Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery is a historic

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church cemetery near Thomasville,

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. There are approximately 450 gravestones, with the earliest

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dating to 1795. Around one dozen unmarked field stones may date even earlier. The 351 locally manufactured gravestones makes it the largest such group in

. All of the epitaphs are inscribed in

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because of the

and Scotch-Irish settlers who were members of the church. This was in spite of the headstones being cut by local

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. It was listed on the

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in 1984.

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* * – a different nearby cemetery with a similar name Baptist cemeteries in the United States Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Cemeteries in Davidson County, North Carolina English-American culture in North Carolina Scotch-Irish American culture in North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina Primitive Baptists {{DavidsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub