Stokes County NcArchives Photo Place.....Old Mt. Olive Church Cemetery Monument(1) June 24, 2007
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Source:             Old Mt. Olive Church Cemetery
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Old Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery is located on YMCA Camp Road, King, 
Stokes Co., NC at the original site of Mt. Olive Church. The exact date Mount 
Olive Baptist Church was established is unknown.  In 1804 County Court records 
refer to a road being built from Cook's Meeting House on the Little Yadkin 
River to the Quaker Road.  It is possible, as the location is in the same 
general area, that Cook's Meeting House became Mount Olive Meeting House.  
However, there is no proof of this. The first record of Mount Olive Meeting 
House was a listing of the marriage of John Arney and Polley Boyles, held 
there in September of 1812.  According to county court records there was an 
election held in Mount Olive Meeting House to elect school committeemen in 
1839.  School was held in the church from 1840 until 1889, except during the 
Civil War.

The final burial in this cemetery was in or around 1925.  Today, this cemetery 
is known as "Old Mt. Olive Church Cemetery."   Mt. Olive Baptist Church is 
currently located at the intersection of present day Chestnut Grove Rd. and 
Highway 66.  This church was built and first services held in 1889.


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