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' Historical <br /> A . Cemeteries <br /> 1 . NAME UNKNOWN(TERRY/BRADSHER FAMILIES) <br /> n/s Hester Rd . CSR15127 near Jct. with Hurdle Mills Rd . <br /> CSR1506] <br /> tmr: 2.7 . . 17 <br /> Originated as slave cemetery. Most grave markers are <br /> hand- etched or unmarked fieldstones . All hand-etched <br /> stones date pre-1900. Earliest legible stone is 1860, <br /> most recent burial 1963 . <br /> 2. OLD ENO PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY <br /> w/s Eno Cemetery Rd . [SR1383] <br /> tmr: 2.38. . 11A <br /> Original site of Eno Presbyterian Church, 1755-1890. <br /> Identifiable gravesites date from about 1780 to 1910. <br /> Cemetery is divided in two by a low stone wall . Western <br /> section of cemetery, on point Jutting out into Lake <br /> Orange, was slave portion of the cemetery. Raising level <br /> of the lake could innundate part of that portion . <br /> 3 . CHRISTOPHER CEMETERY <br /> n/s NC49 approximately 0 .75 mile s/o Carr. <br /> tmr: 2. 17 <br /> Surrounded by medium height iron stake fence. About <br /> half-dozen family names represented . Dates from late <br /> 19th century, still in use. Private trustee operated . <br /> 4. NAME UNKNOWN <br /> w/s Highland Farm Rd . C1332] s/o Jct. with Efland-Cedar <br /> Grove Rd . CSR1004] <br /> tmr: 2.45 <br /> Site noted on USGS topo map, Cedar Grove Quad ( 1967 ) , <br /> and NC State Highway Commission Map ( 1953) . <br /> 5 . HARMONY CEMETERY <br /> e/o Harmony Church Rd . CSR1341 ] , s/o Lonesome Rd . <br /> [SR1350] across dirt road from old church building. <br /> tmr: 2.40 . .31A <br /> Cemetery for Harmony Baptist Church, discontinued use in <br /> 19501s . Site is in extreme disrepair; headstones broken <br /> or askew, heavy undergrowth . Headstones date from ca . <br /> 1900-1935 . Other graves, farther back in the woods, are <br /> noted only by fieldstones or metal funeral markers . <br /> 6. NAME UNKNOWN <br /> e/o NC49 near Junction with NC86 <br /> tmr: 2.4. .2 <br /> 7 . HENSLEY CEMETERY <br /> n/o Hensley Rd . CSR1500] <br /> tmr: 2.4 . . (6) <br /> Ca . 1890-1930 <br /> 19 <br />