Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	SR 1743, near Thomasville, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°0′20″N 80°5′1″W / 36.00556°N 80.08361°WCoordinates: 36°0′20″N 80°5′1″W / 36.00556°N 80.08361°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architect	Clodfelter, Joseph
MPS	Anglo-German Cemeteries TR
NRHP Reference #	84001982[1]
Added to NRHP	July 10, 1984

Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery is a historic Primitive Baptist church cemetery near Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina. There are approximately 450 gravestones, with the earliest headstone dating to 1795. Around one dozen unmarked field stones may date even earlier. The 351 locally manufactured gravestones makes it the largest such group in Davidson County, North Carolina. All of the epitaphs are inscribed in English because of the English and Scotch-Irish settlers who were members of the church. This was in spite of the headstones being cut by local German stonecutters.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Ruth Little (June 1983). "Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.