It's very common in Eastern North Carolina for the family graveyard to be
very close to the main house. That was certainly the case at Foscue
Plantation, both for the extant 1820's house and earlier "archaeological"
house. Great resource:

Little, M. Ruth

1998    *Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers*.
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.


Laura Seifert

Chairperson, Savannah Heritage Emergency Response
http://sheronline.info



> -----Original Message-----
> > From: Linda Derry <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tue, Jan 8, 2013 10:22 am
> > Subject: Plantation Cemeteries
> >
> >
> > I would love to hear from others working in the old antebellum cotton
> > belt in the U.S. about cemeteries on big plantations.
> >
> > Up to this point I've been working mainly with graveyards within the
> > boundaries of former towns or villages, but am now turning my
> > attention to some nearby plantations, and am repeatedly finding that
> > logging, farming and/or road crews have "relocated" gravestones into
> > ravines, separating them from their original graves.  After much
> > thought, I toying with the idea of trying to help these relatively
> > intact grave markers find their way back to their graves -- especially
> > after reading some wills with heartfelt instructions about the
> construction and care of these same burial places).
> >
> > So, I am wondering if anyone on  HISTARC can recommend some literature
> > that contains discussions of a predictive model that speaks about the
> > relationship of the family cemetery relative to the "Big House."
> >
> >   Because of the task at hand I'm talking here mainly about the
> > plantation owner's family burial ground  but I would also like to hear
> > if there is some predictability in the location of the burials of
> > enslaved inhabitants of these
> > plantations)
> >
> > Any incidental knowledge based on experience would also be
> > appreciated.  Mostly, I am wondering if there a consistent
> > relationship between the two (mansion and burial ground), or not?
> >
> > I know there are survey archaeologists out there in the South that
> > that have noticed a pattern, and am hoping you will answer my question.
> >
> > Linda Derry
> > Site Director
> > Old Cahawba
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> > Selma, AL 36701
> > ph. 334/875-2529
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