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Weeping Willow AME Zion Church and Cemetery

The church moved to another location and used some of the gravestones for the foundation of the new church. This is not a complete list of burials. The cemetery used to be off Sharon Road near Wendover.

Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church

This is one of the earliest churches in the county. One cemetery is on south side of Craighead Rd., west of N. Tryon. It has a large rock wall that serves as the base of its fence. See Photo #1 .

Wiggums Cemetery

 The cemetery is north of the end of Winget Rd. and east of the creek.

 

Documentation

(1) Mecklenburg Co., NC (map), 3rd ed., Alexandria Drafting Co., Alexandria, VA, 2000 

William Ingram Memorial Garden

This land was once the farm of former slave, William Ingram, according to The Charlotte Observer. He deeded the land in December 1884. The cemetery is visible from the street and is well marked.

Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

This cemetery started in 1958. This cemetery is well marked and is visible from the road.

 

Documentation

(1) Burek, Deborah M., ed., Cemeteries of the U. S., Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994. 

Williams Memorial Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

The church was organized on 4-25-1885. It is named after its first minister, Rev. John C. Williams.  The cemetery is beside the church.

 

Documentation

(1) William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Co. Genealogy Society on 8-2-1983

Taylor Cemetery

There was only one headstone and one footstone visible in 7/2001. There may be unmarked graves.

 

Documentation

(1) Jane Johnson abstracted this cemetery in 7/2001.

Wilson Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery

The church was organized in 1881. The article by Martina Simmons also gives a brief history of the church and its early ministers. The cemetery is located across the street from the church.

 

Documentation

(1) "Wilson Grove Baptist Church North Carolina" by Martina Simmons, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogy Society Quartery, Vol. 16, #4, 1998.

Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church

The church was established in 1836. The cemetery is behind the church and can best be seen from the parking lot.

 

Documentation

(1) Mary Beth Gatza abstracted the burial records for this cemetery, which may be incomplete.