Joppa CemeteryJ 0 P P A C E IVI E T E R Y
The Joppa Cemetery is located along Route 601, several miles
to the north of Mocksville in Davie County, North Carolina. There
is a roadside marker designated M 3, with the following: "DANIEL
BOONE'S PARENTS --- SQUIRE AND SARAH BOONE ARE BURIED HERE. DANIEL
BOONE, 1?34-1820, LIVED MANY YEARS IN THIS REGION."
This cemetery was J66e1- called BURYING RIDGE s when
Squire$ and Sarah (Morgan) Boone were buried there. It has also been
called Joppa Baptist Cemetery, although there have always been many
non -Baptists buried there.
The cemetery is small, uncrowded and seems less than a hundred
yards wide - along the highway, and is perhaps several hundred yards BEEN
deep. It is dotted with trees both large and small, evergreen and
deciduous. The soil is sandy clay, reddish tan in color and the ground
cover is a mixture of grass, low growing myrtle and wildflowers.
Among falilies buried in Joppa Cemetery: Angell, Austin, Bailey,
Bell, Booe, Boone, Brown, Cain, Cartwright, Clegg, Coon, Davis, Deaver,
Ellis, Gaither, Gentee, Gibbs, Grafts, Griffin, Griffith, Hall, Harben,
Harbin,, Hendricks, Hendren, Hendron, Henley, HoAges, Hoots, Howard,
Hutchins, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kelly, Kimball, Kimbrough, Earew,
Latham, Long, M6Guire, Parker, Parnell, Pass,Powers, Randolph,
Ratledge, RicZardson, Sanford, Seagraves, Smmth, Smoot, Sprouse,
Stockton,Swink, Taylor, Walker, Wilcoycpkson, Wilson, Young and Youngs.
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Many of those here buried were y]( ch4ldren; there were also
those who died"full of years" viz Thomas Gentee who died 13 July 1865
AE 95 Yrs. Burials extend from the late 1700's to present time,
The tombsones of Squiriand Sarah (Morgan) Boone, recently
reset in a brick protective encasement are slightly apart the other
tombstones - many of which are clusters of the members of a family.
The following readable tombstones are near the Boones, and are more
or less contemporary with the Boonesi
Evan Ellis Sarah Ellis Elizab Railsback Austin
b 08Feb1726 b 19DEc1729 b 30OCT1756 d 1789
d 22DEC1796 d 22May1795 d 26Aprl793
Isaac Wilcockson Rebeka Johnson (this is nearest to)
d 1769 AE 42 yrs d 1Nov1771 AE 39 yrs (Boone tombstones )
Squire's headstone reads:
" SQUIRE BO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THEY SIXTY NINTH YEAR OF HIS
AGE IN THAY YEAR OF OUR LORD 1765 GENARY THA 2 "
Sarah's headstone reads: AGED
r- SA BOONE DESOWNED THIS LIFE 1777, 3f X 77 YEARS "
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