Pharr Cemetery
Documentation:
(1) Karchaske, S. Janelle, compiler, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Cemetery Records, version 2. Charlotte: Family History Researchers and Publishers, 1995.
Documentation:
(1) Karchaske, S. Janelle, compiler, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Cemetery Records, version 2. Charlotte: Family History Researchers and Publishers, 1995.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 -
This cemetery is beside and behind the church and is visible from the road.
Revolutionary War era Cemetery, northern half of South Tryon and College Street between Martin Luther King Blvd. and 3rd St., Charlotte, NC.This location has no evidence of a former cemetery.
This cemetery may have been called Roseville at one time. It may also have some unmarked graves. A long time resident and local historian of Matthews thinks this may have been the cemetery for an African American church that was near Charles St. in Matthews. This cemetery is in a heavily wooded area and is between Monroe and a subdivision. It is across the street from the Family Dollar Co.
This cemetery is behind the church and their parking lot. It can be seen from the road.