Quaker Meadows Cemetery | |
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| Location | Off NC 126, Morganton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°45′6″N 81°43′18″W / 35.75167°N 81.72167°W |
| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| Built | 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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
References
- 1 2 "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.
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