Memorials : 0
Location : Morganton, Burke County, USA
Description : This cemetery is no longer in existence. It was located near present day Slade's Chapel. Local historians believe, however, that some of the bodies were never moved. There were two A.M.E. churches in this area in 1886; Slades and Bethel. The cemetery was on the edge of a large gulley called "Break-neck", and in the summer of 1886, heavy rains caused an area of 50 to 75 feet of the graveyard to be washed away. Coffins were exposed and some of the graves apparently slid into the gulley. News reports in the Morganton Star state that 15... Read More

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