Pine Forest Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina

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Coordinates: 34.24226, -77.92956
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Pine Forest Cemetery. This pre-Civil War cemetery is the resting place of many Wilmington notables of the late 19th century.

North end of N 16th and Rankin

Official Black Burial Grounds

The City of Wilmington allocated 15 acres of land for an African American burial ground in 1860. Nine years later George W. Prince, a black legislator, requested that the black cemetery be officially incorporated to the North Carolina House. Once the bill passed, the Pine Forest Cemetery trustees petitioned the city for ownership. The Board of Aldermen granted ownership on September 26, 1870.

After Pine Forest officially opened in 1871, many African American families moved their loved ones to these grounds. Notable black individuals are buried in Pine Forest Cemetery, including Frederick Sadgwar, James Dudley, and Robert R. Taylor.

In 1860, the Town of Wilmington purchased fifteen acres to establish a cemetery for slaves and free persons of color. The cemetery was incorporated in 1869, when African American legislator George W. Price (1843-1901) introduced a bill of incorporation in the state legislature. In 1870, the city deeded the property over to the non-profit Pine Forest Cemetery Corporation.
Address 815 North 16th Street Open daily from 8 am-5 pm