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Carolina Springs Cemetery

CAROLINA SPRINGS CEMETERY

FOUNDED: 1866

ADDITONAL NAMES: N/A

AFFILIATION(S):

  • Saunders Family Foundation

HISTORY:

This cemetery is across the road from the old Cole Creek Church. The cemetery is well kept, although there are a number of graves in the forested area beside the cemetery. There are a multitude of field stone markers. The cemetery is maintained by the Saunders Family Foundation (an organization consisting of descendants and community members).

BCN Contact Information:

Wanda Dillard

dillard.19@icloud.com

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Historic Unity Cemetery

HISTORIC UNITY CEMETERY

FOUNDED: March 1901

ADDITONAL NAMES: Unity Cemetery, Colored Cemetery

AFFILIATION(S):

  • North Carolina Military Affairs Commission

  • NC State Archives

  • Division of Natural Resources Commission

  • African American Heritage Commission

HISTORY:

Unity Cemetery in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was formally established March 13, 1901. Located in Edgecombe County, the 18-acre cemetery is one of the oldest African American cemeteries in Eastern North Carolina. The historic site is divided into eight sections and is the resting place of civic leaders, military veterans, and many other influential and notable African Americans.

The North Carolina General Assembly enacts the incorporation of The Unity Cemetery Association of the Town of Rocky Mount in 1901. Citizens listed as incorporators are Jerry J. Cook(e), Fred Simpson, John D. Boddie, Richmond Lawrence, Jason W. Joyner, James Sessoms, Jr., R. E. Young, Isaac Wells, Thomas H. Boddie, Bradford Battle, their associates, and successors. In 1936 Unity Cemetery was sold to Chauncey C. Stokes. The Stokes family operated Stokes Mortuary until 2017.

BCN Contact Information:

Lois Watkins

Lois.Watkins@rockymountnc.gov

unitycemeterync.com

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