The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Acorn Branch Cemetery in New Hanover County, NC.
Location: in the woods on the right at the end of John Morris Road. Take N. Kerr Ave. from Market Street or MLK to left on Morris Road to John Morris. Go to almost the end of John Morris-its very short and the cemetery is on the right in the woods. You can see the path in. Its at the end of the run way of the airport. New Hanover County Airport will eventually fence this area off and restrict access. Supposedly they will come to let you in when you ring in at a gate-if they are available.
According to the McEachern book on New Hanover County cemetery's at the NC History room at the main library there may be additionally approximately 15 unmarked graves also at this location. I would place it more around 10 as the Leveque's (5 graves) were not listed in the cemetery book and now have a common marker for all 5.
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GPS Coordinates:
34.272959 N
77.892309 W
Epitaphs are as follows:
George Rose
Jan 5 1819
Oct 9 1911
Quintuple Stone
Father
Frank Joseph Leveque
1862-1939
Mother
Angeline Waterloo Leveque
1857-1938
Daughter
Helen Leveque Johnson
1892-1930
Husband
Frank J Johnson
1888-1930
Son
Allen Pershing Johnson
1919-1930
Annie Bertha
Daughter of
J & M L Kerr
1872-1904
Mary L Kerr
Daughter of
D E & M Futrell
Dec 2 1850
Mar 12 1920
Double Stone
Chadwick
Edda Holt
Dec 28 1842
Jun 21 1933
Melza G
Mar 15 1843
Jul 19 1912
Robert Alexander Chadwick
Mar 15 1877
Feb 13 1910
Inez Eugenia Chadwick
Oct 1 1906
Jun 13 1907
George W Johnston
Sep 28 1862
Mar 6 1919
Ellen Louise Johnston
Jan 20 1872
Aug 10 1934
John Hinton
Son of
J T & M H Kerr
Feb 5 1884
Dec 12 1884
Double Stone
C J Miller
May 1 1854
Aug 2 1911
Aged 57 yrs 8 mos 10 dys
Annie Laura Johnston
Oct 3 1869
Nov 14 1969
Horace Clayton
Son of
J T & M H Kerr
Jan 12 1891
Aug 21 1900
Aged 3 yrs 7 mos 9 dys
Rosetta
Daughter of
J R & M E Morris
Apr 1 1911
Oct 23 1912
Margaret H Kerr
Mar 1 1850
Aug 9 1925
Joseph T Kerr
Mar 1 1848
Jun 10 1920
Alexander McDonald
Son of
Joseph T & Margaret H Kerr
Dec 13 1881
Jun 28 1902
Age 20 yrs 6 mos 15 dys
Julia E
Wife of
D G Westbrook
May 25 1854
May 20 1917
D G Westbrook
Dec 25 1849
Jan 5 1919
No Photos
Known Burials
Infant
Son of
Eva May & Henry Jas Bland
Mar 21 1914
Mar 22 1914
Infant
Daughter of
Eva May & Henry Jas Bland
Jun 8 1913
Jun 13 1913
Annie
Daughter of
Vida Holland & Walter Ernest Bland
Jul 14 1913
Jul 15 1913
Marenda Arlene Yopp Bordeaux
Nov 2 1914
Feb 3 1939
Nina Christine Farr
Oct 14 1913
May 25 1914
Georgia Maria Johnston
Jan 28 1915
Jan 28 1915
Margaret Louise Johnston
unknown
Jul 29 1917
Samuel Jordan
1853
Jan 8 1914
James A
Son of
Daniel & Martha J Malpass Kerr
Jan 22 1846
Apr 12 1921
Melton Kerr
1858
Aug 14 1934
William James Kerr
Jun 15 1873
Oct 21 1921
Infant
Daughter of
Mattie Dixon & W D McGrew
Apr 3 1910
Apr 4 1910
Perry Sanders Murray
Apr 24 1870
Feb 9 1935
Richard Sanders Murray
Mar 22 1847
Feb 9 1919
Margaret Lilly Potter Pridgen
Daughter of
Caldwell C & Anna Skipper Potter
Feb 1884
Apr 18 1912
John Richard
Son of
Charles Henry & Lunnie Yopp Register
Apr 3 1931
Dec 2 1933
Myrtle May
Infant
Daughter of
J A & Helen Rackley Rivenbark
Jan 31 1915
Mar 17 1915
Davie E Sellers
Feb 23 1913
Mar 1 1913
Owen T Swinson
1860
Sep 29 1935
Katie A
Daughter of
Mary J Carr & C Kinston Jones
Wife of
John A Yopp
Jul 1880
Mar 1 1919
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