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33 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION <br /> work of professional stonecarvers, is one of the most intriguing aspects of the place. With most <br /> of the grave markers dating from the first half of the nineteenth century, the cemetery provides a <br /> visual feeling for one aspect of that time period. Although the cemetery has not been formally <br /> tied with a Quaker Meeting since 1847, it has retained its strong association with this religious <br /> sect due to: 1) its location in this area of the Eno River Valley north of the county seat that was <br /> the stronghold of the Eno Quakers during the eighteenth century, 2) its close proximity to the site <br /> of the Quaker meeting house and school (both now gone), and 3) the Quaker family names of <br /> those buried in the cemetery. <br /> The Context for Understanding the Eno Quaker Burg Ground among Rural Eighteenth- <br /> Century Cemeteries in Orange Count North Carolina <br /> Established in 1759, the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is one of five eighteenth-century rural <br /> cemeteries in Orange County associated with a house of worship. Of the other four, three are <br /> Presbyterian cemeteries and one is an Anglican/Episcopal cemetery. Having described the Eno <br /> Quaker Burying Ground, this context provides a sense of the character of the other cemeteries in <br /> the group. <br /> New Hope Presbyterian congregation was established in 1756, and when the first church was <br /> erected in 1760, a cemetery was started next to the log structure. Several subsequent church <br /> buildings followed and included a move down the road to the southeast. When the low-lying land <br /> of the cemetery proved unsatisfactory, a new cemetery was established on higher ground <br /> adjacent to the new church. Standing in a grove of trees on the east side of NC 86 S in Chapel <br /> 11 <br />