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2037
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Graves and cemeteries are normally not considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, and those that are must reflect strict criteria. North Carolina does not have a single individually listed grave in the Register.
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16109
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The Committee for the Study of Abandoned Cemeteries in North Carolina was formed by the General Assembly and charged with surveying selected counties including; Lenoir, Halifax, Rutherford, Moore, Hyde, Guilford, and Madison. The popularity and importance of the committee's work caught on and those involved asked volunteers to survey the remaining counties.
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36893
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Crawford is a folklore researcher of all the old families between Waynesville and Bryson City, North Carolina. His work deepens and expands the appreciation, continuation, and study of the cemetery decoration traditions the figure in the lives of the people of Western North Carolina.
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24593
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General Thomas Fenwick Drayton was an illustrious Confederate soldier who now lies in Elwood Cemetery in grave in Charlotte, North Carolina. This article pays tribute to the soldier’s accomplishments in life and during the Civil War.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 32 Issue 3, July 1964, p9-10, 37, il, por
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39441
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Creech reviews Patterson’s book on gravestones. The gravestones give brief glimpses of the dead that can be linked to anecdotes and legends recorded early by local Presbyterians, helping the author focus on individuals taking roles in crises within the community, enabling him to help the reader see them and their long-vanished world.
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36574
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Church picnics on the grounds meant the occasion took place in its churchyard or cemetery. As for the day designated, sometimes it was Decoration Day, at other times a cemetery cleanup or homecoming. No matter the day or occasion, it always involved traditional Appalachian dishes, illustrated in the accompanying photo. The author noted recipes such as dried green beans cooked with fatback called “leather britches” and stack cake made with alternating layers of cake and dried fruit.
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43460
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"Although North Carolina is home to 175 public cemeteries, thousands of other burial grounds -- beneath trees, behind churches, and inside nondescript gates -- shelter fragments if history, Sometimes celebrated but often forgotten, their beauty and their stories wait to be discovered. The article covers Howard family graves in Ocracoke, W.T Alexander Slave Cemetery in Mecklenburg , Owl Scottish Graveyard in Carthage, Hidden Cemeteries of Fontana Lake and Fort Nooherooka,
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3299
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Begun in 1979, the North Carolina Cemetery Survey Project seeks to locate and record cemeteries in the state with graves dated before 1913, the year the state began keeping death certificates.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 57 Issue 1, June 1989, p3, il
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24552
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The small town of Kittrell, North Carolina was once a refuge for Confederate soldiers and is now the site of the Confederate Cemetery, which is made up of 52 graves of soldiers who died in Kittrell Springs Hospital.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 1, June 1973, p18-20, il
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24636
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An old burying ground at Beaufort has been in use since the early 1700s and sheds light on the history of the area. The grave is the final resting place of such historical figures as Col. William Thompson (1736-1781) and Captain Otway Burns (1775-1850).
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 26 Issue 18, February 1959, p11, 20, il
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Record #:
15774
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The Cemetery Survey and Stewardship Program was developed by the Office of Archives and History to preserve and protect North Carolina's overlooked cemeteries. Guardianship of these cemeteries was largely under the charge of local historians and as of 2002 seventeen counties had complete survey records. The program aims to organize records, provide technical advice, and create a database to account for these resources before any are lost.
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35728
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The author proved a sojourn in the state capital captured the essence of NC. Those interested in its history could visit folk villages, the Dodd-Hinsdale House, and Oakwood Cemetery. Visitors wanting entertainment could take in concerts, dance, and sports. Tours about town could yield sightings of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, sidewalk cafes, and working farms. For nature lovers, there were boating in the Neuse River and strolling through gardens such as the Rose Garden.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 3, May/June 1979, p42-44
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9484
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Raleigh's Historic Cemetery and Mausoleum is located in the center of Historic Oakwood, the city's revitalized Victorian neighborhood. Raleigh businessman and plantation owner Henry Mordecai donated 2 and one-acres for the cemetery in 1867. Today it covers 102 acres and is the resting place of 1,500 Confederate soldiers and sailors and four Confederate generals, as well as other great and ordinary individuals who populated Raleigh and the state.
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31303
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The North Carolina Cemetery Survey Project is seeking volunteers to record all cemeteries containing graves dated before 1913. The effort began in 1979, when the General Assembly created the Abandoned Cemeteries Study Committee to determine the condition of these forsaken cemeteries throughout the state. Since birth and death statistics were not kept officially in North Carolina before 1913, the only records available for many citizens are in graveyards.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 21 Issue 6, June 1989, p22, il
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36889
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Visiting several cemeteries in Jackson County’s Canada Township, the author happened across a cemetery style that he had not seen before, found in three different cemeteries. The style was a bare earth mound, meaning the graves were mounded up and kept clear of grass and weeds, and then covered with a thick layer of white gravel to maintain the shape and suppress growth of grass.