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Old Indian Burial Ground [1]

An article in The Daily Charlotte Observer says that a four year old African-American child's body had been dug up, and several bodies had been buried there recently. Location is "100 yards north of the bridge over Sugar Creek" near Villa Heights.

 

Documentation

(1) The Daily Charlotte Observer, 6/4/1903, p. 5 [2]. 

Address: 
east of downtown Charlotte
City: 
Charlotte
State: 
NC
Organization Affiliation: 
Other
Exhibit & Section: 
Cemeteries of Mecklenburg County [3]
Cemeteries [4]
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PDF icon The_Charlotte_Observer_Thu__Jun_4__1903_.pdf [2]
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Cemetery Name: 
Old Indian Burial Ground
County Quadrant: 
Southeast Quadrant

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Links
[1] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/cemeteries-mecklenburg-county-cemeteries/old-indian-burial-ground [2] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/file_uploads/The_Charlotte_Observer_Thu__Jun_4__1903_.pdf [3] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/cemeteries-mecklenburg-county [4] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/cemeteries