Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

You are here

Home

Cemeteries of Mecklenburg County

Sardis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

The church was established in 1790.

The cemetery for this church is in two places. One is directly behind the church and can best be seen from the parking lot. The other is directly across the street and can be easily seen from Sardis Rd. There is another unmarked cemetery behind the visible cemetery on the east side of Sardis Rd. that may be a slave cemetery.

 

Documentation

(1) Family Grave Record Book of Sardis Presbyterian Church Established 1790, by John Douglas Clark, Jr. (for an Eagle Scout Service project), 1980.

Stafford Cemetery

There appeared to be many unmarked graves and some unreadable stones. It is on private property.

 

Documentation

(1) Jane Johnson abstracted this cemetery in 7/2003. 

Providence Presbyterian Church

This church was established in 1767. The cemetery used to be across the street from the church on Providence Rd. Recently, Providence Rd. has been rerouted behind this historic church. The street between the church and cemetery was renamed. The cemetery is located across the street from the church.

 

Documentation

(1) Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Committee provided the cemetery abstracts in this database.

Sardis Slave Cemetery

This cemetery is believed to be a slave cemetery. Dr. Chris Hood This cemetery is behind the Boy Scout hut, basketball court and the marked cemetery, as shown in the photo.

Steele Creek AME Zion Church and Cemetery

The AME Church has recently built a new church on Shopton Rd., which is behind the cemetery and their former sanctuary. Their former sanctuary is at 6414 S. Tryon and is shown in the photo. The cemetery is to the right and back of the sanctuary. The cemetery and church are next to each other. The cemetery can be seen from S. Tryon.

Mimosa Cemetery

This cemetery is owned by the City of Davidson and was organized in 1937.  This cemetery is visible from the street, which ends at a sports complex.

 

Documentation

(1) William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 7-19-1983.

Neely Slave Cemetery

This cemetery has no head stones. This cemetery is behind a grove of cedar trees and cannot be seen from the road. For more information, please go to the website of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission.

Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery

It most likely is the burial site of African-Americans, who were members of a church and/or a fraternal organization. Early members may have been associated with the Flint Hill Baptist Church and left to start their own church after the Civil War.

The church owned a 175' x 250' tract; Knights of the Guiding Star of the East Lodge No. 29 owned 87.37' by 250', and U. S. Rubber Co. owned it by June 1942, as part of a 2266.32 acre tract north of the intersection of Texland and Westinghouse; west of Texland is a ravine below the railroad track.

Lawrence Chapel Presbyterian Church Cemetery

The church originally was near Main Street in Pineville. The old church building may have been replaced with a newer facility, now part of Davis Upholstery in Pineville. The church members later merged with other Presbyterians and now worship in west Charlotte. This church cemetery has several unmarked graves, and some graves have only stones marking a burial. The cemetery is on the west side of Sam Meeks Rd.

 

Documentation

(1) The burial records for this cemetery are taken from tombstones read by Jane Johnson on 7/2/2004. 

Miranda Cemetery

There was formerly a church / school near the location. The congregation was formed in 1869 by black members of Hopewell Presbyterian Church and possibly several other predominantly white churches. The land was originally part of the Carr plantation. The church merged with the Catawba Presbyterian Church in 1958. A nickname for Miranda was Slab Top.

Documentation -