Uwharrie Friends Burial Ground
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Uwharrie Friends Burial Ground

Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA

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    Asheboro, North Carolina 27205 United States
    Coordinates: 35.60245, -79.95579
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The Uwharrie Friends Meeting existed pre-civil war. Many of it's members were anti-slavery. The story has it that when it appeared that NC was going with the confederacy , most of the meeting families - together in mass - picked up and moved North. The meeting was decommissed soon after and the property for the meeting house and burial ground was deeded to Back Creek Friends Meeting over on US 64. The burial ground is in a wooded stand and has a lot of leaf cover. There are somewhere around 150 graves, but most are marked with unmarked stones. It was not uncommon for Friends (known by some as Quakers) to mark their graves with simple stones - and no name. Also, time has taken it's toll on the stones - and - after 200 years - there is about 6 to 8 inches of composted leaves in some areas. I have included as many of the graves as we could read. If you go out here - be VERY careful. Some of the graves have deeply settled. Between the leaf covered stones and the sunken graves - you could easily take a fall - browse at your own risk.
The Uwharrie Friends Meeting existed pre-civil war. Many of it's members were anti-slavery. The story has it that when it appeared that NC was going with the confederacy , most of the meeting families - together in mass - picked up and moved North. The meeting was decommissed soon after and the property for the meeting house and burial ground was deeded to Back Creek Friends Meeting over on US 64. The burial ground is in a wooded stand and has a lot of leaf cover. There are somewhere around 150 graves, but most are marked with unmarked stones. It was not uncommon for Friends (known by some as Quakers) to mark their graves with simple stones - and no name. Also, time has taken it's toll on the stones - and - after 200 years - there is about 6 to 8 inches of composted leaves in some areas. I have included as many of the graves as we could read. If you go out here - be VERY careful. Some of the graves have deeply settled. Between the leaf covered stones and the sunken graves - you could easily take a fall - browse at your own risk.

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  • Added: 28 Nov 2009
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2333005