Oak Ridge in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Old Union Graveyard

Site of an Early Methodist Church

— Circa 1780 —

Old Union Graveyard Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 12, 2024

1. Old Union Graveyard Marker

Inscription.
Among the buried here are:

Veterans of the American Revolution
Samuel Vance, born 1726; died May 26, 1789
John Parrish
John Lowrey, born February 1749; died April 17, 1849

Civil War Veteran
James Gray Lowrey born May 11, 1843; died in Richmond, VA August 16, 1864

Founding Trustee and Land Donor for Oak Ridge Institute
Allen Lowrey, born January l, 1809; died 1882

Erected by Town of Oak Ridge, North Carolina.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1780.

Location. 36° 11.674′ N, 79° 58.04′ W. Marker is in Oak Ridge, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is on East Harrell Road east of Kerner Drive, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8121 E Harrell Rd, Oak Ridge NC 27310, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bugler Boy Gillies (approx. one mile away); Bugler Boy (approx. one mile away); St. James AME Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); J.L. Sawyer House

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(approx. 1.3 miles away); Zack L. Whitaker House (approx. 1.4 miles away); R.P. Larkins House (approx. 1½ miles away); Oakhurst (approx. 1.6 miles away); Linville Chapel (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oak Ridge.

Wide view Old Union Graveyard Marker looking east along East Harrell Drive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 12, 2024

2. Wide view Old Union Graveyard Marker looking east along East Harrell Drive

Wide view Old Union Graveyard Marker looking west along East Harrell Drive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 12, 2024

3. Wide view Old Union Graveyard Marker looking west along East Harrell Drive

Gravesite of Samuel Vance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 12, 2024

4. Gravesite of Samuel Vance

Inscription: Here lieth the body of Samuel Vance who departed this life May 26 A.D. Aged 63 years 1789

Gravestone of John Lowery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 12, 2024

5. Gravestone of John Lowery

Inscription: John Lowery
Born A.D. 1749
Died April 17, 1849

Gravestone of James Gray Lowrey image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 12, 2024

6. Gravestone of James Gray Lowrey

Inscription: James G. Lowrey
Born May 21, 1843
Died at Richmond Hospital, Va. Aug. 16, 1864

Credits. This page was last revised on August 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 298 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 12, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.