Meck Neck Cemetery in North Carolina

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Get directions Iredell County, North Carolina, USA

Coordinates: 35.51043, -80.94079
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According to a newspaper article (Mecklenburg Gazette, 5 June 1991) this cemetery was discovered by Ken Brotherton, a Mecklenburg County historian. He interviewed an African American woman named Hazel Houston Graham who said she knew her grandparents and great-grandparents were buried in this location. It has also been referenced as a slave cemetery. One of the known burials was born prior 1865, so it is very possible that slaves are buried at this site. There are approximately 30-50 sunken impressions with maybe a dozen fieldstones marking some burials.

Property research has indicated that the land may have been owned by the Patterson family with connections to the Houston, Johnston, Conner, Sherrill, and Williamson families who also inhabited the area prior to the Civil War. It is possible that slaves from other surrounding plantations could be here. The land was part of Mecklenburg County until it was annexed by Iredell County in 1998. The creation of Lake Norman in 1959-1963 also makes tracking property records difficult.

Any additional information about this cemetery, previous property owners, or those who might be buried here can be reported to the Iredell County Public Library Local History and Genealogy Department.