Old Burying Ground (Beaufort, North Carolina)

	Old Burying Ground
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Old Burying Ground, September 2012
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Location	Bounded by Ann, Craven, and Broad Sts., Beaufort, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°43′7″N 76°39′51″W / 34.71861°N 76.66417°WCoordinates: 34°43′7″N 76°39′51″W / 34.71861°N 76.66417°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1724
NRHP reference No.	74001332
Added to NRHP	April 8, 1974

Old Burying Ground is a historic cemetery located at Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina. It was established in 1724. There are approximately 200 stones from the pre-American Civil War era, approximately 45 from the war period, about 150 from 1865 to 1900, and a few 20th-century markers. Notable burials include Otway Burns, a naval hero in the War of 1812, and Colonel William Thompson, commander of the Carteret County Regiment during the American Revolution.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (February 1972). "Old Burying Ground" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01., Dead Link

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