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009    OLD MORSE CEMETERY

Location - 1855 W. West Street, Southport.

Coordinates: 33d 55m 09.1s N; 78d 01m 23.6s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From Wilmington, NC take 133 South to Southport, NC. Turn left onto N Howe St. Go 1.3 Miles. Turn right onto W. West Street. Go 0.3 miles. Cemetery is behind the First Apostolic Church.

Founded in 1855, the cemetery is located on property once know as Bryan Morse Plantation.

View #2 of the cemetery. View of the cemetery sign.

Survey and photographs by William Price in November 2013.

1. Aldridge, Winifred Bell   (b. 19 May 1849 - d. 17 Sep 1901)
Daughter of John Bell and Ann Bell. Wife of George W. Aldridge
2. Aspinwall, Martha Evelyn Davis   (b. 22 May 1877 - d. 7 Sep 1963)
Daughter of Dunbar Davis and Frances Gardner Price Davis.
3. Conyers, John   (b. 1750 - d. 1812)
Husband of Sarah Bernard Conyers. Capt NC Continental Line Rev War.
4. Conyers, Sarah Bernard   (b. 1759 - d. 1814)
Wife of Capt John Conyers.
5. Davis, Cassie   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Daughter of Dunbar Davis and Frances Gardner Price Davis. Age 14 months.
6. Davis, Decator   (b. 20 Jan 1869 - d. 8 Dec 1871)
Son of Dunbar Davis and Frances Gardner Price Davis. Aged 2 Yrs 10 Mos 18Ds.
7. Davis, Dunbar   (b. 30 Jun 1843 - d. 30 Mar 1923)
Son of Robert Wilson Davis and Priscilla Stanley Davis. Wife of Frances Gardner Price Davis.
8. Davis, Frances Gardner Price   (b. 23 Oct 1850 - d. 25 Jun 1949)
Daughter of Jacob A S Price and Catherine Crapon Price. Wife of Dunbar Davis.
9. Davis, George   (b. 1835 - d. 27 Nov 1849)
Son of Sally Davis. Aged 14 Years.
10. Davis, Little Jack   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Son of Dunbar Davis and Frances Gardner Price Davis. Age 14 months.
11. Davis, Samuel B   (b. 1809 - d. 3 Jul 1871)
12. Davis, Vane Lester   (b. 5 Apr 1889 - d. 16 May 1946)
Son of Dunbar Davis and Frances Gardner Price Davis.
13. Davis, William   (b. 19 May 1835 - d. 15 Nov 1861)
14. Dosher, Martha Ann Morse   (b. 21 Nov 1833 - d. 11 Oct 1908)
Wife of William R Dosher. aged 74 Yrs, 10 Mos, 20 Days
15. Dosher, William R   (b. 13 Jan 1819 - d. 21 Oct 1878)
Son of Arthur Dozier and Jane W Singleton Dozier. Husband of Caroline Weeks and Martha Ann Morse. Aged 59 Yrs, 9 Mos and 8 Days.
16. Galloway, John Wesley, Jr.   (b. Mar 1840 - d. 11 Sep 1910)
Son of John Wesley Galloway and Sarah Catherine Davis Galloway. Wife of Josephine Furpless Galloway. Served in the civil war. The J W Galloway buried here is John Wesley Galloway, Jr; Son of Capt J W Galloway who founded Galloway's Coast Guard and died 1864 in Hamilton, Bermuda. This excerpt is from Bill Reaves' Southport (Smithville) a Chronology Vol II: ?"1910 - (September 11) - Capt. John W Galloway died at his home in Southport. He was a Confederate veteran and had served in the Cumming Battery as a Lieutenant. Later he held various positions with the government. Interment in the Morse Cemetery, Wilmington."?(Of course Morse Cemetery is in Southport.)
17. Lea, Charles E   (b. 1826 - d. 1864)
Husband of Francenea Davis Lea. Master of CSS Issabel.
18. Lea, Francen A. Davis   (b. 6 Jul 1830 - d. 9 Sep 1855)
Wife of Charles E Lea.
19. Price, Caroline F (Carrie) Haskett   (b. 24 Nov 1849 - d. 28 Apr 1927)
Daughter of W B Haskett and Mary Brinkman Haskett. Wife of William Crapon Price. Mother; Our Best Friend.
20. Price, Carrie V   (b. 1878 - d. 1879)
Daughter of William Crapon Price and Caroline F Haskett Price.
21. Price, Catherine Crapon   (b. 26 Apr 1825 - d. 8 Feb 1914)
Daughter of George W Crapon and Catherine McCreay Crapon. Wife of Jacob A S Price. Age 89 years.
22. Price, George C   (b. 1875 - d. 1875)
Son of William Crapon Price and Caroline F Haskett Price.
23. Price, Jacob A. S.   (b. 5 Apr 1825 - d. 11 Sep 1869)
Husband of Catherine Crapon Price. Aged 44 Yrs and 5 Mos
24. Price, Jakie   (b. Oct 1869 - d. 19 Jan 1872)
Son of William Crapon Price and Caroline F Haskett Price.
25. Price, William Crapon   (b. Mar 1846 - d. 29 Jul 1932)
Son of Jacob A S Price and Catherine Crapon Price. Husband of Caroline F Haskett Price. Capt in Confederate Navy when 18 years old