Durham County, North Carolina Cemetery Records & Burial Search
Search cemetery names, burial records, grave details, and local archive context for Durham County, North Carolina from one focused county hub.
County archive snapshot
Durham County Overview
8
Cemeteries
20
Indexed Records
8
Mapped Cemetery Sites
Quick answer
How do I search Durham County cemetery and burial records?
Use this page as the county-level filter between the statewide archive and individual cemetery lookups. Start with the cemetery directory, compare the source mix and burial depth, then run a focused search for the exact cemetery or person name you need.
Research focus
Use this county page for
Search by person name
Start with a full name when the county is already likely.
Compare cemetery pages
Review cemetery cards before opening a specific profile.
Use map context
Use mapped locations to understand the local cemetery spread.
Verify official details
Confirm sensitive burial, veteran, or grave-location details with official sources.
County overview
About Durham County Cemetery Records & Burial Search
Durham County, North Carolina contains 8 documented cemeteries including municipal grounds, church burial sites, and family plots spread across the county archive. This page connects 20 burial records with cemetery locations, grave detail, and military service context where available. Woodlawn Memorial Park is one of the strongest current archive entry points for this county, with record coverage reaching back to 1919 in the current dataset. Use the cemetery directory below to browse all locations, or move into the burial record section when you already know the surname or full name you need.
Use this county archive to move from broad Durham County cemetery research into specific cemetery locations, burial-record matches, source labels, and official verification paths.
Cemetery Pages Surfaced
Active cemetery profile pages currently surfaced in the Durham County index.
Veteran-Linked Burial Records
Burial records in this county currently carrying military branch or service-related context.
Source Rows Grouped
Cemetery source rows currently grouped into public archive labels. Source-row counts may be higher than cemetery-page counts when multiple public-source rows point to the same county archive.
County map
Durham County map overview
County center reference: 36.0284, -78.8919
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Cemetery locations and burial records are not the same
Durham County may have strong cemetery-location coverage even when person-level burial records are limited. Use this directory to find the likely cemetery first, then verify sensitive burial, veteran, or grave-location details with official cemetery, county, VA/NCA, or primary-source records.
County cemetery index
Durham County Cemetery Directory
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Back to North CarolinaWoodlawn Memorial Park
USGSMt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
VA📍 DURHAM, NC
Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
USGSBeechwood Cemetery
USGSGlennview Memorial Park
VA📍 DURHAM, NC
Aldersgate Memorial Garden and Columbarium
USGSCarrington Cemetery
USGSDuke University Chapel Crypt
USGSGlenview Memorial Park
USGSMaplewood Cemetery
USGSBurial record snapshot
Burial Records in Durham County, North Carolina
These person-level records can help when you already have a likely name, cemetery, date range, or military-service clue. Use them as starting points, then verify sensitive details with the cemetery, county office, veteran resource, or primary source.
Benjamin Franklin Stephens
🪦 Mt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
Dwight Bizzell
🪦 Beechwood Cemetery
Edward Louis Allen
🪦 Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
Alma Ruth Britton
🪦 Beechwood Cemetery
Bennie Segers
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
Carson Elliott Joyner
🪦 Mt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
Elvis Lewis
🪦 Glennview Memorial Park
Celious Witherspoon
🪦 Beechwood Cemetery
Donald Ray Burgess
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
C B Carden
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
Foye Thornton
🪦 Glennview Memorial Park
Calvin Quincy Parrott
🪦 Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
Carl H Davis
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
Charles Gilbert Stogner
🪦 Mt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
Claiborne Otha Ellis
🪦 Mt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
Claudius Howard Taylor
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
Charles Edward Young
🪦 Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
Eric Newcombe Manuel
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
Elbert S Rowland
🪦 Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
Charles W Brewer
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
Surname index
Surname Index for Durham County
These surname links surface recurring family names already present in the county burial archive. They are useful when the cemetery is still unknown but the last name is likely tied to this county.
Surnames are generated from currently indexed burial records and may not represent every family name connected to this county.
Veteran burial records
Veteran-Linked Burial Records in Durham County, North Carolina
This block shows burial records that currently include military branch or service-context fields in the archive. Use these entries as research leads and verify official veteran burial details with the appropriate VA/NCA, cemetery, or primary record source.
Benjamin Franklin Stephens
🪦 Mt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
1941-02-08 - 2022-05-03
Dwight Bizzell
🪦 Beechwood Cemetery
1957-02-07 - 2021-11-03 Rank: PFC
Edward Louis Allen
🪦 Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
1928-02-11 - 2021-05-28
Alma Ruth Britton
🪦 Beechwood Cemetery
1936-04-04 - 2021-04-01 Rank: SP4
Bennie Segers
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
1933-11-28 - 2021-02-26 Rank: TR
Carson Elliott Joyner
🪦 Mt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
1947-11-30 - 2021-02-20 Rank: SP4
Elvis Lewis
🪦 Glennview Memorial Park
1944-06-19 - 2021-02-08 Rank: CPT
Celious Witherspoon
🪦 Beechwood Cemetery
1943-01-21 - 2021-01-24 Rank: SP5
Donald Ray Burgess
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
1941-11-09 - 2021-01-17 Rank: SP5
C B Carden
🪦 Woodlawn Memorial Park
1948-05-13 - 2020-12-11 Rank: SGT
Foye Thornton
🪦 Glennview Memorial Park
1922-03-24 - 2020-11-25 Rank: PVT
Calvin Quincy Parrott
🪦 Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
1937-05-27 - 2020-11-18
Official lookup guides
Official Source Verification Paths for Durham County
Use these verification paths when a cemetery name, map location, or veteran-linked burial record needs confirmation from a stronger official or institutional source.
Official cemetery source
Use the USGS guide for Durham County
Open the official USGS lookup guide with this county context to validate cemetery place names and mapped locations before drilling deeper.
Official burial source
Use the VA burial guide for Durham County
Use the official VA locator guide when this county archive surfaces veteran-linked burial rows and service-related details.
Continue browsing
Best Next Clicks From Durham County
Use these next-step links when you want to continue from Durham County into the most relevant cemetery, person-name, statewide, or official-source path.
Top cemetery page
Woodlawn Memorial Park
7 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.
Top cemetery page
Mt Hermon Baptist Ch Cemetery
4 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.
Person-name search
Search Durham County burial records
Use a full name plus Durham County to separate likely matches before expanding into statewide results.
Broaden scope
Return to North Carolina archive
Move up one level when you need nearby counties, more cemetery options, or broader genealogy search context.
How to research this county
How to Find Cemetery Information in Durham County
Durham County works best as a narrowing layer. Instead of trying to search all records at once, move from county overview into cemetery names and then into individual burial records when the archive shows person-level matches.
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Review cemetery density before searching names
- Start with the top cemetery list on this page to see which locations have the clearest burial-record coverage.
- Compare source labels such as USGS or VA before deciding where to search deeper.
- Use the county map and cemetery cards together to avoid broad, low-context searching.
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Run focused person searches after choosing the likely cemetery
- Search a full first and last name once you have a likely cemetery or county context.
- Use military branch hints and date ranges to separate close name matches.
- Return to the North Carolina archive if you need to compare this county with neighboring areas.
Frequently asked
Durham County Archive FAQs
This county FAQ section is designed to answer common archive questions before users widen their search into nearby counties or move down into specific cemetery pages.
How do I search cemetery records in Durham County?
Start with the cemetery directory on this page, compare the cemetery count, record depth, and veterans tags, then move into the individual cemetery page once you find the strongest match.
How many cemeteries are mapped in Durham County?
8 cemetery locations are currently mapped in Durham County, North Carolina, with 8 carrying latitude and longitude context.
Does Durham County include burial records as well as cemetery names?
Yes. This county archive combines cemetery counts with burial record coverage where source datasets include person-level information.
Are Durham County burial records free to access?
Yes. Cemetery Finders presents county, cemetery, and burial-detail pages from public-source archive data without requiring an account or paid lookup.
How many Durham County burial records include military branch context?
20 burial records in this county currently include military branch or service-context fields where the source archive provides them. This should be treated as veteran-linked archive context, not a complete official count of all veterans buried in Durham County.