As its name suggests, the Old Settler's Cemetery was created as a burial ground for some of Charlotte's early settlers, buried before the city was founded in 1768. The cemetery …

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Town Commissioner's purchased several lots near the Square from William Davidson In 1819 for $125. The lots were set aside for a church and this cemetery. Thomas Polk, wife Susan and son-in-law, Nathaniel Alexander rest here. Nathaniel Alexander was a surgeon-general in the Revolutionary Army as well as a member of the General Assembly for the New State Congress. This rest place also holds the unique characteristic of being a Slave's cemetery.

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Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

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Old Settler's Cemetry

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