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Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave

Coordinates: 34°28′41″N 77°51′9″W / 34.47806°N 77.85250°W / 34.47806; -77.85250
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Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave
Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave is located in North Carolina
Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave
Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave is located in the United States
Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave
LocationFarm Ln., from S side of NC 1411, 0.7 miles E of crossing of Pike Creek, near Rocky Point, North Carolina
Coordinates34°28′41″N 77°51′9″W / 34.47806°N 77.85250°W / 34.47806; -77.85250
Arealess than one acre
Built1813 (1813), 1967
NRHP reference No.01001096[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 12, 2001

Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave is a historic grave site located near Rocky Point, North Carolina. The grave is located in the Ashe family cemetery. It is the grave of Governor Samuel Ashe (1725–1813) and is marked by an eight-foot by four-foot granite slab installed in 1967.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ William B. Little and Claudia R. Brown (July 2001). "Gov. Samuel Ashe Grave" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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