From Atlas Obscura
For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.
In 1860, the City of Wilmington allocated 15 acres of land for an African-American burial ground. Nine years later George W. Prince, a black legislator, requested that the Black cemetery be officially incorporated into the North Carolina House.

When Pine Forest officially opened in 1871, many African-American families moved their loved ones to these grounds. Notable Black individuals are buried in Pine Forest Cemetery, including Frederick Sadgwar, James Dudley, and Robert R. Taylor.

Pine Forest served as a hiding place for many women and children who fled their homes during the Wilmington Massacre in November 1898. A group of violent white supremacists killed as many as 60 people, burned down the offices of Wilmington’s Black newspaper the Daily Record, and overthrew the elected Reconstruction-era government.
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From Pine Forest Cemetery Web Site

Pine Forest Cemetery was founded as a site for disposing of the remains of the enslaved. In August 1860, the Wilmington Board of Commissioners appointed a committee “for procuring a suitable burial ground for the colored population of the Town.” Fifteen acres were purchased next to the white cemetery. The purchase gave existence to a designated burial ground for enslaved in Wilmington, North Carolina. In August 1869, a bill was introduced and passed requesting the incorporation of a cemetery for “coloreds” in Wilmington giving official birth to Pine Forest Cemetery (Reaves 1998).

Representative George Price the African American legislator who introduced the bill to the North Carolina General Assembly requesting incorporation of a Negro burial ground in Wilmington, NC. In November 1869, Pine Forest Cemetery Inc. became incorporated.

Nestled at the end of North Sixteenth Street in Wilmington, North Carolina, is a garden that has served as the final resting place for numerous leaders, legends, and loved ones whose lives have touched our own for nearly one hundred and fifty-two years. Its prologue is its future. A future place of education, exploration, and where memories are recalled and made. It will be an open-air history gallery of the struggles of a people and an events sanctuary that attracts many visitors every year from all over the states. We invite you to come and see the emerging splendor, beauty, and history that sets Pine Forest apart.

Property Description of Pine Forest Cemetery
“ This space of internment began as a site for disposing of the remains of the enslaved. However, in August 1860, the Wilmington Board of Commissioners appointed a committee to find an appropriate space.”

“Beginning at an old stake on an old mill dam being the southeast corner of Oakdale cemetery … thence along said old dam … till it strikes the mill creek thence up the creek with the meanders there of to a point due east from the mouth of a small branch or ravine, thence west across the marsh of said creek to the eastern outlet or mouth of said ravine thence westwardly with the meander of said ravine to its source on or near the Old Racetrack, thence west … to a stake … containing 15 acres.”

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Pine Forest Cemetery Register 1864-1971 Description
Register for the Pine Forest Cemetery in Wilmington, NC with records spanning from the 1860s to the 1970s.
Pine Forest Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery in Wilmington, NC. This register was scanned on Microfilm by the State Library of NC in the 1980s, then digitized by the New Hanover County Public Library in 2023. You can find out more about the cemetery by visiting their website at www.pineforestcemetery.org.

Disclaimer:
**Pine Forest Cemetery Board of Directors has generously allowed the New Hanover County Public Library to make the Pine Forest Cemetery Register digitized and available to the public. Please be aware that causes of death are provided for a number of the persons listed in the register. This information is available on public record death certificates and has been included in the official register.***

Link: https://library.biblioboard.com/content/2223c075-942c-44af-906a-711255085d9aRepresentative