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004    LEHEW - LEHUE CEMETERY

Location - on northwest side of Hwy 17 across from Red Bug Rd SW, northeast of Shallotte.

Coordinates: 33d 59m 16.7s N; 78d 21m 33.1s W Click here for Online Maps

In Lockwood Folly Township. Marker establishing Lehew - Lehue Cemetery.

Benjamin W. Lehew and Heirs established the Lehew - Lehue Cemetery on this 100 acre Lehew Homestead in the late 1800's. The family also gave land for The First Holiness Church in the community and for Red Bug School, the first public school in the community. B.W. Lehew was the son of John Lehew and Sarah Ward. He married Julia A Hewett, Oct 5, 1854.

Partial Survey and photographs by Bob Carter in October 2011.

1. Gray, Benjamin Franklin   (b. 1846 - d. 1926)
2. Gray, Henry L.   (b. 21 Jan 1861 - d. 12 May 1925)
3. Hewett, Armelin   (b. 1840 - d. 1863)
Corporal, Co G, 20th NC Infantry, CSA. Common marker.
4. Hewitt, Dority W.   (b. 26 Apr 1846 - d. 26 Mar 1865)
Pvt, Co G, 2nd NC Artillery, CSA. Common marker.
5. Lehew, Benjamin W.   (b. 22 Oct 1832 - d. 26 Jun 1898)
Husband of Julia A. Hewett. Son of John Lehew and Sarah Ward - Pvt, 3rd Co G, 36th NC Troops, 2nd Regiment, NC Artillery, CSA
6. Martin, George W.   (b. 16 Apr 1846 - d. 10 Jan 1926)
Co A, 26th SC Infantry, CSA
7. Robinson, Marie E.   (b. 26 Aug 1846 - d. 16 Nov 1918)
Wife of H. S. Robinson - God Took Her Home
8. Simmons, Alexander   (b. 25 Nov 1836 - d. 10 Feb 1923)
Pvt, Co G, 20th NC Troops, CSA
9. Stanland, Adeline   (b. 6 Mar 1822 - d. 18 Sep 1886)