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Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_10 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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The coastal region boasts some of the state's oldest and most intriguing graveyards. Ihey tell of history, legend, love and loss. Personal sentiments and grand accolades are etched into mossy stones, some barely legible anymore. The cemeteries described here — in Beaufort, Cedar Island and New Bern — are within driving distance of one another, and they represent a sampling of the history and heritage that can be found among I ar Heel tombstones. Lhe guide points to a back corner of the Old Burying Ground — its northwest side — and asks what I see. Nothing, really. It looks empty. But actually, this flat, grassy ground holds some of the oldest bones in the Beaufort graveyard and is quite possibly its most crowded section, says Bennett Moss, who takes visitors on tours. Moss is chairman of the Old Burying Ground Committee for the Beaufort Historical Association, which maintains the site. Like most cemeteries, plenty of secrets and stories were buried along with bodies in the Old Burying Ground. But these tales were not lost to time in isolated Beaufort — a town estranged from the mainland during its early history. Because of its geographic isolation, people stayed in the area from generation to generation, passing along stories of the more colorful residents and visitors to the busy port. Many of these characters are interred at the Old Burying Ground. The deceptively empty-looking northwest corner is no exception to the local telltale traditions. A recent archaeological survey has confirmed that graves are there, perhaps contain- ing victims of the 1711 Tuscaroran uprising. The skulls appear cleft from blows by tomahawks, Moss says. And records of the area indicate that it had "been depopulated by the late Indian War and Massacre." "We don't know how many people Continued COASTWATCH 3

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