Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery

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Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery
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LocationSR 1843, near Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°51′10″N80°13′3″W / 35.85278°N 80.21750°W / 35.85278; -80.21750
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
MPS Anglo-German Cemeteries TR
NRHP reference No. 84002145 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 10, 1984

Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery is a historic church cemetery located near Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It is associated with Pilgrim Reformed Church, founded about 1757 by a man of the name Valentine Leonhardt. The cemetery contains approximately 350 burials, with the earliest gravestone dated to 1781. It features a unique collection of folk gravestones crafted by local stonecutters, erected in Davidson County in the late 18th and first half of the 19th centuries. [2] The church was the first Pilgrim church in North Carolina.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Ruth Little (July 1983). "Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
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