Margaret Lane Cemetery
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Margaret Lane Cemetery

Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA

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    Coordinates: 36.07390, -79.10940
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Location: On Lots 233 and 234 in west Hillsborough at the SE intersection of West Margaret Lane and Hillsborough Avenue. The cemetery is bounded on the east by Occoneechee Street.

Additional information: In 2005, magnificent trees, daylilies and periwinkle still flourish on the beautiful high site. A low stone wall once enclosed the cemetery on the west and north sides with the entrance on the west. Various brick tombs above ground, a number of obelisks, and handsome gravestones are remembered as having stood here in 1918. A single iron-railed Johnson Family enclosure survives on the boundry line as does one fallen obelisk and a fallen stone in the northern part of the cemetery. Other bases of stones are hidden in the grass. Mr. Clyde W Whitted, Sr has supplied the names of six other persons known to be buried here; various members of the Browder And David Payne families are also known to be buried here.

No record was found of the disposition of these two 5/8 acre lots which were sold on October 10, 1854 by the town commissioners and it is likely that Peter Browne Ruffin, the chief landowner and employer in the area, acquired these as a burial ground for his own servants and those of the Cadwallader Jones, Sr family of nearby 'West Hill.' It is probable that a black cemetery existed here before 1854. If black trustees were ever appointed no record has survived. It seems apparent that the cemetery was well-filled by the 1920s and 1930s, although nearly all the stones have been removed.

GPS Coordinates: 36 04 26.0 N 79 06 34.0 W





Location: On Lots 233 and 234 in west Hillsborough at the SE intersection of West Margaret Lane and Hillsborough Avenue. The cemetery is bounded on the east by Occoneechee Street.

Additional information: In 2005, magnificent trees, daylilies and periwinkle still flourish on the beautiful high site. A low stone wall once enclosed the cemetery on the west and north sides with the entrance on the west. Various brick tombs above ground, a number of obelisks, and handsome gravestones are remembered as having stood here in 1918. A single iron-railed Johnson Family enclosure survives on the boundry line as does one fallen obelisk and a fallen stone in the northern part of the cemetery. Other bases of stones are hidden in the grass. Mr. Clyde W Whitted, Sr has supplied the names of six other persons known to be buried here; various members of the Browder And David Payne families are also known to be buried here.

No record was found of the disposition of these two 5/8 acre lots which were sold on October 10, 1854 by the town commissioners and it is likely that Peter Browne Ruffin, the chief landowner and employer in the area, acquired these as a burial ground for his own servants and those of the Cadwallader Jones, Sr family of nearby 'West Hill.' It is probable that a black cemetery existed here before 1854. If black trustees were ever appointed no record has survived. It seems apparent that the cemetery was well-filled by the 1920s and 1930s, although nearly all the stones have been removed.

GPS Coordinates: 36 04 26.0 N 79 06 34.0 W





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