Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

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Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
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LocationSR 1973, near Cleveland, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°45′39″N80°41′4″W / 35.76083°N 80.68444°W / 35.76083; -80.68444
Area18.2 acres (7.4 ha)
Built1835
ArchitectLyles, D.; Austin, H.
NRHP reference No. 83001912 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1983

Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] [2]

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History

The congregation was founded in 1751 and the first meeting house was located in the center of what is now the cemetery. The current church building was constructed in 1835. It is a two-story, brick building. Also on the property is the Session House, a one-story gabled roof weather-boarded log building also dating from 1835. [2]

Gravesites

The earliest surviving gravestones in the cemetery date from 1776. One notable burial is James Graham Ramsay (1823–1903). [3]

The most famous and unique gravesite is of a thin tombstone enclosed in a brick box with glass for viewing that is believed to be of French military commander Marshal Michel Ney who served in Napoleon Bonaparte's army during the Napoleonic Wars. Conspiracy theorists say Ney was living under the false name "Peter Stuart Ney" as the town's schoolteacher. The plaque reads, "In Memory of Peter Stewart Ney a native of France and soldier of the French Revolution under Napoleon Bonaparte who departed this life November 15th, 1846 aged 77 years." [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Historical Sketches of the Third Creek Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Divity Archive. 1937.
  3. Davyd Foard Hood and Michael Hill (n.d.). "Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  4. "The Tale of the Two Neys". YouTube .