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Here Lies the Body\" : Eighteenth-Century Gravestones in the Alamance Presbyterian Churchyard and Their Symbolic Meaning

Record #:
3004
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Abstract:
Graves and gravestones in the Alamance Presbyterian Church near Greensboro date back to 1762. The graveyard is unique because of the number of 18th-century stones and the information they contain, including facts on ethnic origin and views of death.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1996, p47-68, il, bibl