NOTE: 8/15/13: The cemetery is not available to general visitors or Find A Grave photo volunteers. You may contact the following individual who will help you obtain a photo of a grave:
Dr. Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton , RPA
Progam Archaeologist/Curator
Fort Bragg CRMP
[email protected]

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The present Long Street Presbyterian Church building was built in 1846 on land donated by Duncan McLaughlin in 1855 and served as the third church of the Argyle Community, a village established by Scottish settlers in the 1750s. The first Presbyterian congregation met in 1756 at Alexander McKay's home/tavern, and the first church was built in 1765 (both are now archaeological sites). The existing two-story building of classic Georgian architecture includes an upper gallery where slaves attended services.

During the Civil War the church served as an enlistment center for a volunteer unit, the "Carolina Boys", comprised of Murdock McRae McLauchlin, the Long Street Academy schoolmaster and selected Captain, along with his pupils, all members of local Presbyterian Church congregations at Long Street, Sandy Grove and China Grove. In 1866, the remains of some 30 Confederate soldiers killed at Monroe's Crossroads (March 10, 1865) were exhumed from the battlefield and reinterred in the church cemetery, where a marker was installed in 1870 by the women of Argyle.

The cemetery, which is located east of the Church on Longstreet Road, contains over 232 graves (the earliest legible marker is dated 1773, the latest is 1932), including Confederate veterans (former congregation members), and memorials honoring military servicemen.

NOTE: The church and cemetery are now part of the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and so are not open to the general public on a regular basis. However, they are open for escorted tours on the first Monday of each month or by special appointment through the Fort Bragg Cultural Resources Office, and the church is occasionally used for special events by descendants of the original members.