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Toney Strayhorn was a former slave who became a brick mason as well as
one of the founders and and associate ministers of the Rock Hill Baptist
Church. This was the first African American church in Orange County. He
also owned land, and built a two story farmhouse which is still located on
Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro.
Toney Strayhorn shares the same grave marker as Nellie Strowd Srayhorn,
who was his wife. This family plot is surrounded by brick masonry and is
quite visible in Section A.
--Elizabeth