THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Old Settlers' Cemetery is Charlotte's oldest municipal burial ground, with surviving graves dating to 1776 and many of the city's earliest families interred there. Visitors and local ghost tours have reported unexplained voices, strange sounds, feelings of an unseen presence and mysterious lights or orbs among the graves. The cemetery also contains undocumented and unmarked burials, including graves associated with enslaved people from early Charlotte families.
Established during Charlotte's earliest years, Old Settlers' Cemetery contains graves of prominent early residents as well as undocumented and unmarked burials. Its paranormal reputation includes reports of disembodied voices, unexplained growling or other strange sounds, feelings of being watched and anomalous lights or orbs. The historic cemetery remains a city-owned landmark surrounded by modern Uptown Charlotte.