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242 RAY SLAVE CEMETERY
Location - In Cedar Grove Township east of Walnut Grove Church Rd (SR-1001) along Ray's Creek. On private property.
Survey - Not listed in the 1970s survey. Identified from a 1991 application for historical designation submitted to the NC State Historic Preservation Office. Not open to the public.
Comments - The area was formerly the site of the Ray plantation. From the application: "An antebellum slave cemetery is located.in a wooded area near the south bank of the meandering Ray's Creek. About sixty grave sites, marked by small rough stones set on end, are laid out in orderly rows."
Web page updated 15 April 2021
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