Includes portions of Cary, Garner and the city of Raleigh.
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 Swift Creek New Index
This should be one of the first files you read.
The New Index Spreadsheet for Swift 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 Swift Creek Original Index and Roads
Index as it appeared in the original survey files. Always compare to the new index.
Catawba Springs Christian Church Cemetery
Location only. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2227306/catawba-springs-christian-church-cemetery
Note location is at Ten-Ten and Blaney Franks Rds.(misspelling in original info.
Edwards
Three inscriptions. File notes graves moved to Swift Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Emery (Emory)
30 burials. Several pages documenting graves by rows.
GPS: 35.7445230, -78.6888260 (F/G)
Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2227993/emery-family-cemetery
Ernest Myatt Presbyterian Church Cemetery
One hundred eighteen graves. File notes this was surveyed by Yates-Mill Chapter of the DAR. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2236986/ernest-myatt-presbyterian-church-cemetery
Franklin, Charles
Location only. File notes 5 or 6 graves were destroyed for farming, then area used for shopping center.
Franks, James
Two inscriptions plus four other names. File notes moved to Macedonia Methodist.
Gulley
Twelve inscriptions plus nine unmarked graves, however some names are included in the file. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2231253/gulley-family-cemetery
Howell, Sewell
Eight inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2399527/sewell-howell-cemetery
Inwood Baptist Church Cemetery
Location only. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2149097/inwood-baptist-church-cemetery
Jones, Beverly
Two inscriptions plus 5 or 6 unmarked graves. File notes relocated to Barnabus Jones Cemetery.
Jones, Wllliam Rufus
Four inscriptions. File notes graveyard was destroyed and graves moved.
Lorbacher, Rudolph
Ten inscriptions plus one marked and nine or ten unmarked. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2430529/lorbacher-cemetery
Macedonia Methodist Church Cemetery
Fifty-one inscriptions. At some point the name may have changed to the Franklin Family Cemetery as these records are on that site on Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2236010/franklin-family-cemetery
Old Macedonia Methodist
Fifty-five inscriptions plus about one hundred more graves, some marked. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/47962/macedonia-cemetery
Piney Plain Christian Church Cemetery
Three pages of non-alphabetized inscriptions. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2366211/piney-plains-christian-church-cemetery
Pope-Harrison
Nine inscriptions plus eight more graves. File notes graves were moved to north side of Lochmere Golf Course.
Speight, William
AKA Speight Family Cemetery. One inscription plus sixty-two unmarked graves including enslaved.
See also Stephenson-Speight Cemetery nearby
Stephenson-Speight
1 marked and 5 unmarked graves.
see also Speight, William Cemetery nearby.
Stephenson, David
Two inscriptions plus forty-one more graves with names listed for twenty-five.
Swift Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Location only. Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2265651/swift-creek-baptist-church-cemetery