Geer Cemetery materials, 1989.

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Geer Cemetery materials, 1989.

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Volume compiled by R. Kelly Bryant containing photocopies of materials relating to Geer Cemetery in Durham, N.C. The purpose of the volume was to raise support for a project aimed at ensuring maintenance of the cemetery and reseaching its history. Geer Cemetery was a principal burial ground for the city's African-American population from the 1870s through the 1930s. It apparently had ties to the White Rock Baptist Church.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Geer Cemetery (Durham, N.C.)

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White Rock Baptist Church (Durham, N.C.)

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The White Rock Baptist Church was founded in Durham, N.C., in 1866. From the description of White Rock Baptist Church records, 1880s-1980s. WorldCat record id: 40074899 The White Rock Baptist Church was founded in 1866 in Durham, N.C., by two clergymen, the Reverend Zuck Horton and the Reverend Samuel Daddy Hunt, who organized the church in the home of Margaret Maggie Faucette. As the membership grew, the Church moved from the Faucette home at the corner of Pett...