The Chavis Family portion of the Pleasant Grove UMC Cemetery featured in our most recent  newsletter (page 3), is currently undergoing clean up and preservation by church volunteers. The clean up effort is largely complete. The volunteer group is moving on to preservation. Interested members of the public are invited to a tombstone repair demonstration conducted by Doug Compton with the NC African American Cemeteries Network. When:  Saturday, July 18, at 10 am Where:  Pleasant Grove UMC,  4415 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Raleigh, NC 27613 What: Live Tombstone Repair Demonstration Who:  Doug Compton, the NC African American Cemeteries Network Details from the Pleasant Grove UMC Church Newsletter below: There’s no “A” in Cemetery An historic cemetery like the one at Pleasant Grove UMC offers clues and links to the past beyond what can be read on tombstones. Doug Compton with the NC African American Cemeteries Network has learned to follow the clues left over the ...

There is a  Black cemetery section at Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery in Raleigh.  This cemetery is the resting place for several members of a Chavis family who lived on the land adjacent to the Pleasant Grove Church. The family were Free Persons of Color.  Graves within the Chavis cemetery appear below.   Click image to view larger Headstones read left to right - Richard, son of Anderson and Tabitha Chavis, Mar.15, 1842-Jan.8, 1914; Rhoda, Wife of Richard Chavis, (B&D are illegible); Small stone marked ACR (no dates) A committee of PGUMC church members intend to clean and preserve this portion of the cemetery with an eye to restoration and historical significance.  They are seeking volunteers to help with their efforts. Seeking descendants of this Chavis family,  willing hearts,  and helping hands for a cleanup day. Saturday, April 25, 9 am to 1 pm. at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church 4415 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Raleigh 27613 Direct ques...

A reprint of the article, " Cemetery Cleanup and Preservation - Wake County Resources " from the Summer 2024 issue of the Wake Genealogy Watch has been permantently added to the Wake Cemterey Survey Image Project page of our website. The article contains an expansive list of resources for care of a cemetery, ways to find helping hands, guidance in researching the owner and the historical significance of the cemetery, experts avaliable locally and guidance for proper restoration techniques.  Please visit this page if you have questions about getting started or proper technique or other places to look for cemeteries listed in Wake County.  The cemetery of  the former Six Forks Baptist Church at 9130 Baileywick Road in North Raleigh, is badly in need of preservation. Note the tipped and broken stones.  Visit Wake County Genealogical Society's Website  -  Homepage   |  WCGS Events  |  Join WCGS  |  Journal  |  Wake Ceme...

The Summer 2024 Issue (Vol. 7 Issue 4) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. You can visit the  WCGS website   or access through this link -  Wake Genealogy Watch, Summer 2024 .    Features in this issue include: Our updated slate of officers for the WCGS Board of Directors Past president Carla Stancil reflects on the progress and challenges faced by our society during her tenure. Ed Morris, retired executive director of the Wake Forest Historical Museum, shares his vast knowledge of Major General Calvin Jones, M.D. of Wake Forest. You will be amazed at his many accomplishments and contributions to Wake County. Cynthia Gage made some very special discoveries about her ancestors using the resources at places of higher learning. She shares her tips with us. A clean up and preservation guide to help you know what to do and who to c...

Update on McCullers Cemetery: Cemetery Clean Up and Planning session For the Patriot Mathew McCullers Cemetery is scheduled Saturday, March 18, from 1-5:30pm. Optional Meet for lunch at Smithfield Chicken ‘N BBQ near the McCullers Crossroad by 11:30am Cemetery located on Donny Brook Road across 401 South/Fayetteville Road from the South Campus of Wake Tech. This is a Revolutionary War Soldier's grave site in Wake County. If you are interested in attending, please contact Holt Anderson directly. His contact info is in bold below . This is good work being done to save this and an ajoining slave cemetery. Please help if you are able.  Original post:: Holt Anderson, Joel McCullers Hobby, and Tommy Broadwell (all McCullers descendants) are in the early stages of organizing a cleanup project of the McCullers Family Cemetery in southern Wake County. They seek other descendants and interested parties to assist in planning and executing the effort to clear the site located at Donny Brook Rd...

The first clean up (Feb 18) was attended by 13 people. Good progress was made, but about half of the clean up remains to be done. Then next clean up day is scheduled on  Saturday March 11, 2023 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. This cemetery is located at 1461 Purfoy Rd. Surnames include  Barbour, Betts, Revels, Smith, Wray.   Seventeen graves are named. The earliest burial is dated 1814-1890. 1461 Purfoy Rd. Be sure to visit the Harnett County Cemtery Preservation Group on Facebook to see photos of the clean up progress and to get details for March 11. Page link:   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089072144515&mibextid=LQQJ4d Clean Up Event link:  https://fb.me/e/4cyE4borY?mibextid=RQdjqZ This cemetery is in Wake County, right in our backyard.  Visit Wake County Genealogical Society's Website  -  Homepage  |  WCGS Events  |  Join WCGS  |  Publications  |  Wake Cemetery Survey Images ...

Help and input needed for cemeteries on the Wake/Harnett County line in Fuquay area I received a request for help from Steve Koontz of the newly formed Harnett County Cemetery Preservation Group requesting help from descendants and   interested volunteers to assist in the clean up and restoration of several cemeteries on the southern county line. One has graves with the following surnames: Barbour, Betts, Revels, Smith, Wray.   Seventeen graves are named. The earliest burial is dated 1814-1890. Located near 1461 Purfoy Rd.   A clean up day was scheduled for Feb. 18 , but there may be several needed. See this Facebook post . There is a second cemetery near Fuquay that is on their list to clean up. The Stevens Family Cemetery will be scheduled for date in the near future. Please contact Steve Koontz if you can help with either of these or any other Southern Wake Cemeteries that the Harnett group has on their schedule. Steve Koontz skoontz76@aol.com Harnett County...