Fork Branch Church
Fork Branch Church is located on Rt 100 (Dennys Road) just west of Rt. 13 south of Cheswold. It sits on land that orginally was part of Jolley's Neck Farm settled by William Hansor in 1735. The last portion of the property was sold in 1861 by Benjamin and Sally Ann Hansor Durham, both descendants of the original owner. Benjamin and Sally Ann are buried behind the church.

The church itself is no longer used by members of the community but the graveyard is still in use. The cemetery is in two sections: the oldest section is behind the church and many of the grave markers have been consumed by the encroaching woods. The newer portion is directly across the road.

See also Mitsawokett for additional information.

Entries below were made on 6/9/00.
The dates have been standardized in format.

Entries in quotes are inscriptions copied from the markers. Other entries are comments.

The listing is not in strict alphabetical order because I have grouped together individuals appearing on the same grave stone. I have also tried to keep together individuals grouped in the same "plot".




NAMES: DATES: Inscription/Remarks



Waldon K. Beckett, Jr. 1921-1939 "Son"



Gladys E. Blake 9/24/1933 - 1/12/1990



Charles E. Carey 1874-1946
Della M. Carey 1878-1948



A. Gail Carney 1951-1970



Elnora E. Corney 1882 - 1918 same stone
Walter H. Corney 1878 - 1968 same stone
Keturah H. Corney 1883 - 1972 same stone



Floyd L. Corney 11/2/1928 -
(no dates)



Francis V. Corney 2/3/1923 - 1/13/1982 son of Leon & Mildred Corney



George W. Carney 1888-1942



James P. Carney 1847 - 8/24/1934 son of Robert & Phebe Carney
Harriett Carney 1851 - 12/22/1920 dau of Joel Durham & Margaret Munce



Harry H. Corney 1876 - 1956
Sarah J. Corney 1893 - 1938



Harry W. Carney 1884 - 1930
Mary E. Carney 1887 - 1959



Isaiah Corney 12/14/1889 - 6/21/1965 " Pvt. Co. L. 423 Res. Lab Batt. QMC, WW I"



Isabelle Carney 8/29/1911 -
3/7/1997



Leon Corney 1898 - 1973 "At Rest"
Mildred C. Corney 9/24/1904 - 9/28/1985
Lonee G. Carney 10/25/1935 - 5/2/1981 son of Leon & Mildred Corney



Margaret A. Carney 1895 - 1973



R. Frazier Carney 1883 - 1946
Norah D. Carney 1893 - (no date)



Return and Ola Carneys Children (no names or dates)



Robert J. Carney 1874 - 1943 "Father"
Cordelia Carney 1879-1935 "Mother"



Robert R. Corney 7/22/1842 - 3/7/1911 "Husband of Amana Corney"
Amanda Corney 1849-1924 "Wife of Robert R. Corney"



Sallie E. Carney 1861 - 1949 "At Rest"
William M. Corney 10/16/1860 - 10/27/1925 "Husband of Sallie E. Corney"
"At Rest"



William R. Carney 12/10/1874 - 2/7/1911 husband of Laura E. Carney
could not find marker 6/00



William Carney (no dates) DE. Co. F, 32nd US 9th Inf.
buried next to the church



Rebecca A. Carson 1877 - 1955/6? dau of Henry & Matilda Johnson - could not find the marker 6/00



Albeda Clark 4/1/1878 - 3/24/1953 "One worthy of Remembrance"
wife of Calvin Clark
Calvin Clark 10/22/1887 - 8/20/1970 "Humanitarian, Mortician"



Robert E. Clark 12/25/1892 - 8/20/1940



Alfred Coker 1887 - 3/22/1935 son of Daniel & Sarah Coker



Sarah Coker 4/18/1847 - 4/22/1919 "Mother Age 72 years"
stone broken and buried 6/00



Anna M. Cooper 1894 - 1946 "Mother"



Freeman Cramer (no dates) all on same stone with Dickerson/Mosley
Herman Cramer (no dates)
Martha Cramer (no dates)
Watson Cramer (no dates)



Joshua Dickerson (no dates) on same marker as Cramers/Mosleys



Emily M. Dixon 1920 - 1958 "Mother" - buried next to David Greenage
George E. Dixon 11/10/1923 -
3/3/1996
"US Marine Corps" - buried behind Emily Dixon



Leon A. Drummond 11/28/1914 - 6/19/1954 "DE. Pvt. Co.M, 368 Inf. WW II"



Benjamin Durham died 1 Sept. 1888 " in his 74th yr" -
buried behind the church
Sarah A. Durham 12/10/1823 - 11/11/1905 "At Rest" - buried behind church



Elmirah Durham 1873 - 1953 wife of John M.
John M. Durham 11/30/1852 - 4/24/1920 son of Benjamin & Sally Ann Durham



Emma Durham 1894 - 1933 "wife of Elisha Mosley"



Melinda Goldsboro 3/2/1864 - 12/27/1921 "Wife Age 57 years" -
a second metal marker is behind the church



David Greenage 1895 - 1969 "Father" - buried next to Emily M. Dixon



George E. Hansley 12/1/1860 - 12/3/1870 son of Cornelius and Henrietta -
buried behind the church with his half sister, Sally Ann Durham - marker partially buried



Ambrose C. Harmon 1887 - 1980 could not find the stone 6/00
Virginia M. Harmon 1891 - 1939 counld not find the stone 6/00



Lillie B. C. Harmon 1881 - 1954 "Rest in Peace"



Clarence D. Hughes 9/22/1925 -
(no dates)
Marjorie L. Hughes 4/20/1926 -
12/14/1999



Edward Hughes 1/26/1870 - 2/5/1962 bro. of Perry Hughes?
Lettie Hughes 9/1/1883 - 12/1/1948 dau. of Henry & Matilda Johnson



John E. Hughes 1911 - 1972 "Father"



Larry D. Hughes 7/5/1944 - 6/13/1978 "Son"



John H. Hughes (no dates) "Co. K. 1 U.S.C.I."



Perry C. Hughes 1875 - 1955
Sarah E. Hughes 1875 - 1957



William M. Hughes 1/3/1922 -
1/4/1990



Anna M. Johns 1922 - 1985 "Mother"



Alf'd Johnson (no dates) "Co. A. 25 USCI"-
buried behind John E. Johnson
John E. Johnson 6/16/1845 - 5/27/1945 husband of Neeley Ann Hansor Johnson



Henry Johnson died 12/10/1909 "Age 85 "
Matilda Johnson died 6/29/1913 handcarved markers



John W. Johnson 1912 - 1933 small metal plaque in front of below John W. Johnson



John W. Johnson 7/28/1885 - 1/9/1948 son of Henry & Matilda Johnson



Willis M. Johnson 4/24/1906 -
2/10/1990
Henrietta V. Johnson 1/18/1909 -
(no dates)



Joseph H. Kimmey 1863 - 1952
Nancy Kimmey 1870 - 1931



Frances H. Leonard 7/19/1916 - 12/15/1995 could not find marker 6/00
Howard Leonard 10/27/1914 - 5/15/1991 could not find marker 6/00



Cora M. Morgan 1876 - 1949 (wife of Wm. Morgan)
William H. Morgan 1882 - (no date) son of Napoleon & Henrietta
Henrietta F. Morgan 1863-1934
Napoleon B. Morgan 1860 - 1946
Margaret Morgan 1913 - 1931 dau. of Napoleon & Henrietta



Alfred N. Morris 1907 - 1992
Edith G. Morris 1909 - 1976



Anna Morris 1943 - 4/19/1944 next to William C. & Dorothy Morris



Carlos Morris 1881- 1958
Elizabeth Morris 1883 - 1964



Gary Carlos Morris 2/11/1958 -
11/19/1998
son of William & Dorothy Morris



George H. Morris 1870 - 1950
Lydia Ann Morris 1872 - 1954



Oscar B. Morris 1872 - 1962
Sarah Edith Morris 1877 - 1943



Richard E. Morris 1931 - 7/15/1936 could not find marker 6/00



William C. Morris 5/31/1911 -
5/26/1994
"Bill"
also a metal plaque behind marker
"Pvt. US Army, WW II "
Dorothy B. Morris 10/17/1916 -
4/26/2000
"Dot"



Alfred Mosley 1902 - 1949 these 4 listed on 1 side of the marker
Carrie Mosley 1907 - (no date)
Enoch Mosley 1867 - 1940
Mary Mosley 1876 - 1951
Felechia Mosley 1905 - 1973 these 4 on other side of the marker
Lottie Mosley 1893 - 1972
Quentellan Mosley 1923 - 1991
Wilbur Mosley 1897 -1972



Burton Mosley 4/28/1889 - 10/13/1918 "Husband of Mary J. Mosley"



Burton Mosley (Jr?) 12/14/1917 - 8/10/1918 "son of Burton & Mary J. Mosley"



Ephraim Harrison Mosley (no dates) 1 side of the Cramer/Dickerson marker



Clara V. Mosley 1888-1965
Levi Mosley 1878 - 1963
Sadie M. Mosley 1884 - 1911



David W. Mosley Sr. 1863 - 1949
Lucinda Mosley 1868 - 1941 "At Rest"



Dorothy L. Mosley 1932 - 1937 could not find marker 6/00



Frankford Mosley 1906 - 1933



Ephraim Mosley no dates



Garfield Mosley 1902 - 1971



Harrison Mosley 1/8/1902 - 3/1971



Joseph H. Mosley 5/15/1888 - 3/10/1959 sep. stones
Alberta Mosley 1893 - 1951 sep stones



Joseph L. Mosley Sr. 9/2/1932 - 1/20/1991
Rosemary Mosley 9/23/1932 -



Josephine Mosely 3/31/1817 - 11/6/1874 "Dau. of JW & Sarah Mosley" -
behind the church - with the 2 Sarah Mosleys



Levi H. Mosley 4/27/1912 "Age 42 Yrs." -
"Husband of Minnie (?) B. Mosley "
"He has gone to mansions of rest"



Linwood M. Mosley 12/24/1926 -
8/12/1975
"AS US Navy"



Sarah Mosley 1820 - 4/18/1875 "Wife of John W. Mosley" -
behind the church



Sarah Mosely 12/6/1855 - 12/17/1874 "Wife of George W. Mosley" -
behind the church



Taft F. Mosley 12/2/1906 -
10/18/1975
sep. stone
Bessie D. Mosley 1/23/1904 -
(no date)
sep stone



Walter Mosley 12/24/1884 -
11/22/1920
"Son of John H. & Nancy"



Wilbur Mosley 9/1/1882 -
5/28/1966
Lillie M. Mosley 8/14/1883 -
6/9/1940



William C. Mosley 4/10/1920 - 4/18/1975
Ronnie Mosley 10/1/1954 - 9/11/1959



Wingate B. Mosley 1882 - (no date)
Clara F. Mosley 1888 - 1937



Charles Pierce Jr. 8/14/1913 -
6/26/1988
"T SGT US ARMY WW II"



Claude Pritchett 1883 - 1944
Estella Pritchett 1887 - 1943



David W. Pritchett 1916 - 1968
Grace M. Pritchett 1926 -



Frank H. Pritchett 10/15/1915 - 1/20/1963 " DE Tec 5 421 QM Truck Co. WW II "



Gerald R. Pritchett 1950 - 1968



Gregory B. Pritchett 1955 - 1958 "Our Darling"



Margaret Pritchett 4/17/1906 - 8/5/1971



Coprl Allen Reed (no dates) "Co F-19 USC INF"



Brady W. Ridgeway 1881- 1960



Clara Ridgeway died 4/26/1975 "Mother"



Clemy R. Ridgway (no dates) same plot with Sylvester & Anna



Fred Harrison Ridgeway 1/8/1923 - 9/18/1923
Paul Roland Ridgeway 7/3/1935 - 7/13/1935 " Sons of Fred & E. Ridgeway



Henry Ridgeway 3/1/1861 - 1/20/1919



Jerry Ridgway 1895 - 1969 hard carved
McKinley Ridgway 1904 - 5/17/1921



Minnie Ridgway 3/9/1871 - 9/12/1946 "At Rest"



Roland N. Ridgeway 12/5/1912 - 3/14/1967 "DE-SGT US ARMY - WWII"



Rosea Ridgway 4/14/1875 - 8/4/1902 or 6?? hand carved



Sylvester Ridgway 1852 - 1934
Anna Ridgway 1858 - 1910 same plot with Clemy



Tillman Ridgway 3/9/1845 - 11/10/1917
Louise E. Ridgway 1846 - 1930
William Ridgway 10/25/1829 -
8/17/1890
" In God is My Trust" -
behind the church - stone has been flatten



William Ridgway 3/9/1845 - 11/10/1917 could not find stone 6/00



Arthur C. Sammons 1892 - 1964 "Father" - sep. stone
Rosella M. Sammons 1910 - 1978 "Mother" - sep. stone



Bertha C. Sammons 9/22/1928 - 8/19/1987 same marker as Luther
Josephine L. Sammons 10/21/1922 - 3/25/1991
Luther Sammons 2/5/1920 - son of Arthur & Rosella



Benjamin H. Sammons 2/28/1859 - 5/30/1909 " He has gone to mansions of rest"
"Father"



Beulah Sammons 1898 - 6/25/1926



Oscar P. Sammons 1902 - 1961
Grace M Sammons 1912 - 1989



Annie Sullivan 1861 - 1935
Charles Sullivan 1845 - 1930



Elizabeth Ann Tims 1/9/1990 - 1/25/1991 "Sweet Dreams"



Anna H. Wright 4/27/1915 -
9/10/1989



Anna H. Wright 1903 - 1950 sep. stone
Letitia Wright 1925 - 1933 sep. stone
Zahn Wright 1927 - 1929 sep. stone