About
Pilgrim Reformed Church, known early as Leonard's Church, was established about 1757 by German Reformed settlers northeast of Lexington. Its National Register-listed cemetery holds about 350 burials, with folk gravestones carved by local stonecutters and the earliest dated 1781. State marker K-49 notes the church's history.
The congregation is traditionally credited to Valentine Leonard (Leonhardt); the present church is the fourth building on the site. The 3-acre cemetery was listed on the National Register on July 10, 1984, as part of a group of Davidson County Anglo-German cemeteries noted for late 18th- and early 19th-century folk gravestones. Marker K-49 (1978) stands at SR 1844 and SR 1813.
Details
- Address
- SR 1843, northeast of Lexington, NC, Lexington, NC
- Town
- Lexington
- Established
- about 1757
- Burials
- About 350
- Earliest gravestone
- 1781
- NRHP listed (cemetery)
- July 10, 1984 (ref. 84002145)
- State marker
- K-49 (1978)
Sources
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