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458    MOUNT HERMAN AME CHURCH - OLD [Q34.1]

Location - Gulf Township. Right off of South Main Street, Goldston, NC 27252 near address 2767 S Main Street.

Coordinates: 35d 35m 04.0s N; 79d 19m 04.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In 2004 Jane Pyle found five grave markers and noted other fieldstones propped up near trees in a grove with periwinkle. Julie King-McDaniel found and photographed three marked graves in 2023.

This location is the original site of Mt. Hermon AME Church. The original church burned, and the church relocated to its current site off of Goldston-Pittsboro Road (approximately 1.5 miles from original location). See Q14.1 for that cemetery.

Topo Quadrant: Goldston.
Legal: Parcel 0080456. No deed; no plat.
Church owned: Yes. Denomination: AME Zion.
African-American: Yes.
Owner: Zion Church Cemetery, PO Box 908, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Number of graves: Unknown
Number of inscribed markers: 5
First burial: 1925
Last burial: 1976
Markers damaged: Fieldstone markers for graves appear to have been moved-perhaps for mowing.
Well maintained.
Enclosed: No.
Miscellaneous information: It is impossible to determine the number of unmarked graves from visual inspection.
Last canvassed by: Jane Pyle, 2004; Julie King-McDaniel, Oct 2023.

1. Dark, Rosa Belle   (b. 15 May 1883 - d. 12 May 1925)
Marker not found in 2023. "Every joy to us is dead".
2. Degraffenreidt, Simon   (b. 29 Dec 1913 - d. 30 Dec 1975)
Military marker. PFC US Army World War II.
3. Jackson, Elbee   (b. 18 Sep 1926 - d. 30 Sep 1976)
Single granite marker. "Our Father which art in heaven". Footstone: Father.
4. Jackson, Walter   (b. 31 Jul 1906 - d. 6 Jul 1976)
Flat marker. "Gone home".
5. Page, Alfred   (b. 18 Oct 1866 - d. 1 Aug 1931)
Marker not found in 2023. Pvt US Army WWII.
6. Williams, Johnny Ross   (b. 26 Mar 1946 - d. 30 Dec 2016)
Marker not found in 2023. Husband of Hildred Durham Williams. Son of John Henry Williams and Marion Delivera Guthrie Williams.