I am sending this newspaper article to the list for two reasons: First.... to inform those of you who may have ancestors buried in this old cemetery, what has, and continues to be done. Second....to show that there are young folks out there that appreciate "their roots" and care about their community! From an article in the "News and Observer", Raleigh, NC 2 May 1996. p. 1 B. Two Chapel Hill Girl Scouts have led a project to clean and restore the Old Eno Presbyterian Church Cemetery established by the church in 1755 and one of the three oldest in Orange County. Amy Cloud and Erin Saleeby, seniors at Chapel Hill High School, undertook the project as part of the effort to earn the Gold Award, the Girl Scout equivalent of the Eagle Scout Award for boys. In addition to working many hours cutting and clearing brush, volunteers dug up fallen gravestones and re-erected and cleaned them: work continues to open up additional portions of the cemetery. They also raised $1500 for a new gate to the cemetery, which was installed at no charge by Gaines Steer, owner of The Last Unicorn, a Chapel Hill restoration company. The cemetery is on the west bank of Lake Orange near Cedar Grove, and formerly was on the bank of the east branch of the Eno River. It was last restored by a group under the direction of Mary Clair Engstrom and the Historic Hillsborough Commission in 1965, after having fallen to disuse and becoming inaccessible after the church was moved to Cedar Grove in 1893. A road was cut to the cemetery at that time, now called Eno Cemetery Road. The area is now developed and the cemetery is readily accessible. This outstanding effort by these young women is appreciated by all interested in the genealogy and history of Orange County. ************************************************************************* I do not have a list of burials in the Eno Presbyterian Church, but have seen in the past, a record in the Orange County, NC Courthouse. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange