Information on the cemeteries of Durham County can be found in multiple places online. Some cemeteries have been highlighted below. If you do not see your cemetery listed below, check out these other listings:
Cemetery Census
Findagrave.com
Durham County USGenWeb archives
Durham County USGenWeb Tombstone project
**NEW** North Carolina Digital Collections – WPA Historical Records Surveys
If you would like to contribute a transcription or photographs you have taken to the Durham County USGenWeb page, please contact us.
Adcock Family Cemetery – Listings can be found at FindAGrave.com and a survey can be found on Cemetery-Census. This cemetery has been surveyed, but not yet photographed. There are 17 headstones. This cemetery is located on the west side of Adcock Road (SR1621) just north of Ellis Chapel Road in Mangum Township of Durham County North Carolina. It is on private property.
Addison Family Cemetery – Survey of about 99 headstone markers posted to Cemetery-Census; Selected photos can be found at the listing on FindAGrave.com. This cemetery has been surveyed, but not yet photographed. There are about 99 headstones. This cemetery is located in Oak Grove township of Durham County North Carolina.
Addison Mangum Family Cemetery – Located in Mangum Township on the right side of Bahama Road (SR 1607) one mile east of Lake Michie Bridge and about 1200 feet north of Ellis Chapel Road (SR 1616). Coordinates: 36d 11m 08.0s N; 78d 49m 52.0s W. This cemetery is maintained but unused and contains about 10 graves of black and white people. It is inclosed by a rock wall and boxwood. Markers are dated from 1873 to 1957. Canvassed by Mildred Harris and Mark and Dan Coulter (1981). Addison Mangum was a captain in the Civil War, a merchant, farmer, postmaster, and lawyer. A 2-room law office structure stands near the road. Addison Mangum Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Amey Family Cemetery – Abandoned cemetery on Page Road across from Henderson Grove Church. Survey of 3 markers can be found at Cemetery-Census; photographed on FindAGrave.com.
Anderson Family Cemetery – Well maintained cemetery located on private property at 7402 Herndon Road in Durham, Durham County. Grave marker information can be found at both Cemetery-Census and FindAGrave.com.
Anderson-Groudulph Families Cemetery – Abandoned cemetery near Chapel Hill and Anderson Streets in Durham.
Andrews Chapel and Cozart Family Cemetery – Selected photos of about 100 graves are available from Cemetery-Census and FindAGrave.com. Survey done by Sandra Jean Cooley Nackab posted to the Durham County, NC USGenWeb Archives
Atkins Family Cemetery – Selected photos of about 25 graves are available from Cemetery-Census and FindAGrave.com.
Bailey Family Cemetery – Abandoned cemetery located Carr Township on Boyce Mill Road (SR 1807).
Barbee’s Chapel Church Cemetery – Located on Kipley Drive in Durham, just about a mile from Farrington Road. It is located about 100 ft. in the woods. Cemetery-Census has a survey of 82 graves, FindAGrave.com has a survey of 87 graves.
Barbee Cemetery, Christopher and William – Located on the former Meadowmont estate of the DuBose Family, north of Route 54 east of Chapel Hill.
Barbee, George W Family – Located in Triangle Township on Alston Avenue near NC 55 at Wake County line.
Barbee, Gray family – Located in Durham behind the Wachovia Bank building on Salem Street at Angier Avenue. Survey of 6 graves.
Barbee, H. Tyler family – Located in Triangle Township on Jack Barbee Homeplace on Barbee Road about one mile south of NC 54. Survey of 6 graves.
Barbee, John and Sallie family – Located in Triangle Township about 100 feet from front of property at 825 Ellis Road. Cemetery survey and pictures of 25 graves.
Barbee, W. A. family – Located in Durham and surrounded by the Royal Oaks Apartments on Cornwallis Road (south of Riddle Road, east of Fayetteville Street, and west of Alston Avenue). Survey of 11 graves.
Barbee -Herndon Family cemetery This abandoned cemetery is located in Triangle Township behind the G. A. Barbee Homeplace on the east side of Fayetteville Road across railroad. Survey of 12 graves.
Bass Family Cemetery – Also known as Milton Road Cemetery. Located in Lebanon Township about 400 feet behind a house at 5614 Willow Drive, Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.09426, -78.92036. Bass Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Beechwood Cemetery – photos available at BillionGraves.com. In 1926, the City of Durham created Beechwood Cemetery to consolidate the overfilling and neglected black cemeteries in the city: Violet Park, Geer Cemetery, Fitzgerald Cemetery and Hickstown Cemetery. Many interments were moved from these cemeteries to Beechwood. Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.95920, -78.91280. Beechwood Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Old Barnett Blalock Cemetery / Blalock-Chambers Families – Survey posted to the Durham Co., NC USGenWeb Archives. All photos are available from Cemetery-Census and Find-A-Grave.
Belvins Cemetery – This site contains two cemeteries, a small one believed to be the Belvin family’s and a larger one begun as a slave cemetery and continued by their descendants. An unknown number of graves are marked by field stones, a few have inscribed markers. Canvassed (but not recorded) by Lucille Glenn (1982). Located in Oak Grove Township behind an abandoned house on the Red Mill Nursery property off Hamlin Road, Durham County, North Carolina. Belvins Cemetery in North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Benjamin Herndon Family Cemetery – On west side of Herndon Road just south of intersection with Ainsley Court Road. This abandoned and vandalized cemetery has at least nine identifiable graves. Canvassed by Nannie Mae Herndon (1981). Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.89611, -78.92889. Benjamin Herndon Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Bennahan Family Cemetery – This cemetery is located near the front yard of the plantation house at Historic Stagville, 5828 Old Oxford Highway, Durham, NC 27712 and contains three gravestones surrounded by a beautiful high rock fence. Mangum Township, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.11964, -78.83638. Bennahan Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Bennett-Neal Family Cemetery – Also known as Bennitt Family Cemetery. This Cemetery is located on the North side of Bennett Memorial Road and East of Neal Road. This cemetery contains the graves of James and Nancy Leigh Bennett of the Famous Bennett Place. There are only 2 surviving markers and at least 6 or 8 field stone markers. Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.02983, -78.97230. Bennett-Neal Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Berea Baptist Church Cemetery – Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.93052, -78.91784. Berea Baptist Church Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery – 245 Bethany Church Rd, Rougemont, Durham County, North Carolina. *No GPS coordinates. Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Rougemont, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery – Bethesda, Durham County, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.94269, -78.83829. Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery in Bethesda, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Blackwood Cemetery – Durham County, North Carolina. *No GPS coordinates. Blackwood Cemetery in North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Blalock-Chambers Families Cemetery – Also known as County Line Road Cemetery. Mangum Township, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.23830, -78.94290. Blalock-Chambers Families Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Blalock-Copley-Tilley Cemetery – This cemetery has been surveyed and posted online to the Durham Co., NC USGenWeb Archives and CemeteryCensus.com. Many photos of headstones have been posted to Find-A-Grave. There are about 42 headstones. This cemetery is located on Range Road (State Road 1610) in Mangum Township of Durham County North Carolina. It is located near the Granville County Line. Blalock-Copley Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Bowling Family Cemetery – From Red Mountain Road turn South onto Hampton Road and go .3 mile. The path will be on your right. Go up that path another .1 mile, you come to a cable in the path. This begins the property of NCSU Hill Forest. From the cable walk up the path 120 yards and turn right for 36 more yards to the cemetery. Mangum Township, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.21937, -78.88198. Bowling Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Brammer Bass Family Cemetery – This cemetery is located 1 mile from the road, deep in private property. Please obtain prior permission to visit this cemetery. While commonly called the Brammaer Bass cemetery, this is also the final resting place of his parents and grandparents. This is an African American / Native American cemetery. 3102 Red Mountain Road, Durham County, North Carolina. Brammer Bass Family Cemetery in North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Briggs-Medlin Family Cemetery – Also known as Medlin Family Cemetery. Location: In Durham off the north side of South Miami Boulevard (NC 70) across from East End Avenue. Additional information: This abandoned cemetery was surveyed by Lucille Glenn in 1981 and Amanda Cooke Hatfield in March 2009. There are about 32 graves with markers dating from 1892 to 1972. GPS Coordinates: 35 58 36.2 N 78 51 11.9 W. Briggs – Medlin Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Brinkley Family Cemetery – Also known as Coley-Gulley Family Cemetery, Gullie Cemetery. Carr Township, Durham County, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.97500, -78.74133. Brinkley Family Cemetery in Carr Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Bumpass-Terry Family Cemetery – Bahama, Durham County, North Carolina. *No GPS coordinates. Bumpass-Terry Family Cemetery in Bahama, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
C.F. Pickett Family Cemetery – This cemetery is a small island in the upper parking lot of Colony Road Professional Center. Its three marked graves are endangered by open exposure. Canvassed by Jeff Upchurch (1980). Coordinates: 35.97696, -78.96024. C. F. Pickett Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cains Chapel Baptist Church -Lebanon Township, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.12359, -78.94406. Cains Chapel Baptist Church in Lebanon Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Calah N. Harri- s Family Cemetery – Located in Oak Grove Township in back of houses across from Merrick-Moore School on Ellington Street. Coordinates: 36.00296, -78.85267. Calah N Harris Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery – This African American Church is located on Burton Road, just off Geer Street. It is kept well and still in use today. Coordinates: 36.03851, -78.81685. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery in Gorman, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cameron Family Cemetery – Located on Fairntosh Plantation Off Old Oxford Hwy. The land that the cemetery sits was deeded to the Cameron Family. There are 12 marked graves inside an iron fence and stone foundation wall. Coordinates: 36.10669, -78.84094. Cameron Family Cemetery in Fairntosh, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cameron Grove Baptist Church Cemetery -Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.03280, -78.87990. Cameron Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cameron Grove Cemetery – This African American Cemetery is located on Southern Research property just off Old Oxford Hwy. This is thought to have been the cemetery for 1000’s of slaves from the old Cameron Plantation. It is also known as the Little River Cemetery. This is just a small number of the actual burials that are in Cameron Grove. Many names and dates have come from the Durham County Death Certificates. Coordinates: 36.09876, -78.85093. Cameron Grove Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cannady Family Cemetery – In Mangum Township one-quarter mile off South Lowell Road, one mile north of Guess Road, and west of the north fork of Little River behind a house known as the Old Coggin House. This is an abandoned burial ground is believed to contain 17 graves, many of which are thought to be slaves of Dr. Cannady. Mangum Township, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.15111, -78.94472. Cannady Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Carlton Family Cemetery – Carlton family cemetery in Hope Valley Farms, Durham, NC, near Carlton Crossing Dr. 4512 Alderbrook Lane, Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.94001, -78.93142. Carlton Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Carrington Cemetery -Hampton, Durham County, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.21970, -78.84690. Carrington Cemetery in Hampton, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Castle Family Cemetery – Located in Oak Grove Township beside a drive leading to Baldwin’s Pond north of Service Road and south of I-85. This abandoned cemetery has at least 13 marked graves and may have more as there are dips in the ground. It is very overgrown. Coordinates: 36.03637, -78.82648. Castle Family Cemetery in Oak Grove Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cedar Forks Cemetery– Survey at Durham County USGenWeb Archives . To see some selected photos, check out this cemetery at CemeteryCensus.com. Photos are also available at BillionGraves.com
Cedar Hill Cemetery – Also known as Erwin Cotton Mill Cemetery, Hickstown Cemetery. This Abandoned Cemetery is known by 3 names: Cedar Hill, Hickstown, and Erwin Cotton Mill Cemetery. It was established in 1893 by Erwin Cotton Mill as a burial place for it’s Employee’s. and their families. The last burial was in 1975 and contains over 200 graves. When Erwin Cotton Mills was sold to Burlington Industries, the responsibility for the cemetery was given to the Knights of the Pythias. Today this Cemetery is very overgrown. It had been vandalized and many of the stones are now on the ground. Coordinates: 36.01633, -78.94143. Cedar Hill Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Chapel Hill Kehillah Cemetery – In the northeast corner of Markham Memorial Gardens, located on the north side of Trenton Road (SR 2282) about a quarter of a mile from its intersection with the 4600 block of Farrington Road (which is just north of the Farrington Road bridge over I-40). Coordinates: 35.93091, -78.98338. Chapel Hill Kehillah Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Charlie Crabtree Family Cemetery – Located in Mangum Township one mile south of Roxboro Road (NC 501) on the east side of South Lowell Road near the old Lawrence Crabtree Homeplace. Coordinates: 36.17111, -78.92200. Charlie Crabtree Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cheek-Glenn Family Cemetery – Also known as Glenn-Cheek Family Cemetery. Coordinates: 36.01862, -78.86676. Cheek-Glenn Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Christopher and William Barber Family Cemetery – Also known as Barbee Cemetery. Location: On the former Meadowmont estate of the DuBose Family east of Chapel Hill, one-half mile north of Route 54 on Meadowmont Lane, right onto DuBose Home Lane. The facility is private, and permission should be requested in advance to visit the cemetery (McLean Hall, 150 DuBose Home Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, [919]913-2098. Additional information: When Milton Forsyth surveyed this cemetery in March 1996, there were two marked graves and approximately eighteen graves marked by field stones or depressions which are clearly family burials. It is reasonable to believe William’s father, Christopher (Kit) Barbee and his wife, are buried here, as this was known as ‘Barbee’s Mountain’ and was their home. There is a second burial area of about 100 graves which are probably slave burials. The State intends to preserve the cemetery. Christopher Barbee was the major donor of land for the university; William was both steward and superintendent of grounds for the university. GPS Coordinates: 35 54 53.0 N 78 59 38.0 W. Christopher and William Barbee Family Cemetery in Triangle Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Clayton Family Graves – Nine members of the Clayton family are buried in front of a trailer house just inside the Durham County’s border with Wake County, along Andrews Chapel Road. Coordinates: 35.92406, -78.78457. Clayton Family Graves in Carr Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Clinton-Duke-Woods Family Cemetery – Located in Durham about 500 feet north of house at 1001 Chalk Level Road at Shaftsbury Drive. Coordinates: 36.05093, -78.91826. Clinton-Duke-Woods Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Coggin Family Cemetery – Located in Mangum Township (Durham County) in a grove of trees in the middle of a 90-acre field of the Old Coggin Homeplace one-quarter mile east of South Lowell Road, one and one-half mile north of Guess Road, and north of the north fork of Little River. This abandoned cemetery has at least eight graves dating from 1803 to 1911 and enclosed by a native rock wall. Coordinates: 36.16359, -78.94688. Coggin Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Cook Family Cemetery – Also known as George & Martha Cook Family Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery. Located in Durham in the Riddle Heights area. Ardmore Drive
Durham, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.95167, -78.91860. Cook Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Copley Cemetery – Survey of this cemetery posted to the Durham County USGenWeb Archives page. Also see Vaughan-Copley-Ellis Family cemetery survey posted at Cemetery-Census.com. This cemetery has not been photographed.
Copley-Jeffreys Family Cemetery – This small Family Cemetery is located behind the old Jack Ennis Grocery Store {1002 East Geer Street}. There are about 25 to 30 graves, but only 10 markers. It is very overgrown. Coordinates: 36.00343, -78.87623. Copley-Jeffreys Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Couch Family Cemetery – On Longwood Drive, between Oakwood and Pinebrook. Coordinates: 35.93141, -78.93909. Couch Family Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Crabtree Family Cemetery – Located on Cheek Road across from Faith Baptist Church. Coordinates: 36.01419, -78.82369. Crabtree Family Cemetery in Oak Grove Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Crabtree-James Family Cemetery – Located in Mangum Township on land owned by North Carolina State University on Quail Roost Road (SR 1615). Additional information: This maintained cemetery has two inscribed gravestones. It is near the site of Gibbs Mill, later known as Crabtree Mill, on the Flat River. Surveyed by Mildred Harris in 1981. Coordinates: 36.17780, -78.87250. Crabtree-James Family Cemetery in Mangum Township, North Carolina – Find a Grave Cemetery
Glenview Cemetery – photos available online at BillionGraves.com.
Lynn Crossroads Community Cemetery– All photos are available from Cemetery-Census and Find-A-Grave. (Note: the actual photos posted to these two sites were taken by different people, therefore the angles and quality differ between them. Make sure to check out both sites!)
Weatherspoon Cemetery– All photos are available from Cemetery-Census