Cemeteries

According to Nancy Spain at the United Methodist Church Archives & History in Charlotte, Kerr Methodist was locally known as Mole Hill. Rev. Kerr moved to Cornelius and worked for Zion/Mt. Zion Methodist Church. According to their archives, there was a cemetery said to have contained a man's arm, a woman and a child. No markers or remains of the church or cemetery are known. Possibly the woman was related to the Cox family of the Cooks Presbyterian congregation. 

This cemetery contained the remains of the members of the Reuben Hood family. During the 1960s, a local developer destroyed the cemetery and built homes on the property. 

The land where this cemetery was is now occupied by private homes. The cemetery was across the street from the lake at the Pine Lake Country Club.

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.

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.