THE CEMETERIES OF OLD GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
(Including Some That Are Now In Neighboring Counties)

INDEX OF CEMETERIES ~ "R" THROUGH "Z"


Please report all non-working links, corrections, and additions to the county coordinator.  Cemeteries that are known by more than one surname are listed under all the surnames used in the cemetery's name. Cemeteries described in the published sources as "Unidentified Family" will be found on the last page of this index.   Katherine Benbow

Find-A-Grave Index Page for Guilford County NC


R S T U V W X Y Z

Below are the names of cemeteries, some with information on their locations,
and with a key to any published catalogs, which are detailed near the end of this page.


R

Rankin-Ireland Family Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
Webster Street, Greensboro; accessible only from the main gate of Thomas Transport; entrance to Thomas Transport and the cemetery is about two blocks on Webster from Randleman Road.

(Red Hill Methodist Protestant) Pleasant Grove Baptist Cemetery ~ [GCC#1]

(Reed) Winchester-Reed Cemetery ~ Rockingham County ~ [FBG]

Reedy Fork Baptist Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
4710 Yanceyville Road; north of Greensboro, just south of Jade Road.

Rehobeth United Methodist Church Cemetery, Old Part ~ [GCC#1]
4475 Rehobeth Church Road, Greensboro.

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S

St. Elizabeth A.M.E. Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
6736 McPherson Clay Road

Saint James United Church of Christ Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
US Highway 79, Sedalia; on the north side of Hwy 70, near the junction with Rock Creek Dairy Road.

Sandy Ridge United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#1]
in southwest Guilford County, on Sandy Ridge Road 1.8 miles south of I-40.

Shady Grove Wesleyan Church
in western Guilford
County, 119 North Bunker Hill Road, Colfax NC 27235
"Cemetery Records 1869-1919" by Guilford Battle Chapter D.A.R. (1958), published in Greensboro, Accession No. N.C./929.3/W2384, lists, on page 343, Shady Grove Wesleyan Church, Colfax. This publication is cited as being available at the Greensboro City Library.

Shoefner-Bream Cemetery ~ African-American ~ [FBG]
is now identified as St. Elizabeth A.M.E. Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
6736 McPherson Clay Road

Sikes Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Simpson Cemetery ~ [FBG]

(Slave) Abandoned Slave Graveyard ~ abandoned cemetery described in [FBG]

(Smith) Heath-Smith Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Smithwood United Church of Christ Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
6808 Kimesville Road, Liberty, NC; on the corner of Kimesville and Smithwood Roads in extreme southeastern Guilford County

Springwood Presbyterian Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
6998 Springwood Church Road; south of Gibsonville and near I-85

Squire Gray Cemetery ~ abandoned cemetery described in [FBG]

(Stanfield) Brann-Marsiliot-Stanfield Cemetery ~ Rockingham County ~ [FBG]

Summerfield Baptist Temple Cemetery ~ [GCC#1]
in Summerfield, on US 220 North, at the intersection with Winfree Road.

Summerfield United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#1]
2334 Scalesville Road, Summerfield

Summerfield Wesleyan Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#1]
on US 220 near the intersection with Tuttle Road, in Summerfield.

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T

Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]
5601 Liberty Road, Greensboro

Tatum Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Thacker-Moore Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Timber Ridge Primitive Baptist Cemetery ~ Randolph County ~ [FBG]

(Trotter) Armfield-Millis Cemetery ~ also known as Trotter/Piney Grove Methodist ~ [FBG]

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U

Unidentified Church Cemetery ~ north side of Scalesville Road, Rockingham County ~ [FBG]

Unidentified Church Cemetery ~ south side of Scalesville Road, Rockingham County ~ [FBG]

Unidentified Family Cemetery ~ Church Street Extension ~ [FBG]

Unidentified Family Cemetery ~ Drummond Road ~ [FBG]

Unidentified Family Cemetery ~ near Kimesville ~ [FBG]

Unidentified Family Cemetery ~ Lake Brandt Road ~ [FBG]

Unidentified Family Cemetery ~ U.S. Highway 70 ~ [FBG]

Union Cemetery ~ African-American ~ [FBG]

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V

(Vaughn) Gordon-Vaughn Cemetery ~ [FBG]

(Vickrey) Old Union Cemetery ~ also known as Holton-Vickrey Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Vickrey United Methodist Church Cemetery ~ [GCC#1]
at the northwest corner of the intersection of Vickrey Chapel Road with Kivett Drive, in Jamestown Township.

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W

Walnut Grove Primitive Baptist Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Watlington Cemetery ~ [FBG]

(Weatherly) Isaac Weatherly Cemetery ~ [GCC#2]

(Weatherly) Isaac Weatherly Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Weatherly Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Winchester-Reed Cemetery ~ Rockingham County ~ [FBG]

Winfree Cemetery ~ “lost but not forgotten” ~ described in [FBG]

Witty Cemetery ~ Rockingham County ~ [FBG]
20 yards west of Wittys Crossroads on US 158, off a dirt farm road

(Wright) Moore-Wright Cemetery ~ [FBG]

Wyrick Cemetery #1 ~ [FBG]

Wyrick Cemetery #2 ~ African-American ~ [FBG]

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SOURCES

[BPC] = Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled by Raymond Dufau Donnell; published by The Guilford County Genealogical Society.

[FBG] = Family Burying Grounds and Abandoned Church Cemeteries in Guilford County, N.C., and Immediate Environs, compiled by O. Norris and Rebecca H. Smith, under the auspices of Earl of Shaftesbury Chapter of XVIIth Century Colonial Dames; published by Guilford County Genealogical Society.

[GCC#1] = Guilford County Cemeteries, Volume I: Western Section, edited by Mary A. Browning; published by The Guilford County Genealogical Society.

[GCC#2] = Guilford County Cemeteries, Volume II: Eastern Section, edited by Mary A. Browning; published by The Guilford County Genealogical Society.

[SFC] = Springfield Friends Cemetery, 1780-1991, by Brenda G. Haworth, High Point; Springfield Memorial Assocation.



 

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