Brookside Cemetery in Fayetteville, North Carolina

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Coordinates: 35.05660, -78.87260
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Brookside Cemetery is an African American cemetery in the city of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. The entrance is on Lamon Street. Brookside Cemetery and Cross Creek Cemetery #2 share a border that is only marked with a few white PVC pipes, which replaced the original wooden delineation markers.

The exact date that Brookside Cemetery was established is unknown. The earliest recorded burial is from 1880 and the earliest deed for the property is dated 1892 and was granted to the Trustees of Brookside Cemetery. In 1907, this deed was transferred to F. D. Williston, Trustee.

In 1953 the City of Fayetteville took over the management of six cemeteries: Cross Creek Cemeteries 1, 2, & 3, Northside Cemetery, Old Mile Branch Cemetery, and Brookside Cemetery.
There are currently over 740 burials in Brookside Cemetery to include some notable families and individuals such as Ezekiel Ezra Smith, for which E.E. Smith High School is named; the Chesnutt family; several founders of Fayetteville State University (originally the Howard School): David Bryant, Andrew J Chesnutt, and Matthew Leary; Robert Harris, first principal of the Howard School; Anne Chesnutt-Waddell, Cumberland County Supervisor of Schools; James W Hood, Bishop and Assemblyman; Dr. Paul N Melchor; Dr. William P Devane, who was also a councilman; and many others.

Upon further investigation, you will see a rich history of educators, business owners, lawyers, clergy, politicians, and persons significant to the social history of Fayetteville.