A list of Spanish American War Veterans buried in
North Carolina

Grave of Cpl. John M. Neel, 2nd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (courtesy of Henry Duquette)


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ADAMS, WILLIAM C.,
 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. M (1872-1898) (Greenhill Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC)

ADCOCK, WILLIAM A.,
 (Greenmount Cemetery, Wendell, Wake Co., N.C.)

ANDERSON, --- JR., Cpl.,
 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, Co. D (Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Suit, Cherokee Co., NC)

ATKINSON, CHARLES CLYDE (alias - ATKINSON, HENRY C.), Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A (February 23, 1875 - September 23, 1948)(Old Trinity Methodist Chruch Elizabethtown, Bladen Co., NC)*

ATKINSON, ROBERT WILIE, Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A (May 10, 1880 - July 21, 1909)(Atkinson Cemetery, White Lake  (Singletary Lake State Park), Bladen Co., NC)*

BABER, WILLIAM ANDREW, Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (September 23, 1874 - March 20, 1946)(Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ellenboro, Rutherford Co., NC)**

BAGLEY, WORTH, Ensign
 U.S.S. WINSLOW  (1874 - May 11, 1898)(Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC)

BELL, WILLIAM TERRELL REILLY, Capt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (September 1, 1843 - May 31, 1917)(Section #2, Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

BLACKWELL, JAMES M.
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. I (November 5, 1875 - December 6, 1943)(Private cemetery, Swansboro, Onslow County, NC)

BLANTON, THOMAS L., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (July 17, 1867 - December 14, 1937)(Cliffside Cemetery, Cliffside, Rutherford Co., NC)**

BRYANT, WILLIAM C., Q.M. Sgt.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (July 25, 1875 - October 13, 1951)(New Hope Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

BURNETT, THOMAS, Pvt.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (November 26, 1879 - February 22, 1929)(New Hope Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

CALLAHAN, LONNY C., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (August 20, 1878 - February 19, 1958)(Section #6, Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

CALLAHAN, ROBERT A., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (c.1852 - c.1921)(Section #1, Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

CARLAND, WILLIAM A., Pvt.,
 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (March 22, 1877 - July 27, 1940)(Jarrett Cemetery Asheville, Buncombe Co. NC)

CARPENTER, MARSHALL H., Pvt.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantryy, Co. F (c.1872 - c.1947)(New Hope Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

CHERRY, JASPER A,.
 10th U.S. Cavalry, Troop B (Ridgeview Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba Co., NC)

CLANTON, WILLIAM W., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (Piney Knob Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

CLINTON, JOHN. S., Coal Passer,
 U.S.S. NEW YORK (Died May 27, 1928)(National Cemetery, Wilmingotn, Brunswick Co., N.C.)++++

COBB STEPHEN JORDAN, Capt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (1839 - 1914) (Parkton Cemetery, Parkton, Robeson Co., NC)

DAVIS, CHARLES DANIEL, Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (July 22, 1870 - May 16, 1936)(Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Bostic, Rutherford Co., NC)**

EDWARDS, CICERO E., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (The Beam Family Cemetery, Bostic, Rutherford Co., NC)**

ERWIN, OLIVER CARSON., Sgt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (c.1873 - c.1942)(Section #2, Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

FERRELL, EUGENE T., Cpl.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. E (November 8, 1876 - January 20, 1964)(Mount Moriah Cemetery, Garner, Wake Co., N.C.)

FORNEY, LEWIS BERGNER, Cpl.
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (January 7, 1878 - June 22, 1945)(Sunset Cemetery Sunset Section, Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC)**

FRANCIS, WILLIAM A., Pvt.,
 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A (August 19, 1876 - May 27, 1899)(New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC)**

FREEMAN, ALBERT GALLATIN, Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Bostic, Rutherford Co., NC)**

GALLION, THOMAS K., Pvt., [listed in Regiment as Gallian)
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (August 21, 1873 - July 12, 1915)(Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Dysartsville, McDowell Co., NC)**

GEER, ADAM HAMPTON, WAGONER
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (January 20, 1863 - June 08, 1931)(Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

GOFF, WILLIAM P., Pvt.,
 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (May 20, 1866 – September 22, 1898) (Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Goldston, Chatham Co., NC)

GOODE, JAMES R., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (April 1878 - October 01, 1903)(Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, Forest City, Rutherford Co., NC)**

GRAY, DAVID S., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (March 13, 1870 - November 04, 1949)(Gray's Chapel Methodist Cemetery #1, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

HARRILL, BARNEY D., Pvt., [Listed in regiment as Booney Harrill}
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (February 3, 1879 - May 30, 1932)(Section #2, Cool Springs Cemetery, Forest City, Rutherford Co., NC)**

HARTSFIELD, FLAVIOUS J.. Pvt.,
 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. K (October 17, 1874 - October 17, 1933)(Section 1, Plot 2247, Wilmington National Cemetery, New Hanover Co., Wilmington, NC)

HENRY, DAVID P., Capt.,
 14th new York Volunteer Infantry, Co. K (Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven Co., NC

HESTER, GRAHAM R., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A (1877 - 1956)(Old Trinity Methodist Church, Elizabethtown, Bladen Co., NC)*

HOLLINGSWORTH, JAMES GILLIAM, Col.,
 (May 19, 1870 - September 5, 1910)(Block 25, Cross Creek Cemetery #2, Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., NC)

HUGHES, ROBERT F., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (January 16, 1861 - November 25, 1943)(Sharon Methodist Church Cemetery, Boiling Springs, Cleveland Co., NC)**

HUNTER, WILLIAM L.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. C (Died September 16, 1934)(Section 8, Plot 1267-C, Raleigh National Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake Co., N.C.)

JUSTICE, BUTLER ALEXANDER, 1st Lt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (c.1870 - May 04, 1917)(Section #1, Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

KNOX, ROBERT J., Corporal,
 22nd New York Volunteer Infantry, Co. M (Died April 9, 1928)(Riverside Cemetery, Ashville, NC)++++

LILES, M. M., Cpl.,
  2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. L (January 11, 1879 - October 28, 1898)(Morven Cemetery, Morven, Anson Co., NC)

LOGAN, CHAMP L., Pvt.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (December 15, 1874 - July 13, 1935)(New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Lake Lure, Rutherford Co., NC)**

LOLLAR, DAVID A., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (c.1874 - c.1957)(The Union Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

LONG, THOMAS THERON, Cpl.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (May 12, 1874 - May 09, 1957)(Sunshine Methodist Church Cemetery, Bostic, Rutherford Co., NC)**

LYNCH, OSCAR A., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (c.1873 - c.1944)(Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Bostic, Rutherford Co., NC)**

McEACHIN, JOHN D.
 3rd Texas Volunteer Infantry, Co. I (April 13, 1869 - September 7, 1932)(McArthur Cemetery, Wakulla, Robeson Co., NC)

McMAHAN, JAMES L., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (January 3, 1877 - October 12, 1944)(Section #5, Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

MILLER, AARON, Cpl.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (C. 1865 - April 20, 1928)(New Hope Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

MILLER, SR., JOHN BOYCE, Cpl.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (September 1, 1879 - November 22, 1951)(Section #1, Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

MILLER, LAWRENCE H., Cpl.,
2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (July 20, 1854 - June 11, 1931)(Old Capernaum Church Cemetery, Waco, Cleveland Co., NC)**

MILLER, QUITS, Pvt.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (March 20, 1874 - October 23, 1954)(New Hope Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

MITCHELL, BOYCE, Pvt.,
 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. F (October 19, 1868 - April 12, 1966)(New Hope Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co., NC)**

MODE, ZEBULON 'ZEB' V., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (Sunset Section, Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC)**

NEEL, JOHN M., Cpl.,
 2nd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, Co. H (January 13, 1879 - April 13, 1950) (Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC)

PARKER, POMEROY, Pvt., Medal of Honor,
 U.S.S. NASHVILLE, U.S. Marine Corps (March 17, 1874 - December 30, 1946)(Roxobel-Kelford Cemetery, Roxobel, Bertie County, NC)

PARNELL, JOHN TILLET, Pvt.,
 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. E (1849-1921)(Joppa Cemetery, Mocksville, Davie Co., NC)

PROCTOR, JASPER P., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (November 29, 1876 - June 30, 1967)(Chapel Hill Cemetery, Marion, McDowell Co., NC)**

SHORT, JOHN P., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (February 11, 1861 - July 18, 1930)(St. John Baptist Church Cemetery, Casar, Cleveland Co., NC)**

SMITH, JOHN R., Musician,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (May 25, 1875 - July 30, 1922)(Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, Henrietta, Rutherford Co., NC)**

SPROUSE, ERASTUS W., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (May 5, 1876 - March 25 1957)(Rutherford Memorial Cemetery, Chase, Rutherford Co., NC)**

TAYLOR, HENRY, Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A (St. Andrews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland, Co., NC)*

TAYLOR, ROBERT H., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A  (1876- 1968)(St. Andrews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland, Co., NC)*

TAYLOR, VANCE, Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A (St. Andrews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland, Co., NC)*

TOMS, HERBERT L., Cpl.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (November 13, 1878 - January 28, 1951)(Cora Section, Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC)**

TUCKER, LAWSON J., Pvt.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (February 10, 1873 - January 17, 1954)(Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Forest City, Rutherford Co., NC)**

WILKINS, THOMAS A., Cpl.,
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. B (June 16, 1868 - September 8, 1940)(Section #6, Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC)**

WILLIAMS, WALTER B.
 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. A (May 20, 1876 - April 8, 1903)(Block #80, Cross Creek Cemetery #1, Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., NC)

WIRTZ, WILLIAM, Pvt.,
 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Co. L (July 28 1879 - December 15, 1943)(Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, Henderson Co., NC)


 Thanks to the following people for contributing information to the page!

Carl L. Atkinson (names followed by an asterisk - * -)
Bo Bigelow (William C. Adams)
Chanda S. Blitch (Jasper A. Cherry)
Bernd G. Doss (David P. Henry)
Henry Duquette (John M. Neel)
C. Michael Glass (Stephen Jordan Cobb)
Gravegal via Find-a-grave (John D. McEachin)
Lt. Col. Richard D. Howe (William Wirtz)
John Labarre (John Clinton, Robert Knox)
Creighton Lovelace (names followed by **)
Patrick McSherry (Worth Bagley, Flavious Hartsfield, Pomeroy Parker)
Shirley Olson (via Interment.net) (William A. Adcock, Eugene T. Ferrell)
Edward Peed (M. Liles)
Diane Renfrow (Anderson Jr., William P. Goff)
Jack Robinson (James M. Blackwell)
John R. Tucker (John Tillet Parnell)
R. Carland-Underwood (William A. Carland)
Paul F. Wilson (via find-a-grave.com)(James Gilliam Hollingsworth)
Shannon Young (via findagrave.com)(Walter B. Wiliams)


++++ indicates that the info. came from the annual report of the New York Department's USWV for the year 1928  (but not verified in field).

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