Includes the town of Fuquay-Varina and portions of Holly Springs.
Township Instructions
Within a township, review
- Notes - This describes the digitization results and special considerations for a township.
- Original Index - This is the 1978 index of the cemeteries.
- New Index - This is a current index. We will add new cemetery information as it is discovered. These new indexes include Enhanced directions Road names added to the SR numbers GPS data - to the original site or as close as the information and changes in real estate would allow Links to online memorial databases including Find a Grave, Cemetery Census and others.
- Individual Listings and Files - Look for families of interest.
Please note: OCR was attempted, but due to the predominate use of handwriting and old manual typewriters, documents may not be fully searchable. OCR exists for some larger and more clearly typed files.
01 Surname Finder File
This file indexes surnames found in smaller family cemeteries in all townships across Wake County. Thanks to Cynthia Gage for creating this useful tool for us. Note: this list does not include names in Church or Community cemeteries.
02 Middle Creek New Index
This should be one of the first files you read.
The New Index Spreadsheet for Middle Creek township allows for updates and corrections as well as the opportunity to add GPS Co-ordinates and links to outside sources. We have also improved how the roads are referenced by including Road Name with the SR#. -- We now have a vehicle to make additions as other cemeteries become known as is the wish of the co-ordinator of the original project, Irene Kittinger. If you know of any additions or corrections please let us know.
02 Middle Creek Original Index
Index as it appeared in the original survey files. Always compare to the new index.
Ballentine
2 graves. May have been moved or destroyed. (Does not appear on original index.)
Banks Road (aka King Family)
African American. About 43 graves with 14 inscriptions. See bottom of page 6 for most detailed directionsl
Bazzel Creek Missionary Baptist Church
African American. 10 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2371568/bazzel-creek-missionary-baptist-church-cemetery
Enslaved Cemetery
African American. Location only. Possible name Coleman Tilliard or Tillage (Hilliard?)
Fellowship Baptist Church
6 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2236763/fellowship-baptist-church-cemetery
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens
70 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/47542/greenlawn-memorial-gardens
Hilltop Free Will Baptist Church
3 graves. Graves have been moved to various locations. Consult this list. https://cemeterycensus.com/nc/wake/cem072.htm
Jones/Johnston
4 inscriptions. Burial site of Rev War soldier Capt. Etheldred (Dred) Jones. - see notes. (Not in original index.)
Kennebec Baptist Church
30 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/491153/kennebec-baptist-cemetery
Love
Unknown number of headstones in good condition at time of record. (Not on original index.) Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2297236/love-cemetery
McCullers, Capt. Matthew
18 inscriptions and possibly 5 unmarked graves. Capt. McCullers was a Rev War Soldier.
New Providence Baptist Church
African American. 6 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2308949/new-providence-baptist-church-cemetery
Piney Grove Baptist Church
35 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2294836/piney-grove-baptist-church
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
15 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2234118/pleasant-grove-baptist-church-cemetery
Pleasant Hill United Christian Church
African American. Location only. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2516232/pleasant-hill-united-church-of-christ-cemetery
Rowland/Stephens
4 inscriptions. 2 other stones broken or missing.
aka the William Rowland cemetery. His son Bennett has the only readable stone.
Saint Augusta
Very old African American church. 73 inscriptions. At some point renamed Saint Augusta Missionary Baptist. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2457340/saint-augusta-missionary-baptist-church-cemetery?
Smith Revels Wray
Location and 18 marked graves. Near Wake/Harnett line.
Added 2023 - Reported by the Harnett County Cemetery Preservation Society who has taken on stewardship of this cemetery. See image.
Wake Chapel Christian Church
39 inscriptions included. This is only a partial listing. Survey states 300+ buried here. At some point renamed Wake Chapel Memorial Gardens. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2178620/wake-chapel-memorial-gardens
Wentworth Christian Church
12 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2188653/wentworth-christian-church-cemetery
Willow Spring Primitive Baptist
35 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2241650/willow-spring-primitive-baptist-church-cemetery?