{"nrhp_refnum":"11000545","name":"Trinity Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NC 33, .07 mi. W. of jct. with NC 1157","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chocowinity","county":"Beaufort County","state":"NC","lat":35.51582862400005,"lon":-77.12043835299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Trinity Cemetery is a small rural burial ground on a slight rise on the south side of NC 33 near Chocowinity, Beaufort County, North Carolina, laid out in a grid with about 352 gravemarkers in its original section. It was established in 1860 for the congregation of Trinity Chapel, later Trinity Episcopal Church.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is the most substantial physical remnant of the early community of Godley's Crossroads and early Chocowinity, and that its burials reflect the community's social history, including high infant and child mortality. It also argues the cemetery's grid plan and funerary art, including marble and granite markers with carved motifs and signed stonecutter work, are significant for their late nineteenth and early twentieth century design and craftsmanship.","narrative":"Trinity Cemetery is a small rural burial ground on a slight rise south of NC 33, near present-day Chocowinity in Beaufort County. The land was deeded to the Trinity Chapel congregation in 1860 by Penelope and Apsley Grist, and the cemetery was laid out in a grid of sixteen squares divided by walks, with 352 gravemarkers in the original section. Most markers are marble or granite, with segmental-arched and other tympanum shapes, and three bear signatures of their stonecarvers. The cemetery is the largest surviving trace of the community of Godley's Crossroads, whose church was moved to modern Chocowinity in 1938. Its stones record a high rate of infant and child deaths in the late nineteenth century. The cenotaph of Major General Bryan Grimes, who was killed in 1880, is its most elaborate monument. Its grave markers and family groupings are regarded as reflecting the community's faith, social life and funerary art.","period_of_significance":"1860-1938","architect_builder":"Couper, J.D., stonecutter; Walsh, C. M., stonecutter","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"The cemetery remains in use, with the original section maintained and extensions added in the twentieth century.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.0133-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/7190/47719025/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/11000545.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000545/ab8b035ffc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000545/ab8b035ffc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Cemetery-Chocowinity.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Cemetery-Chocowinity.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719025","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Episcopal_Church_(Chocowinity,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17053049"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/beaufort-county/trinity-cemetery-11000545/"}