------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:00:38 -0800 (PST) From: "Diane" <skunk@coastalnet.com> To: <B530-D-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: Fw: Georgetown Road-Shallotte-Brunswick Co./Bennett Hi Bennett researchers, I found this on a NC mailing list: Diane -----Original Message----- From: kenfrink@treco.net <kenfrink@treco.net> To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 29, 1998 11:50 AM Subject: Georgetown Road-Shallotte-Brunswick Co. >Hello everyone: > >In the Shallotte NC area (Ocean Isle, etc.) there is an "Old Georgetown Road". > >Barely visable from Old Georgetown Road is a path that enters into the >woods and an ancient cemetery is found . > >My Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother are buried there, (Jabesh Frink >and Susan Gore Frink), as well as some Bennetts, Gause's, other Frinks, and >some Youngs', and others. (the custom of laying seashells on top of the >graves is seen and still in tact on some graves) > >The grave sights were in "near ruin" when I found them last summer, and I >have obtained permission from the Corporate owners to "clean it up, and do >maintainence twice per year. > >I am told it was called FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY, and I am also told it is a >church cemetery, and a church used to stand next by the graves. > >QUESTION: > >Does anyone have information on Friendship cemetery or what church used to >be next to it, on Old Georgetown Road...BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC. > >I want to do something to get this cemetery into better condition before it >is lost, or plowed over for a golf course. (The time is short to do this) > >Any help appreciated, and will possibly also help other families by saving >their graves and tombstones. > >sincere thanks, > >Kenneth R.Frink > > >