Flat Pond
Cemetery
On Zorn Plantation
Govan Bamberg County South Carolina
Johnson Hagood Zorn set aside land on the old family Plantation
to be used for a burial site for family members. There was already a small family cemetery on
the property but it was not large enough or accessible enough for continued
use. Ruby Allen Zorn Jr. reclaimed the cemetery, identified the graves and
replaced damaged stones. The following
is a list of all those buried in Flat Pond
as of
August 2006.
JOHNSON HAGOOD ZORN
Born: August 16 1814
Died: April 26 1859
Son of Henry Zorn Jr. & Ann Sobeski
Tombstone
Inscription: “He was a good neighbor, firm friend
And above all, a consistent Christian.
Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord.”
REBECCA LUCY GRIMES ZORN
MILHOUSE
Born: January 15 1830
Died: May 20 1897
Second Wife of Johnson Hagood Zorn
Tombstone
Inscription: “Asleep in Jesus far from Thee
Thy
Kindred and thee graves maybe
But there
is still a Blessed Sleep
From which none ever more to Weep.”
URBAN GLEN MILHOUS
Born: 1833
Died: January 04 1904
Second Husband of Rebecca Lucy
Grimes Zorn Milhous
CHARLES HENRY MILHOUS SR.
1852- 1899
Husband of Harriet Mary “Hattie”
Zorn, the daughter of Johnson Hagood Zorn &
Rebecca Lucy
Grimes; Also the younger brother
of Urban Glen Milhous
SAMUEL SABASTIAN ZORN
Born: April 08 1842
Died: April 18 1889
Son of Johnson Hagood Zorn
Tombstone
Inscription: “May the Resurrection Find Thee on the Bosom of thy God.”
MARY ANN EAVES ZORN
1851-1885
First Wife of Samuel Sabastian Zorn
ANN ELIZABETH ZORN
Born: January
14 1886
Died: July 30 1887
Daughter of Samuel Sabastian Zorn & Emma Folks, Sam’s Second wife
Tombstone
Inscription: “Age 1 year 6 months & 16 days”
BEVERLY A. ROWELL II
Born: February 02 1870
Died: March 04 1921
Son of Jane Catherine Zorn &
James Daniel Rowell; Jane was a daughter of Johnson Hagood.
JANE CATHERINE “JANIE” ZORN
ROWELL
Born: 1845
Died: April 14 1921
Daughter of Johnson Hagood Zorn & his first wife ,
Elizabeth T. Zeigler
Originally marked only with a
Wooden Marker with no inscription; R.A. Sonny Zorn Jr. placed a
stone
marker on the grave.
JANIE A. MILHOUS
Born: March 05 1866
Died: November 21 1898
Wife of W. G. Hutto
Tombstone Inscription:”The Lord gave-the Lord hath taken Away.”
MAGGIE & SUSIE MILHOUS, Twins
Born: _______
Died:_______
Daughters of Urban Glen Milhous
& Rebecca Lucy
Grimes Zorn Milhous
Common Headstone
Location of Cemetery: From
Denmark South Carolina take Highway 321 west to Platt
Rd.
Turn left on Platt
Rd. Go about 1 and ˝ miles on Platt; after a very
sharp curve to the left,
begin
looking for cemetery on Right in a grove of very old trees near roadway.