Piedmont Region, North Carolina Cemeteries
Maplewood Cemetery
Dating to 1869, soldiers and war veterans, tobacco magnates and community leaders rest here. Six Italian marble figures surround Carr family plot. Many gravesites marked with Victorian funeral art.
Geer Cemetery
Founded in 1876 as the first cemetery for African-Americans in Durham. Margaret Faucette, founder of White Rock Baptist Church, and Edian Markham, founder of St. Joseph'
Historic National Cemetery and Confederate Prison Site
Dedicated in 1874, this is the final resting place for veterans of all wars. Buried in 18 trench graves are 11,700
City Cemetery
Thomasville's cemetery is one of only a handful in the United States that has both Confederate and Union soldiers buried together.
Confederate Cemetery
The cemetery serves as the final resting place for 52 Confederate soldiers from the states of VA, NC, SC &
Willow Dale Cemetery
In early 1853
Beechwood Cemetery
Contains graves of many of Durham'
Settler's Cemetery
The oldest city-owned graveyard and the only 18th century site remaining in the center city, which has recently had a $500,000 restoration. Charlotteans were buried here from 1776-1884.
Historic Oakwood Cemetery
Adjacent to Historic Oakwood, Oakwood Cemetery is the resting place of 2,800 Confederate soldiers, five Civil War generals, seven governors and numerous US Senators. Established in 1869