Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Cabarrus County, North Carolina

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Our thanks go to T. McManaway and Gary Horton and others for all their hard work documenting Cabarrus cemeteries. T. McManaway has uploaded most of his cemetery listings to Find-A-Grave, so those are now the primary links, but some can also be found on the NCGenWeb cemetery server. Please use the links below, which were just updated.


NCGenWeb Cemeteries site with albums on various cemeteries

Cemetery Census site with a few Cabarrus cemetery census listings

Find-A-Grave listings for Cabarrus


Alexander-Smith Cemetery ~ near Speedway in Concord

All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium ~ 525 Lake Concord Road, Concord

Allens Church

Arlington [?]

Asbury Cemetery ~ off County Line Road, 1/2 mile north of Crayton Road, behind the old Mack Cox house

Baker Cemetery ~ Kannapolis ~ included in Kannapolis Cemetery

Barbee-Garmon Family Graveyard ~ also on FAG ~ Township #10

Barbee-Honeycutt Graveyard ~ 2 miles from Midland, across the river, 1/4 mile from Farmon’s Mill ~ (see Whitley-Huneycutt-Barbee listing)

Barber Cemetery ~ nothing further known at this time

Barberich Family Graveyard ~ Township #4

Barnhardt Burial Site

Barnhardt Family Slave Cemetery

Bear Creek United Church of Christ ~ see Bethel Bear Creek UCC

Bellefonte Presbyterian Church Cemetery (AA) ~ 8866 Rocky River Road, Harrisburg

Bell’s Mission Cemetery (AA) ~ also on FAG ~ Country Barn Road, Concord

Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery ~ later became Forestview Baptist Church, then East Cabarrus Baptist Church (has been sold/changed names several times ~ 3525 Old Airport Road, Concord, Township #11

Bethel AME Zion Church Cemetery (AA) ~ 2219 Dale Earnhardt Boulevard, Kannapolis

Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) ~ 1209 Opal Street, Kannapolis

Bethel Bear Creek United Church of Christ Cemetery ~ also known as Bear Creek UCC or Bethel Reformed ~ 18958 Bear Creek Church Road, Mount Pleasant

Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 12700 Idlebrook Road, Midland

Bethel (Bear Creek) United Church of Christ Cemetery ~ 18937 Bear Creek Church Road, Mount Pleasant

Bethlehem United Methodist Cemetery ~ 3335 Bethlehem Church Road, Gold Hill Township

Bethpage Presbyterian Church Cemetery ~ 6020 Mooresville Road, Kannapolis ~ original Bethpage Cemetery was in Enochville and is now at the site of Bethpage Methodist Church; the cemetery in Kannapolis began burials in the 1840s after the church relocated.

Bethpage Presbyterian Church of Concord Cemetery ~ 8701 Mooresville Road, Concord ~ newer facility

Bethpage United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 109 Fellowship Drive, Kannapolis

Bible Way Church

Boger [Chapel] United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 1775 Flowes Store Road East, Concord

Boger Slave Cemetery

Boger United Church of Christ Cemetery (aka Boger Reformed Church) ~ 7313 Gold Hill Road, Concord

Bost Family Cemetery ~ Midland, 2 miles from US Highway #601 on NC Highway #27

Cabarrus County Home Cemetery ~ Sunderland Road, Concord

Cabarrus Memorial Gardens ~ near intersection of NC 73 & Cold Springs Road, Concord

Calvary Praise & Worship Center ~ 1651 East NC Highways 24 & 27, Midland

Carolina Memorial Park ~ 3101 South Cannon Boulevard, Concord

Carolina Memorial Park ~ Harrisburg Annex, Highway 49, Harrisburg

Cedar Grove AME Zion Cemetery (AA) ~ Flowe Store Road, Concord

Cedar Grove Presbyterian Cemetery (AA) ~ 105 Odell School Road, Concord

Center Grove Lutheran Cemetery ~ corner of Little Texas Road & Dale Earnhardt Boulevard, Kannapolis

Center Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 8005 NC Highway 200, Concord

Center United Methodist Cemetery ~ 1119 Union Street South, Concord

Chaney Grove Missionary Baptist Cemetery ~ see First Baptist Church of Midland

Cochran Family Cemetery ~ formerly Patterson Presbyterian (see that listing) ~ on Roberta Church Road, Concord

Cold Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 2550 Cold Springs Road, at Walker Road, Concord

Cold Water Baptist Cemetery ~ 1045 Union Street South, Concord

Cold Water Lutheran Cemetery ~ 1725 Gold Hill Road, Concord, north of NC Highway 73

Concord Christian Church Cemetery ~ 3101 Davidson Highway, Concord

Covenant Presbyterian Church Cemetery (AA) ~ 5832 Charlie Walker Road, Kannapolis

Cross of Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery ~ 4500 Rimer Road at Kluttz Road, Concord ~ (formerly Prosperity Lutheran)

Davidson Road Cemetery ~ see Sunset Cemetery

East Cabarrus Church Cemetery (formerly Forestview Baptist) ~ 2440 Old Airport Rd, near Hess Road, Concord

Ebenezer AME Zion Cemetery (AA) ~ 121 Jim Sossomon Road, Midland

Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery ~ Township #8, three miles from Mount Pleasant on Hahn Scott Road ~ known locally as Henkelite Cemetery

Fairview Cemetery ~ actually Roberta United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ was referred to as Fairview back in the 1940’s and 50’s

First Baptist Church Cemetery ~ Kannapolis

First Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 4720 Garmon Mill Road, Midland

First Baptist Church Cemetery ~ Mount Pleasant ~ 8539 Lee Sreet, at the corner of Lee Street and Bowman Barrier Road, Mount Pleasant

First Congregational Church Cemetery (AA) ~ “C” Street in Mount Pleasant

Flake Cemetery

Forest Hill United Methodist Church Columbarium ~ 265 Union Street North, Concord

Forestview Baptist Church Cemetery ~ also known as East Cabarrus Church ~ near Old Airport Road & Hess Road, Concord

Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 4695 Mount Pleasant Road South, Concord

Furr Family Cemetery ~ Barrier-Georgeville Road, Mount Pleasant

(Paul) Furr Family Graveyard ~ take Mount Pleasant Road to Timothy Drive, then to Mary and Paul Circle

Furr Monument & Family History

(Sam) Furr Graveyard ~ about a mile from the Furr Family Cemetery, on Georgeville Road between Crayton and Miami Church Road

George Barbee Cemetery ~ see Whitley-Huneycutt-Barbee Family Cemetery

George Kiser Jr. burial

Gilmore Chapel AME Zion (AA) ~ 810 Concord Parkway North, at the corner of US Highway 29 & Faggart Avenue, in Concord

Gilwood Presbyterian Cemetery ~ 2993 Odell School Road, Concord

Grace Family Cemetery ~ no further information

Gray Cemetery ~ Midland

Grier Graveyard ~ located across the street from Rocky River Presbyterian Church; one of the church’s old cemeteries

Harmony Baptist Church ~ 5361 Tom Query Road, Harrisburg

Harris Family Cemetery (Dr. Charles Harris family) ~ relocated to Poplar Tent Cemetery
After Poplar Tent Church was established, many of the graves in this graveyard were removed to Poplar Tent Graveyard (information from Historical Papers on Cabarrus County, circa 1936).
The following graves were relocated to Poplar Tent Cemetery in 1997:
Sarah Harris ~ d. Nov 3, 1803 ~ age 37 ~ first wife of Dr Charles Harris
Sarah Harris Cash ~ d. Nov 17, 1823 ~ age 30
Dr Samuel Stanhope Harris ~ d. Jan 20, 1847 ~ age 48
James H Harris ~ d. Apr 4, 1827 ~ age 16
Robert E Harris ~ d. Aug 4, 1822 ~ age 4

Harris Family Cemetery (Ephraim Harris) ~ Mount Pleasant

Harrisburg Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 6525 Morehead Road, Harrisburg

Harrisburg Presbyterian Cemetery ~ 4815 NC Highway 49 South, corner of Morehead & NC 49 South, Harrisburg

Hartsell property burial

Henkelite Cemetery ~ also known as Lutheran Union Cemetery ~ Township #8, three miles from Mount Pleasant on Hahn-Scott Road

Holly Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) ~ US Highway 29 South, Concord

Holy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity) ~ also St. James Reformed, formerly UCC ~ Washington Street, Mount Pleasant

Howell’s Chapel Baptist Cemetery ~ 3800 Baptist Lane, Concord, Township # 10

Hunter-Meek Family Graveyard ~ relocated to McClures Cemetery

Isenhour Family Graveyard ~ Mount Pleasant, Township #7

Jacob Rock Cemetery (AA) ~ predecessor of Macedonia Church; stones are all that exist now

Jenkins Family Cemetery ~ Hwy. 24/27 to Pine Bluff Road, off Pine Bluff Road (SR 1100)
Aaron Jenkins 1818 – 1860
Sarah Jenkins 1834 – 1898 ~ reading by T. McManaway

John Reed Family Cemetery ~ see also Reed Family Cemetery

Kannapolis City Cemetery ~ 600 West “C” Street, Kannapolis ~ includes Baker Cemetery

Keller Chapel UCC Reformed Cemetery ~ also known as: Keller Chapel UCC Reformed Cemetery & Keller Evangelical & Reformed Church Cemetery ~ Old Concord-Salisbury Road, Concord

Kimmons – Stafford Family Graveyard ~ Concord
A private cemetery also known as Stafford Cemetery ~ “partial reading”
Dorcus Kimmons, b. February 14, 1812, d. December 4, 1890
Samuel Kimmons, b. (not given), d. October 9, 1865, age 49 years
Samuel Brainant P. Kimmons, b. June 27, 1852, d. July 31, 1902
Tirzah Kimmons, b. (not given), d. December 28, 1938, age 32 years

Kiser Graveyard ~ Jack Furr Place, State Road 1113, in Township #10; contains just 2 known graves; others were moved several years ago to make room for a housing project.

Krimminger Graveyard ~ Centergrove Road, Township # 5

Lewis Family Graveyard ~ Mount Pleasant

Liberty Primitive Baptist Cemetery (AA) ~ 750 Central Avenue, Concord

Linker Family Cemetery

Little Graveyard ~ Township #10, on Jones Pharr farm, Mt. Pleasant Road, Midland (Georgeville)

Love Family Cemetery ~ c. 1810-1869 ~ near Mount Moriah Methodist Church; located down the hill from the intersection of Reed Mine and Hartsell Road

Lutheran Union Church Cemetery ~ known locally as Henkelite Cemetery ~ Township #8, three miles from Mount Pleasant on Hahn-Scott Road

Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) ~ Midland

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) ~ 6734 Macedonia Church Road, Concord

Matton Grove Cemetery ~ Gold Hill Township

McClures Cemetery ~ on Weddington Road about 4/10ths of a mile N/NE of Speedway Boulevard — now called Bruton Smith Blvd (just to south of exit 49 from I-85). It is the first and only right turn past the Wingate Hotel and before the bridge.  Several old cemeteries were removed to this cemetery in 1997 due to expansion.  Hunter-Meek was one of them.

Medow Creek Cemetery [?] ~ no further information ~ should be spelled Meadow Creek

Melchor Family Graveyard

Memorial Gardens ~ 50 Spring Street, SW, Concord; this is the old graveyard for First Presbyterian Church of Concord

Miami Baptist Church Cemetery  ~ 6701 Miami Church Road, Concord

Miami Methodist Cemetery

Mill Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 13659 Hwy 601 South, Midland

Miller Church Cemetery

Misenheimer Family Cemetery ~ Concord Mall in Concord

Mitchler Family Cemetery ~ Sapp Road, Township #5

Mount Calvary Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery (AA)  ~ Boston Street, Mount Pleasant (years 1900-1980) ~ now owned by St. Peters Lutheran Church of Concord

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 6986 Gold Hill Road, Township #6

Mount Carmel Lutheran Church (also known as Barrier’s) ~ Long Run Farm Road, Mount Pleasant

Mount Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Township # 5

Mount Carmon Church Cemetery


Mount Gilead Lutheran Church Cemetery
~ 11199 NC Highway 73, Mount Pleasant

Mount Hermon Lutheran Cemetery ~ 3600 Highway 601 South, Concord

Mount Michel Cemetery

Mount Mitchell United Methodist Church Cemetery  ~ also on FAG ~ 6001 Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Kannapolis

Mount Moriah Graveyard ~ near Georgeville, Township #9

Mount Olive Lutheran Church Cemetery  ~ 9400 Gold Hill Road, Concord

Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 301 Mount Olivet Road, Kannapolis

Mount Pleasant Reformed Church Cemetery ~ Walnut Street, Mount Pleasant ~ same as St. James Reformed UCC Cemetery (see below)

Mount Pleasant Lutheran Cemetery

Mount Pleasant Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery ~ 2680 Mount Pleasant Road South, Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery ~ 1260 North College Street, Mount Pleasant

Near The Cross Cemetery

New Gilead Reformed Church Cemetery & New Gilead portion ~ 2400 Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Concord. Established 1766. The cemetery is located across the street.

New Life Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ ~ see New Zion Cemetery or Victory Baptist Bible Cemetery

New Testament Independent Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 5140 Irish Potato Road, Kannapolis

New Zion Cemetery ~ also known as The New Life Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, & Victory Baptist Bible Cemetery.

Oak Grove Baptist Cemetery (AA)  ~ 200 Alexander Avenue, Harrisburg

Oak Grove United Methodist Church ~ 32056 Herrin Grove Road, Mount Pleasant

Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery ~ 5340 Flowes Store Road, Concord

Oakwood Cemetery ~ 471 North Church Street, Concord

Old Bellefonte Cemetery (AA)  ~ 8866 Rocky River Road, Harrisburg, about 1/2 mile down a path from the newer Bellefonte Cemetery

Old Campground Cemetery (AA) ~ off Cabarrus Avenue, Concord

Old Cold Water Church Cemetery

Old Lutheran Church Cemetery ~ on Corban Street in Concord

Old Rocky River Cemetery ~ old church burying ground, across the road and about 250 yards east of Rocky River Presbyterian Church ~ Rocky River Church Road, Concord

Page Family Cemetery ~ Pickens Road, near Mount Pleasant

Palestine Cemetery

Patten Family Graveyard ~ “destroyed” when Highway 29 was developed

Patterson Presbyterian Church Cemetery ~ Roberta Church Road, Roberta Mill

Paul Furr Cemetery ~ nearest address is 6019 Jason Drive, Georgeville

Phaniels Baptist Church Cemetery ~ near Cabarrus-Rowan County line

Pharr Cemetery

Pharr Family Graveyard ~ located on the west side of the highway at Pharr’s Mill, directly across from the first graveyard (information from Historical Papers on Cabarrus County by May Erwin, 1934)

Phifer Cemetery ~ in Concord, at the end of Lucky Drive, last dirt drive to the left

Philadelphia Baptist Cemetery

Phoenix Mine Gravesite ~ Miami Church Road, Concord

Pickens Family Graveyard ~ Beatty’s Ford Road, Township #3

Pine Bluff United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ Reed Mine Road, off NC Highway 200, Midland

Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 100 Pine Grove Church Road, Concord

Piney Grove AME Zion Cemetery (AA)  ~  700 Piney Grove Church Road, Concord

Pitts Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 140 Pitts School Road NW, Concord

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 6270 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Kannapolis

Poplar Tent Presbyterian Cemetery ~ 6841 Poplar Tent Road, Concord

Presbyterian Cemetery

Prosperity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery ~ now known as Cross of Christ Lutheran Church

Providence Cemetery

Read Cemetery  ~  Midland

Reed Cemetery ~ Henry Reed: age 46 years 11 mos

Reed Family Cemetery  ~  Reed Mine Road, Township #10

Reeves Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery (AA)  ~ 4955 Hamby Branch Road, Concord

Reid Family Cemetery

Reid – Autry Family Cemetery

Roberta Baptist Church Cemetery  ~ 3301 Roberta Road, Concord (? maybe Roberta Mill)

Roberta United Methodist Cemetery  ~ 3925 Cochran Road SW, Concord ~ in the 1940’s & 1950’s it was called Fairview Cemetery

Rock Hill AME Zion Cemetery (AA)  ~ 3610 Rock Hill Church Road, Concord

Rocky Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) ~ Heathcliff Road

Rocky Ridge United Methodist Cemetery ~ 1428 Old Charlotte Highway, Concord

Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery ~ 7940 Rocky River Road, Harrisburg; located behind the church

Rose Hill Baptist Church Cemetery

Russell Family Graveyard  ~ was located near Union Street in Concord; it was “destroyed,” but an old reading survives

Rutherford Memorial Park Cemetery ~ off Wilshire Drive on Lincoln Street, Concord

St Enoch Lutheran Church Cemetery ~ 701 Campbell Avenue, Kannapolis

St. James Catholic Church Cemetery ~ Gold Hill Road, Township #5

St. James Reformed UCC Cemetery  ~ 8350 Walnut Street, Mount Pleasant ~ once was Mt. Pleasant Reformed

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church ~ 100 St. John’s Church Road, Concord

St. Martin’s Lutheran Cemetery ~ 5469 NC Highway 200, Concord

St. Paul’s United Methodist Cemetery ~ 4877 NC Highway 200, nine miles from Concord on NC Highway 200, near Bost Mill

St Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery (AA) ~ other cemetery ~ 2400 Ward Avenue, Concord

St. Stephen’s Lutheran Cemetery ~ 4401 St Stephen Church Road, Gold Hill Township

St. Stephen’s Wesleyan Methodist Church Cemetery ~ 7601 Brusharbor Road, off Barrier-Georgeville Road

Shiloh United Methodist Cemetery ~ 4149 Odell School Road, Concord

Shoe Cemetery

Simon Flake Cemetery

Smith Chapel Cemetery ~ Kannapolis

Smith Family Cemetery ~ see Alexander-Smith Cemetery listing ~ near speedway, Concord

Solid Rock Worship Center Cemetery ~ 3000 Centergrove Road, Kannapolis

Spears Graveyard ~ Pioneer Mills Road, Concord

Stafford Burying Ground ~ may be same as Kimmons-Stafford Cemetery

Steele Chapel Cemetery

Sunrise Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery

Sunset Cemetery ~ also known as Davidson Road Cemetery ~ Camp Julia Road, Kannapolis

Teeter – Yow Cemetery ~ on Lane Teeter farm, Midland

Trinity Evangelical Church Cemetery ~ 3747 Trinity Church Road, Kannapolis

Truelight Cemetery ~ Rocky River area

Tucker Cemetery ~ 7184 Edgefield Road, Concord, eight miles from Concord on US Highway 601

Union Cemetery or Union Grove Cemetery ~ also known as West Concord Cemetery ~ 331 Union Cemetery Road SW, Concord

United Church of Christ Cemetery ~ see Saint James Reformed

United Love Baptist Church Cemetery ~ FAG listing ~ Midland

Unity Methodist Church Columbarium ~ 8505 Unity Church Road, Kannapolis

VanHoy Family Cemetery

Victory Baptist Bible Church Cemetery ~ also known as The New Life Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ; current name is New Zion Baptist Church.

Victory Temple Cemetery ~ 3101 Cline School Road, Township #6

Walter Family Graveyard ~ Wishon Road, Concord

Wayside Baptist Church Cemetery ~ 3606 Drake Road, Midland

Weidenhouse Family Cemetery

West Concord Memorial (Union) ~ also known as Union Cemetery & Union Grove Cemetery ~ 331 Union Cemetery Road SW, Concord

Whitley Huneycutt Barbee Family Cemetery

Willow Grove Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) ~ Irish Potato Road, Concord

Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Cemetery ~ 5704 Sapp Road, Concord

Zion Hill AME Church Cemetery (AA) ~ see Old Campground Cemetery ~ Cabarrus Avenue West, Concord

Zion Presbyterian (now Baptist) Church Cemetery ~ Township #11

Zion Wesley AME Church Cemetery ~ 9001 Reid Road, Mount Pleasant


near county line: Stallings Family Cemetery – accessible from Cabarrus County by way of Smith Lake Road between Barrier Store Road and Cox Road