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Thrift Baptist Church and Cemetery

According to the church secretary, it dates back to the 1930s or possibly before, but Nancy Spaine from the United Methodist Archives in Charlotte said a Methodist church previously owned the cemetery and sold it to Thrift Baptist Church. There appear to be some unmarked graves. According to the minister of the church in 2007, the cemetery was also known as Kendall Mills in the 1950s.  The cemetery is visible from the street.

 

Documentation

(1) Thrift Baptist Church staff and Nancy Spaine, UMC Archives

York Memorial Park

This company has been in operation since 1940. The cemetery is visible from the road.

 

Documentation

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

Trinity United Methodist Church and Cemetery

The original name was Old Buck Hill. The cemetery is most visible from Trinity Rd.

 

Documentation

(1) William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 2-9-1983.

(2) Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery Markers - September, 1990 (a copy of this publication is in the Carolina Room).

(3) A complete abstract is in Mecklenburg County, NC, Cemeteries, Vol. 1, North Mecklenburg, compiled by Pinny and Mel Cook, 2002. 

Zion Methodist Cemetery

This cemetery was used by the church. It was abandoned when the church relocated to its present site in Cornelius. There were only 2 markers visible in 1983-Samuel Kerr, who died in 1829, and Dovey J. Kerr, who died in 1850. In 1983, the description given by William J. Charles to its location was approximately one half mile west of I-77 on Hwy. 73, south to Brinkley Spring on McDowell Creek. The cemetery was on top of the knoll above the spring site.

 

Documentation

(1) William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 2-4-1983 

Union Bethel AME Zion Church and Cemetery

There may be some unmarked graves. Some surnames on the stones are Stinson, Connor, Curry, Watts, and Caldwell.  The cemetery is at the end of a road that is in a residential area. The church is located on a busy street a few blocks away.

 

Documentation

(1) James W. Howard survey for the Mecklenburg Co. Genealogy Society in May, 1983.