This series of blog posts entitled “New Hope Cemetery” highlights the individuals who are buried in the Franklin, North Carolina cemetery. After visiting the cemetery for the first time, I wanted to learn more about the people who are buried there. Since then, I’ve started examining records to uncover more about their lives. To learn […]
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Retracing Alden’s Steps
The mystery of Alden Lawrence’s disappearance has haunted the family for over 80 years. Robert Alden Lawrence was the son of Clifford and Callie Lawrence. He went missing at the age of 2 on August 4, 1942. He, along with his siblings and parents, had travelled down from New York to visit his grandparents, Carrie […]
A Tour of the Crawford Farm
It wasn’t until I rode around Franklin with one of the Crawford descendants, Emory, that I finally figured out where the Crawford homestead was located. As it turns out, it was right down the street from New Hope Cemetery. During my visit, Emory was kind enough to show me around the old Crawford property. While […]
Day and Night: A New Hope Cemetery Update
A couple of months back, I visited New Hope Cemetery, a historically Black cemetery in Franklin, North Carolina. An estimated 41 people are buried in the cemetery, perhaps even more. As I approached the cemetery, I was met with a field of ferns, whose leaves tickled my calves and whose branches were high enough to […]