Washington Carver Memorial Gardens
This cemetery was listed only in the 1962 Charlotte phone book. There are no listings in earlier or later years.
Documentation
(1) Pamela Rasfeld, 2000
This cemetery was listed only in the 1962 Charlotte phone book. There are no listings in earlier or later years.
Documentation
(1) Pamela Rasfeld, 2000
The following information came from an article by Jane Renwick Wilkes in The Charlotte Observer, Women's Mecklenburg Declaration Edition, 5/20/1896, page 4:
History:
The author said the property at the time was owned by Mr. R. L. McGinn. There were only stones for 3 people. There were many other field stones marking graves. There is no additional information. The author described the location on a hill overlooking McAlpine Creek.
Location:
The author described the location on a hill overlooking McAlpine Creek.
Documentation
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.
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
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.
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
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.
This is not a complete list of burial records. The cemetery is next to the church.
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.