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Cemeteries

Moore's Chapel United Methodist Church

This is not a complete listing of burials. They are provided by John Blythe. This cemetery is behind the church and is most visible from Sam Wilson Rd.

New Hope Cemetery

This cemetery originally belonged to the Stillwell Grove Methodist Protestant Church. According to a survey, some logs from the church were still visible in 1913.  This is in the woods across the street from the Mount Harmony Baptist Church.

 

Documentation

(1) Ronald M. Lemmond, cemetery survey on 12-23-1967

Moore's Sanctuary AME Zion

This church was organized about 1870. This is not a complete list of burial records. This cemetery is behind the church and cannot be seen from the street.

 

Documentation

(1) William J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 9-11-1983

(2) Mary Beth Gatza abstracted this list of burials, which may be incomplete. 

New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery

According to a neighbor, the church building is no longer on the property due to a fire prior to 1960.

 

Documentation

(1) Jane Johnson abstracted this cemetery in 6/2003.

Lucas Cemetery

Dr. Charles DeForest Lucas bought the property in 1935. Lucas came from Virginia and bought the property on Campbell Creek to build a gristmill to support his family. At this point in the creek, there is a natural falls, which had previously been the site of a sawmill, which was abandoned in the 1860s. This cemetery may have also been known as Buffalo.

Documentation: Ellen Poteet of the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society

Morning Star Lutheran Church ELCA and Cemetery - 2nd site

This church was organized in 1775. The newer church is on the opposite side of the road and west of this historic church and cemetery. The cemetery is to the right of the small, white, historic church.

 

Documentation

(1) A list of burials can be found in an article by John Misenheimer called Morning Star Lutheran Church Cemetery, Olde Mecklenburg Genealogy Society Quarterly, Vol. 13, #3-4, 1995.

(2) John Misenheimer abstracted this list of burials.