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230    MT. HOPE [Raleigh City Cemetery, Black]

Location - south of Raleigh at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and South Saunders Street, (Hwys. 70, 401, 50). The cemetery is barely visible from the highway.

Coordinates: 35d 45m 51.0s N; 78d 38m 42.0s W Click here for Google maps

Mount Hope Cemetery is owned by the city of Raleigh, and is administered by Raleigh Parks and Recreation Dept. Within this department the Cemetery Division operates and maintains Mount Hope Cemetery as well other cemeteries located on park properties. Mount Hope is a large and very beautiful cemetery, carefully maintained. It has been in existence since 1872 when the secton of Raleigh City Cemetery that was designated for African-Americans was declared full by the city fathers and Mount Hope was created. It contains 34.3 acres (Wake Co. R.E. Data). Burial plots are available.

From Saunders Street: Turn east on to Prospect Avenue to access the cemetery. There are two entrances; one on Prospect Avenue by the office and the main gate on Fayetteville Street.

The cemetery is very large and the headstones are in no particular order. The names assigned to the sections of the cemetery are informal, that is, the workers at the cemetery use these names for their own convenience in designating different sections of this big cemetery. There are no formally designated sections. Click here to view several pictures of the cemetery.

Records dating from 1937 were made available through the generosity of Mr. Wayne Schindler, City of Raleigh Parks Superintendent and Mr. Danny Morgan, Park Operations Supervisor, Cemetery Division. Records prior to 1937 were destroyed in a fire. No birth dates or death dates are recorded, names of the deceased and their burial dates are given. Plot locations are noted.
Additional burials provided from the extensive research of Shirley Olson.

NOTE: All death dates are actually burial dates, unless noted in the comments for each burial. These burial dates are as recorded in the Raleigh City Cemetery Division records. The cemetery office address is:

Mount Hope Cemetery
1120 Fayetteville St.
Raleigh, NC 27601-2527



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1. Nails, Henry Lee Jr.   (b. - d. 6 Dec 2003)
Section: 1991 Addition. Lot: 2-35-C-2.
2. Nance, Teresa Ann   (b. - d. 30 Nov 1999)
Section: 1991 Addition. Lot: 2-47-C-1.
3. Nay, H'Je   (b. - d. 24 Dec 2005)
Section: 1991 Addition. Lot: 2-28-B-3.
4. Neal, Anthony   (b. - d. 30 Jun 1943)
Lot: Space 1452.
5. Neal, Carrie   (b. - d. 16 Jul 1950)
Section: Durfey. Lot: walk 28.
6. Neal, Charlie   (b. - d. 20 Oct 1955)
Section: Flats. Lot: 56 Southside.
7. Neal, Chester (Baby)   (b. - d. 16 Jul 1950)
Lot: Pauper Space 44.
8. Neal, Wilbert   (b. - d. 7 Mar 1960)
Lot: Space 178.
9. Neal, William   (b. - d. 8 Feb 1952)
Section: Backside. Lot: 44 Northside.
10. Neeley, Sarah   (b. - d. 17 Apr 1952)
Lot: Space 1804.
11. Nelson, Mary   (b. - d. 28 Nov 1969)
Section: Pipeline. Lot: 98A Northside.
12. Nesmith, Charlie   (b. - d. 11 Sep 2004)
Section: 1991 Addition. Lot: 2-25-C-4.
13. Nettles, Mary   (b. - d. 5 Dec 1943)
Lot: Space 1466.
14. Nevals, Ora L.   (b. - d. 28 Nov 1972)
Lot: Space 40, 2nd row.
15. Newell, Wiley J.   (b. - d. 31 Jan 1941)
Section: Backside. Lot: 6-A Northside.
16. Newkirk, James H.   (b. - d. 1 Oct 1966)
Section: 1B. Lot: Space 6.
17. Newly, Bikel   (b. - d. 24 Jan 1977)
Section: 1B. Lot: 605.
18. Newman, Bobby   (b. - d. 9 Jan 1956)
Lot: Space 24 ext..
19. Newman, Columbus   (b. - d. 16 Jul 1960)
Lot: Space 188.
20. Newman, Eva   (b. - d. 4 Aug 1948)
Lot: Baby Space 34.
21. Newsome, Callie   (b. - d. 27 Jun 1939)
Lot: Space 1238.
22. Nichols, Alice   (b. - d. 19 Jul 1942)
Lot: Frank Laws Lot, new.
23. Nichols, James H.   (b. - d. 28 Aug 1963)
Section: Backside. Lot: 761 Northside.
24. Nichols, Pearl   (b. - d. 14 Aug 1972)
Section: Flats. Lot: 153 Southside.
25. Nichols, Sarah   (b. - d. 14 Oct 1949)
Section: Pipeline. Lot: 57A Northside.
26. Nichols, William H.   (b. - d. 28 Aug 1963)
Section: Flats. Lot: 153 Southside.
27. Nicholson, Bennie   (b. - d. 23 Feb 1941)
Section: Old Part. Lot: Joseph Nicholson.
28. Nicholson, Francis   (b. - d. 19 Mar 1944)
Section: Backside. Lot: 951 Southside.
29. Nicholson, Joseph   (b. - d. 2 Nov 140)
Section: Old Part. Lot: Nicholson Lot.
30. Nickison, (Baby)   (b. - d. 24 Apr 1944)
Section: Durfey. Lot: Wright Lot.
31. Nixon, Mary   (b. - d. 5 May 1963)
Section: Flats. Lot: 185 Southside.
32. Noble, Flora W.   (b. - d. 10 May 1984)
Section: Backside. Lot: 24.
33. Noble, John Ferry III   (b. - d. 9 Nov 1983)
Section: Backside. Lot: 24.
34. Noble, William Earl   (b. - d. 30 Jun 1967)
Section: Backside. Lot: 24.
35. Norman, Carrie   (b. - d. 3 Aug 1969)
Section: Flats. Lot: 87 Southside.
36. Norman, Johnnie   (b. - d. 12 Jan 1959)
Lot: Space 100 ext..
37. Norman, William   (b. - d. 27 Jun 1959)
Section: Flats. Lot: 87 Southside.
38. Norwood, Susie Blalock   (b. - d. 23 Dec 1998)
Section: Backside. Lot: 996 Space 87 ext..
39. Nowell, Brittian   (b. - d. )
40. Nowell, Tracy Linette   (b. - d. 5 Jan 2004)
Section: 1991 Addition. Lot: 2-38-B-2.
41. Nunn, Almeta   (b. - d. 24 Jun 1977)
Section: Pipeline. Lot: 141A.
42. Nunn, Charles V.   (b. - d. 12 Apr 1972)
Section: Pipeline. Lot: 141A.
43. Nunn, Louise   (b. - d. 13 Feb 1989)
Section: Pipeline. Lot: 141A.
44. Nunn, Martha   (b. - d. 9 Oct 1949)
Lot: Space 1696.
45. Nunn, Sophia   (b. - d. 19 Nov 1950)
Lot: Space 1688.