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Cemeteries of Mecklenburg County

Philadelphia Presbyterian Church and Cemetery-3rd site

The church was founded in 1770. A history of this church is entitled The Presbyterian Gathering on Clear Creek, by Russell Martin Kerr published by Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, 2001.There are two cemeteries for this church at this location. One is to the side of the sanctuary, and one is in front of the church. Both can be seen from the road. The one across the street from the church is also known as Evergreen, not to be confused with the cemetery on Central Ave., owned by the City of Charlotte. For more information, please visit the Church's website. 

 

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.

Sharon Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

A list of those buried in the cemetery was completed by A. P. Long for the Historical Records Survey of North Carolina in 1936. The cemetery can be viewed best from the church parking lot.

 

Documentation

(1)  A complete abstract is in Mecklenburg County, NC, Cemeteries, Vol. 2, South Mecklenburg, compiled by Pinny and Mel Cook, 2003.

Shuman Cemetery

The cemetery appears on a 1923 surveyor's map of "Shuman Property."  The map shows "Shuman Avenue," which has now become part of Remount Road, at its intersection with South Boulevard.  The cemetery is located at the corner of  Youngblood Street, which did not exist at the time the map was made. The lot size is 100 x 110, so it appears to have been a very small family cemetery.

Phyllis Lane Cemetery

This cemetery is believed to have been a slave cemetery.

Documentation:

Dr. Chris Hood

Location:

This cemetery is on the right side of the road, as you turn off Hwy. 51. It is past a cultivated field in a wooded area.

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.

Slave Cemetery

History:

A member of the Torrence family says the cemetery was started for their slaves. The family had a home and property around the present-day Presbyterian Hospital on Elizabeth Ave. in Charlotte.

Documentation:

Undated newspaper article by John W. Harden

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