Alvis Moore Cemetery - at Payne's Tavern

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Alvis Moore Cemetery (at Payne's Tavern)

Location: 71 Paynes Tavern Road (SR1142)
Directions: From Roxboro, take 501S to right on Bessie Daniel Road (SR1147). Cross 157, first house on left.
Access: In edge of woods behind yard on private property
Survey: May 2006 by Ken and Becky Dalton
GPS: 36 20 26.5 N 079 00 41.5 W
Notes: This cemetery is a match for WPA # 155. This is the cemetery associated with the tavern at Payne’s Tavern

Graves

1. James W / HICKS / Jan 6, 1846 / Feb 1, 1926 / Four year / Conf Soldier / 50^th NC REG Co A / Resting in hope of / a glorious resurrection / Erected by A V Hudgins

2. Mrs E J / HICKS / Jun 25, 1838 / Mar 9, 1917 / (cannot read inscription)

3. (temporary marker) R A Ste(?) and Son, Funeral Directors, Roxboro / (cannot read name) / Died 1920

4. J H ROGERS / Nov 8, 1843 / Nov 18, 1917 / Asleep in Jesus / (fs) JHR

5. Lula M / wife of / WL MOORE / Oct 7, 1882 / Apr 17, 1916 / (fs) LMM

6. Willie Lawrence / MOORE / Mar 27, 1884 / Jan 14, 1932 At rest / (fs) WLM

7. Mollie A / wife of / JT MOORE / Oct 26, 1866 / Oct 16, 1912 / She was a kind and affectionate / and fond mother and friend to all / (fs) MAM

8. John T / MOORE / May 28, 1859 / Mar 6, 1905 / You are not forgotten / (fs) JTM

9. Alvis S MOORE / Born / Jun 28, 1863 / Died Feb 21, 1930 / God’s finger touched him and he slept / (fs) ASM

10. Lawrence H MOORE / PVT CO A 24 INF REGT / NC VOLS / CSA / 1827 - 1865

11. Arrena / wife of / Stephen WILKERSON / Aug 16, 1821 / Mar 8, 1910 (More information below.)

12. Claud E / MOORE / Sept 26, 1909 / Oct 4, 1909 / Budded on earth / to bloom in heaven

13. Bessie E MOORE / Jun 30, 1891 / Jan 20, 1908 / Her life was beauty, truth and love / (fs) BEM

MOORE (double stone)
14. J Walter / Jan 28, 1887 / Jun 11, 1947
15. Iola Lea / Jan 30, 1891 / Feb 18, 1976 (fs) ILM

16. S/SGT James W MOORE Jr / Born Sept 2, 1921 / 321 Bomb SQD 90^th Bomb Group / Missing over New Guinea / Nov 6, 1943

17. R P SAUNDERS / wife of / R M SAUNDERS / Died 9^th Oct 1821 / Aged(?) 27 / Tho lost to sight, in memory dear / (More information below)

Additional Information

R P Sanders was Rebecca Peine Carter who had married Romulus Mitchell Saunders on December 27, 1812.

Legend has it that Mrs. Saunders died on the stagecoach and was buried when it stopped at Payne’s Tavern. She is in an aboveground rock crept with imported carved top and set aside from the main cemetery. Additional information below.

See the Romulus Mitchell Saunders page on the Caswell County Historical Association web site for additional information. Also of interest is Longwood the home of Romulus Mitchell Saunders in Milton.

The marriage of Arrena Moore and Stephen Wilkerson was a second marriage for each of them. He is buried in the Stephen Wilkerson Cemetery on Charlie Carr Road near Leas Chapel United Methodist Church.

WPA Survey

The list below is from the WPA survey (ca. 1937)

Graves

Mrs. E. J. Hicks, 25 June 1838, 09 March 1917
James W. Hicks, 06 January 1846, 01 February 1926
Alvis S. Moore, 28 June 1863, 21 February 1930
Bessie E. Moore, 30 June 1891, 20 January 1908
Claud E. Moore, 26 September 1909, 04 October 1909
John T. Moore, 28 June 1859, 06 March 1905
Lula M. Moore, 07 October 1882, 17 April 1916
Mollie A. Moore, 26 October 1866, 16 October 1912
J. H. Rogers, 18 November 1843, 18 November 1917
R. P. Saunders, -, 1821
Arrena Wilkerson, 16 Aug 1821, 08 March 1910

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