Whitfield Cemetery

Wayne Co., NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields July 2009
Resurveyed by Renee Olson March 2013


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

Location: South side of Neuse River west of the bridge on River Street behind white house at White Hall Memorial Park.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.228614 N
    77.847088 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    William Whitfield II May 20 1715 Mar 31 1795 his wife Rachel Bryan Jun 10 1723 Nov 1780 Needham Whitfield Feb 20 1758 Apr 6 1812 His Wives Lucy Hatch Nov 13 1756 Jul 23 1789 Elizabeth Hatch Sep 3 1760 NOD Sarah Watkins Feb 28 1777 NOD Penelope Bush 1756 Mar 4 1816 William Whitfield III 1743-1817 Married (1) 1763 Hester Williams (2) Mrs Sarah Hurst (3) 1792 Hepzibah Hatch (4) Sarah Bryan Hatch He was father of 29 children 21 reached maturity. His eldest son William had raised a family before his youngest William Alexander was borne him by his fourth wife. This William died in 1904 which was 161 years after the birth of his father. William III and his brother Needham served in the Revolution and helped destroy the Tories in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, Feb 27 1776. In 1787 William III together with his eldest son and Joseph Green were appointed "Directors and Trustees" for designing and building the town of "Waynesboro" now Goldsboro. Pvt Benjamin F Smith Co E 4 NC Cav CSA 1843 Dec 16 1862 Pvt Elias Dulin Co E 4 NC Cav CSA 1843 Dec 16 1862 Pvt Riddick Arnold Co B 3 Bn NC Lt Arty CSA 1843 Dec 16 1862 Pvt John W Tarkenton Co B 3 Bn NC Lt Arty CSA 1841 Dec 16 1862 Pvt L T Gill Co D 31 NC Inf CSA 1842 Dec 16 1862 Corp William H Liles Co B 31 NC Inf CSA 1840 Dec 16 1862 Pvt Noah Rountree Co F 11 NC Inf CSA 1831 Dec 16 1862 Pvt Benjamin H Walker Co E 11 NC Inf CSA 1827 Dec 16 1862 Pvt James Gault Co I 11 NC Inf CSA 1845 Dec 16 1862 Pvt Walter Duckworth Co B 11 NC Inf CSA 1832 Dec 16 1862 Pvt John F Dellinger Co I 11 NC Inf CSA 1841 Dec 16 1862 1st Serg E B Bristol Co B 11 NC Inf CSA 1841 Dec 16 1862 2d Lieut William N Means Co E 11 NC Inf CSA 1840 Dec 16 1862

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