The Brock Cemetery at Sarecta is located on Sarecta Road up a dirt path just beyond Sarecta Original Free Will Baptist Church. Myra ----- Original Message ----- From: "T Sollis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] Brock (Serecta) Cemetery >I don't know whether this may be helpful, but I can tell you where to find > the Brock Cemetery (referencing your subject line). My great great great > uncle, his wife, and their two sons are buried there. There are a number > of Brocks and at least one Kornegy grave in the small, chain link-fenced > cemetery out beyond a small grove of pecan trees > > The Brock Cemetery is located near the Bear Marsh Baptist Church in > Beautancus. In fact, the cemetery is located adjacent to the original > site > of the church, across and up the road from its present location. As I > recall, the small cemetery is located approximately 300 meters behind the > Sollis-Brock House on Beautancus Road. According to a locally prepared > "History of the Calypso Community" (by Thomas Mitchell Byrd, published in > October 2000 by the Calypso Historical Community), page 22, the house, > believed to be the oldest house in the Beautancus community, was built by > my > great x3 uncle, Bryant Sollis, in the mid-19th Century; it was later owned > by the Frank Brock family. The property, a small white house (I believe > it > has a red tin roof) with a large red "D" on the chimney, is now owned by > Elbert and Christine Davis. Mrs. Davis is the granddaughter of Susan and > Frank Brock, who acquired the house in the 1890's. > > The Davis' son, Jimmy, was kind enough to allow me and my wife to examine > the cemetery. He told us that he and his mother had been born in the > Sollis-Brock House (although he didn't allude to it by that name). I > believe he owns the horse farm adjacent to his parents' home. When we > asked, he said he was not familiar with the name of reference, Brock > Cemetery--adding, "come to think of it, though, there are a bunch of > Brocks > buried back there; so, I guess that must be what you're looking for." > > I hope this helps you. > > John Bryant Sollis > Jacksonville, NC > (a no-count Yankee from upstate Illinois, proud of his18th and19th Century > Duplin County roots) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:48 PM > Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] Brock (Serecta) Cemetery > > >> Diane, >> Do you have the name of a cemetery where a Joseph Williams is buried...I >> believe it is near Woodland Church Road. It would be off the road. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message