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045    MORGAN, SOLOMON [CH88.2]

Location - Chapel Hill, Orange County. 200 feet south of SR 1900, Old Mason Farm Road, and east of Morgan Creek, in Finley Golf Course area

Coordinates: 35d 53m 46.0s N; 79d 06m 22.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In the 1970's, the Corps of Engineers reinterred 2 graves from Chatham County Site 1805-C, to the Mason Family Cemetery, Finley Golf Course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. See Corps of Engineers Final Report for Relocation of Cemeteries, Group III, B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake, North Carolina, page 4 and Drawing Exhibit D, Sheet 15 of 15.

On 5 April 1992, Will M. Heiser found iron fence around 2 graves with plaque on the fence which reads:

"Graves of Solomon Morgan, d. 1847 and his wife Ann Morgan, d. 1851, Parents of
Mary Elizabeth Mason."

Topo Quadrant: Chapel Hill.
Family owned: Yes.
Maintained and in use: Yes.
Number of graves: 2.
Cemetery size: 16' x 12'.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Iron fence.
Enclosed conditions: Good.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 2.
Last burial: 1851.
First burial: 1847.
Significant events: Solomon and Ann Morgan were parents of Mary Elizabeth Mason.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 5 April 1992.

1. Morgan, Ann   (b. Unknown - d. 1851)
Wife of Solomon Morgan. Reinterred from Chatham Co. Cemetery (L48.1) by Corps of Engineers.
2. Morgan, Solomon   (b. Unknown - d. 1847)
Husband of Ann Morgan. Reinterred from Chatham Co. Cemetery (L48.1) by Corps of Engineers.