The church was established in 1880. It was in what was then called Allen, NC, but it is now part of Charlotte. The Carolina Room has listings of those buried before Spring 2001. This survey was done by Paula Griffin. The cemetery is to the right of the church and is visible from Arlington Church Rd.
The original church is no longer standing. Members have relocated to their current church building on Providence Rd. West. This list of burials was abstracted by Pam Rasfeld and completed on 11/13/1999. The Carolina Room has a list of burials through 2-14-2001. The cemetery is behind a brick wall within a Ballantyne area neighborhood.
Comprehensive Genealogical Services, June M. White, verifiers The owner in 2002 was Cedar Grove AME Zion Church.
Comprehensive Genealogical Services, Marie McDaniels, verifiers
The church was organized in 1866. Some family names from the Charles cemetery survey in 1983 are Walker, Woodard and Brown. The church and cemetery are visible from Old Dowd Rd.
This church is no longer in Mecklenburg Co. and has been included because the members first met two miles north of Davidson College in the Osbornes Meeting House and organized in 1765. The name was chosen because of its relation to other settlements. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1775 and Centre was rebuilt in its present location.
Mr. Charles wrote that it was originally known as Bethesda Methodist in 1814, near its present site. For information about the older cemetery, see Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery.
Wm. J. Charles survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 7-19-1983
The cemetery is located behind the church.
near the Billy Graham Library
This church is no longer in Mecklenburg Co. and has been included because the members first met 2 miles north of Davidson College in the Osbornes Meeting House and organized in 1765. The name was chosen because of its relation to other settlements. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1775 and Centre was rebuilt in its present location.