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136 OAK GROVE COMMUNITY CEMETERY
Location - on Ligon St off Method Rd west of US-1 (Cliff Beason Beltline.
Coordinates: 35d 47m 18.4s N; 78d 41m 53.8s W Click here for Online Maps
Directions: take Raleigh Beltline (440) Exit # 2, which is Western Blvd. (SR 1012) and go east on Western Blvd. abt. 1/2 mile to the traffic light at Method Rd. Turn left (north) on Method Rd. and go 1/2 mile to Ligon St. Turn left (west) on Ligon Rd. and go 1/4 mile to the tunnel under the Beltline. Continue through the one lane tunnel carefully and go about another 1/10 mile taking the left angle that brings you to the cemetery.
Surveyed by Shirley Olson on August 17, 2005. Updated by Allen Dew in January 2014.
The cemetery is listed as "Cemetery" in the Wake Co. land record which incorrectly gives the address of the property as Beryl Rd. There is no single owner. People whose families purchased plots own these various plots. The cemetery contains 1.25 acres. It is active and has room for more burials. It is located in Method, a Raleigh neighborhood, and dates from the post Civil War era when Method was settled by African Americans.
This cemetery has historic significance, so it is dismaying to find it in such poor condition. The surface is very uneven and rough, littered with rubbish and overgrown with vines and weeds. The general appearance is one of gross neglect. The graves are scattered every which way, many graves are unmarked, many headstones broken. Funeral home markers are in use instead of headstones on a large number of graves and many are rusted and unreadable. Among all this disorder there are some dignified headstones.
headstone partially buried, no name visible, near Thady Peacox 2 FH markers, unreadable, near Thady Peacox broken stone, no name, next to John McRae broken stone, unreadable, near John McRae unmarked grave next to John Sills unmarked grave next to Carol Harris, FH marker unreadable unmarked stone and grave next to Julia Arrington footstone "S. A.", next to Authur Rodgers, no headstone stone and grave, no names, next to Ada Thomas Atwater tombstone no dates or names next to Atwater stone are 3 small markers, "Lonnie", "Father", "Ida" tombstone with beaded cross, no names or dates, on the corner of the cemetery large sunken headstone in front of Bertha Hardin, next to Margaret Cobb tipped stone near John Curtis Cobb
- A, S (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Adams, Cornelia (b. 1877 - d. 9 Apr 1917)
- Adams, James (b. 4 May 1850 - d. 19 Mar 1915)
- Adkins, Samuel (b. 4 Dec 1859 - d. 19 Feb 1885)
- Anders, Annette Hogan (b. 18 Jul 1937 - d. 5 Sep 2003)
- Armstrong, Tracy D (b. 17 Jun 1992 - d. 27 Jan 2013)
- Arrington, Julia (b. Abt 1840 - d. 7 May 1918)
- Atwater, Charlie (b. Unknown - d. 15 Mar 1939)
- Atwater, Hattie (b. 18 Aug 1910 - d. 22 Jun 1928)
- Atwater, Ida (b. Unknown - d. 16 May 1930)
- Atwater, Lonnie (b. Unknown - d. 31 Dec 1937)
- Atwater, Minnie (b. May 1903 - d. 26 May 1952)
headstone partially buried and leaning, tree growing through grave
- Atwater, Unknown Father (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Atwater, Unknown Mother (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- B, A (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Banks, Emma Parrish "Emmer" (b. Unknown - d. 31 Dec 1918)
- Blount, Carrie Morgan (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Cheek, James A (b. 1950 - d. 2012)
- Clinton, Doris Ernestine (b. 24 Oct 1925 - d. 26 Feb 2005)
- Cobb, John Curtis (b. 16 May 1922 - d. 15 Jan 1980)
- Cobb, Margaret (b. 13 Nov 1944 - d. 25 May 2005)
- Cobb, Margaret Hampton (b. 10 Aug 1925 - d. 28 Feb 1983)
- Cole, Beatrice P. (b. 1909 - d. Unknown)
- Cole, James F. (b. 1908 - d. 1969)
Husband of Beatrice P. Cole
- Copeland, Esther Fort (b. 10 Oct 1923 - d. 29 Sep 1973)
- Cotton, Hubert (b. Unknown - d. 26 Mar 1927)
- Cotton, Valerie (b. 14 Nov 1969 - d. 9 Feb 2000)
- Dunn, Mattie H. (b. 4 May 1890 - d. 22 Mar 1962)
- Edgerton, Frank S. (b. 23 Jul 1910 - d. 10 Mar 1997)
- Edwards, Addie Shaw (b. 1903 - d. 1985)
- Edwards, Corinna H. (b. 17 May 1899 - d. 11 Apr 1985)
- Fort, Lucy (b. 1867 - d. 1963)
- Gambrell, Elizabeth E. (b. 1921 - d. 1950)
- Gray, Alice Williams (b. 30 Mar 1915 - d. 8 Oct 1974)
buried in the Williams plot
- Griffin, Elizabeth P. (b. 1 Jul 1909 - d. 22 Nov 1981)
- Hackney, Margaret (b. 11 Aug 1854 - d. 12 Jun 1928)
- Hardin, Bertha W. (b. 2 Dec 1909 - d. 18 Oct 1997)
- Harris, Amos Latwell, Sr. (b. 18 Mar 1905 - d. 10 Nov 1962)
- Harris, Carol L. (b. 1914 - d. 1967)
- Harris, Ethel B. (b. 1892 - d. 1949)
- Harris, Gladys R (b. 1934 - d. 2006)
- Harris, Joe Louis (b. 1935 - d. 1994)
- Harris, Mary Ida (b. 30 May 1905 - d. 30 Sep 1978)
- Harris, Mildred Marlene (b. 14 Dec 1958 - d. 13 Jul 1990)
- Harris, Theodore W. (b. 1891 - d. 1962)
- Harris, Willie Astor (b. 2 Mar 1910 - d. 14 Jun 1911)
- Harris, Winifred C (b. 28 Aug 1924 - d. 21 Sep 2011)
- Hill, Kemp (b. Abt 1866 - d. 20 Apr 1924)
- Hill, Luke (b. 5 Aug 1849 - d. 19 Apr 1914)
- Hinton, Pearl R. (b. 19 Mar 1897 - d. 8 Feb 1989)
- Hocan, Alfred L, Sr (b. 1941 - d. 2008)
- Lapsley, Ann Harris "Puddin" (b. 27 Feb 1937 - d. 31 Jan 2007)
- Lee, Donald Russell (b. 17 Nov 1960 - d. 30 Apr 1986)
- Lee, Henrietta H. (b. 9 Sep 1935 - d. 6 Nov 2000)
- Lee, Nathaniel H., Jr. (b. 24 May 1956 - d. 11 Feb 1993)
- Lee, Roxie P. (b. 4 Jan 1887 - d. 1 Oct 1972)
- Lenton, James F (b. Mar 1883 - d. 6 Jun 1925)
- Ligon, Ellen (b. 25 Oct 1888 - d. 4 Dec 1888)
daughter of J.(?) O. and M. S. Ligon
- Ligon, Everhardt M. (b. 7 Sep 1904 - d. 14 Jun 1983)
shared with Mary A. Ligon
- Ligon, Lafayette (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
no dates (this is a different headstone)
- Ligon, Lafayette (b. 14 Feb 1826 - d. 29 Mar 1891)
- Ligon, Mary A. (b. 23 Aug 1901 - d. 24 Oct 1983)
- Ligon, Navon Lefort (b. 20 Jun 1961 - d. 2004)
- Ligon, Reginald Lefort (b. 1932 - d. 1995)
- Lipscomb, Earnest H. (b. 1934 - d. 1985)
- Loftin, Rudolph, Jr (b. 13 Jun 1953 - d. 16 Apr 2013)
- Marriott, James Edward, Sr. (b. 1919 - d. 1989)
- Marriott, Marion Rogers (b. 7 Jan 1921 - d. 22 Jul 2004)
- Marrow, Mamie B. (b. 26 Aug 1939 - d. 30 Aug 1989)
- McCray, Callie (b. 1 Jun 1892 - d. 29 Aug 1961)
- McCullers, Georgianna (b. 16 Jan 1886 - d. 18 Sep 1972)
- McIver, Anna Wilcox (b. 1 Sep 1895 - d. 8 Feb 1939)
- McRae, John H. (b. Abt 1860 - d. 18 Jan 1926)
- Medlin, James E. (b. 1945 - d. 2005)
- Mims, Wilson (b. 1913 - d. 1984)
- Morgan, Clyde (b. 1926 - d. 1996)
- Morgan, Ellmore (b. 3 May 1932 - d. 17 Feb 1967)
- Morgan, Etta S. (b. 1896 - d. 1979)
- Morgan, Horace L. (b. 14 Jul 1916 - d. 23 Mar 1961)
NC S/Sgt 594 Port Co TC WW 2
- O'Kelly, Berry (b. 14 May 1898 - d. 3 Aug 1993)
- O'Kelly, Chanie (b. 4 Jul 1863 - d. 7 Jul 1902)
- O'Kelly, Claudia (b. 29 Apr 1911 - d. 2 Aug 1992)
- O'Kelly, Infant (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Parrish, Joseph (b. 1862 - d. 18 Jul 1921)
Husband of Cornela Parrish
- Patton, Michael D. (b. 1967 - d. 1985)
- Peacox, Thady Garfield (b. 11 Apr 1899 - d. 18 Apr 1983)
- Peebles, Mary H. (b. 9 Aug 1894 - d. 24 Jul 1969)
- Pope, Amanda B. (b. 1893 - d. 1970)
- Pope, Burriel P (b. Unknown - d. 30 Sep 1939)
- Pope, Jack (b. Unknown - d. 11 Feb 1930)
- Pope, Martha A. (b. 31 Jan 1922 - d. 23 May 1989)
- Pope, Millie Artis (b. Unknown - d. 18 Sep 1954)
- Pope, Nelson Britt (b. Aug 1916 - d. 23 Aug 1959)
- Pope, S. Jackson (b. 8 Sep 1892 - d. 3 Nov 1955)
Husband of Amanda B. Pope
- Pope, Wilbert J. (b. 1919 - d. 1991)
- Puckett, Robert (b. Unknown - d. 9 Aug 1970)
FH, near Earnest Lipscomb
- Ray, Laurence A. (b. 9 Jul 1969 - d. 28 Sep 1994)
- Robinson, Pauline (b. 1 May 1923 - d. 30 Apr 1934)
- Rodgers, Amanda Thompson "Mandy" (b. Unknown - d. 20 Jan 1940)
- Rodgers, Authur (b. 1921 - d. 3 Dec 1934)
hand scribed, dates not positive
- Rodgers, Square (b. Unknown - d. 1 Dec 1920)
- Rodgers, Wiley C (b. 1919 - d. 1919)
- Rogers, Leonard, Sr. (b. 2 Aug 1911 - d. 28 Feb 1979)
- Rogers, Lillie Stroud (b. Unknown - d. 4 Jul 1968)
- Rogers, Lonnie (b. 1875 - d. 29 Jun 1945)
- Rogers, Ruth (b. 1914 - d. 1994)
- Rogers, Wiley (b. Unknown - d. 17 Feb 1940)
- Sills, John (b. 8 Nov 1920 - d. 2 Apr 1955)
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Sills
- Sills, Minnie (b. 14 Dec 1914 - d. 11 May 1960)
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Sills
- Sills, Wilbertine H. (b. 1920 - d. 1961)
- Smith, Evelyn M. (b. 29 Jul 1927 - d. 4 May 1964)
- Smith, Gloria C. (b. 1949 - d. 2003)
- Smith, Willie M. (b. 25 Nov 1904 - d. 24 Feb 1985)
- Snipes, John Fletcher, Sr. (b. 2 Feb 1899 - d. 2 Oct 1973)
- Thomas, Ada (b. Abt 1862 - d. 19 Jun 1918)
- Thomas, Della Mcdow (b. 20 Jan 1925 - d. 25 Feb 1955)
- Thomas, Ida O. (b. 8 Jun 1888 - d. 19 Nov 1974)
- Thomas, Margaret Pope (b. 4 Nov 1927 - d. 10 Jan 1984)
- Thomas, Mary Pearl (b. 25 Jun 1904 - d. 11 Feb 1969)
- Thomas, Milton (b. Unknown - d. 27 Jul 1954)
- Tucker, Ed (b. 1884 - d. 25 May 1940)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Unknown, ?? (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
- Vinson, Sallie Mae (b. 31 May 1918 - d. Unknown)
- White, Ann Elizabeth (b. 17 May 1922 - d. 10 Dec 1922)
- White, Bernard L (b. 7 Mar 1915 - d. 3 Jul 1916)
- White, Marion Elizabeth O'Kelly (b. 18 Nov 1890 - d. 22 Jul 1924)
- Wilcox, Baby (b. 9 Jul 1898 - d. 16 Aug 1898)
daughter of T. H. and Irene Wilcox, Method, NC
- Wilcox, Berry Octavious (b. 24 Nov 1899 - d. 11 Nov 1964)
- Wilcox, Edwin F. (b. 27 Dec 1907 - d. 29 Sep 1968)
- Wilcox, Fernando Hubert (b. 14 Nov 1893 - d. 2 Mar 1905)
son of T. H. and Irene Wilcox. born in Panola Co., Miss.
- Wilcox, Infant Girl (b. 9 Jul 1898 - d. 16 Aug 1898)
- Wilcox, Irene A. (b. 17 Nov 1892 - d. 13 Jul 1904)
daughter of T. H. and Irene Wilcox. born in Panola Co., Miss.
- Wilcox, Irene Atwater (b. Jun 1866 - d. 13 Dec 1937)
- Wilcox, Thomas Henry, Sr (b. Unknown - d. 7 Jan 1942)
- Wilder, James W. Sr. (b. 1925 - d. 2002)
- Wilder, Octoria (b. 25 Jul 1896 - d. 2 May 1925)
- Wilder, Ruth (b. 1926 - d. 2003)
- Williams, Andrew Cuffie, III (b. 3 Apr 1948 - d. 25 Dec 1985)
- Williams, Andrew Cuffie, Sr (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
- Williams, Andrew Guffie, Jr. (b. 25 Dec 1919 - d. 28 Sep 1979)
spelling on tombstone is Androw
- Williams, Annie B. (b. 1898 - d. 1961)
- Williams, Fannie Brewer (b. 16 Jul 1898 - d. 22 Jan 1961)
- Williams, Margaret Mariah Hodges Howard (b. 20 Dec 1914 - d. 27 May 1999)
- Willis, Marilyn Audrey "Polly" (b. 13 Sep 1932 - d. 2 May 2010)
- Wilson, Bessie McCrae (b. 11 Apr 1885 - d. Unknown)
Wife of Jethro Robert Wilson
- Wilson, Jethro Robert (b. 15 Apr 1885 - d. 29 Apr 1956)
Husband of Bessie McCrae Wilson
- Wright, Emanuel Julius (b. 28 Jul 1956 - d. 6 Jun 2011)
- Wynder, Thelma Thomas (b. 22 Jan 1909 - d. 23 Jun 1992)
Web page updated 14 April 2021
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