See also Rocky River Baptist Church Cemetery in this database. Early Family Burial Grounds of Mecklenburg County, NC, 1763 Late 1800, compiled by the Alexandriana, Gen. Robert Irwin and Jane Parks McDowell Chapters of the DAR (in Carolina Room vertical file labeled Cemeteries.)
The cemetery is across the street from the church and is visible from the road.
The Berryhill Baptist Church, shown in the photo, has been closed due to expansion of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. It is located at 7438 Old Dowd Rd., Charlotte. This list of burials is incomplete and was abstracted by Mary Beth Gatza. The cemetery is about 2 blocks away from the former church building. It was located on the west side of Walker's Ferry Road and is visible from the street.
Survey was done by William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, on 2-14-1983. This cemetery has a large sign at the entrance on Hildebrand St.
"Historic Cemeteries Neglected," by Linda Brown, The Charlotte Observer, 10-18-1985, page 1C.
Some surnames are Hardy, Cornelius, Donaldson and Potts. The cemetery and church are located next to each other on the west side of Hwy. 73.
Documentation
(1) James Howard survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society, 5-1983
Bob Peasley abstracted tombstone records from this cemetery on 6/23/2008. The cemetery is behind and to the side of the church.
Comprehensive Genealogical Services, Elloree Erwin, verifier
The church is no longer there, and the cemetery has been abandoned.
Wood from this old church was used to build the Oak Grove Methodist Church on Hwy. 115. Family names seen by Nancy A. Spaine of the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogy Society in 1984 were Harrison, Rice, Flowers, Martin, Stephens, et al. This cemetery is on private property.
This cemetery has mostly unmarked graves. The graves not marked are hard to determine because of the natural erosion on this hilly property and the number of fallen trees in this wooded area. The many dead trees and limbs make access difficult. There were only three readable stones found in 2003. This cemetery is believed to have once been a church cemetery, but it is unknown whether others in the community ever used it. Due to the dates on the stones, it does not appear to have been used since the 1910s at the latest. This is not a complete list of burials.