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Cemeteries of Mecklenburg County

Forest Lawn Cemetery West

This cemetery is located on both sides of Freedom Dr. The photo of the gates is the cemetery entrance on the south side of the street. 

Galilee Church Cemetery

This cemetery has at least 17 additional stones or bricks that are unnamed or broken beyond recognition. It is very spread out and difficult to determine if there are other unmarked graves. One grave was also recently dug and has no headstone yet.  This cemetery is at the southeast side of the intersection of Nations Ford Road and the 5500 block of Radford Avenue.

 

Documentation

(1) This cemetery was abstacted by Jane Johnson in May 2005.

Gethsemane Memorial Gardens

This cemetery was started in 1975.

 

Documentation

(1) Burek, Deborah M., ed. Cemeteries of the U. S. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994.

Gilead Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

The earliest burial is 1813. This is not a complete listing of burials. They are provided by John Blythe. The cemetery is located behind the church.

 

Documentation

(1) A list of burials is in The Olde Mecklenburg Genealogy Society Quarterly, Vol. 10, #1, 1992.

(2) A complete abstract is in Mecklenburg County, NC, Cemeteries, Vol. 1, North Mecklenburg compiled by Pinny and Mel Cook, 2002. 

Green Acres Cemetery

Green Acres was a home for indigent people and was near the current campus of UNC-C. There are no normal tombstones at this location. Only markers and large rocks indicate the burial plot of the deceased. Near the baseball field.

Grobb Cemetery

 Neighborhood children said they believe there had been a cemetery near an old creek bed, but it had been removed. The photo of this old church is near the site of the cemetery reported by the ADC Map Co Mecklenburg Co., NC (map), 3rd ed., Alexandria Drafting Co., Alexandria, VA, 2000 This is reportedly located near Dawson Ave., north of Hwy. 16 (Brookshire Freeway).

Harrison United Methodist Church and Cemetery

This is one of the oldest churches in the county. Inscriptions On Grave Markers in Harrison United Methodist Church Cemetery 1785-1972, by Irene McGinn, 1972. Burial records listed are not a complete listing. They were provided by John Blythe. The cemetery is located on the right side of the church and is visible from the street.

Hebrew Cemetery

The cemetery was founded in 1867. The list of burials ends on July 1, 2000. The cemetery's address was formerly 1800 McCall. The cemetery is visible from the street.

Documentation:  Sam Eneman and Dr. Ed Green.