COUNTY CEMETERY
aka County Home and Potters Field
This is an incomplete list burials. They were not all
residents of the County Home.
See Poorhouse Page for residents during
the U.S. Census years
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SURNAME
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FIRST NAME
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DOB/PLACE
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DOD/Forsyth
Co
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MOTHER
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FATHER
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CAUSE OF DEATH
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SEX/RACE
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OCCUPATION
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D.C. NUMBER
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NASH
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GEORGE
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1871-Wilmington
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1-27-1911
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No Record
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Geo. Nash
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Pulmonary TB
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Male-Colored
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Married-Laborer
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161
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HAIRSTON
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LEWIS
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1875-Davie Co
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1-18-1910
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Julia Hairston of
Davie Co.
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Jonas Hairston
of Davie Co
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Gangrene of Lung
from gunshot
wound in chest
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Male-Black
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Married-Laborer
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668
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WILLIAMS
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CHARLES
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1880-Goldsboro
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11-23-1910
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unk
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unk
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meningitis
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Male-black
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583
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HUNT
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WILLIAM
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1874 Winston
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11-28-1910
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Sarah Hunter?
of Davie Co
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Henry Hunt of
Davie Co
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TB
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Male-Colored
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591
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BYRD
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ANN E
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1909
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5-30-1910
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Pneumonia
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Female-Color
ed
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690
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COLVER
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INFANT
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12-2-1910
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12-12-1910
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Cora Colver of
SC
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James Johnson
of SC
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Male-black
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577
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FULLER
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GEORGIA
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1905
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11-3-1913
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Bessie Fuller
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Wm. Brown?
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meningitis
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female-
colored
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307
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McKNIGHT
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INFANT
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1-29-1912
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2-3-1912
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Sarah Shutt
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J.F. McKnight
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Premature Birth
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female-white
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308
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REIVERS
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INFANT
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9-8-1913
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9-9-1913
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Wm F Reivers
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Bessie Marks
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Premature Birth
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M-White
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428 & 6403
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FLYNT
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HULDY
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1833
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12-29-1913
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senility
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f-white
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Dora Norman,
Informant on DC
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140 & 2841
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MAYO
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ELIZA
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1867
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1-5-1914
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TB
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f-colored
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104 & 1103
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KING
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TOM
CLARENCE
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12-27-1913
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1-30-1914
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Anna Barksdale
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Walter King
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Pneumonia
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m-black
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107 & 1105
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SAUNDERS
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JANIE
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1863
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1-5-1914
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Ellie Saunders
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insane- in jail
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f-black
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120
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DIAL
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MARY
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abt. 1850
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11-23-1915
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unk
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unk
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organic hepetitis
disease
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f-white
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none
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41
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DULL
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JOHN HENRY
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1888
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1-26-1919
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UNK
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John Dull
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Influenza
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m-white
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none
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10 & 115 &3876
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DAVIS
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GREEN?
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1860
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4-7-1915
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UNK
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UNK
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Apoplexy
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m-black
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tobacco factory
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262
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PHILLIPS
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MARIE
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1813
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6-2-1915
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Senility
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f-black
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house servant
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26 & 302
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ESSEX
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WILLIAM
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1828
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7-29-1915
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unk
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unk
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m-white
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In county home
for 40 years
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27 & 234
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BAILEY
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TERRY
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1852
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10-15-1915
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unk
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unk
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unk
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m-colored
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36 & 293
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MACK
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Perry
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abt 1870
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1-8-1934
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unk
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unk
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unk
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m-colored
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213
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SHOUSE
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Nannie Lee
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12-27-1933
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Fannie Ethel
Crews
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Paul Henry
Shouse
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died in childbirth
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f-white
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in home for 9
days
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BROWN
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SUSANNA
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Jan 28 1762
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Nov 29 1859
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f-white
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see obit below
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BREWER
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LAVINIA
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July 25, 1846
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Nov 6 1868
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Mary Lumly
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f-white
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Husband
Harrison Brewer
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see obit below
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WILLIAMS
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JULIA
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ca 1843
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Mar 27, 1918
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unk
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unk
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Influenza
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f-white
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single
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LANDERS
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Amanda
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ca 1853
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Nov 15, 1918
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unk
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unk
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old age
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f-white
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single
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LLOYD
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Jane
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ca 1853
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Nov 19 1918
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unk
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unk
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influenza
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f-white
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single
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RESIDENTS AT COUNTY HOME BUT BURIED ELSEWHERE
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CEMETERY
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ANNIE ALSPAUGH
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SIDESTOWN
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ELLEN WAGGONER 1852-1928
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HICKORY RIDGE
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ELIZABETH HANES 1841- 3/3/1922
dau. of William Hanes and Mary Armstrong
DC #229
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WOODLAND
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SARAH TERRY WILSON, Wife of Josiah Wilson
b. 1844 d. Apr 13, 1927.
Daughter of Ella Banner and Wm. Terry
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HICKORY RIDGE CHURCH
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MARION LUMLEY
B. mar 21, 1859 d. July 3, 1921 DC #94
son of Lumley
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SALEM CEMETERY
Single's Section (aka Stranger's Graveyard)
Winston-Salem, NC
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BROWN, SUSANNA m.n. FLYNN, born Jan 28, 1762 in Caswell County. Married in her 23d year to [blank] Brown. She lost her husband in the
War of 1812. He was in the army and died of fever while at Norfolk. She afterwards moved to Salem with her family of young children. She well
remembered the war of the revolution, and spoke of having seen the armies during that time. Died Nov. 28, 1867. Buried in the County
graveyard. Record of Moravian Diaries of NC, Vol XIII, pg 7265
BREWER, LAVINIA, born July 25, 1846. Her mother was Mary Lumly. Married to Harrison Brewer. Died Nov 6, 1868. Buried in the County
Graveyard.
CELIA, mother of Susan (at Mr. Brietz's), an old colored woman who died at the poor house. Funeral preached Nov. 22, 1868) [place of burial
unknown] Record of Moravian Diaries of NC, Vol XIII, pg 7269