Black River Chapel Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Sampson County, NC

Surveyed by Billie Shaw Powell 2008
& Pam Bailey March 2009




The following is a PARTIAL listing of the tombstones in the Black River Chapel Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Sampson County, NC.

Location From Ivanhoe Rd turn right on Eddie L Jones Rd. Church and Cemetery will be on the right.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.60453 N
    78.238267 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Daniel Robinson Oct 4 1817 May 1 1837 Hannah Caroline Wife of Daniel Robinson Daughter of Isaac C & Mary Lamb Mar 13 1826 May 13 1901 G W Bannerman Dec 3 1822 May 18 1905 son of Charles Bannerman and Janet Meredith buried in the Bannerman Cemetery Martha C Bannerman Consort of George W Bannerman Died Feb 7 1858 Aged 29 years 9 mos & 20 dys Margaret J Johnson Wife of George W Bannerman Feb 4 1829 Mar 28 1906 Memorial Marker Daniel Kerr Scotland Ca 1728-1798 Wife Catherine McDuffy No Markers Daniel Kerr Jr Pvt Revolutionary War Died Dec 3 1820 AE 62 and wife Elizabeth Kelso Murphy Died Sep 11 1846 AE 86 James Kerr Son of Daniel & Elizabeth Mar 10 1800 Oct 4 1872 And wife Jane Ellen Stevens Nov 28 1823 Apr 2 1909 Original stone in Kerr Cemetery Approx. 3.8 miles No. East of S R 1105 about 200 yards. Catherine Robinson Oct 8 1808 Jun 4 1893 Aged 84 yrs 7 mos 16 dys Duncan Robinson Jr Jan 26 1815 Oct 25 1843 Margaret Daughter of Daniel & H C Robinson Dec 29 1852 Jun 1 1854 The Portico is given to the glory of God and in loving memory of our Mother and Father Olga Corbett Burns and Curtius Compton Burns and special friend D K (Doc) Simpson May 7 2006 By: Anne Burns Built by John Burns Jr In Memoriam Let it be known that land was freely given by Thomas Corbett and Thomas DeVane "To the inhabitants of this community for the building of a publick chapel for the worship of God. From the original deed of 1740 dedicated to all those who have gone before. erected 1987 Hugh M Corbett North Carolina Pvt Co D Regt Fla Inf. Spanish AMerican War Sep 13? 1879 Mar 14 1962 Ivey Kerr Corbett Wife of Hugh M Corbett Sep 6 1879 Dec 11 1971 Margueritte Corbett Eakins Arnold Mar 1 1910 Jan 24 1986 Florence Barnhill Wife of Jeff D Corbett Apr 26 1909 Nov 5 1988 Jeff D Corbett May 17 1907 Aug 1 1950 Double Stone Corbett Alice Sessoms Jul 31 1872 Mar 15 1958 W M Corbett Mar 16 1865 Sep 26 1944 Margaret Corbett Brown Nov 27 1886 Jun 6 1957 Gertrude Corbett Reeves Oct 22 1890 Sep 20 1960 Donald Nicholson Corbett Jr 1919-19?? Valdesta, Georgia Letitia Corbett Moody 1917-1952 Jane Corbett Garner 1912-19?? Lakeland, Florida Coralee Fort Corbett 1890-1970 Beaumont, Texas Donald Nicholson Corbett Oct 26 1877 Dec 19 1958 James Nicholson Corbett II Mar 19 1914 Dec 10 1966 Murill Upchuch Corbett WIfe of J N Corbett Jul 16 1921 Feb 18 1980 Ruth Corbett Corbett Apr 28 1892 Jan 3 1990 Hays Beatty Corbett Jul 1 1882 May 2 1934 Haysel Corbett Kirby Mar 3 1912 Oct 31 1984 Frank Raymond Corbett May 14 1875 Sep 4 1954 Mary Kate McPhail Corbett Oct 3 1872 Aug 23 1952 Double Stone Corbett Kathleen Marshall Dec 27 1913 Apr 11 1993 James Lawrence Jan 21 1896 Sep 13 1985? Mary Evelyn Case Corbett Aug 18 1918 Jan 1 1994 William Murphy Corbett Jr Honorable Dis. Feb 9 1945 43rd Bavy Const. Batt. Oct 18 1904 Aug 9 1981 Infant Daughter of C S & Eugenia E Corbett Born & Died Dec 6 1915 Heremiah S Son of C S & Eugenia E Corbett Oct 9 1913 Sep 7 1920 Double Stone Corbett Charles Sprunt Corbett Dec 3 1880 Apr 22 1936 Eugina Moore Corbett Sep 23 1884 Apr 8 1972 John Clarence Corbett Sep 20 1873 Feb 4 1954 Double Stone Corbett Charles Sprunt Jr Oct 26 1922 Oct 8 1994 Tiny Joe Noble Jan 1 1923 Dec 15 1995 Mary Jeanette Robinson Daughter of J W S & Nettie Corbett Robinson Mar 7 1886 Jul 15 1972 Nettie Corbett Robinson 1865-1962 John A Corbett TEC 5 US Army World War II Nov 12 1919 Oct 24 2005 Double Stone Corbett John Alexander Nov 12 1919 Oct 24 2005 Emily Hawes Mar 23 1919 NOD Mary Corbett Murphy May 24 1889 Oct 11 1977 Raymond Davis Corbett Jul 5 1934 May 8 2004 Margaret E Corbett Apr 7 1930 Aug 12 2008 Arabella Wife of O Alderman Died Aug 1837 Aged 26 years Stone hard to read Lofton Son Of O and Arabella Alderman Died Aug 1837 Aged 2 years Double Stone Aaron Thomas Bland Dec 14 1880 Aug 22 1949 Irene Corbett Bland Sep 4 1875 Oct 2 1928

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