Beaufort Old Burying Ground
Located on NC's Southern Outer Banks on the Crystal Coast.Nestled in the 400 block of Ann Street in Beaufort's Historic District, the oldest of the town's cemeteries was established in the early 1700s and was closed by the General Assembly in 1825, fully occupied. The town disagreed, however, and continued burying its loved ones there until the early 1900s. Old Burying Ground inhabitants include a child who died at sea and was buried in a keg of rum, the great NC privateer Capt. Otway Burns and the crew of the Crissie Wright who died when their great schooner went aground at Shackleford Banks during a January storm in 1886. On the National Register of Historic Places, the Old Burying Ground tells many stories of colonial life in Beaufort, NC's third oldest town. Tours of the Old Burying Ground are offered by the Beaufort Historic Site from June through September on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
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Location: 400 Block Ann Street, PO Box 1709, Beaufort, NC 28516
Latitude: 34° 43' 5.8794" N
Longitude: -76° 39' 52.5594" W
Email: beauforthistoricsite@earthlink.net
Business: (252) 728-5225
Toll Free U.S.: (800) 575-7483
Business: http://www.beauforthistoricsite.org
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