Old English Cemetery – Salisbury – Rowan County – United States

Old English Cemetery is a historic, city-owned cemetery in Yadkin Junction, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, at 220 North Church Street. The 1.4-acre grounds were set aside for Salisbury by the colonial assembly in 1770, and the property was formally given to the city by Thomas Frohock in 1794. The first documented burial is that of Captain Daniel Little, who died on December 10, 1775. ([dncr.nc.gov](https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2024/01/16/old-english-cemetery-l-71?utm_source=openai)) The cemetery is associated with unmarked graves traditionally identified as British soldiers who died during Cornwallis’s 1781 campaign in Salisbury. Notable burials include North Carolina Governor John W. Ellis and U.S. Congressman Francis Burton Craige, along with other Rowan County civic leaders and Confederate soldiers. A stone wall separates the grounds from the adjoining Freedmen’s Cemetery, where approximately 150 known and unknown African American individuals are memorialized. ([dncr.nc.gov](https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2024/01/16/old-english-cemetery-l-71?utm_source=openai)) The Old English section is closed to new burials and is maintained as a historic cemetery; visitors seeking burial information should contact the City of Salisbury Cemetery Division. ([salisburync.gov](https://salisburync.gov/Government/Public-Works/Cemeteries/Old-English?utm_source=openai))