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Historic site in Davidson County, North Carolina, US United States historic place
Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationSR 1272, Linwood, North Carolina
Coordinates35°43′57″N 80°18′43″W / 35.73250°N 80.31194°W / 35.73250; -80.31194
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1755
ArchitectMultiple
MPSAnglo-German Cemeteries TR
NRHP reference No.84002027
Added to NRHPJuly 10, 1984

Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery is a historic church cemetery located on SR 1272 in Linwood, Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. The church was founded in 1755, and the current Jersey Settlement Meeting House was built nearby in 1842. The cemetery contains approximately 50 burials, with the earliest gravestone dated to 1772. It features a unique collection of folk gravestones by local stonecutters erected in Davidson County in the late-18th and first half of the 19th centuries.

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Ruth Little (July 1983). "Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
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