Cemeteries
Photo Credit: Old fieldstone headstone in African American section of Mill Creek Cemetery. Photo by Henderson County Black History Research Group
Cemeteries
Standford Chapel AME Zion
After the church moved from Edwards Mountain to Salisbury Road in Edneyville, there was dispute over who owned the old ...
Overview of Slavery in Henderson County
The first report of an African American in Henderson County is from 1790. The number of slaves grew to 1,382 ...
Oakland Cemetery (Flat Rock)
There are two Henderson County cemeteries named “Oakland” where Blacks are buried. This article provides details on the Oakland cemetery ...
Slave Cemeteries in Clear Creek
Two slave cemeteries, with graves marked by elongated fieldstones, have been located around Clear Creek. Slaves were sometimes buried at ...
Slave Graves at St. John in the Wilderness Church
St. John in the Wilderness Church has about 100 graves of slaves, freed men and women, and African American servants ...
Black Cemeteries
Some of the many African American cemeteries in Henderson county have disappeared over the years. Others are being restored. https://www.blueridgenow.com/article/NC/20050223/news/606079976/HT ...
Mill Pond and Free Blacks
Mill Pond and Free Blacks Some black residents who are having difficulties tracing their family to the period before the ...
Ashes to Ashes A Spoken Word by Crystal Cauley
Poem by Crystal Cauley Interpretative dance and video produced by Indian Jackson Courtesy of Black History Collective of Henderson County, ...
Black Cemeteries Article
Johnnie Washington looks at the gravestone of Mary Maxwell at a cemetery on Green Mountain in Fruitland. It is believed ...
Hendersonville NC African American Burials
These records contain 2,462 funeral records of burials performed by Pilgrim Funeral Home during the period 1941 – 2001. There ...
