Duplin County, North Carolina Cemetery Records. (Volume A).

By: Leon H Sikes, Pub. 1983, Reprinted 2017, 132 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-587-1

Duplin County, located in the southeastern section of N.C. was formed in 1750 from New Hanover County. In the year 1800, the county was bounded by the counties of Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Sampson, and Wayne. Part of New Hanover was annexed to Duplin in 1751, and in 1777 part of Duplin was annexed to Johnston County. A major change involved the formation of Sampson County from Duplin in the year 1784. The county seat of Duplin is Kenansville. This book contains insrciptions from graves in the 119 graveyards in the northern portion of the county, along with a few from the southern . There are approximately 2,737 entries.