Quaker Meadows Cemetery
Historic cemetery in North Carolina, United States
United States historic place
Quaker Meadows Cemetery | |
Main entrance | |
35°45′6″N 81°43′18″W / 35.75167°N 81.72167°W / 35.75167; -81.72167 | |
Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
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Built | 1767 (1767) |
MPS | Morganton MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87001922[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 9, 1987 |
Quaker Meadows Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Morganton, North Carolina, U.S.. It includes 59 gravesites dated between 1767 and 1879; 53 of them are marked by gravestones. The earliest grave is of David McDowell (1767), the two-year-old grandson of Joseph McDowell, the first permanent white settler in the area.[clarification needed][2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Suzanne Pickens Wylie (July 1986). "Quaker Meadows Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
External links
- Quaker Meadows Cemetery at Find a Grave
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