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Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery

The church is no longer there, and the cemetery has been abandoned.

Wood from this old church was used to build the Oak Grove Methodist Church on Hwy. 115. Family names seen by Nancy A. Spaine of the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogy Society in 1984 were Harrison, Rice, Flowers, Martin, Stephens, et al. This cemetery is on private property.

 

Cemetery in Crown Harbor

This cemetery has mostly unmarked graves. The graves not marked are hard to determine because of the natural erosion on this hilly property and the number of fallen trees in this wooded area. The many dead trees and limbs make access difficult. There were only three readable stones found in 2003. This cemetery is believed to have once been a church cemetery, but it is unknown whether others in the community ever used it. Due to the dates on the stones, it does not appear to have been used since the 1910s at the latest. This is not a complete list of burials.

Connal Grave

This lone gravestone says In memory of William H. Connal who died March 11 1808 Aged 10 Days. He was son of Benjamin & Patsey Connal this stone arected by John Connal.

This child's parents were reportedly moving through Mecklenburg county on a wagon train. The family stopped for the mother to give birth to this child, who died 10 days later. The brother of this child came back years later to place a stone on the grave. The stone is made of steatite, which is common in the NC mountains.

This single grave is located on private property.

Bethel Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

This church was organized in 1828. A complete abstract is in Mecklenburg County, NC, Cemeteries, Vol. 1, North Mecklenburg, compiled by Pinny and Mel Cook, 2002. The cemetery is visible from the street.

Antioch Baptist Church

The original church was formed from the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in 1886. It purchased the property from the estate of Pat Hall on 11-23-1895. The first building was constructed in 1900. It was replaced in 1922. The cemetery became inactive.

"Beginning New Life As A Furniture Store" by Jane Lee Lisenby, The Charlotte Observer, 9-9-1978.