Suttons Creek Friends Cemetery
Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA – *No GPS coordinates
About
-
No location information available
Add Location - Cemetery ID:
Members have Contributed
- 11 Memorials
- 0% photographed
- No location information available Add Location
Advertisement
Photos
No additional photos.
Add PhotosThe Perquimans County historian, Mrs. Watson Winslow, has written of this cemetery, " Suttons Creek Meeting House stood on ground where Newbolds school house now stands. Just back of it in the woods is the old Quaker burying ground, and Quaker records show that numbers of their dead are buried here among whom if stones could be found would probably be found Albertsons, Nixons, Townsends, Suttons, Tomses, Hollowells, Newbys, Morrisses, Henbys,(sic Henleys) Moores, Morgans, and many more whose names appear on Suttons Creek Register who attended and affiliated with the personnel of this particular "meeting."
The reason for the lack of personal gravestones was the desire of the early Friends for simplicity and humility in death as in life. Rather than permanent personal memorials in stone, they preferred for the record of their lives, particularly their opposition to slavery, to stand witness instead. At the same time they kept meticulous records in their Monthly Meetings, enabling us to know the major life events of each Friend including their death dates. Through these records we are able to surmise who might have been buried here, though no personal burials were recorded.
This cemetery and the people buried here, are part of the very early history of North Carolina.
Many people buried here are listed on the Welles Monthly Meeting, as the headstones in Suttons Cemetery are river rocks with no names on them and the people there are known only from the records of the Welles Monthly Meeting.
The Perquimans County historian, Mrs. Watson Winslow, has written of this cemetery, " Suttons Creek Meeting House stood on ground where Newbolds school house now stands. Just back of it in the woods is the old Quaker burying ground, and Quaker records show that numbers of their dead are buried here among whom if stones could be found would probably be found Albertsons, Nixons, Townsends, Suttons, Tomses, Hollowells, Newbys, Morrisses, Henbys,(sic Henleys) Moores, Morgans, and many more whose names appear on Suttons Creek Register who attended and affiliated with the personnel of this particular "meeting."
The reason for the lack of personal gravestones was the desire of the early Friends for simplicity and humility in death as in life. Rather than permanent personal memorials in stone, they preferred for the record of their lives, particularly their opposition to slavery, to stand witness instead. At the same time they kept meticulous records in their Monthly Meetings, enabling us to know the major life events of each Friend including their death dates. Through these records we are able to surmise who might have been buried here, though no personal burials were recorded.
This cemetery and the people buried here, are part of the very early history of North Carolina.
Many people buried here are listed on the Welles Monthly Meeting, as the headstones in Suttons Cemetery are river rocks with no names on them and the people there are known only from the records of the Welles Monthly Meeting.
Nearby cemeteries
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
- Total memorials3k+
- Percent photographed93%
- Percent with GPS2%
Nicanor, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
- Total memorials595
- Percent photographed95%
- Percent with GPS10%
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
- Total memorials402
- Percent photographed93%
- Percent with GPS0%
Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
- Total memorials334
- Percent photographed70%
- Percent with GPS66%
- Added: 14 Aug 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2461657
Success
Uploading...
Waiting...
Failed
This photo was not uploaded because this cemetery already has 20 photos
This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this cemetery
This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this cemetery
Invalid File Type
Birth and death years unknown.
1 photo picked...
2 photos picked...
Uploading 1 Photo
Uploading 2 Photos
1 Photo Uploaded
2 Photos Uploaded
Size exceeded
Too many photos have been uploaded
"Unsupported file type"
• ##count## of 0 memorials with GPS displayed. Double click on map to view more.No cemeteries found