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34 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION <br /> Hill Township, the Old New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery is well-maintained because it <br /> is still associated with an active,nearby congregation. There are approximately 210 visible <br /> graves, including 89 inscribed stones and 121 uninscribed stones. Most of the inscribed stones <br /> are from the early nineteenth century, but five are from the late-eighteenth century, the oldest <br /> being from 1785. Even though the new cemetery was established in 1869, the old cemetery has <br /> four stones that post-date that move. The most recent inscribed stone dates from 1897. The <br /> gravestones are modest in design. Some appear to have been inscribed by professional <br /> stonecutters, while others were clearly produced by untrained artisans.No stone wall or other <br /> enclosure surrounds the wooded cemetery.10 <br /> The congregation of Eno Presbyterian Church was organized in 1755, and sometime soon after <br /> that a church was built and a cemetery was established. Located in Cedar Grove Township, the <br /> site was originally on the banks of the East Fork of the Eno River. After the third church burned <br /> in 1893, the congregation moved to a site two miles away,just north of the Cedar Grove <br /> crossroads, to rebuild and establish a new cemetery. When the East Fork of the Eno River was <br /> dammed in 1969, the Old Eno Presbyterian Church Cemetery was left standing adjacent to the <br /> newly created Lake Orange—a beautiful setting but one that was quite different from its original <br /> setting. A survey of the cemetery counted 126 marked gravestones and 375 unmarked <br /> gravestones. Of the marked stones, some date from the early-nineteenth century, but most appear <br /> to be from the mid-to late-nineteenth century. A few date from the twentieth century.After the <br /> church moved and a new cemetery was established,the old cemetery fell into disuse and was <br /> 10 Cemetery Census:Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries: 052:New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery <br /> Old(1756). https://cemeterycensus.com/nc/orng/cem052.htm.Accessed 5-18-2020;New Hope Presbyterian <br /> Church:History. httns://newhopepresusa.or0about-usihistory/.Accessed 5-19-2020. <br /> 12 <br />