LILES EDWARDS CEMETERY - updated/ see additions below transcribed from Historical Records Survey by WPA, conducted 1940, of pre 1914 cemetery markers in Vance County, North Carolina; only markers erected prior to 1914 were recorded, hence all markers in a cemetery are not necessarily shown; Filmed by NC Archives; available as LDS Film # 0882940 NOTE: all directions and notations of condition are original, as noted in 1940; transcribed March 1999 LILES EDWARDS CEMETERY Vance County Henderson, N.C. Worker: John J. Adams Condition: good Location: Located on the Old Martha Edwards place 1 mile north of June Hoyle place, Henderson, N.C. R. #1 on the Henderson-Louisburg Road. DENT, A.T.; b. 10 May 1828 - d. 6 July 1891 DENT, Anna R.; b. 20 May 1846 - d. 17 Jan 1911 EDWARDS, Elizabeth; b. 17 Dec 1812 - d. ____1875; age 63 years EDWARDS, James; b. 16 May 1870 - d. 29 Mar 1883; son of J.M. & L.J. Edwards EDWARDS, Jas. H.R.; b. 21 Nov 1817 - d. _____1871; age 55 yrs. EDWARDS, John W.A.; b. 10 Oct 1815 - d. _____, 1896; age 81 yrs. EDWARDS, Liles; b. 29 May 1786 - d. _____, 1861; age 75 yrs. EDWARDS, Martha; b. 21 Mar 1795 - d. _____, 1867; age 72 yrs. EDWARDS, Martha V.; b. 18 Aug 1824 - d. _____, 1908; age 84 yrs. EDWARDS, Mary A.A.; b. 2 Dec 1819 - d. _____, 1862; age 45 yrs. EDWARDS, Samuel T.; b. 29 Oct 1821 - d. ____, 1875; age 54 yrs. FAULKNER, Eugene A.F.; b. 9 Aug 1891 - d 10 Dec. 1891 FAULKNER, Eugene P.; b. 25 Jan 1895 - d. 10 Jan 1896 FAULKNER, James D.; b. 25 Feb 1883 - d. 30 Mar 1903 FAULKNER, Rosa; b. 27 Jan 1827 - d. 20 Dec. 1912 PEARCE, Beenie; b. 3 July 1864 - d 7 Feb 1902; wife of J.A. Pearce PEARCE, L.G. (Mrs.); b. 17 June 1832 - d. 13 Oct 1900 ===== end of WPA inventory ===== ADDITIONS - compiled 1999 by Marie P. Faulkner Additions to the Liles Edwards Cemetery on Highway #39 S. Also known as Old Dr. Gill Cemetery, Falkner Famly Cemetery, and the Meggie Falkner Cemetery NOTE: The present owner of the deed to the cemtery states that there was a large family of Indian descent called "McGee's" who lived on the Edwards farm. It was remembered that the family often came to ask for a space to bury their family. If anyone else knows of other people who are buried in this cemetery, I would like to add them to this list - Maria Faulkner Samuel Thomas Faulkner Harvey Theodore Faulkner Inf Son Faulkner B January 29 1889 B January 28 1919 B January 27 1920 D October 1939 D May 20 1920 D January 27 1920 These were Samuel's children Littleton James Faulkner -----> 2nd wife: Rosa F R Edwards Faulkner B 1811 B January 27 1827 D 1890 D 1912 James D. Falkner ---> wife ---> Martha Elizabeth Edwards Falkner B 1838 B September 07 1848 D July 8 1901 - Has a marker D Oct 15 1928 Son of Littleton and Dilly Falkner Eugene A Falkner Son of Martha & James D. Falkner B August 09 1891 D Oct 04 _?_ James Ernest Falkner Son of Martha & James D. Falkner B March 07 1875 D May 28 1934 Littleton Falkner Son of Rosa F R & James Littleton Falkner B 1867 D March 29 1927 Austin Wilson Faulkner Son of Hettie & Arthur Falkner B October 07 1914 D October 25 1914 stone Harold Marian Faulkner Charlotte Dean Faulkner B October 25 1928 B April 20 1922 December 191928 - no stone D January 28 1924 - no stone Children of Howard & Bessie Faulkner Richard Pierce Falkner (Dick) --------->>>wife: Elizabeth Frances Hoyle Falkner B June 03 1832 B March 27 1853 D September 21 1938 D March 09 1922 Death certificate says Falkner family plot ------ same Henry Pierce Falkner son of Richard and Elizabeth H Falkner B June 19, 1888 D Oct 18 1920 Sadie Coghill B June 15 1922 D Aug 8 1922 Death certificate states the burial place was Meggie (Omega) Faulkner cemetery ============= transcribed by Sandy for: NCVance: Vance County History and Genealogy http://home.comcast.net/~teylu/ncvance/ (Note: Not affiliated with NCGenWeb, Inc.) -------------