Gaston County, North Carolina Cemeteries

There is no one complete transcription of all the cemeteries in the county. We do have many books on individual cemeteries. You can find these in our Catalog by doing a Subject search for Cemeteries. Also try a Keyword search for the name of the cemetery.

Also, we have collections of cemetery inscriptions, done at different times and with varying degrees of coverage. Some cemeteries have been transcribed more than once. Below is a list of books, each with an identification code. It is followed by a list of cemeteries and the code(s) for the book(s) they are found in.

N. B. The transcriptions of these cemeteries often differ. It's best to look at all of them as graves may have been lost or become illegible over the years.

• Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, [929.1 Bul]. References are to specific issues. Code=BOTC.
• "The Cemetery Printout" [no call number] is a computer printout kept in the North Carolina Room at Gastonia Main. This survey was done in the mid-1970s. There are "Notes" for some of the cemeteries, see this page. Code=CP.
• Early Church Histories and Cemeteries [929.5 Ear NCC], compiled in 1987, includes cemeteries in Gaston and Lincoln Counties. Code=ECHC.
• Eswau Huppeday, [929.1 Esw NCC] Bulletin of the Broad River Genealogical Society. References are to specific issues. Code=EH.
• Footprints in Time, [929.1 Foo NCC] journal of the Gaston-Lincoln Genealogical Society. References are to specific issues. Code=FT
• Gaston County Historical Bulletin [051 Gas NCC]. References are to specific issues. Code=GCHB.
• Gaston County Records from Wm. Gaston Chapter, DAR. [929.3 D NCC] One volume, unpaged. Compiled 1956. Code=GCR.
• Lincoln County Family Cemeteries, uncataloged looseleaf volume in Jonas NCC. Some pages typed, some handwritten. Code=LCFC.
• Old Gravesites Revisited, 3 vols. [929.5 Wal NCC] compiled by Terry Waldrop and others, pub. 1986-1990. Vol. 3 also includes information found in documentary sources on some unmarked graves. At Gastonia and Jonas NCC. Includes Gaston and Lincoln Counties. Code=OGRv#. Some of the cemeteries in this title are online at the Tombstone Transcription Project (see below).
• West Lincoln County Church Cemeteries, 2 vols. [929.5 Pee NCC] compiled by Helen W. Peeler and others, pub. 1986-1990. At Jonas NCC. Code=WLCCv#.
• WPA Pre-1914 Cemetery Inscriptions. Microfilm. Complete set at Gastonia NCC; Lincoln County roll at Jonas NCC; Gaston & Lincoln Counties are on roll 3. Copied ca. 1939. Note: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery on the Cleveland NC/York SC line is at the end of the last reel.Code=WPA.

Many gravesites are being posted online. Try these sites.

• Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Click "Search for a cemetery" on the right side. Important! These are not complete listings of all the cemeteries -- some may have only a few graves copied.
• Tombstone Transcription Project, part 1, http://usgwtombstones.org/northcarolina/gaston.html and http://usgwtombstones.org/northcarolina/gaston2.html, part 2 for Gaston County.
• Gaston County NC GenWeb Archives, http://www.usgwarchives.org/nc/gaston/gastoncems.html.
• Old Family and Community Graveyards...Gaston County, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~twag2/gastongraveyards.html.
• Cemetery Surveys Inc, http://cemeterysurveysinc.org/cemeteries.php. Go to North Carolina and then click the plus sign next to Gaston County.

Cemeteries can be difficult to locate. The Key to Gaston County Cemeteries [call # 929.509756773 Key NCC] serves as an index to a large map compiled in 1998. The map itself is on two sheets and is kept in the North Carolina Room at Gastonia Main.
Also Cemeteries of Gaston County, North Carolina [call # 929.3 Cem NCC] lists many cemeteries and names the USGS quadrangle map on which the cemetery is located.

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• Abee Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Abernathy (C. M.) Cemetery aka Abernethy Family Cemetery. CP; GCHB, v. 36 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Alexis Baptist Church Cemetery. ECHC.
• Antioch [Evangelical] Lutheran Church Cemetery. CP; ECHC.
• Antioch Methodist Church Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 6 no. 4; OGRv1; WLCCv1.
• Armstrong Memorial (Gastonia) - no graves before 1914 per WPA. Armstrong Cemetery, Osceola St. first appears in the city directory in 1949.
• Baker (Edward) Cemetery aka Baker - Sellers. GCHB v. 41 no. 2.; OGRv2.
• Beaver Dam Lutheran Church see Old Beaver Dam Lutheran.
• Best Cemetery. GCHB v. 4 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery. CP.
• Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery. CP.
• Bethesda United Methodist Church, Gastonia. GCHB v. 42 no.2.
• Big Gulley Cemetery see Carpenter (Jacob) Cemetery.
• Big Joe Carpenter Family Cemetery see Carpenter - Crouse Cemetery.
• Black [Family] Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 36 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Carpenter - Crouse Cemetery aka Big Joe Carpenter Family Cemetery.
  GCHB v. 8 no. 1 lists as Gaston County; LCFC and OGRv1 list as Lincoln County.
• Carpenter (Henry) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Carpenter (Jacob) Cemetery aka Big Gulley Cemetery. GCHB v.8 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Carpenter (John) Cemetery see Zimmerman (Hans) Cemetery.
• Carpenter - Mauney Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Carpenter - Wise Cemetery aka Carpenter Cemetery. GCHB v. 19 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Carson Cemetery. CP.
• Castanea Presbyterian Church Cemetery. OGRv2.
• Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stanley. CP; ECHC; OGRv1.
• Clemmer Cemetery. CP; OGRv1.
• Cloninger Cemetery. OGRv1; OGRv3.
• Cloninger - Derr Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Cloninger - Long Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Cloniger (Michael) Grave. OGRv1.
• Colored Cemetery. Appears in 1934 Gastonia City Directory as located at "N Oakland nr C&##*;NWRy." In 1938 directory, "N Oakland nr Hardy al."
• Concord [United Methodist Church] Cemetery. CP' OGRv2.
• Costner see Kastner's Church.
• Costner see also Summey - Costner - Plonk.
• County Home see Potter's Field.
• Cox (Charlie R) Cemetery. OGRv2.
• Cox (Edward D.) Cemetery. OGRv2.
• Craig Family Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 36 no. 1.
• Cramer Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Crowder's Creek ARP Church Cemetery. CP.

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• Dallas Presbyterian Church Cemetery. CP; WPA.
• [Dameron Road] Cemetery see Kiser - Wilson.
• Davenport Family Cemetery. CP; FT September 1997; GCHB v. 36 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Dellinger see Smith - Dellinger.
• Derr see Cloninger - Derr.
• Dougan see Herron - Mason - Dougan Family Cemetery.
• Eaker Cemetery aka Old Eaker. CP; GCHB v. 36 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Eaker (Henry) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Ebenezer [United Methodist Church] Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 5 no. 2; OGRv2.
• Firestone Cemetery. OGRv3; WPA.
• Flat Rock Cemetery I. OGRv1.
• Flat Rock Cemetery II. OGRv1.
• Flowers Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Former Kastner's Church see Kastner's Church.
• Friday (Andrew) see Hardin Baptist Church.
• Friday aka Friday - Harden Cemetery. CP; OGRv1.
• Froneberger [Family] Cemetery. CP; OGRv1.
• Fulenwider Family Cemetery, High Shoals. GCHB v. 4 no. 1.
• Gardiner Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Gaston Family Cemetery. OGRv3.
• Gaston Memorial Park. Gastonia. An entry for this company (Gaston Cemetery Park Corp) first appears in the 1949 city directory.
• Goshen Presbyterian Church Cemetery aka Old Goshen, Belmont. CP; ECHC; GCHB v. 1 no. 3, v. 2 no. 2 and 3; OGRv3.

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• Hager Family Cemetery. CP.
• Hager (Simon) Cemetery. GCHB v. 36 no. 1; OGRv2.
• Harden Church see St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
• Hardin Baptist Church Cemetery (New), formerly Andrew Friday Cemetery. OGRv1; OGRv3.
• Hebron Meeting House -- was at present location of Mt. Zion Baptist, see that entry.
• Henderson Cemetery aka Henderson (James A.) Cemetery. GCHB v. 4 no. 1; OGRv1, OGRv3.
• Henderson see Linebarger - Henderson.
• Herron - Mason - Dougan Family Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 36 no. 1; OGRv1 [as Dougan - Herron].
• Hepzibah Presbyterian Church Cemetery see Old Hepzibah Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
• Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. CP; OGRv3.
• Hines - Hovis Cemetery. GCHB v. 6 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Holy Communion Lutheran Church Cemetery. ECHC; WPA.
  WPA lists as Lutheran Church, Dallas.
• Hovis (Eve) Grave. GCHB v. 10 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Hovis see also Hines - Hovis.
• Hovis see also Plonk - Hovis - Richard.
• Hoyle Family Cemetery. FT Fall 1989-90; OGRv1 [cemetery destroyed].
• Hoyle - Michael - Shetly Cemetery. CP.
• Hufman (John) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Hull Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Jenkins Cemetery aka Jenkins - Thornburg Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 36 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Jenkins see White - Jenkins.
• Johnson (Ruth G. Westbrook) Grave. OGRv1.
• Johnston Cemetery. GCHB v. 11 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Kastner see Kastner's Church.
• Kastner's Church aka Old Philadelphia Lutheran aka Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran aka Kastner (Costner) Cemetery aka Peter Marshall Rhyne - Morris Cemetery, Dallas. CP; ECHC; GCHB v. 5 no. 3 and v. 16 no. 1; OGRv1.
  see also Philadelphia Lutheran Church Cemetery [New], Dallas.
• Kiser [Family] Cemetery aka Kiser (Samuel) Cemetery(near High Shoals). CP; GCHB v. 37, no. 1; OGRv1.
• Kiser - Huffstetler Cemetery aka Lawrence and Levi Kiser Cemetery. GCHB v. 37 no. 1; OGRv1.
  OGR gives location as Lincoln County.
• Kiser - McKee Cemetery aka Squire Kiser Homeplace Cemetery. GCHB v. 37 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Kiser - Wilson Cemetery. CP; FT 1995-96 no. 2; GCHB v.38 no. 2.

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• Landers Chapel Cemetery. CP.
• Linebarger Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Linebarger or Lineberger - Henderson Cemetery aka Lineberger Family Cemetery. GCHB v, 8 no. 3; OGRv1; OGRv3.
• Linebarger (Jacob) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Linebarger (John) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Lineberger (John R) Cemetery, North Belmont. GCHB v. 37 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Lineberger - Rhodes Cemetery. CP.
• Lineberger - Setzer see Setzer.
• Long see Cloninger - Long.
• Long Creek [Memorial] Baptist Church Cemetery. CP; ECHC; GCR; OGRv3.
• Long Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bessemer City. BOTC v. 3 no. 1 and 2; CP; EH v.2 no. 2.
• Loray Mill see Firestone.
• Lutheran Chapel Cemetery. CP; OGRv2.
• Mason see Herron - Mason - Dougan Family Cemetery.
• Mauney Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Mauney see Carpenter - Mauney.
• McAdenville Old Cemetery. OGRv1.
• McCree (James) Grave. OGRv3.
• McKee see Kiser - McKee.
• Morris - Rankin Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Morris see also Kastner's Church.
• Mosteller Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Mount... see Mt.
• Mt. Holly City Cemetery see Old Mt. Holly City Cemetery.
• Mt. Olivet Church Cemetery, Gastonia. CP; GCHB, v. 37, no. 1.
• Mt. Pisgah Church Cemetery see Old Mt. Pisgah Church Cemetery.
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. ECHC; FT June 2004.
• Negro Cemetery see Colored Cemetery and Rose Hill.
• New Hardin Baptist Church Cemetery see Hardin Baptist Church.
• New Hope [Presbyterian Church] Cemetery. CP.
• New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery. OGRv3.
• North Oakland Cemetery see Oakland Cemetery.

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• Oakland Cemetery. Appears in the 1934 Gastonia City Directory as at "S Chester sw corner W Franklin av." This cemetery first appears as Oakwood in the 1953 directory (see listing below). Also listed in 1953 is Oakland Cemetery N. Oakland cor Hardy al, the address given for Potter's Field and the Colored Cemetery -- see those names.
• Oakwood Cemetery. [Originally Oakland, see above.] An article in the newspaper in 1944 describes this as "the first cemetery to be developed locally, other than chruch cemetries." OGRv3.
• Old Beaver Dam Lutheran Church Cemetery. When the "new" Beaver Dam Lutheran Church was built in 1856, the name was changed to St. Marks. CP; GCHB v. 36 no. 1.
• Old Eaker see Eaker Cemetery.
• Old Ebenezer see Ebenezer [United Methodist].
• Old Goshen see Goshen Presbyterian.
• Old Hepzibah Presbyterian Church Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 36 no. 1.
• Old McAdenville Cemetery see McAdenville Old Cemetery.
• Old Mt. Holly City Cemetery. OGRv3.
• Old Mt. Pisgah Church Cemetery. [African American]. OGRv1.
• Old Philadelphia Lutheran see Kastner's Church.
• Old Pisgah ARP Church aka Old Pisgah Presbyterian Church Cemetery. BOTC v.9 no. 1; CP; EH v. 4 no. 2; EH v. 27 no. 1 [WPA]; OGRv1.
  See also Pisgah ARP.
• Old Stroup Family Cemetery see Stroup (James).
• Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery. CP; OGRv2; WPA.
• Pasour Family Cemetery, Dallas. CP.
• Pasour (Adam) see Pasour - Paysour Cemetery.
• Pasour (Malachi) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Pasour - Paysour Family Cemetery aka Pasour (Adam) Cemetery, Dallas. CP; GCHB v. 11, no. 1.
• Pasour - Rhyne Cemetery aka Pasour Cemetery. GCHB v. 6 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Pasour (Samuel) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Pauper's Cemetery see Potter's Field.
• Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran, Dallas see Kastner's Church AND Philadelphia Lutheran [New].
• Philadelphia Lutheran Church Cemetery [New], Dallas. CP; ECHC.
• Pineview Cemetery. OGRv3.
• Pinhook Cemetery, Lowell. GCHB v. 7 no. 2.
• Pisgah ARP Church Cemetery. CP; GCR.
  See also Old Pisgah ARP.
• Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. In 1934 Gastonia City Directory as at Spencer av nr Hillcrest. Colored.
• Plonk - Hovis -Richard Cemetery. GCHB v. 37 no. 2.
• Plonk see also Summey - Costner - Plonk.
• Potter's Field Cemetery. Appears in 1934 Gastonia City Directory as located at "N Oakland nr Hardy al." In 1936 directory, "N Oakland nr C&##*;NWRy."
  FT Summer 1991-92.
• Quinn (John) Family Cemetery, Cherryville. CP; GCHB v. 37 no. 2.

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• Ragan Family Cemetery. GCHB v. 10 no. 1; OGRv2.
• Ramsey Cemetery. CP.
• Rankin see Morris - Rankin.
• Reid see Wilson - Reid.
• Rhodes Family Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Rhodes (Christian) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Rhodes see Lineberger - Rhodes.
• Rhyne (Jacob II) Cemetery aka Old Rhyne Family Cemetery. GCHB v. 37 no. 2; OGRv1.
• Rhyne (Jacob M.) Cemetery. GCHB v. 12 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Rhyne (John) Cemetery. OGRv2.
• Rhyne (Peter) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Rhyne (Peter Marshall) - Morris see Kastner Church.
• Rhyne (Solomon) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Rhyne (Thomas) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Rhyne see Pasour - Rhyne.
• Richard see Plonk - Hovis - Richard.
• Riverbend United Methodist Church Cemetery. OGRv2.
• Roberts Cemetery. GCHB v. 37 no. 2; OGRv1.
• Rose Hill, N. Morris, Gastonia. The city acquired the land for this cemetry in 1944. It appears in the 1949 directory as "Negro"; the name Rose Hill appears in the 1959 directory.
• Rudasil (Salome) aka Rudisill (Salomie) Grave, Cherryville. GCHB v. 5 no. 2; OGRv2.
• Rudisill Cemetery. GCHB v. 13, no. 1; OGRv1.
• Rush (Molly) Grave. OGRv1.
• Sain (Jacob) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Saint ... see St.
• Sandy Plains Cemetery. CP.
• Setzer Cemetery aka Setzer - Lineberger. GCHB v. 38 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Shidal-Hill Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Shiloh Cemetery, Gastonia. CP; FT June 2007; GCR.
• Sifford Cemetery. GCHB v. 11 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Smith Cemetery, Belmont. CP; OGRv1.
• Smith - Dellinger Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Smith's see Smith.
• Smyrna [Methodist Church] Cemetery. CP; OGRv2.
• Snowhill United Methodist Church Cemetery. OGRv2.
• Spencer Mountain (Old) Cemetery. GCHB v. 38 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Spring's Cemetery, McAdenville. GCHB v. 8 no. 3 [2 stones]; OGRv1 [all stones destroyed].
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 37 no. 2; OGRv3.
• St. Mark's. When the "new" Beaver Dam Lutheran Church was built in 1856, the name was changed to St. Marks. See Old Beaver Dam Lutheran for the original church cemetery.
• Stanley Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Stowe aka Stowesville Cemetery. GCR; OGRv1.
• Straup (Elizabeth) see Stroup (Elizabeth).
• Stroup (Elizabeth) Cemetery. OGRv1; OGRv2.
• Stroup (James) Cemetery aka Old Stroup Family Cemetery. GCHB v. 38 no. 1; OGRv1.
• Stroup (Lawson) Cemetery aka Old Stroup Family Cemetery. GCHB v. v. 5 no. 2; OGRv1.
• Stroup (Philip) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Summey - Costner - Plonk Cemetery. GCHB v. 38 no. 1 and 2.

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• Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Tate's Chapel Cemetery. CP.
• Thornberg see Jenkins Cemetery.
• Union Cemetery. CP.
• Weaver Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Webb Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Wehunt Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Wells Cemetery, Belmont. GCHB v. 5 no. 2 and v. 13 no. 2.
• White-Jenkins Cemetery aka White Family Cemetery. CP; GCHB v. 12 no. 2; OGRv1.
• Williams Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Wilson (Tennis) Grave [African American]. OGRv1.
• Wilson - Reid Cemetery, Lowell. GCHB v. 40 no. 1.
• Wilson see also Kiser - Wilson.
• Wingate (James F. Jr.) Cemetery. OGRv1.
• Wise see Carpenter - Wise.
• Zimmerman (Hans or Hons aka John Carpenter) Cemetery. GCHB v. 36 no. 1.
• Zimmerman see also Carpenter.

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