Raeburn Community Cemetery
Documentation:
Comprehensive Genealogical Services, Marie Daniels, verifier
Location:
The Raeburn Homeowners Association was the owners in 2002.
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Cemeteries of Mecklenburg County
Ramah Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
This church was established in 1783. The church and cemetery are separated by Ramah Church Rd. and are visible from the road.
Red Branch Missionary Baptist Cemetery - 1st site
A local resident grew up hearing this cemetery called a slave cemetery. She believes the last burial was in the 1950s. The deceased had been a member of the Red Branch Missionary Baptist Church.
Documentation:
Paula Griffin In 2001
Location:
This cemetery is in a grove of trees behind an abandoned white house on the north side of Hough Road.
Red Branch Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery - 2nd site
The church and the cemetery are at the end of a long drive way and are not visible from the road. The cemetery is to the side of the church.
Revolutionary War-era cemetery
See also Liberty Hall / Queens Museum. This cemetery was in the front yard of the original Queens Museum/Liberty Hall school for young men, located in Charlotte. British soldiers killed at Trade and Tryon, during the occupation of Charlotte, were buried there. This location has no evidence of a former cemetery.
Documentation
The Charlotte Observer, 6/7/1936, "Interesting Carolina People", by Mrs. J. A. Yarbrough.
Robin McGee Cemetery
The plaque at the cemetery says the cemetery started in 1847. This cemetery can be seen from the road. It is on fenced, private property and has a gate.
Robinson Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
The cemetery is located behind the church. It can be viewed best from the parking lot.
Rockwell AME Zion Church
A plaque on the church says it was built in 1885 and rebuilt in 1935. This is not a complete list of burials. The cemetery is across the street from the church and can be seen from the road.
Rocky River Baptist Church Cemetery
This cemetery has some tombstones, some sunken ground without stones and lots of flowering ground cover. See also Cashion and Moore Family Cemetery. This is hidden from the street by a grove of trees. It is northwest of the intersection of McAuley Rd. and Hwy. 73. In 2001, it is next to a white house that is a private residence.
Documentation
(1) William J. Charles survey for Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 7-19-1983