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St. Mary's Chapel Cemetery
Near Hillsborough, North Carolina
(Transcribed and contributed by Barbara F. Bonham)
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St. Mary's Chapel Cemetery
Near Hillsborough, North Carolina
The first St. Mary’s Chapel, established in 1759, was located in the northeast corner of the walled cemetery lot. The second chapel, located approximately 400 feet northwest of the original chapel, was constructed in 1859.
The cemetery, approximately
one acre in size, contains a large number of graves without identifying
markers. The following list of graves is based on compilation made during
1937 and 1940 by the Historical Records Survey of North Carolina, re-checked
in September 1960.
Name, Birth, Death
A.
, S.
1795
Here lies the Body of Annyas * Oct 20, 1791 Mar. 31. 1826
Cain, Elizabeth * Dec. 16, 1851 Age 73 years
Carrington, William 1851 Age 85
Carrington, Duncan Aug. 25, 1807 Oct. 9, 1874
Dortch, John Y. Apr. 29, 1800 Sep. 6, 1882
Dortch, Mary A.
Aug. 20, 1832 Apr. 7, 1921
Daughter of John
Y. Dortch
Douglas, Nancy (Cain)
Oct. 24 1848 Age 62 yrs.
First wife
of Adam Douglas
Douglas, Rosanna
Dec 6, 1854 Age 75 yrs.
Sister
of Adam Douglas
Evans, Fannie Elizabeth
June 22, 1884 May 10, 1933
Wife of
John Lawson Evans
Holden, Catharine
Apr. 19, 1825 Age 59 yrs.
Wife of
John Holden, Sr.
Holden, John, Sr. Oct. 22, 1842 Age 78 yrs.
Holden, Louisa
* July 28, 1837 In the 9th yr
of
Daughter
of Thomas W. Holden of her age
Kelly, John, Jr.
May 21, 1779 Nov. 24, 1851
Latta, John, Sr.
May 1, 1734 July 13, 1824
Latta, John, Jr. May 21, 1779 June 20, 1818 Age 39 yrs.
Latta, Joseph Dec. 29, 1784 May 13, 1824 Age 29 yrs.
Latta, Suzanna * July 5, 1792
Lockhart, Caroline
Nov. 5, 1832 July 20, 1833
Of David and
Caroline Dortch Lockhart
Lockhart, Robert
Oct. 30, 1833 Jul. 25, 1834
Of David
and Caroline Dortch Lockhart
Lockhart, David
June 8, 1806 Jan. 14, 1847
Of Samuel and
Ellener Kelley Lockhart
Lockhart, Cora E.
Nov. 11, 1857 Nov. 21, 1859
Of John P. and
Caroline Lockhart
Lockhart, Samuel P.
May 29, 1843 Aug. 21, 1864 C.S.A.
Of David
and Emeline Dortch Lockhart
Killed
in Battle of Reams Station, Virginia
Nichols, Alves Nov. 15, 1800 Feb. 16, 1845
Nichols, A. ***
June 14, 1850
Amos, Son
of Jonathan Nichols
Nichols, Jonathan A. Dec. 13, 1835 Dec. 14, 1861 C.S.A.
Nichols, Jonathan A., Jr. * Feb. 25, 1862 Mar. 20, 1862
Nichols, Mary (Dortch)
July 13, 1808 Nov. 29, 1892
Wife of
Alves Nichols
Nichols, Jonathan *
was buried Jan. 24, 1800
Comp. Note:
Death occurred 1807
Nichols, Mary A. Sep. 20, 1833 June 18, 1907
Nichols, P. R. Mar 4, 1850
Nichols, R. * Jan. 28, 1835
Nichols, Robert M. * Nov. 8, 1839 Jan. 5, 1840
Nichols, Nannie J. Nov. 12, 1843 Sep. 5, 1938
Vickers, Alice ** 1730 1780
Walker, Rona
Oct. 1, 1880 Mar 22, 1881
Daughter
of George W. and Cynthia Frances Walker
Walker, George
Oct. 25, 1884 Mar. 8, 1885
Son of
George W. and Cynthia Frances Walker
Note: * Not
confirmed Sep. 1966
** Earliest identified grave in cemetery
N. B. : Excerpts
from the Hillsborough Recorder:
1836 Oct. 14 - The Commissioners let bids for building of a stone
wall around graveyard
at St. Mary’s.
Transcriber’s note: This data was copied from a typed 3 page document I copied at the North Carolina State Archives in 1980. A telephone to the Rector of St. Mary’s in 1985 revealed the Nichols and Riggs families, my ancestors were instrumental in the formation of the church and a silver chalice is still in their possession that was given the church by George Riggs.
Barbara Farthing Bonham
bbonham@awod.com
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