The cemetery appears on a 1923 surveyor's map of "Shuman Property." The map shows "Shuman Avenue," which has now become part of Remount Road, at its intersection with South Boulevard. The cemetery is located at the corner of Youngblood Street, which did not exist at the time the map was made. The lot size is 100 x 110, so it appears to have been a very small family cemetery.
This cemetery is believed to have been a slave cemetery.
Documentation:
Dr. Chris Hood
Location:
This cemetery is on the right side of the road, as you turn off Hwy. 51. It is past a cultivated field in a wooded area.
The church and the cemetery are at the end of a long drive way and are not visible from the road. The cemetery is to the side of the church.
The cemetery is on the side of the church and is visible from the road.
See also Liberty Hall / Queens Museum. This cemetery was in the front yard of the original Queens Museum/Liberty Hall school for young men, located in Charlotte. British soldiers killed at Trade and Tryon, during the occupation of Charlotte, were buried there. This location has no evidence of a former cemetery.
Documentation
The Charlotte Observer, 6/7/1936, "Interesting Carolina People", by Mrs. J. A. Yarbrough.
History:
A member of the Torrence family says the cemetery was started for their slaves. The family had a home and property around the present-day Presbyterian Hospital on Elizabeth Ave. in Charlotte.
Documentation:
Undated newspaper article by John W. Harden
Location:
This cemetery is owned by the City of Charlotte and was originally designated for African-Americans. In a 1893 report from the Good Samaritan Hospital, some of the patients who died that year were buried in Pinewood in the Hospital lot at the expense of the hospital. The names of these in question as of 11/2004 are included and are provided by Historic Charlotte. Only a few burial records have been listed in this database. For all burial information, please call the number for the city of Charlotte cemeteries.
Two images show Charlotte city cemetery staff about 1945 -
The plaque at the cemetery says the cemetery started in 1847. This cemetery can be seen from the road. It is on fenced, private property and has a gate.
When this cemetery was relocated to Sharon Memorial Park in 1988, the tombstones could not accompany the remains, since the cemetery only allows flat markers. The tombstones were placed in Steele Creek Presbyterian Church in 2007. Directions given in an early source say to go 1 1/2 mile on Nations Ford Rd. past the WBT Radio Station. Take the first dirt road to the left through the Kirkpatrick place to the Pineville water line. The cemetery is to the right in a wooded area surrounded by a five foot stone wall.
Documentation