Includes the town of Garner.
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 lists 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 New Index for St Mary's Township
This should be one of the first files you read.
The New Index Spreadsheet for St. Mary's 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.
04 Misc - Whaley's List of Compiled Cemeteries /St Mary's twp
Compiled by Rodney Leon Whaley for Eagle Scout Project - Troop 391 in 1982
Allen
African-American. Abandoned. 60 graves, only 8 inscribed. Allen on 3 of the graves.
Auburn Christian Church
38 inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2227857/auburn-christian-church-cemetery
Bagwell, N.B.
125 inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2233526/bagwell-family-cemetery
Busbee (Poole/Davis)
5 inscriptions. Survey turned in with name "Busbee," but graves are for Poole and Davis family.
Carolina Biblical Gardens
African-American. Location only. Find a Grave lists 7,349 burials - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/47051/carolina-biblical-gardens. GPS - 35.7355995, -78.6044006
Crawford
Twenty graves moved to Oakwood. (file was moved from Cary twp where it had been placed incorrectly.)
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Not surveyed. See Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2234890/ebenezer-united-methodist-church-cemetery GPS 35.7267270, -78.5510560
Good Samaritan Church
African-American. Location only. Reported to be "in the woods" on Little John Rd. (Does not match up with the address of a current GSC that is on located on Hicks Rd according to Google and Find a Grave. Cannot assume they are the same.) May be an older iteration of the church. Needs research.
Hayes Chapel Christian Church
Sixteen pages of inscriptions. ***Please Note*** First Baptist and First U Methodist families once were buried here (and those still with lots). *Though portions of the handwritten survey refer to the listings as being in "Town of Garner Cemetery," all these recorded burials are within Hayes Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Confirmed with Find a Grave, 04/2022.***
Haywood
African-American. 13 graves, 3 with inscriptions. **Located on west border of Hayes Chapel but included in that listing at Cemetery Census. See map illustration on original survey image. See also Cemetery notes at Cemetery Census.
MontLawn Memorial Park
Reported, not surveyed. See Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/48129/montlawn-memorial-park GPS Coordinates: 35.7378006, -78.6468964
Mt Herman Christian Church
12 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2181083/mount-herman-christian-church-cemetery
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
19 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2170042/mount-moriah-baptist-church-cemetery
New Bethel Baptist Church
6 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/940635/new-bethel-baptist-church-cemetery
Parker, H.O.
about 9 burials, with 5 inscriptions. Cemetery was partially or completely destroyed -see notes.
Pool Family
Cemetery destroyed or has fieldstones only. Long abandoned graves for Sarah Pool and possibly A M Pool (1870s) were reported here.
Pool, Louis and William R.
7 graves, moved to Oakwood in Raleigh in 1989. File contains the original location.
Poole, Peter
4 graves. Moved to Auburn Church Cemetery. File gives the original location.
Poplar Springs Christian Church
African-American. 39 inscriptions and 149 unmarked graves. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2351149/poplar-springs-christian-church-cemetery
Rand Street United Church of Christ
African-American. Reported, not surveyed. See Find a Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2417030/rand-street-united-church-of-christ-cemetery GPS Coordinates: 35.7018940, -78.6074570
Smith, Ed
Cemetery destroyed. Ed Smith was last burial, there were others but they are unknown.
Springfield Baptist Church
African-American. 8 pages of inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2311872/springfield-baptist-church-community-cemetery
Wake Baptist Grove Church
African-American. Location only (at site of earlier church building).
Whitaker, Robert
Destroyed, stones broken. Information on 5 burials taken from wills, etc. There may be enslaved persons buried here, too.