North Carolina African American Cemeteries

Cemeteries provide us with a unique link to our past. While many cemeteries contain a few African American graves, some are comprised of only African Americans. The following list shows  African American Cemeteries in North Carolina.  You should also check AccessGenealogy Cemeteries for additional listings.

• Hosted at Ancestry.com
  • The First African Baptist Church of North America $$
• Bertie County
  • First Baptist Church of Colerain (hosted at Bertie County, NC Digital Library)
  • Hosted at North Carolina USGenWeb Archives
    • First Baptist Church of Colerain
    • First Baptist Church
    • Bazemore-Speight Cemetery
    • Hexelena Road Cemetery
    • Holley African Cemetery
    • Saint Elmo Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Taylor Family Cemetery
    • General Wynns Cemetery
• Buncombe County
  • The South Asheville Colored Cemetery, 1840-1943 (hosted at University of North Carolina)
• Burke County
  • Mission AME Church Cemetery (hosted at Making Connections)
• Cabarrus County
  • Hosted at Prairie Bluff
    • Holly Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
• Catawba County
  • Brooks Cemetery (hosted at Catawba County, NC Archives)
• Cleveland County
  • Hosted at North Carolina USGenWeb Archives
    • Brook’s Chapel Methodist Cemetery
    • East Side Cemetery
    • Ellis Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Green Bethel Church Cemetery
    • Philadelphia Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Vestibule Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Youngs Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery
• Durham County
  • Geer Cemetery
• Edgecombe County
  • Mercer Farm Cemetery (hosted at Prairie Bluff)
• Harnett County
  • Clark & McGregor Cemetery (hosted at North Carolina USGenWeb)
• Mecklenburg County
  • Mount Olive Presbyterian Church Cemetery (hosted at North Carolina USGenWeb Archives)
• Nash County
  • Hosted at Prairie Bluff
    • Bascoe Hinnant Cemetery
    • Sandy Fork Missionary Baptist Cemetery
    • Stokes Family Cemetery
• Pitt County
  • Hosted at Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc
    • Brown Chapel Holiness Church Cemetery
    • Burney Church Cemetery
    • Butler-Wynne Cemetery
    • Clemons Cemetery
    • Crandell Cemetery
    • Crandol Cemetery
    • Ebron Cemetery
    • Fleming-Brown Cemetery
    • Forbes Cemetery
    • Holy Temple Holiness Church Cemetery
    • Hopkins Cemetery
    • Jackson Cemetery
    • John J. Tyson Cemetery
    • Langly-Hopkins Cemetery
    • Live Oak Cemetery
    • Mitchell Mortuary Cemetery
    • Morris-Robbins Cemetery
    • Newsome Cemetery
    • Rebovia Cemetery
    • Rountree Cemetery
    • Saint Peter MB Church Cemetery
    • Shirley Cemetery
    • Smith Cemetery
    • Sweet Hope FWB Church Cemetery
    • Turnage-Jones Cemetery
    • White-Chapman Cemetery
    • White Oak Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Wimberley Cemetery
    • Yankee Hall Slave Cemetery
    • Zion Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
• Polk County
  • Union Grove Baptist Cemetery (hosted at North Carolina USGenWeb Archives)
• Rutherford County
  • Hosted at
    • Buck Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    • Crews Cemetery
    • Doggett Grove Cemetery
    • Duffey-Twitty Cemetery
    • Gold Hill Cemetery
    • Haynes Grove Cemetery
    • Hopewell A.M.E. Zion Cemetery
    • Jerusalem Baptist Cemetery
    • Mt. Nebo Baptist Cemetery
    • Mt. Pleasant C.M.E. Church Cemetery
    • New Hope Cemetery
    • New Salem Church Cemetery
    • New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Piney Ridge C.M.E. Cemetery
    • St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
    • St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Cemetery
    • Union Hill A.M.E. Zion Cemetery