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Cemeteries of Mecklenburg County

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

Wayside Hospital Cemetery

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:

Webb Cemetery

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.