Grove Hill Cemetery

GROVE HILL CEMETERY - is an African-American burial ground located at 2919 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC

(We thank Denise Hester for letting us know about this unmarked, forgotten Black cemetery.)

Location - on private property at the rear of 2919 Fayetteville Street, just south of the Fayetteville Street School and just north of the old railway right-of-way.

Coordinates: 35d 57m 48.0s N; 78d 54m 24.0s W.
Lot survey by George C. Love, RLS, made in December 1981.

It was established in 1933 on just over two acres of land owned by Charles H. McLaurin, an undertaker with a business on Fayetteville Street.

It was at the time outside the city limits. It was active until 1943 and records at the county vital records office researched by Carrie McNair indicate there were 349 burials there. It is the burial place of the noted blues musician ‘Blind Boy Fuller’ (Fulton Allen: 10 Jul 1907, Wadesboro, NC - 13 Feb 1941, Durham, NC).

In late 1971 or early 1972 a building housing the Amey Funeral Home and Florist Shop was constructed on the Fayetteville Street side; this building is now [1997] a small business complex.

The extent of the area of burials on the property is not known at this time. View of lot looking toward the north. View looking eastward shows trees and the one gravestone seen just the other side of the trees.

Researched in 1997 by Carrie McNair who extracted all the burials from the Vital Records Office death notices.

Researched in 1997 by Milton Forsyth to discover the property ownership transactions, present conditions of the cemetery and to photograph the cemetery and remaining one gravestone.
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LIST OF NAMES WHO ARE BURIED THERE. (* denotes18 and under in age)

*-Adams, John (b. Sep 1941 - d. 2 Nov 1941) Age 2 mos

-Alford, Hank (b. 1896 - d. 16 Jan 1938) Age 42 yrs

*-Alford, Marvin (b. 1927 - d. 11 Nov 1935) Age 8 yrs
*-Alford, Roosevelt (b. 1929 - d. 27 Apr 1933) Age 4 yrs

-Allen, Fulton (Blind Boy Fuller) (b. 10 Jul 1907 - d. 13 Feb 1941)
Age 33 yrs. Noted blues musician, born in Wadesboro, NC. Fulton Allen, who took the stage name 'Blind Boy Fuller,' was one of the most influential bluesmen of the 1930s, even though his musical career lasted from only about 1929 to 1940. He palyed in what was termed 'East Coast Piedmont Style' of blues. Discovered singing on the streets of Durham NC, his most important years were from 1935, when he was taken to New York City to record, to about 1939, after which time he became ill. His work was still being played regularly by blues performers into the late 1950s.

-Allen, Ola B. (b. 1908 - d. 23 Mar 1938) Age 30 yrs
-Allen, Sam (b. 1915 - d. 6 Apr 1938)
Age 23 yrs
-Amos, Monroe (b. 1907 - d. 22 Jan 1934) Age 27 yrs

*-Archie, Constance (b. Apr 1938 - d. 8 Jul 1938) Age 3 mos

-Artis, Jesse (b. 1888 - d. 16 Mar 1937) Age 49 yrs

*-Ashford, Annie Mae (b. Mar 1932 - d. 25 Aug 1933) Age 1 yr 5 mos
-Bailey, Ida (b. 1877 - d. 13 Jul 1937)
Age 60 yrs
*-Bains, Floyd (b. Aug 1935 - d. 18 Oct 1935) Age 2 mos

-Baker, Alene (b. 1906 - d. 4 Oct 1942) Age 36 yrs

*-Baker, Baby (b. 8 Jan 1943 - d. 11 Jan 1943) Age 3 days
*-Baker, Elizabeth (b. 2 Apr 1936 - d. 9 Apr 1936) Age 7 days

-Baptist, Nellie (b. 1884 - d. 27 Jul 1938) Age 54 yrs
*-Barbee, Alphonso (b. 1919 - d. 7 May 1936) Age 17 yrs
-Barbee, Demetrious (b. 1884 - d. 2 May 1941) Age 57 yrs

*-Barbee, George (b. Jun 1939 - d. 18 Aug 1939) Age 2 mos

-Barbee, James (b. 1913 - d. 16 Sep 1934) Age 21 yrs

*-Barbee, Willie (b. 1922 - d. 3 May 1939) Age 17 yrs

*-Barnes, Bertha Lee (b. 16 May 1935 - d. 16 May 1935) Age 3 hrs
*-Beasley, Rosie (b. 21 Feb 1933 - d. 22 Feb 1933) Age 1 day

-Bell, Effie (b. 1897 - d. 2 Sep 1939)
Age 42 yrs
-Bethea, Leroy (b. 1923 - d. 2 Mar 1942) Age 19 yrs

*-Bobbitt, Harold (b. Aug 1933 - d. 29 May 1933) Age 9 mos

-Bostic, Ben (b. 1891 - d. 30 Aug 1937) Age 46 yrs

*-Bowling, Meria (b. 15 Mar 1935 - d. 15 Mar 1935) Age 6 hrs

-Bradsher, Lina (b. 1910 - d. 18 Oct 1934) Age 24 yrs

*-Bratcher, Hattie (b. 1909 - d. 5 Jan 1938) Age 3 mos

-Bright, Elijah (b. 1906 - d. 8 Mar 1936) Age 30 yrs
-Bright, Lenna (b. 1899 - d. 27 Apr 1937) Age 38 yrs

*-Brown, Elaine (b. 1934 - d. 10 Apr 1942) Age 8 yrs

*-Brown, Patricia Yvonne (b. Dec 1940 - d. 20 Jan 1941) Age 1 mo

-Brunson, William (b. 1901 - d. 28 Feb 1936) Age 35 yrs
-Bryant, Studman (b. 1876 - d. 5 Oct 1937) Age 61 yrs
-Bullock, Allie (b. 1902 - d. 20 Aug 1936) Age 34 yrs
-Bullock, Charlie (b. 1883 - d. 6 Oct 1941) Age 58 yrs

*-Bullock, Elizabeth (b. Apr 1936 - d. 26 Oct 1936) Age 6 mos
-Bullock, Henry (b. 1884 - d. 6 Aug 1937) Age 53 yrs

*-Bunn, Arthur Jr (b. Aug 1934 - d. 10 Sep 1934) Age 1 mo

*-Bunn, Trummila (b. Jun 1940 - d. 19 Jan 1941) Age 7 mos

-Burch, Plassie (b. 1909 - d. 3 Mar 1936) Age 27 yrs
-Burton, Jessie (b. 1888 - d. 18 Nov 1938) Age 50 yrs
-Byrd, Robert (b. 1850 - d. 30 Jan 1935) Age 85 yrs

-Cadlett, Mack (b. 1881 - d. 22 Jan 1936) Age 55 yrs
*-Carver, Mary (b. 1921 - d. 4 Aug 1933) Age 12 yrs
-Cates, John (b. 1899 - d. 30 Apr 1937) Age 38 yrs
-Cathy, Pink (b. 1883 - d. 31 Oct 1936) Age 53 yrs

*-Caviness, Bertha Lee (b. Dec 1938 - d. 18 Aug 1939) Age 3 mos

-Chambers, Mattie (b. 1890 - d. 24 May 1937) Age 47 yrs

*-Cheek, Otis Linwood (b. Jan 1937 - d. 14 Feb 1937) Age 17 days

-Clark, Lula (b. 1877 - d. 7 Sep 1933)
Age 56 yrs
-Clayton, Beatrice (b. 1918 - d. 27 Jun 1938) Age 20 yrs

*-Clayton, Frances May (b. 1934 - d. 10 Dec 1936) Age 2 yrs

*-Clemmons, Ernestine (b. 1930 - d. 25 Nov 1934) Age 4 yrs

-Clemons, Maggie (b. 1901 - d. 5 May 1935) Age 34 yrs

-Cogdell, Offie Jr (b. 1890 - d. 24 May 1937) Age 47 yrs

*-Cole, Margaret (b. Mar 1933 - d. 22 Jun 1933) Age 3 mos

*-Cole, Robert (b. Mar 1933 - d. 19 Jun 1933) Age 2 mos

*-Coleman, Floyd (b. Sep 1935 - d. 16 Nov 1935) Age 2 mos

*-Coleman, Fred L. (b. Apr 1934 - d. 20 Aug 1934) Age 4 mos

-Coleman, Henry (b. 1915 - d. 1 Aug 1939) Age 24 yrs
-Coleman, Lindsey (b. 1909 - d. 22 Dec 1935) Age 26 yrs
-Coleman, Rubin (b. 1902 - d. 21 Sep 1939) Age 37 yrs
-Cooper, Matthew (b. 1894 - d. 9 Aug 1933) Age 39 yrs
-Coppedge, Maggie (b. 1875 - d. 27 Dec 1936) Age 61 yrs
-Core, Glendora (b. 1911 - d. 6 Aug 1940) Age 29 yrs
-Cotton, Andrew (b. 1888 - d. 26 Mar 1936) Age 48 yrs

*-Cotton, Willie Thomas (b. Oct 1932 - d. 7 Dec 1933) Age 14 mos

-Covington, Alexander (b. 1914 - d. 10 Apr 1942) Age 28 yrs
-Covington, Curtis (b. 1883 - d. 27 Mar 1942) Age 59 yrs
-Covington, Effie (b. 1887 - d. 19 Aug 1935) Age 48 yrs
-Covington, Marie (b. 1913 - d. 18 Dec 1935) Age 22 yrs

*-Coward, Rena (b. 1913 - d. 31 Oct 1939) Age 26 yrs -Cozart, Lovenia (b. Oct 1937 - d. 12 Nov 1937) Age 1 mo
*-Craddock, Will Edward (b. Mar 1937 - d. 25 Apr 1938) Age 13 mos

-Croon, Virginia (b. 1905 - d. 24 Aug 1933) Age 28 yrs

*-Crowder, Paul N. (b. Nov 1935 - d. 7 Jun 1936) Age 7 mos

-Curity, Robert (b. 1904 - d. 27 Aug 1933) Age 29 yrs
-Daniel, Beddie (b. 1883 - d. 19 Oct 1933) Age 50 yrs
-Daniel, Lelia (b. 1906 - d. 25 Apr 1934) Age 38 yrs

*-Daniel, Worth Jr (b. Jul 1932 - d. 17 Apr 1933) Age 9 mos

-Davis, Maggie (b. 1899 - d. 16 Mar 1941) Age 42 yrs

*-Dean, Helen (b. 19 Jan 1943 - d. 21 Jan 1943) Age 2 days

-Deberry, Della (b. 1901 - d. 18 Jun 1935) Age 34 yrs

*-Dixon, Dorothy Lee (b. 1926 - d. 1 Jan 1937) Age 11 yrs

-Dixon, Willie (b. 1882 - d. 14 Nov 1933) Age 51 yrs
-Dunegan, Lula (b. 1877 - d. 27 Apr 1933) Age 56 yrs
-Dyson, Elizabeth (b. 1894 - d. 16 Jul 1937) Age 43 yrs

*-Edwards, Virginia (b. Mar 1935 - d. 10 Oct 1935) Age 7 mos
*-Egerton, Baby (b. 27 Dec 1934 - d. 31 Dec 1934) Age 4 days

-Ellerbe, James (b. 1885 - d. 30 Oct 1933) Age 48 yrs

*-Elliott, Ellen (b. May 1934 - d. 20 Aug 1934) Age 3 mos

-Erwin, Junious (b. 1910 - d. 5 Mar 1936) Age 26 yrs

*-Farrar, Baby (b. 20 Oct 1934 - d. 20 Oct 1934) Age 2 hrs

-Farriel, Mary Allen (b. 1878 - d. 21 May 1942) Age 64 yrs
-Farrington, Norvy (b. 1916 - d. 24 Aug 1936) Age 20 yrs
-Farrow, Ernest (b. 1900 - d. 5 Aug 1936) Age 35 yrs
-Farrow, Maude Torian (b. 1908 - d. 24 Aug 1938) Age 30 yrs

*-Faulk, Marget (b. May 1938 - d. 24 Jul 1938) Age 2 mos

*-Felder, Infant of David Felder (b. 29 Dec 1937 - d. 29 Dec 1937) Age 45 min

-Floyd, Carrie (b. 1905 - d. 21 Apr 1936) Age 31 yrs
-Freeman, Mattie Norwood (b. 1894 - d. 15 May 1934) Age 40 yrs
-Gary, George (b. 1881 - d. 22 Feb 1939) Age 58 yrs
-Gatewood, Ollie (b. 1897 - d. 6 Dec 1936) Age 39 yrs

*-Gilbert, Harold (b. Jun 1938 - d. 18 Sep 1938) Age 3 mos

*-Gladden, Robert Thomas (b. 1927 - d. 25 Sep 1936) Age 9 yrs

-Graham, Hattie (b. 1890 - d. 28 Oct 1933) Age 43 yrs
-Green, Daniel (b. 1866 - d. 9 Apr 1934) Age 68 yrs

-Griffin, Margaret (b. 1896 - d. 14 Sep 1933) Age 43 yrs

*-Griffin, William Edward (b. Apr 1938 - d. 2 Aug 1938) Age 4 mos

*-Gunn, Dolores (b. 1925 - d. 24 Mar 1933) Age 8 yrs

-Hall, Geneva (b. - d. 15 Nov 1935)
-Hamilton, Rebecca Russell (b. 1901 - d. 20 Aug 1936) Age 35 yrs
-Hammie, Eveline (b. 1859 - d. 24 Feb 1938) Age 79 yrs

*-Harris, Baby (b. 18 Jun 1934 - d. 20 Jun 1934) Age 1-1/2 days

*-Harris, Joseph Jr (b. May 1941 - d. 24 Sep 1941) Age 4 mos

*-Harris, Mary Lois (b. 1 Nov 1941 - d. 11 Nov 1941) Age 10 days

-Harris, Nora (b. 1876 - d. 24 Oct 1941) Age 65 yrs
-Haskins, Bertha (b. 1894 - d. 8 May 1935) Age 41 yrs
-Hayes, Roberta (b. 1903 - d. 25 Jan 1940) Age 37 yrs
-Herndon, John (b. 1888 - d. 5 Dec 1935) Age 47 yrs
-Herndon, Walter (b. 1905 - d. 19 Jul 1941) Age 36 yrs

*-Hester, Willie Jr (b. Jan 1933 - d. 20 Dec 1933) Age 11 mos

*-Hill, Edgar (b. Jan 1936 - d. 8 May 1936) Age 3 mos

*-Hinnant, Virginia Mae (b. Jul 1935 - d. 13 Apr 1936) Age 7 mos

-Hogan, Thomas (b. 1893 - d. 29 Sep 1934) Age 41 yrs

*-Holeman, Johnnie Jr (b. 24 May 1935 - d. 24 May 1935) Age 9 hrs

-Holland, Ella (b. 1893 - d. 28 Apr 1941) Age 48 yrs

*-Holmes Johnnie Lee (b. Dec 1935 - d. 9 Mar 1936) Age 3 mos

-Holmes, William Mack (b. 1898 - d. 24 Sep 1937) Age 39 yrs
-Hubbel, William (b. 1887 - d. 16 Feb 1937) Age 50 yrs

-Huston, Willie (b. 1902 - d. 5 Apr 1942) Age 40 yrs
-Ingram, Lacy (b. 1914 - d. 18 Jul 1934) Age 20 yrs
-Ingram, Mary (b. 1881 - d. 18 Apr 1933) Age 52 yrs
-Ingram, Polly (b. 1892 - d. 5 Sep 1937) Age 45 yrs
-Jackson, Jack (b. 1868 - d. 15 Feb 1935) Age 67 yrs
-Jenkins, Bettie (b. 1865 - d. 28 Feb 1936) Age 71 yrs

*-Jenkins, Mathew (b. Mar 1939 - d. 6 Sep 1939) Age 6 mos

-Jenlock, Lincoln (b. 1890 - d. 3 Feb 1939) Age 49 yrs
-Johnson, Elizabeth (b. 1908 - d. 28 Aug 1934) Age 26 yrs
-Johnson, Freda (b. 1912 - d. 3 Oct 1935) Age 23 yrs
-Johnson, Joseph (b. 1885 - d. 18 Oct 1937) Age 52 yrs
-Johnson, Roosevelt B. (b. 1897 - d. 16 Sep 1935) Age 38 yrs
-Jones, Annie Louise (b. 1911 - d. 10 Aug 1938) Age 27 yrs

*-Jones, Baby (b. 28 Sep 1936 - d. 29 Sep 1936) Age 1 day

*-Jones, Jesse (b. Dec 1934 - d. 2 Feb 1935) Age 2 mos

-Jones, Mary (b. 1879 - d. 6 May 1936) Age 57 yrs
-Jones, Nathaniel (b. 1901 - d. 1 May 1942) Age 41 yrs

*-Jones, Robert Louise (girl) (b. 12 May 1935 - d. 27 May 1935) age 15 days

*-Jones, Shirley Lee (b. 2 May 1937 - d. 23 May 1937) Age 21 days

*-Jones, Thelma (b. 1921 - d. 20 Jul 1937) Age 16 yrs

*-Joyner, Baby (b. 23 May 1940 - d. 23 May 1940) Age 6 hrs

-Kitt, Nell (b. 1907 - d. 6 Sep 1939)
Age 32 yrs
-Knuckles, Henry (b. 1890 - d. 6 Mar 1938) Age 48 yrs
*-Kollock, Leo (b. 1928 - d. 29 May 1940) Age 12 yrs
-Kollock, Nathaniel (alias Collins) (b. 1915 - d. 7 Jan 1938) Age 23 yrs

-Laddie, Curry (b. 1873 - d. 9 Oct 1936) Age 63 yrs

-Langley, Mary Caston (b. 21 May 1891 - d. 30 Sep 1942)
Spouse - Joseph Langley. 'At Rest'. This is the only visible grave marker at the present cemetery.

*-Latta, Curry Lee (b. 1933 - d. 26 Jan 1939) Age 6 yrs
-Lee, Bruce W. (b. 1900 - d. 15 Aug 1942) Age 42 yrs
-Lee, George (b. 1882 - d. 7 Jun 1934) Age 52 yrs
-Lewis, Ida (b. 1894 - d. 1 Nov 1933)
Age 39 yrs

*-Link, Infant of Ernest Link (b. 7 Apr 1933 - d. 9 Apr 1933) Age 2 days

-Lipscomb, Fannie (b. 1893 - d. 27 Jun 1938) Age 45 yrs

*-Little, Calvin (b. Jun 1933 - d. 25 Jan 1934) Age 7 mos

-Little, Garfield (b. 1903 - d. 23 Oct 1938) Age 35 yrs

-Little, Willie (b. Dec 1935 - d. 3 Feb 1936) Age 2 mos

-Lucas, Little M. (b. 1911 - d. 4 Mar 1934) Age 23 yrs

*-Lunsford, Fred Lewis (b. Jul 1934 - d. 2 Nov 1934) Age 4 mos

*-Lunsford, Infant of Clide Lunsford (b. 6 Apr 1933 - d. 13 Apr 1933)
Age 7 days

-Lunsford, James (b. 1906 - d. 17 May 1937) Age 31 yrs
-Lyon, Anna (b. 1883 - d. 28 Mar 1933) Age 50 yrs
-Lyon, Zula (b. 1900 - d. 24 Jan 1938)
Age 38 yrs

*-Lyons, Baby (b. 3 Dec 1934 - d. 3 Dec 1934) Lived 20 min

*-Lyons, Fredrick (b. Apr 1939 - d. 20 Jun 1939) Age 2 mos

-Lyons, Mann (b. 1867 - d. 11 Apr 1935) Age 68 yrs

*-Mallett, Ida Mable (b. Sep 1933 - d. 19 Jul 1934) Age 10 mos

-Mallett, Julius C. (b. 1902 - d. 20 Apr 1935) Age 33 yrs
-Malone, Booker (b. 1869 - d. 3 Sep 1937) Age 68 yrs

*-Mangum, Grace D. (b. Dec 1934 - d. 28 Jul 1935) Age 7 mos

-Mangum, Jane (b. 1877 - d. 25 Dec 1940) Age 63 yrs
-Marshall, Tallulah (b. 1882 - d. 27 Jan 1938) Age 56 yrs

*-Mason, Lula Mae (b. 1930 - d. 1 Nov 1938) Age 8 yrs

*-Mason, William C. (b. Apr 1935 - d. 20 May 1935) Age 1 mo

*-Massey, Baby (b. 30 Aug 1938 - d. 1 Sep 1938) Age 2 days

-McAllister, Annie (b. 1868 - d. 11 Sep 1933) Age 65 yrs
-McCain, Hoydee (b. 1906 - d. 26 Nov 1934) Age 28 yrs
*-McCaskill, Leroy (b. 1918 - d. 26 Jul 1934) Age 16 yrs
-McClain, Dolston (b. 1918 - d. 28 Jan 1938) Age 20 yrs

*-McClain, James Jr (b. Apr 1935 - d. 8 Aug 1935) Age 4 mos

-McClain, Lela (b. 1893 - d. 28 Aug 1938) Age 45 yrs

*-McClain, Mamie (b. Aug 1936 - d. 2 Sep 1936) Age 1 mo

-McCown, Mary (b. 1879 - d. 22 Apr 1933) Age 54 yrs

*-McCoy, Virgil (b. 22 Feb 1934 - d. 22 Feb 1934) Age 2 hrs

-McCray, Albert (b. 1918 - d. 12 Feb 1941) Age 23 yrs
-McCray, James (b. 1905 - d. 3 Feb 1936) Age 31 yrs
-McDaniel, Charlie (b. 1885 - d. 26 Oct 1938) Age 53 yrs

*-McDaniel, Shirley Ann (b. 14 Nov 1937 - d. 25 Nov 1937) Age 11 days

*-McDuffie, Anne Lois (b. Jul 1936 - d. 23 Apr 1937) Age 9 mos

-McDuffie, Annie Mae (b. 1921 - d. 10 Jun 1940) Age 19 yrs
-McLaughlin, Katie (b. 1910 - d. 2 Dec 1934) Age 24 yrs
-McLaurin, Ernest (b. 1920 - d. 25 Jul 1941) Age 21 yrs
-McLendon, Charlie (b. 1893 - d. 26 Apr 1933) Age 40 yrs

*-McNair, Hattie Mae (b. Dec 1936 - d. 27 Jun 1937) Age 6 mos
*-McNair, John Willie (b. 17 Oct 1933 - d. 31 Oct 1933) Age 14 days

-McNeal, Katie (b. 1873 - d. 28 Oct 1933) Age 60 yrs

*-McNeill, James Melvin (b. Jul 1933 - d. 9 Nov 1933) Age 4 mos
*-McNiel, Cornelia (b. Jul 1935 - d. 22 Nov 1936) Age 4 mos

*-Medlin, Naomi (b. Feb 1942 - d. 3 Mar 1942) Age 24 days

-Mercer, Infant of Fred Mercer (b. 5 Jan 1934 - d. 5 Jan 1934) Lived 2 hrs

-Merriett, Ida (b. 1883 - d. 3 Mar 1933) Age 50 yrs
-Merritt, Sallie (b. 1885 - d. 29 Dec 1938) Age 53 yrs
-Midgette, Charlie (b. 1908 - d. 31 Oct 1935) Age 27 yrs

*-Miller, Edward (b. Jan 1935 - d. 5 Jul 1935) Age 7 mos

-Mitchell, Frank (b. 1880 - d. 8 Dec 1938) Age 58 yrs
-Mitchell, James (b. 1871 - d. 10 Oct 1933) Age 62 yrs

*-Mitchell, Lelia Mae (b. Sep 1934 - d. 17 Oct 1934) Age 1 mo

-Mitchell, Thomas E. (b. 19 Dec 1896 - d. 24 Sep 1944)
husband of Irene Goins Mitchell. son of Willis and Lora Hester Mitchell.

-Monroe, Daniel (b. 1888 - d. 31 Oct 1935) Age 47 yrs
-Moore, Hattie McNeil (b. 1894 - d. 5 Jul 1941) Age 47 yrs
-Moore, Lizzie (b. 1899 - d. 30 May 1935) Age 36 yrs

*-Morris, Eleanor Lee (b. Apr 1938 - d. 2 Jul 1938) Age 3 mos

-Moye, Dianah (b. 1876 - d. 24 May 1933) Age 57 yrs
-Murphy, Albertis (b. 1917 - d. 6 Jan 1936) Age 19 yrs
-Myatt, Cleveland (b. 1897 - d. 16 Aug 1939) Age 42 yrs
-Newton, Dora (b. 1895 - d. 12 Dec 1937) Age 42 yrs
-Norwood, Richard (b. 1850 - d. 4 Apr 1939) Age 89 yrs
-Page, Rosa (b. 1903 - d. 21 Aug 1933) Age 30 yrs
-Parks, Mollie (b. 1881 - d. 19 May 1938) Age 57 yrs

*-Patterson, Baby Boy (b. Jan 1936 - d. 23 Jun 1936) Age 5 mos

-Patterson, Helen (b. 1920 - d. 21 May 1939) Age 19 yrs

*-Patterson, Joe Rees (b. 1926 - d. 18 Apr 1933) Age 7 yrs

-Patterson, Nathaniel (b. 1885 - d. 29 Jan 1935) Age 50 yrs
-Pelzer, Mamie Smith (b. 1902 - d. 27 Feb 1937) Age 35 yrs
-Peterkin, Sallie Lou (b. 1871 - d. 28 Jun 1935) Age 64 yrs
-Pollard, George (b. 1908 - d. 19 Oct 1937) Age 29 yrs
-Porter, Fannie Jones (b. 1902 - d. 16 Sep 1934) Age 32 yrs
-Pough, Edward (b. 1875 - d. 20 Dec 1935) Age 60 yrs

*-Powell, Dorothy (b. Aug 1938 - d. 19 Oct 1938) age 2 mos
-Pratt, Harold (b. 1917 - d. 11 Oct 1938) Age 21 yrs
*-Pressley, Emanuel Jr (b. Jun 1939 - d. 3 Aug 1939) Age 2 mos

-Pringle, Luvenia (b. 1869 - d. 30 Aug 1934) Age 65 yrs
-Ray, Henry (b. 1893 - d. 13 Mar 1933) Age 40 yrs
-Reeves, Jasper Jr (b. 1918 - d. 5 Jan 1938) Age 20 yrs
-Regan, Annie (b. 1878 - d. 22 Oct 1934) Age 56 yrs
-Reid, Amzie (b. 1884 - d. 24 Feb 1936) Age 52 yrs
-Reid, Blanche (b. 1909 - d. 24 Jan 1936) Age 27 yrs
*-Reid, Magnolia (b. 1917 - d. 31 Oct 1935) Age 18 yrs

*-Reid, Peggy Maude (b. Dec 1934 - d. 3 Feb 1935) Age 2 mos
*-Revels, Bertha Mae (b. Mar 1937 - d. 6 Jul 1937) Age 4 mos
*-Richardson, Armiteen (b. Aug 1939 - d. 16 Jan 1940) Age 5 mos

-Richardson, John (b. 1895 - d. 7 Apr 1933) Age 38 yrs
-Richardson, Leone (b. 1915 - d. 1 Jul 1934) Age 19 yrs

*-Rigel, Lucille (b. 1925 - d. 10 May 1939) Age 14 yrs
-Riley, Eva Neil (b. 1893 - d. 15 Jan 1942) Age 49 yrs
-Robinson, Armenious (b. 1878 - d. 3 Jan 1936) Age 58 yrs
*-Robinson, Early W. (b. Dec 1937 - d. 25 Mar 1939) Age 15 mos
*-Robinson, George Carey (b. 1935 - d. 6 Feb 1936) Age 1 yr

-Robinson, Sam (b. 1896 - d. 21 Apr 1939) Age 43 yrs
-Rogers, Martha (b. 1883 - d. 16 Jun 1935) Age 52 yrs
-Roseman, Jerry (b. 1849 - d. 17 Mar 1942) Age 93 yrs
-Rosemond, Carrie (b. 1910 - d. 26 Jul 1934) Age 24 yrs
-Rowland, Moses (b. 1901 - d. 15 Feb 1938) Age 37 yrs

*-Royster, Roosevelt (b. 1935 - d. 21 Sep 1938) Age 3 yrs

-Ruffin, Rosa (b. 1874 - d. 23 Jul 1934) Age 60 yrs

*-Russell, Christine (b. Feb 1936 - d. 23 Feb 1936) Age 23 hrs

*-Russell, Ernestine (b. Feb 1936 - d. 23 Feb 1936) Age 20 hrs

-Russell, Marvin (b. 1898 - d. 11 Jul 1939) Age 41 yrs
*-Sampson, Lucille Caston (b. 1918 - d. 3 Jan 1936) Age 18 yrs
-Sanders, James (b. 1871 - d. 19 Sep 1933) Age 62 yrs
*-Sanders, Kenneth Lee (b. Aug 1934 - d. 26 Oct 1934) Age 2 mos

*-Saunders, Willie Lee R. (b. 29 Jun 1935 - d. 14 Jul 1935) Age 16 days

-Scott, Catherine (b. 1891 - d. 29 Apr 1942) Age 51 yrs

*-Sherrill, Joseph Pelzo (b. Oct 1938 - d. 13 Dec 1939) Age 14 mos
*-Simmons, Doris (b. 1922 - d. 2 Aug 1939) Age 17 yrs

*-Singleterry, Melvin (b. 30 Jun 1938 - d. 9 Jul 1938) Age 9 days

*-Slater, Mary (b. 12 Sep 1940 - d. 14 Sep 1940) Age 2 days

*-Smith, Charles E. (b. Mar 1936 - d. 15 Apr 1936) Age 1 mo
*-Smith, Emma Lois (b. Apr 1934 - d. 28 Jun 1934) Age 2 mos

*-Smith, Infant (b. Oct 1936 - d. 14 Oct 1936) Age 10 hrs

*-Smith, Maybelle (b. 1919 - d. 20 Jun 1937) Age 18 yrs
*-Spencer, Baby (b. 4 Sep 1938 - d. 8 Sep 1938) Age 4 days
*-Spencer, David Jr (b. Feb 1936 - d. 28 Nov 1936) Age 9 mos

-Spruell, Isabelle (b. 1915 - d. 24 May 1940) Age 25 yrs
-Stephens, Sarah (b. 1910 - d. 29 Sep 1942) Age 32 yrs
-Stewart, Bennie (b. 1908 - d. 22 Aug 1939) Age 31 yrs
*-Stewart, Lillie Mae (b. 1920 - d. 9 Mar 1936) Age 16 yrs
-Stewart, Minnie (b. 1900 - d. 11 Jul 1937) Age 37 yrs
-Stewart, Sadie (b. 1893 - d. 6 Jul 1939) Age 46 yrs
*-Stewart, Valinda Maria (b. 1921 - d. 21 Apr 1939) Age 18 yrs

*-Street, Infant of Thomas Street (b. 17 Jan 1936 - d. 18 Jan 1936) Age 30 hrs

-Tapp, Bettie (b. 1890 - d. 21 Feb 1937) Age 47 yrs
-Tapp, Mittie (b. 1906 - d. 3 Jan 1935) Age 29 yrs
-Terry, Zora (b. 1863 - d. 29 Jul 1939)
Age 76 yrs
-Thaxton, Emmet Lee (b. 1889 - d. 13 Dec 1938) Age 49 yrs
-Thaxton, Ora (b. 1888 - d. 24 Nov 1939) Age 51 yrs
-Thomas, Frank (b. 1906 - d. 16 Aug 1937) Age 31 yrs
-Thomas, Pearl Follen (b. 1905 - d. 10 Apr 1939) Age 34 yrs

*-Thompson, Baby (b. 29 Jul 1938 - d. 29 Jul 1938) Age 3 hrs

*-Thompson, Beulah (b. 1921 - d. 19 Jun 1934) Age 13 yrs
-Thompson, Emma (b. 1878 - d. 16 Dec 1934) Age 56 yrs
*-Thompson, Eugene (b. 11 Aug 1936 - d. 14 Aug 1936) Age 3 days
*-Thompson, Joyce Webb (b. 1929 - d. 1 May 1933) Age 4 yrs
*-Thompson, Loretta (b. 1927 - d. 27 Aug 1936) Age 9 yrs

*-Thompson, Martin Jr (b. 26 May 1937 - d. 26 May 1937) Age 4 hrs

*-Thompson, Sylvester (b. 1921 - d. 26 Dec 1939) Age 18 yrs
-Thompson, Walter (b. 1896 - d. 27 Nov 1934) Age 38 yrs
-Thompson, Wesley (b. 1877 - d. 7 Mar 1937) Age 60 yrs
-Thompson, William Cornell (b. 1912 - d. 27 Jan 1940) Age 28 yrs

*-Tilley, Robert Lee (b. Jul 1935 - d. 23 Sep 1935) Age 2 mos
*-Toler, Annie Mae (b. Jun 1934 - d. 14 Sep 1934) Age 3 mos
*-Torian, Lewis (b. 1937 - d. 27 Nov 1939) Age 2 yrs

-Towns, Robert (b. 1900 - d. 12 Nov 1937) Age 37 yrs
-Vaugh, Bettie (b. 1867 - d. 17 May 1933) Age 66 yrs
-Vina, Helen (b. 1868 - d. 9 Jul 1935)
Age 67 yrs

*-Wade, James (b. Oct 1935 - d. 4 Dec 1935) Age 7 wks

*-Walker, Baby (b. 6 Mar 1937 - d. 6 Mar 1937) Age 9 hrs

-Walker, James (b. 1892 - d. 17 Jul 1939) Age 47 yrs
-Walker, Mary R. (b. 1886 - d. 22 Jul 1941) Age 55 yrs
*-Watson, Elsie (b. 1917 - d. 19 Jul 1934) Age 17 yrs
*-Watson, Hattie (b. 1916 - d. 28 Mar 1933) Age 17 yrs

*-Watson, Infant (b. 7 Nov 1935 - d. 7 Nov 1935) Age 2 hrs

-Watson, Thorman (b. 1913 - d. 15 Feb 1934) Age 21 yrs

*-Weathers, Baby (b. 16 Dec 1933 - d. 31 Dec 1933) Age 15 days

-Weaver, Charlotte (b. 1890 - d. 13 Mar 1939) Age 49 yrs
-Weaver, Sophronia (b. 1901 - d. 28 Sep 1934) Age 33 yrs
-Weeks, Lemuel Jr (b. 1877 - d. 6 Apr 1941) Age 64 yrs
-Weston, Charlie (b. 1898 - d. 22 May 1940) Age 42 yrs
-White, Eugene (b. 1901 - d. 11 Mar 1934) Age 33 yrs
*-White, Juanita (b. Jul 1936 - d. 24 Jul 1937) Age 1 yr

-White, Nancy (b. 1906 - d. 25 Dec 1935) Age 29 yrs
-White, Viola (b. 1898 - d. 22 May 1933) Age 35 yrs
-Wiggins, Joe (b. 1881 - d. 29 Oct 1938) Age 57 yrs
-Wiley, Emma (b. 1884 - d. 9 Sep 1942) Age 58 yrs
-Wilkerson, Mollie (b. 1869 - d. 18 Apr 1937) Age 68 yrs
-William, Callie (b. 1901 - d. 6 Jan 1940) Age 39 yrs

*-Williams, Alma (b. 20 Jul 1933 - d. 20 Jul 1933) Lived 30 minutes

-Williams, Gracie (b. 1890 - d. 19 Feb 1935) Age 45 yrs
-Williams, Gus (b. 1889 - d. 16 Nov 1937) Age 48 yrs
*-Williams, Herman Lee (b. Jul 1934 - d. 14 Sep 1934) Age 2 mos

-Williams, Pomp (b. 1875 - d. 6 Apr 1938) Age 63 yrs
-Williams, Willie (b. 1914 - d. 28 Oct 1937) Age 23 yrs
-Williamson, Jannie Lide (b. 1887 - d. 29 Jun 1934) Age 47 yrs
-Wilson, Willie (b. 1914 - d. 22 Jan 1938) Age 24 yrs
-Winbush, Otis (b. 1897 - d. 3 Aug 1937) Age 40 yrs
-Wortham, Thomas (b. 1875 - d. 11 Jul 1936) Age 61 yrs

Source: Find A Grave. All pictures by Milton Forsyth. -

Source: Durham County North Carolina Cemeteries Census
https://cemeterycensus.com/nc/durh/cem262.htm
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Background on the Property Transactions Relating

to the

Grove Hill Cemetery
Durham, North Carolina

Researched and Compiled by Milton Forsyth, 1997

Grove Hill Cemetery is an African-American burial ground located at 2919 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC. It is unattended and unused, is on private property, and only one gravestone remains to show that it at one time was a cemetery. Portions of the cemetery have been converted to other uses. It occupies the rear (east) portion of the lot, behind the building and away from the street. The county tax reference for the property on which it is located is 173 -06-016, parcel number 16274.

The cemetery was established in 1933. On 23 Feb 1933 0. K. Ferrell sold to Charles H. and Bessie E. McLaurin 2.21 acres on the north of the [then] Norfolk and Southern Railroad right-of-way (Durham Co. Deed Book 107:277; see also Plat Book 12-71). There apparently were no structures on the property, which was at the time outside the city limits. At the time Mr. McLaurin operated a funeral home at 1108 Fayetteville St. and resided at 1708 Fayetteville St. [Note: street numbers were revised in the area in the late 1950s]. The first burial took place on 27 April 1933. The cemetery was not listed in the city directory, probably because it was outside the city.

Research by Durham-Orange Genealogical Society member Carrie McNair shows that 349 burials were recorded in county death records for this cemetery, and that the last one occurred on 21 Jan 1943. Most of the burials were under the direction of Mr. McLaurin's firm, but a few were by other undertakers - Carolina, Mangum, and Woodward. In the 1930s the city directory shows Mr. McLaurin was in business by himself, but by 1946 he had a business in conjunction with a Mr. Williams as the McLaurin and Williams Funeral Home at 122 South Mangum.

Bessie McLaurin was a school teacher. Just over a year after her husband's death on 10 February 1947 (Beechwood Cemetery records) she sold the property containing the cemetery to William A. and Essie S. Amey (Durham Co. DB 183:56, 30 Jun 1948). William Amey operated Amey's Funeral Home from his residence at 401 Pine St. and later at 401 South Roxboro St.; his wife operated a florist shop from the same addresses. Apparently Mr. Amey did not reinitiate burials at the cemetery, and the land sat unattended and unused for some 22 years. In 1961 William Amey sold .62 acres consisting of a 67 foot strip on the north side of the property to the Durham Board of Education. This is now part of the Fayetteville Street School site at 2905 Fayetteville Street - one might conjecture that there may have been burials in the 67 ft strip (Durham Co. DB 273:409; this deed mentions a "monument" on the NE corner of the strip which is taken to be a surveying monument of probably concrete or similar material, and might be found today 67 ft northeastward of the current cemetery site's NE corner). The transaction reduced the size of the lot on which the cemetery sat to 1.59 acres; in 1963 another small amount was taken from the Fayetteville Street side for street widening, leaving the present 1.409 acres (Durham Co. DB 294:85; Plat Book 44:189).

Apparently in late 1971 or early 1972 Mr. Amey constructed a building for his business on the cemetery property but adjacent to Fayetteville Street, as the city directory shows his business address as 2919 S. Fayetteville Street in 1972 (an advertisement in the directory in 1973 with this address said: "Amey Funeral Home and Florist - 41 Years Service"). A mortgage was taken out on the property on 15 Dec 1971, possibly for this purpose. This was the site of his business for the next 10 years. William A. Amey died on 11 Aug 1981 (Beechwood Cemetery records) and in December, 1981 Essie Amey sold this property, described as the "site of Amey's Funeral Service," to Robert C. Brooks (Durham Co. DB 1073:140). Mr. Brooks took a mortgage on the property from the Amey family (Durham Co. DB 1073:141; Katherine R. Everett, trustee). In conjunction with that sale, a survey of the property was made by Mr. George C. Love, Jr., RLS, and Mr. Love has kindly made a copy of the survey available (see atch). Noted on the survey is the one gravestone that is readily visible on the property today.

Listings in the city directory show that Mr. Brooks did not occupy the premises, as the building is shown as "vacant" in the 1983 and 1984 directories (1981-82 was a combined directory and lists the funeral service). On 15 May 1984 Steele Realty, Inc. [Sandy Steele and Deborah W. Steele, wife] assumed the loan on the property in a multiple transaction. Robert C. Brooks had sold the property to George Tate, Jr. and Esther W. Tate by assigning to them the Deed of Trust. They shortly thereafter resold the property to Steele Realty, which then assumed the $123,000 mortgage (Durham Co. DB 1161:955). This mortgage was canceled on 12 Nov 1991 (Durham Co. DB 1690:291; but see also DB 1688:305-313). The city directory lists two occupants for 1985: Steele Realty, Inc. and Marzella's Professional Complex. The "Complex" still occupies the premises, possibly in an expanded building.

In December 1997 [at the time this summary was prepared] the property on which the cemetery is located was owned by the Kiddie Prep School, Inc., a nonprofit organization incorporated on 2 Jul 1984 (Durham Co. Corporations Book 69, p. 838). The incorporaters and directors were Maricoma Steele, Marzella S. Webb and Debra [Deborah?] Steele. The property had been transferred to this organization on 6 Apr 1993 by Sandy Steele and Deborah W. Steele [Steele Realty, Inc.] (Durham Co. DB 1834:69). It was described as 1.409 acres/61,384 sq. ft. with reference to the Love survey previously noted.

[Added Note: During later research by blues music fans into the history of Blind Boy Fuller (Fulton Allen), cemetery exhumation or removal records were checked by them at the State Archives. No record was found that any removal of bodies or burials from the Grove Hill Cemetery had been recorded.]

Source: https://cemeterycensus.com/nc/durh/262/262-summary.htm