Hillsborough in Orange County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

St. Matthew's Churchyard

Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 12, 2019

1. St. Matthew's Churchyard Marker

Inscription.
This historic churchyard unifies five tracts of land given between 1824 and 1934 by Thomas Carter Ruffin and his Cameron family descendants. The pathway system and Memorial Garden were added in 2007 through the generosity of parishioners.

The Memorial Garden altar holds the marble top used in the church prior to 1891 and re-consecrated to the glory of God by Bishop Michael B. Curry on October 14, 2007.

Rector: The Rev. N. Brooks Graebner • Pathway & Memorial Garden design: David Swanson, RLA, ASLA • Planning committee: Kenneth Garrison, Chair • Project supervisor: David Hecht

Blessed are the dead who do in the Lord;
even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their their labors.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1824.

Location. 36° 4.595′ N, 79° 5.718′ W. Marker is in Hillsborough, North Carolina, in Orange County. It can be reached from St. Marys Road (County Road 1002) east of North Cameron Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

address: 210 St Marys Rd, Hillsborough NC 27278, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and in the Research Triangle.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Alexander Dickson House (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Alexander Dickson House (about 700 feet away); Moses A. Curtis (approx. ¼ mile away); Thomas Ruffin (approx. ¼ mile away); Orange County Courthouse, 1845-1957 (approx. ¼ mile away); Thomas Burke (approx. ¼ mile away); Lynching In America / The Lynching of Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Daniel Morrow (approx. ¼ mile away); J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map

Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 12, 2019

2. St. Matthew's Churchyard Marker

of all markers in Hillsborough.

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and Churchyard, image. Click for more information.

via NPS, unknown

3. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and Churchyard,

National Register of Historic Placed website entry
Click for more information.

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church image. Click for full size.

Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 12, 2019

4. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Built in 1826, it and the churchyard are on the National Register of Historical Places.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 7, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 327 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 7, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on December 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on December 29, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on December 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.