Do any of you know of this cemetery. I cannot recall it. I came across this while abstracting deeds from Ellison's Deed Book Abstracts. I don't know what family it could be. Unknown Site Pitt County, NC Deed Book EE page 453 March 28, 1825 John M. Johnson to Ben Briley ½ acre lot #104, excluding grave lot + 6 ft $125. Wit: S. P. Allen, John Lesslie

John M. Johnson DB CC page 404 John M. Johnson bought lots 35, 36, 47 & 48 in Greenville from Chalton Briley in 1824. That was an entire city block bordering 5th St. on the north, Pitt St. of the west, Greene St. on the east. I think that is where the downtown fire and police buildings are now. Then he bought lots #23 & #35 from Thomas Gaskins in 1824, DB CC page 434. Note: There must be a typo here; he wouldn't have bought lot #35 twice. Then he sold lots #35 and #36 to Arden Hatton in 1825. DB DD page 49 Then he sold lots #47 & 48 to Jesse Williams in 1825. On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Bill Kittrell wrote: > Do any of you know of this cemetery. I cannot recall it. > I came across this while abstracting deeds from > Ellison's Deed Book Abstracts. > I don't know what family it could be. > > Unknown Site > > Pitt County, NC Deed Book EE page 453 > > March 28, 1825 > > John M. Johnson to Ben Briley > > ½ acre lot #104, excluding grave lot + 6 ft > > $125. Wit: S. P. Allen, John Lesslie > > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

I am adding this information that Trish brought my attention to. It is from Roger Kammerer's article of Greenville cemeteries. Certainly the next oldest cemetery was once located behind what is now the Self-Help/Proctor Hotel Building and ran between Evans and Cotanche Streets all the way to Fourth Street. In the parking lot directly behind the Self-Help/Proctor Hotel Building was an enclosed cemetery known in 1810 as the Smith Cemetery. By one account, it contained only one grave, and it was certainly connected to the then-prominent David Smith family of Greenville. By act of the N.C. General Assembly in 1828, the Smith Cemetery was broken up into three sections, the two unused portions being sold off. The other part of the public cemetery in the central portion of Greenville, which ran to Fourth Street, is mentioned several times in the local newspaper in the 1880s. In 1885 only two tombstones still existed and one other grave was covered with a large slab. The newspaper complained how the cemetery was covered in weeds and was a home to drunks and wandering animals. In 1887, when new stores were being built on Evans Street, the City fathers ordered the cemetery removed, but only a cursory effort was made. The two grave markers and the grave with the slab were taken to Cherry Hill Cemetery. One of the gravestones bore the inscription "Here lies the body of Josiah Wright, who died the 6th of February 1792. Native of Massachusetts." In 1896, while new buildings were again being built after a fire, workmen uncovered more graves and bones. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish Worthington Cobb" <turniproots@mac.com> To: <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] CEMETERY John M. Johnson DB CC page 404 John M. Johnson bought lots 35, 36, 47 & 48 in Greenville from Chalton Briley in 1824. That was an entire city block bordering 5th St. on the north, Pitt St. of the west, Greene St. on the east. I think that is where the downtown fire and police buildings are now. Then he bought lots #23 & #35 from Thomas Gaskins in 1824, DB CC page 434. Note: There must be a typo here; he wouldn't have bought lot #35 twice. Then he sold lots #35 and #36 to Arden Hatton in 1825. DB DD page 49 Then he sold lots #47 & 48 to Jesse Williams in 1825. On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Bill Kittrell wrote: > Do any of you know of this cemetery. I cannot recall it. > I came across this while abstracting deeds from > Ellison's Deed Book Abstracts. > I don't know what family it could be. > > Unknown Site > > Pitt County, NC Deed Book EE page 453 > > March 28, 1825 > > John M. Johnson to Ben Briley > > ½ acre lot #104, excluding grave lot + 6 ft > > $125. Wit: S. P. Allen, John Lesslie > > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message