Nelme Cemetery

Location: four miles north of Lilesville, North Carolina on county road to Tom C. Coxe's place. Condition: Very well marked, but in a rather deserted spot and completely hidden from view by undergrowth and dense trees around it.

Compiled by the Historical Records Survey of North Carolina: 1939 Worker: Lucie Lea Dunlap


NAME			BORN		DIED			REMARKS

Nelms, Anne M.		Feb. 7, 1794	Aug. 31, 1868		Wife of	Pressley Nelms

Nelms, Pressley		1787		May 5, 1841

Robinson, Annie E.	Sep. 22, 1866	1868			Dau of H. W. & E. K. Robinson

Smith, Anna Bet		Oct. 29, 1842	Apr. 17, 1859		Dau. Of Samuel 	& Jane H. Smith

Smith, Eliza Sidnor	Nov. 5, 1814	Jan. 11, 1873		Dau. of   Nelms Pressley & Annie M. Smith

Smith, Eliza Jane	Jan. 16, 1840	Sep.  1840		Dau. of Joseph & Mary Smith

Smith, (infant)		_____		_____

Smith, (infant)		June 7, 1853	June 7, 1853		Infant of John & Annie L. Smith

Smith, James M.		May 11, 1812	Sep. 22, 1836		Son of John & Mary Smith

Smith, John		1772		Oct. 2, 1854

Smith, John C.		1807		Nov. 22, 1834		Son of John & Mary Smith

Smith, John G.		Apr. 20, 1835	1836			Son of Wm & Eliza Smith

Smith, Joseph P.	1816		Nov. 1862		Youngest son of John & Mary Smith


Smith, Mary		1776		Oct. 20, 1872		Wife of John Smith

Smith, Mary Alice	May 14, 1854	May 16, 1855		Dau. of John G. & Annie L. Smith

Smith, Rufus Alexander	Oct. 12, 1855	1856			Son of Sam & Jane H. Smith

Smith, William G. (Col.)Sep. 6, 1802	Nov. 5, 1879


The following are buried outside the enclosure.  I do not think they are
related to Smiths or Nelms. **

Winfree, Eli B.		July 1835	Apr. 14, 1862
Ingram, Charles M.	-----		Sep. 29, 1853
Ingram, Catherine T.	July 13, 1855	Nov. 1856

** Remarks in the original typewritten copy.


Transcribed for this web site by Starlene Johnson

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