John Ivey Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields January 2010


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in John Ivey Cemetery in Wayne County, NC.

Location: Approximately two and a half miles north of Seven Springs to Sutton Road. Turn right and go to first path on the right. Follow it about two tenths mile and cemetery is in the field on the right.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.252786 N
    77.854872 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Harriet Wife of John Owens 1841 March 27 1887 Melissa Wife of James Brown 1825 -1899 James Brown Jany 6 1820 June 7 1907 Willie Parks July 6 1885 June 7 1911 Multiple Memorial Stone Ivey Robert--1720–1790--------------Wife John--1750–1815-------Eliza Moseley Richard--1785–1830-------Elsie West John--1817–1893--Mary Ann Swinson Children 1959 Robert Hinson Born Feb 5 1813 Died Jan 6 1904 Close-up of previous stone Elizabeth Wife of Robert Hinson Born May 28 1830 Died July 17 1871 Josephine Wife of Robert Hinson Born Aug 20 1847 Died June 20 1891 Sallie Grant Toft Born 1843 Died 1929 Elsie Swinson Born Oct 25 1831 Died Jan 3 1904 John Ivey Born Feb 6 1817 Died Jan 3 1893 Mary A Wife of John Ivey Born July 22 1823 Died Oct 29 1868 Richard Ivey Son of John & Mary Ann Ivey Born Jan 30 1848 Killed in Battle at Kinston, N. C. Mar 7 1865 Susan Andrews was born 1832 Died May 16 1901 Bettie J Daughter of John & Chloe M Parks Born Dec 3 1849 Died Aug 12 1861 Unidentified Grave Unidentified Grave M. E. I. NOI Unidentified Grave S. H. NOI Unidentified Grave Beulah Daughter of Magnus and Mary Parks Born ????? 1907 Died May ?? 1921 And unreadable stone Wooden Markers My Grandfather told me that these were for William Cotton and his wife who was an Ivey. Nannie Daughter of N P & D Hines Born Aug 16 1874 Died Aug 11 1876 R. I. NOI N. H. NOI M. C. NOI C. B. I. NOI E. S. NOI John T Son of J J & S J Ivey Born Nov 26 1877 Died Oct 17 1878 M. A. I. NOI H. O. NOI Mattie E Wife of Robert Ivey Died March 23 1878 Aged 19 Yrs 1 Mo & 7 Das Alice Ivey Daughter of John & Mary Ann Ivey Born Jan 5 1855 Died Sept 14 1869 Claudia Bertha Daughter of C & A Ivey Born Dec 25 1886 Died July 8 1893 Charlie Ivey June 15 1856 Jan 12 1913 John Ivey Born Feb 8 1817 Died Jan 3 1893 Mary Carter Born Apr 27 1846 Died Oct 28 1903 Sallie Wife of Benajah Herring Born May 10 1804 Died Nov 4 1889 Edney Carter Wife of Levi Carter Born Nov 15 1817 Died June 20 1900 Levi Carter Born June 10 1815 Died Mar 19 1914 Annais Wooten Died Aug 7 1917 Age 27 yrs Eliza Wife of John Graham Died Oct 27 1918 Age 84 yrs John W Son of B W & Mary E Warters Born May 18 1890 Died Sep 19 1893 Infant Son of B W & Mary E Warters Born & Died ??? 24 1893

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