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Bellevue Cemetery is an black cemetery located in Chadbourn, North Carolina. The burial ground has been used for approximately 100 years by blacks with ties to the Chadbourn and surrounding communities. It is situated in the center of a secluded wooded area surrounded by pine trees with a dirt road leading into the burial ground. The dirt path completely encircles the original site, however, recently new trees have been cleared for additional plots. The graveyard has been well-kept during recent years, but many grave markers have been lost. death records for my family reveal that often, family members acted as 'undertaker' and buried their own kin within a day or two of the decedents death. This cemetery was previously referred to as "'Yates Colored Cemetery'", and the "'Chadbourn Colored Cemetery'" according to death certificates, but have as yet been unable to definitively conclude this as fact.