A list of burials is an article entitled "Plaza Road Baptist Church", by Sharon Baker, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society, Vol. 12, #2, 1994. This cemetery is behind the church and cannot be viewed from the street.
According to the stone marker in the cemetery, this church was organized in 1888 with services held in a brush arbor directly across the road. A building was placed there the same year. It was replaced in 1908 by a building on this site. A third structure was built one and a half miles east of here. The original acre of land in this park was donated by Rachel Hutchinson, whose burial was the first made on it. The burial records were provided by the Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Cemetery Committee in May 2006.
See also Historic Matthews Cemetery.
The church was established in 1836. The cemetery is behind the church and can best be seen from the parking lot.
Documentation
(1) Mary Beth Gatza abstracted the burial records for this cemetery, which may be incomplete.
The cemetery is next to the church and can be seen from the road. This church and cemetery are where Mecklenburg and Union Counties join.
It is located on Charlotte Mecklenburg property parcels as #10109128. The cemetery is in a wooded area behind the church and is not visible from N. Sharon Amity, due to the thick vegetation. The church is directly across the street from the Queen City Apostolic Church. According go a posted sign, the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church was also used by a Hispanic church, but as of 10/2010. The church building has since been demolished. The church name has also had Primitive Baptist as part of its name in some records.
This cemetery was originally where I-485 runs through Charlotte/Pineville. It was relocated to the James K. Polk State Historic Site. The photos will show both the approximate location of the original site as well as the relocation. The James K. Polk State Historic Site provided the Carolina Room has some information from the headstones. This cemetery is at the back of the property and is located past the visitor's center office and parking lot.
Prospect's cemetery was destroyed by vandals, and the Boy Scouts of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church cleaned up the lot. Nancy Spaine, of the United Methodist Archives & History reports that if any information remains about this cemetery, it should be with the Hickory Grove UMC. Nancy Spaine, United Methodist Archives & History
This church was organized in 1788 as an A. R. P. church. Its first minister was Rev. John Boyse. The present site was obtained on 1-7-1795. It is now affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of America. The cemetery is behind the church and cannot be seen from the road.
Documentation
William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 8-2-1983.
This church was established in 1767. The cemetery used to be across the street from the church on Providence Rd. Recently, Providence Rd. has been rerouted behind this historic church. The street between the church and cemetery was renamed. The cemetery is located across the street from the church.
Documentation
(1) Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Committee provided the cemetery abstracts in this database.