James Williamson Cemetery

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This page last updated on 21 March 2005

James Willliamson Cemetery

Location: In woods off Industrial Drive (SR 1195)
Directions: From Roxboro, 501S to right on Industrial Drive on left beyond creek.
Access: Access point is flagged by Person County Historical Society on Industrial Drive. Follow orange flags 2000 feet into woods to cemetery.
Survey: March 2005 by Ken Dalton, Becky Farlow and Joey Farlow.
GPS: 36 21 45.5 N 078 59 28.9W
Note:
1 - Owned and preserved by the Person County Historical Society.
2 - A picture of James Williamson’s tombstone is in Person Co Heritage Volume 1, Page 100. (Copies of the Person County Heritage Series are available at the Person County Historical Society office).
3 - Additional information about John G A Williamson, son of James Williamson, is available on this web site.

Graves

73 or more total burials marked by depressions and/or fieldstones. Only these 5 have carved stones.

1 - [broken stone] Drucilla H (Whitfield) / wife of / D A MURDOCK (?) / May 6, 1863 / Mar 16, 1914 / In aftertime we’ll meet her /

2 - In memory of / Elizabeth WILLIAMSON / wife of / James Williamson / Born 18^th Mar 1979 / Died 28^th Mar / 1797 / ( daughter of Dempsey Moore)

3 - In memory of / James WILLIAMSON / A native of North Britton / Born 3d July, 1761 at / Aberbrothick in the / county of Angus and / left his native country / Sept 23d 1783 and landed / in PH 26^th Nov 1783 / Died 26^th Nov 1834 / (fs) JW / (father of John G A Williamson, ambassador to Venezuala)

4 - In memory of / Susannah WILLIAMSON / wife of / James Williamson / Born 9^th Apr / 1779 / Died 23^rd Oct / 1828 / (daughter of Major Paine of Paine’s Tavern)

5 - In memory of / Susan S RUFFIN / wife of / James Ruffin / Born 11^th May 1807 / Died 8^th Jun / 1832 / (fs) SSR /

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