Morning Star Lutheran Church Cemetery - 1st site
This cemetery was originally by the first church, which relocated to the location at 12509 Idlewild Rd. (Information from the pastor of Morning Star Lutheran Church.)
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Cemeteries
Newell Baptist Church and Cemetery
The cemetery is behind the church.
Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
The church was organized on 6-30-1830. The oldest cemetery is on the north side of Mallard Creek Rd. The slave cemetery is east of the old cemetery on the north side of Mallard Creek Rd.
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.
Newell Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
The cemetery is behind the church. It can best be viewed from the parking lot.
Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church Slave Cemetery
Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery Committee This cemetery is to the right of the fenced cemetery, which is next to the church. It has no marked stones.
Mount Olive Baptist Church
The church was organized in 1868 and rebuilt in 1964. This is not a complete list of burial records. The cemetery is visible from the road.
Documentation
(1) James W. Howard survey for the Mecklenburg Genealogy Society.
O'Zion AME Zion Church
This is not a complete list of burial records.
Documentation
(1) Mary Beth Gatza abstracted this cemetery, which may be incomplete.
Mason Cemetery
This cemetery may be also known as the Youngblood Cemetery, because the Youngblood family bought the property from the Mason family. There are also many Partlows buried in the cemetery. There appear to be some unmarked graves. It has a wire and stone fence around it. It was once at the top of rich farmland but is now at the edge of Lake Wylie. See also Youngblood Cemetery. This is at the end of the right fork of Youngblood Rd. N. as it deadends at Lake Wylie.
Mount Zion Baptist Church Memorial Gardens
There was originally a church and cemetery together. There is no evidence of the original church in 1999. There are several unmarked graves. Jane Johnson completed this list of burials in 7/2003. The cemetery is not visible from the road, but it is sometimes visible from I-85. There is a small, unkept dirt road that goes from Performance to the cemetery entrance. A sign and gate mark the entrance.
Documentation
(1) William J. Charles survey for Mecklenburg Genealogy Society on 8-14-1983.