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| Bellevue Cemetery (incomplete) Transcribed by Lisa Lawrence Hudson October 2003 Columbus County, NC  |
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| Bellevue Cemetery is an African
American
Cemetery located in Chadbourn, NC. The burial ground has been used for
approximately 100 years by African Americans with ties to the Chadbourn
and surrounding communities. It is situated in the center of a secluded
wooded area surrounded by pine trees with a dirt road leading into the
burial ground. The dirt path completely encircles the original site,
however, recently new trees have been cleared for additional plots. The
graveyard has been well kept during recent years, but many grave
markers have been lost. Death records for my family reveal that often
family members acted as 'undertaker' and buried their own kin within a
day or two of the death. This researcher believes that this is the same
cemetery previously referred to as "Yates Colored Cemetery", and the
"Chadbourn Colored Cemetery" according to death certificates, but have
as yet been unable to definitively conclude this as fact. Naomi L Daniels 1900 - 1994 George Yates 1907 - 1976 Mable S Yates 2/14/1910 - 5/15/1986 Ada L Leggett; Died 9/28/1979 Ellis A Yates 4/9/1900 - 5/6/1982 Lavern R Lawrence 1909 - 1997 Mary L Smith 11/04/1938 - 2/13/1988 Hattie M Lawrence 1/15/1900 - 2/14/1988 John Sr Mitchell Lawrence 10/07/1873 - 2/26/1966 Louisa Lawrence (date illegible) Mary B Lawrence 1902 - 1995 Horace B Lawrence 8/15/1899 - 4/4/1965 James Edward Lawrence 12/25/1921 - 06/12/1958; NC PFC 653 QM Truck Co WW2 Sylvia Livingston Brinkley 9/4/1894 - 2/23/1967 Callis N Brinkley 5/22/1877 - 2/26/1962 Johnnie Waitus Lawrence 4/23/1921 - 7/13/1964; Staff Sgt. WWII Wilson Lawrence Died 2/2/1976 JoAnn Yates 8/18/1865 - 1/5/1949; Asleep in Jesus Paul Lawrence 7/22/1894 - 4/22/1931 Jacob D Lawrence 9/8/1906 - 4/2/1937; A Dear Husband |
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