPHREYS, John I  d. 20 Feb 1871, 
         age 68 yrs, 10 mos, 8 days
HUMPHREYS, John V  18 Mar 1807 - 16 Aug 1849

(Following 6 names on one stone)
JOHNSON, Martha A, wife of Josiah  
         3 May 1830 - 11 Dec 1881
SMITH, Marian L  20 Jan 1868 - 25 Jul 1893*
PATRICK, Nellie B  14 Mar 1877 - 25 Jul 1893*
JOHNSON, Louisa B, dau of Josiah & Martha  
         30 Jun 1865 - 25 Jul 1893*
JOHNSON, Josiah  19 1819 - 9 Nov 1901
HUMPHREYS, Azariah J, bro of Martha A 
         7 Apr 1833 - 6 Oct 1881
(*By the way, does anybody know what happened 25 Jul 1893??)

ANDERSON, Annie M E, wife of Isaac  
         13 Nov 1837 - 25 Sep 1895

MITCHELL, Thomas W H  2 Sep 1831 - 18 Apr 1883
MITCHELL, Sarah Ellen White, wife of Thomas  1839 - 1893

?????, Bulah, dau of ?????  - 25 Oct 1891(?)

HUMPHREYS, Harriett C  18 May 1853 - 7 Jan 1938
HUMPHREYS, Josephus C  7 Oct 1848 - 31 Jan 1929
HUMPHREYS, E Mabel  27 Mar 1893 - 21 Jan 1985
HUMPHREYS, Sadie V, wife of F Emory  
         4 Aug 1877 - 12 Nov 1907
HUMPHREYS, Frances T  26 Jun 1903 - 17 Jul 1927
HUMPHREYS, Gomer C  29 Mar 1907 - 22 Mar 1961

COOPER, Virginia D  17 Jul 1846 - 3 Nov 1928
COOPER, Jonah  15 Sep 1838 - 25 Aug 1896
COOPER, Warden D  7 Apr 1875 - 1 Jan 1898
COOPER, Florence, wife  4 Feb 1901 - 11 May 1949
COOPER, Norvell H, husband  19 Sep 1885 - 31 Oct 1958

HUMPHREYS, Woodrow D, US Navy WWII  1919 - 1974

ANDERSON, Isaac  12 Nov 1802 - 18 Sep 1875
ANDERSON, John W, son of Isaac H & Ann  
        22 May 1860 - 4 Jan 1937

PARSONS, P Poole  1880 - 1906

MUMFORD, Thomas J  15 May 1887 - 6 Mar 1969
MUMFORD, Carrie M  3 Aug 1893 - 6 Jun 1983

?????, Hazel L  18 Nov 18?? - ?????

MORRIS, Eliza C, wife of Thomas C & dau of Luther M 
      & Eleanor Williams 14 Jan 1850 - 8 Apr 1891

MITCHELL, Ralph Dashiell, infant son of Rev & Mrs J M  
        1 Aug 1893 - 30 Nov 1893

WILLIAMS, Luther Martindale, son of John & 
       Aliphar Cannon Williams  1 Mar 1810 - 19 Jun 1882WILLIAMS, Eleanor Warren Wootten, wife of Luther M &
       dau of Isaac & Polly King Wootten
       28 Nov 1817 - 13 Nov 1870

ANDERSON, C Ella, wife of Isaac III  
         26 Nov 1859 - 3 Mar 1945
ANDERSON, Isaac  (unreadable)
ANDERSON, Daisey, dau of Isaac & Ella  
        25 Oct 1884 - 1 Nov 1902

JOHNSON, Annie McCree, dau of William W & Mary A
        20 Nov 1858   - 20 Mar 1875
JOHNSON, Mary C, consort of William W  
        22 Mar 1832 - 13 Jul 1852

BOUNDS, Emily W, dau of Samuel & Ann  
         31 Jan 1837 - 12 Aug 1857

CULVER, Anna, wife of Elijah  7 Jun 1806 - 29 May 1859

CONNELLEY, Maria L, wife of Rev John H & dau of Mathias 
        H & Nancy Disharoon  14 Jan 1831 - 13 May 1860

DISHAROON, Nancy, wife of M H  16 Jun 1810 - 10 Mar 1871
(F.C.B.)  DISHAROON, Edward A, son of Mathias & Nancy  
       15 May 1838 - 11 Apr 1876
(F.C.B.)  DISHAROON, Mathias  14 May 1808 - 27 Jun 1877

HEARN, William Henry, son of James & Mary H  
     d. 12 Feb 1865,age 6 yrs, 8 mos, 8 days

HUMPHREYS, Infant dau of W S & ??  (no dates)
HUMPHREYS, Beeson C  29 Feb 1868 - 12 Jan 1890
HUMPHREYS, Reuben J  25 Apr 1880 - 6 Feb 1897
HUMPHREYS, William A  1837 - 1901
HUMPHREYS, Elizabeth J  1845 - 1930
HUMPHREYS, James Peter  18 Jul 1876 - 28 Dec 1945
HUMPHREYS, Horattio T  15 May 1841 - 19 Apr 1915
HUMPHREYS, Amelia E, dau of Horatio & Martha E
          26 Oct 1868 - 20 Jul 1879
HUMPHREYS, Martha, wife of H T  25 Nov 1845 - 19 Aug 1921
HUMPHREYS, Katherine c  1878 - 1963
HMUPHREYS, T Emory  1877 - 1947

LARMORE, Susan G E, wife of James A  d. 2 Jan 1871, 
         age 58 yrs, 11 mos, 18 days

HUMPHREYS, Martha  1848 - 1926
HUMPHREYS, Robert G  1836 - 1927
HUMPHREYS, Gertrude, dau of R G & Marths  1867 - 1870
HUMPHREYS, Mary Ann, dau of R G & Martha, age 5 months
HUMPHREYS, Everett B, son of Mary A & R G  
          1 Jan 1862 - 31 Aug 1863
HUMPHREYS, Mary A, consort of R G  
         31 Jan 1836 - 25 Aug 1863
HUMPHREYS, Charles E, son of Robert & Martha 
           d. 4 Sep 1861, age 15 mos 27 days
HUMPHREYS, Edgar J, oldest son of Robert G & Mary A
         6 Jan 1859 - 28 Jul 1860

BYRD, Sallie, consort of William R   
         22 Mar 1803 - 2 Sep 1862
BYRD, William R  d. 1 Sep 1855, 
        age 49 yrs, 6 mos, 26 dyas

HUMPHREYS, Bertie T  1865 - 1932
HUMPHREYS, Charles L Sr  1845 - 1927
HUMPHREYS, Joshua  1840 - 1900
HUMPHREYS, Ruth  1917 - 1917
HUMPHREYS, Elijah E  1897 - 1918
HUMPHREYS, Charles L Jr  1906 - 1933
HUMPHREYS, Margaret W  1892 - 1941
HUMPHREYS, William J  1899 - 1962
HUMPHREYS, Rosa A  1894 -
HUMPHREYS, Marietta  1904 -

MELSON, Purnell B  1849 - 1925

PATRICK, Rosa, wife of Albion H  24 Oct 1857 - 4 May 1885

BYRD, George W  d. 25 Nov 1862, 
     age 23 yrs, 5 mos, 25 days
BYRD, Louisa Johnson, wife of George W  
      31 Aug 1832 - 9 May 1916

DISHAROON, Little May, only dau of George C S & Mollie E
          11 Mar 1879 - 2 Sep 1880
(F.C.B.) DISHAROON, George C, husband of Mollie E
        d. 14 Sep 1881, age 31 yrs, 9 mos, 19 days.
(Another by the way:  Anybody know what F.C.B. stands for?)

PHIPPIN, Bessie P  19 Oct 1889 - 2 Mar 1970

PARKER, Thomas  4 Aug 1827 - 12 Jun 1909
PARKER, Ann J  wife of Thomas  d. 11 Jul 1901, age 71 yrs
PARKER, Sallie, dau of Ayrs & Henney  
        7 Feb 1825 - 10 May 1896

PHIPPIN, John C  26 Jul 1858 - 27 Oct 1917
PHIPPIN, Nan E, wife of John C  18 Jan 1858 - 23 Dec 1900

PARSONS, Mary J  27 Jan 1811 -

PHIPPIN, Clayton C  6 Aug 1821 - 1 Mar 1888
PHIPPIN, Sarah, wife of Clayton C  
      3 Feb 1826 - 31 Aug 1911
PHIPPIN, Jennie L, dau of C & Sarah  2 Sep 1881,
        age 17 yrs, 5 mos, 24 days

WILLIAMS, Matilda E, wife of Samuel A  
        17 Mar 1850 - 22 Apr 1899

PHIPPIN, Walter, son of John C & Nan  
        16 Sep 1898 - 25 Jun 1899
PHIPPIN, Guy, sof of John C & Nan  
         29 Sep 1896 - 13 Feb 1897

HUGHES, George Max Jun 1902 - 31 Dec 1903
HUGHES, Elizabeth Jeanette 30 Oct 1903 - 20 Jan 1904

GORDY, Martha E  15 Jul 1829 - 11 Jan 1900
GORDY, Elijah M  12 Jan 1824 - 28 Dec 1896

MELSON, Danniel W  4 Mar 1861 - 11 Aug 1946
MELSON, Martha E  1884 - 1944
MELSON, Lavina E  1850 - 1926

WILLIAMS, Mary E, wife of G W  15 Jul 1871 - 15 Sep 1922
WILLIAMS, Bertha E  14 Feb 1892 - 27 Jun 1985
WILLIAMS, Arthur W  28 Feb 1887 - 21 Jan 1955
LAURIE, Aline Williams  10 May 1921 - 15 Feb 1963
WILLIAMS, Stanley W  21 Dec 1912 - 30 Nov 1990
WILLIAMS, Lula Perdue, wife of Stanley  
       27 May 1915 - 21 Apr 1990

TURNER, Hilda  1905 - 1978 picture of woman hoeing)
TURNER, Jim  1902 - 1983  (picture of man on tractor)

ROBERTSON, Harrod W  MD, MSGT 1400 Base Unit AAF WWII
          20 May 1914 - 23 Nov 1956

HICKS, Ronald R  4 Jun 1932 -
HICKS, Rose Marie  2 Sep 1932 - 3 Jul 1994

EGGER, Joan Tira  11 Jun 1935 - 29 Jul 1997
EGGER, Arnold R  28 Jun 1933 -

ELLINGSWORTH, Josiah  23 Nov 1809 - 12 Aug 1866
ELLINGSWORTH, Maria  6 Apr 1813 - 10 Feb 1869
(These two graves were moved from north side Nanticoke Rd at
Riawaukin Acres sometime after 1971.)

In Memoriam - The seven stones here erected marked the
graves of members of the Johnson family buried in the
graveyard on the Johnson farm on Crooked Oak Lane, acquired
by Affridoze Johnson in 1721.
JOHNSON, William Jr, son of William & Harriett, 
        d. 1824, age 23
JOHNSON, Arecelus H  23 Jul 1862 - 6 Sep 1872
JOHNSON, John, son of Wm & Harriett d. 1840, age 17
JOHNSON, Purnell  d. 12 Aug 1866, age 50 yrs, 5 mos, 11 days
JOHNSON, William  (no dates)
JOHNSON, Hariette, wife of Wm  d. 29 Jun 1859, 
         age 69 yrs, 1 mo, 8 days
JOHNSON, George Washington, son of Elijah d. 18 Aug 1857

SHAFFER, Thomas Joseph  10 Jul 1916 - 3 Jul 1994
SHAFFER, Marie Soderlund  15 Sep 1915 -

TULL, Phyllis  d. 1 Nov 1997  (no stone yet)

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