Collection Timeline

1798 to 2015

1798
City Cemetery gate
Monuments overlooking the African-American section of City Cemetery
The African-American section of City Cemetery

1811
Monument dedicated to Cato

1872
Mount Hope Cemetery

1873
Oberlin Cemetery Raleigh Historic Landmark plaque and National Register of Historic Places plaque
Oberlin Cemetery
Long shot of Oak Grove Cemetery
View of the center of Oak Grove Cemetery
Ligon family headstone

1875
Lincolnville Cemetery Entrance
Commemorative Headstone for Lincolnville AME Church Original Cemetery
Lincolnville Cemetery #2- Former Site
Lincolnville Cemetery #2- Former Site

1891
Grave markers of Chanie O' Kelly and Lafayette Ligon

1904
Long shot of the Purefoy cemetery (Black)
Headstone of Fannie Harris
Unknown headstone
Unknown fieldstone

1914
Headstone of Luke Hill

1920
Entrance to Hillcrest Cemetery
Hillcrest Cemetery

1922
Headstone of John T. Turner and his daughter Lula

1925
Headstone of Octoria Wilder
Headstone of Lizzie Harris and funeral marker of Ruffian Booze

1931
Berry O'Kelly headstone

1934
Dr. Manassa T. Pope headstone
Dr. Manassa T. Pope grave marker

1947
James E Shepard grave marker
Shepard family headstone

1960
Calvin Lightner grave marker

1963
James Sumner Lee grave marker

1964
Headstones of Anna Julia Cooper and husband George A.C. Cooper
Anna Julia Cooper headstone

1982
Mollie Huston Lee Burial site

1991
Monument dedicated to the African-Americans buried in City Cemetery

2002
Clarence Lightner grave marker

2013
George and Ruby Greene headstone

2015
Lincolnville Cemetery #2 headstone