{"nrhp_refnum":"84002158","name":"Waggoner Graveyard","other_names":["Dv-169"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"SR 1814","address_restricted":false,"city":"Welcome","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":35.922538831000054,"lon":-80.19583665199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small private family graveyard, about 40 feet square, on top of a hill on the old Daniel Waggoner farm along SR 1814 near Midway Church, northern Davidson County, North Carolina. Burials began in the early 1800s and continued into the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The graveyard holds a collection of locally made folk gravestones, mostly soapstone, attributed to the Swisegood School or imitators. One stone, for Lucinda Waggnor (1840-1842), has the only anthropomorphic decoration recorded in the county, a small face carved on its center finial. It is the only remaining pre-Civil War family graveyard found in north Davidson County during the survey.","narrative":"On a hilltop overlooking a tributary of Brushy Creek, this small family graveyard sits on the old Daniel Waggoner farm near Midway Church in northern Davidson County. A fence of granite posts, about 40 feet on each side, encloses it. The posts once held a railing and were put up by William L. Wagner around 1900. The site is heavily overgrown, with roughly fifteen visible gravestones and possibly more hidden. The earliest marker dates to 1820, and burials continued into the early twentieth century. Most of the pre-1850 stones were made locally, many by the Swisegood School or imitators, in decorated soapstone with folk symbols of resurrection and eternity. They reflect the folk art of the Anglo-German farming community. The stone of Lucinda Waggnor, dated 1840-1842, is the only one in the county with a carved human face, on its center finial. The graveyard is the only pre-Civil War family graveyard found in north Davidson County during the survey.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Stonecutters unknown; Swisegood School or imitators; granite-post fence erected by William L. Wagner about 1900","architectural_style":"Folk gravestone art ('Pierced Style' gravestone)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The graveyard is very overgrown and described as deteriorated, with about fifteen visible gravestones; others may be hidden.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.301847-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7176/47717669/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002158.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717669","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggoner_Graveyard","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18394317"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/waggoner-graveyard-84002158/"}