Cemeteries

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Stanly County NCGenWeb Archives – Cemeteries

Stanly County NCGenWeb Cemetery Photo Gallery

Albemarle Cemetery – Albemarle

Allyson Whitley Cemetery – off 10th St in Oakboro

Almond, John Farm Burying Ground –

Andersons Grove Baptist Church Cemetery – – Albemarle    

Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery

Aquadale Baptist Church Cemetery – – Norwood

Austin Family Cemetery – Oakboro 

Badin Baptist Church Cemetery (originally Ebenezer Church) – Badin

Baptist Church Cemetery – Aquadale

Balentine Church Cemetery –

Barbee Family Burying Ground – on the D W Turner Estate

Barbee’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery – Oakboro   est. 1881

Barringer Chapel AME Zion Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery –  – Albemarle   This has 2 pages   

Bennetsville AME Zion Church Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery – – Locust

Bethel Colored Church Cemetery – Aquadale (cemetery has been destroyed)

Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery –

Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery – – New London

Bethel United Church of Christ Cemetery –       Partial  

Bethesda Church Cemetery  –   – Aquadale Rd, Albemarle    Updated

Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery – – Aquadale

Beulah Church Cemetery –  From old reading……..anyone know where this is located, willing to update??

Big Lick Baptist Church Cemetery –  – Oakboro

Black Cemetery (AA) – Norwood  (cemetery has been destroyed)

Brooks-Hill Cemetery – Hill-Drye Rd, Stanfield

Brown Hill AME Zion Church Cemetery (AA) –  – Locust

Cagle Confederate Cemetery –   Albemarle

Cagle Family Cemetery – Albemarle

Canton Baptist Church Cemetery –   Albemarle

Carver Cemetery – Oakboro

Cedar Grove AME Zion Cemetery (AA) – New London

Centerview Baptist Church Cemetery –   –  508 Northeast Connector, Albemarle

Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery –

Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery – Albemarle

Clarks Grove Cemetery (Clarks Grove Primitive Baptist Church) –  – Hwy 200 south of Stanfield

Community Baptist Church Cemetery – –  Hwy 200 North, Locust

Community Full Gospel Church Cemetery – Norwood

Cottonville AME Zion Church Cemetery (AA) – – Cottonville area, Plank Rd,  Norwood

Cottonville Baptist Church Cemetery –  – Norwood

County Home Cemetery –

Coyle Baptist Church Cemetery – Stanfield

Culpepper R Watkins, Sr Family Cemetery – – Norwood

Dan Furr Graveyard – Coy Almond farm, Old Concord Rd., Albemarle

Davis Cemetery –

Deese Family Cemetery (Old) – Norwood

Dunn’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery – 33803 Ridge Street, Albemarle

Earnhardt / Miller Cemetery –

East Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Eastside Cemetery  (AA) – – Albemarle   (see Mt Zion, Union Chapel AME, & Sides)   Partial

Eli Huneycutt Family Cemetery – – On private property off of Burris Road near its intersection with Austin Road

Eudy Family Cemetery – Millingport

Fairview Memorial Cemetery – – Albemarle   

Faith Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery – New London

First Baptist Church Cemetery –  – Locust    Now pretty much complete…..lots more pictures

First Baptist Church Cemetery – Stanfield

First Baptist of Waddletown Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Flat Rock Cemetery – – Stanfield

Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery – Locust

Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery –      Plyler

Gilbert-Smith Cemetery – west of Albemarle

Graveyard Island Cemeteries – This includes 3 cemeteries

Green Cemetery – – Big Lick

Green Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery – –   Aquadale   (Cemetery est. 1958)

Harward Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery –  –  Aquadale

Hathcock Family Cemetery – Red Cross

Hatley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery – Oakboro

Hearne Family Cemetery

Henry Sasser’s Land Burying Ground –

Henry Marshall Gravesite –  – Albemarle  

Herrins Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery –  – 29482 Herrin Grove Church Road, Mount Pleasant

Honeycutt Family Cemetery –

Hudson Cemetery – – Norwood

Hudson Family Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Huneycutt / Morton Cemetery –

Indian Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery – – Stanfield

Kendall’s Baptist Church Cemetery – 

Kinza Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery – Stanfield

Kirk Family Cemetery – Albemarle

Kron Family Cemetery –   On Morrow Mountain behind the Kron House, down a dirt path

Ledbetter Cemetery – south of Oakboro

Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery –   –  20415 Hwy 24/27, Oakboro

Little Cemetery – Stanfield

Little Family Burying Ground – In pasture off of Rocky River Rd out of Oakboro

Locust Presbyterian Cemetery –   –  607 Main St. West,  Locust

Love’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery – – Stanfield

Loves Grove Methodist Church Cemetery – Renee Ford Road, Stanfield

Macedonia AME Zion Church Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Marbry Graveyard –

Mattons Grove Methodist Church Cemetery – -near Misenheimer

Maulden Cemetery –

Meadow Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery –   – Locust

Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery – Oakboro

Mission Baptist Church Cemetery –  – 12444 Mission Baptist Church Road, Locust   PARTIAL

Morgan Memorial Cemetery – near Stanfield

Morning Star AME Zion Cemetery (AA) – Richfield   (has been destroyed except for 2 markers)

Moss Family Cemetery –  – Stanfield

Mountain Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery – New London

Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery – 44166 Mountain View Church Rd., Albemarle

Mt Zion Baptist Church Cemetery (AA) – Albemarle (same as Union Chapel AME Zion)

Mt Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery – 40510 Mt Zion Church Rd., Norwood

New Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery –   – Richfield  

New London Cemetery – New London

New Mount Tabor Methodist Church Cemetery –

Norwood Cemetery – Norwood

Norview Gardens –

Oakboro Cemetery – Oakboro

Oakview Cemetery (AA) – New London (Badin area)

Old Albemarle Cemetery – – Albemarle   

Old Carter Cemetery –

Old Efird Cemetery –

Old Family Cemetery – corner of Miller Rd & Paul Crossing Rd.

Old Folkes Cemetery –

Old Freedom Cemetery  –    – between Albemarle and Oakboro on old church site

Old Hudson Family Cemetery – Swaringen Rd off of South Stanly Rd.

Old Mission Cemetery –   Located off #1210 on Small road at Milling. On right of road about 300 yards from #1210 in overgrown area.

Old Morgan Burial Ground – near Stanfield

Open Door Baptist Church Cemetery – Richfield

Old Ebenezer Cemetery

Old Salem Methodist Cemetery – about 100 yards behind the Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery – Millingport Com.

Old Smith Cemetery – Norwood

Old Whitley Cemetery – – Austin Rd, Stanfield

Old Whitley Family Cemetery – 20275-A Austin Rd., Stanfield (this cemetery is near someone’s house)

Open Door Baptist Church Cemetery – Richfield

Osborne Family Cemetery –

Parker’s Grove Cemetery (AA) – New London

Palestine Community Cemetery – near Albemarle

Palmerville Church Cemetery –

Paul’s Crossing Baptist Church Graveyard – Albemarle

Perry Family Cemetery –

Philadelphia Baptist Cemetery –  – 12495 Philadelphia Church Road Off Hwy 200, Stanfield

Pickler Cemetery – – Richfield

Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery –   –  Hwy 24-27 W, Albemarle

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery –  – Albemarle

Plyler Baptist Church Cemetery – 25958 Austin Rd, Plyler NC

Poplin Burying Ground –

Poplins Grove Baptist Church Cemetery –  220 Poplins Grove Church Rd, Albemarle

Porter Baptist Church Cemetery –  – Hwy 52 between Albemarle and Norwood

Porter Community Cemetery –   –   west side of US 52 , Norwood

Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery – – Albemarle  Partial  

Providence Church of God Cemetery – – Locust     

Randall Methodist Church Cemetery –    –  Norwood

Red Cross Baptist Church Cemetery –

Rheobeth Methodist Church Cemetery – – Aquadale    Updated to April 2010

Richfield Cemetery – S Cemetery St., Richfield

Richfield Cemetery #2 – Harris Township

Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church Cemetery  – – Locust

Rodgers Cemetery –

Running Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery – – Millingport Rd., Locust

Russell Cemetery –

Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery – Albemarle – Millingport Community

Sanctified Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Sides Cemetery (AA) – Albemarle  (see Union Chapel AME, Mt Zion, and EastsideCem)

Silver Springs Church Cemetery –   16072 NC 138 Hwy, Norwood

Simpson Cemetery –   – Between Porter & Albemarle

Smith Cemetery –

Smith Grove Community Cemetery  –  aka Smith Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery – Hwy 138, Oakboro

Stallings Cemetery –  –  beside Mission Baptist Church – across pasture in field – 200 yards in trees.

Stanfield Baptist Church Cemetery – Hwy 200, Stanfield

Stanly Gardens of Memory Cemetery – Albemarle

Stanly Grove Church Cemetery (AA) – Norwood

Stokes Cemetery –

Stony Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery – Albemarle

St Martin’s Lutheran Church Cemetery – Oakboro

Sweet Home Baptist Church Cemetery – 28873 Sweet Home Church Rd., Albemarle

Talbert, Captain, Land Cemetery –

Thompson Cemetery – on W R Whitley’s Farm 

Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery –   –   Albemarle  (formerly Old Mountain Creek Cem)

Union Chapel AME Zion Cemetery (AA) – Albemarle

Union Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery  – – Albemarle

Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery –  20514 NC 138 Hwy., Albemarle

VanHoy Cemetery –

Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery – 46977 Wesley Chapel Road, Misenheimer

Wiggins Family Cemetery –

Yow Grave Yard