Broad Street
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery

     In 1722, two acres in the Churchyard of St. Paul's Episcopal Church were set aside for the purpose of burial.  

     Sadly, the first people buried there lie in unmarked graves due to the lack of stone available in the area. 

     At one time, St. Paul's was the only cemetery in Edenton, thus they had a period of rapid filling and during the late 1820s passed regulations about burials.  However, the issue was put to rest after the construction of the Beaver Hill Cemetery in 1889 and the creation of both a Baptist and Methodist graveyard.  

     Some of the most prominent Edentonians were laid to rest in this fine cemetery.  Three governors under the Lord Proprietors had their graves moved to St. Paul's Cemetery, they were Henderson Walker, Charles Eden, and Thomas Pollock.  

     The oldest surviving grave marker in the Cemetery is that of Margaret Davison (1733-1753).  The most expensive gravestones in the cemetery belong to James Coffield and his daughter, Marageret Lavinia Coffield Warren.