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This cemetery had 10 graves but only two with readable stones. It was to be relocated from the property of the J. A. Jones Construction Co. The County Commissioners asked that the graves be moved to the Pineville Cemetery. The information on the stones was about Henry W.
This is one of the oldest churches in the county and was organized in 1762. This list of cemetery records is provided by the church and is complete through 1996. The cemetery is in front and to the side of the church and is visible from the road.
Documentation
According to Nancy Spain at the United Methodist Church Archives & History in Charlotte, Kerr Methodist was locally known as Mole Hill. Rev. Kerr moved to Cornelius and worked for Zion/Mt. Zion Methodist Church.
There are several unmarked graves. Some are marked with a variety of objects - a stone, a cross attached to concrete, etc., but they have no names or dates. Research June White thinks there may be two different church cemeteries near each other.
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.
Some people buried here are descendants of Lizzie McCoy, who helped raise Albert McCoy's children. Other families that lived in the area after the Civil War are also buried here. This cemetery is in a wooded area and is on private property.
The church was founded in 1770. A history of this church is entitled The Presbyterian Gathering on Clear Creek, by Russell Martin Kerr published by Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, 2001.There are two cemeteries for this church at this location.
The Second Courthouse was built by John Dow in 1810 in the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets. . . . The Second Courthouse was the place of enforcement of judgments.
The third courthouse . . . was built on the northeast corner of Trade and Church Streets. It was an imposing brick structure with four large columns across the front and and elegant, flowing double staircase in the portico rising to the second floor.. .
The 1839 celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indendence was described in a diary entry
Susan Davis Nye Hutchison Charlotte school teacher
August 29, 1957- Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first legislation of that type in 82 years.
1976 - Reverend Burke documents urban renewal.
March 21, 1991 - Stephanie Counts is named North Carolina Principal of the Year.
November 20, 1996 - Toni Morrison, the first African American to win the Nobel Prize, speaks at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s NOVELLO Festival.
These women did not hesitate when asked to do some "rough work" for the soldiers' welfare. They are shown in the act of painting chairs and tables for the Tea Room of the Red Circle Inn.