The church was organized in 1891. The church is named after George L. Cook, the first minister. The church is visible from the road The cemetery is behind the church and can best be viewed from the parking lot.
Documentation
(1) William J. Charles, Mecklenburg Genealogy Society, 7-25-1983
(2) A complete abstract is in Mecklenburg County, NC, Cemeteries, Vol. 1, North Mecklenburg, compiled by Pinny and Mel Cook, 2002.
The cemetery is behind the church.
This church was first organized as a Presbyterian Church but later changed to a Methodist denomination. It held its first services in a house west of the present church and cemetery. This house, called Whiteacre, has not been associated with the name since 1890. Some family names on tombstones in the cemetery are Pharr, Howard, Powell, Berry, Beattie, Wilson, Moore, and Alexander. The cemetery and church are off Beatties Ford Rd. and cannot be seen from the street. The church and cemetery are next to Beatties Ford Memorial Gardens and should not be confused.
It is near The Centrum shopping center on Hwy. 51 in Pineville.
Documentation
(1) Joe Griffin, Pineville resident
(2) A complete abstract is in Mecklenburg County, NC, Cemeteries, Vol. 2, South Mecklenburg, compiled by Pinny and Mel Cook, 2003.
This cemetery was started after 1990. The list of burials is incomplete and comes from their publication, The Bugle. It overlooks I-485.
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.
This church was organized in 1879. The cemetery is located behind the church and is visible from the street.
Documentation
(1) William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 7-19-1983.
There are several unmarked graves. Some are marked with a variety of objects - a stone, a cross attached to concrete, etc., but they have no names or dates. Research June White thinks there may be two different church cemeteries near each other. The earlier cemetery is slightly north of this known cemetery. For this reason, the name Lawing School Rd. Cemetery will remain. The current owner is the Mt. Pleasant AME Zion Church, 1100 Fox Run Dr., Charlotte, NC 28212. The street is very short, and the cemetery is visible from the street.
This cemetery had 10 graves but only two with readable stones. It was to be relocated from the property of the J. A. Jones Construction Co. The County Commissioners asked that the graves be moved to the Pineville Cemetery. The information on the stones was about Henry W. Daniel of GA who gave his life for his beloved Southland 6-9-1864 and Annie Thrower, wife of H. W. Allen, who died in 1873. This was formerly near the old pump station and between U. S. 21 S. and the Southern Railway tracks. It was about 2 miles from the Starmount subdivision.
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.