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Ashe County volunteers report hundreds of cemeteries located; committee stresses adoption program and ordinance work
Summary
The Cemetery Committee told commissioners it has found more than 1,181 cemetery sites, cleaned 44, and used ground-penetrating radar to locate 48 graves in a recently discovered African American slave cemetery. The committee is pushing for an adoption model and discussed ordinance issues including hunting and weapons in burial sites.
Members of the Ashe County Cemetery Committee updated the Board of Commissioners on Oct. 20, reporting extensive survey work, volunteer engagement and challenges in accessing and maintaining historic cemeteries.
"We managed to find 48 graves there in what was a cornfield," said Jerry (committee member), describing recent ground-penetrating radar work at an African American slave cemetery in the Nathan's Creek area. Committee members said the GPR unit…
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