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Confederate Cemetery
"Old Village", across from Carr
Street Mount Pleasant, SC
Survey Aug. 1997 to Oct. 1998 by Barry Floore. Submitted 1999.
DIRECTIONS: Cross the Cooper River Bridges (HWY 17)
and turn onto Coleman Boulevard (HWY 703), head down that road until you
reach Shem Creek. After crossing the bridge, take a right at the split in the
road..Whilden / Royall. Continue straight down that road until you reach
King Street. Take a right onto King until you come to Carr Street (on the
corner should be a pink building called the Darby Building). Take a left onto
Carr and the cemetery will be on your left. If you get lost, ask anyone for
directions to the Darby Building in the Old Village, that should get you
there.
There are 15 gravestones, 2 monuments, and a historical
marker in this cemetery. However, in 1884, when the foundations were being
laid for the Darby Building (at the time, it was to be the county courthouse
for Berkley County), hundreds of unmarked skeletons were found. These unmarked
graves were probably patients at the time of the Civil War, when the Mt.
Pleasant Presbyterian Church was the town's hospital.
It was the custom at the time to bury soldiers in large
unmarked graves, mainly because it was impossible to identify many of them.
The "home made" cement gravestone commemorates these soldiers. All of the
graves are in good condition, with the stone of William M. Farabee damaged to
the point of having lost information. There is a map that accompanies this
information in its published and HTML forms.
1.
Sacred
to the memory of
WILLIAM M.
Son of
S.F. & JOANNA FARABEE
who was born
Sept. 1st 18--
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2.
In memory of
Susan A.
Daughter of
Dr. B.M. and M.D.
Brailsford
Born Feb. 26 1866
Died April 17 1889
Asleep in Jesus
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3.
Footstone:
A.R.
1814
Headstone:
In
Memory of
Abraham Roach
a resident of Columbia S.C.
Who died Novr 9th
1814
Aged 49 years
You must die
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4.
Footstone:
M.E.S.
1895.
Headstone:
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
MIDDLETON ELLIOT SMITH
4th son of
S. PORCHER & HENRIETTA A. SMITH
Born December 25, 1881
Died February 12, 1895
A place is vacant in our home
which never can be filled.
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5.
Coping:
J. J. Williams
Headstone:
Joseph J. Williams
Dec. 3, 1829.
March 11, 1889.
Sarah J. Williams
June 25, 1838.
Feb. 24, 1908.
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6.
Life's labor is over
JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAMS
Born in Pitt. Co. No. Ca.
December 3rd 1829
Died in Mt.Pleasant, S.C.
March 11th 1889
Peace to his Ashes.
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7.
IN MEMORIAM
HENRY LAURENS
PINCKNEY McCORMICK
1831
FAITHFUL, FEARLESS,
JUST AND GENEROUS
-AT REST -
McCORMICK
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8.
IN MEMORIAM
EMILIE MARION
WIFE OF
H.L.P. McCORMICK
1841-1900
FAITHFUL, JUST AND
GENEROUS
-AT REST-
McCORMICK
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9. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
Side 1:
By the united efforts
and enduring sacrifices
of the
Noble women of Mount Pleasant
and Charleston.
The zealous and tender
custodians of the slumbering
Heroes of a lost cause.
This Monument
has been erected as a tribute
to our
Confederate Dead.
1861-1864.
Side 2:
Names of those who lie buried
Here
Side by side with the Soldiers
of 1812.
ROBT. ASKEW, A. BLACOM,
A. BOSWELL, W.T. CASTLEBERRY,
J.J. ELLIS, J.E. ELLIOTT,
J.B. GLENN, S. HARBIN,
S.O KNIGHT, J.L. LIMBERG,
W.J. LITTLETON, A.H. MANSEL,
G.J. MERRIT, J.F. METZ,
W.H. NELSON, NEWTON,
J.R. STEVENSON, H.J SIEBRICHT,
H. TAYLOR,
M.C. WAKEFIELD,
CHARLES WARREN.
Side 3:
Christ Church Parish
Contributed to the Death Roll
of our Confederacy these
gallant Son.
Col. C.C. TEW, 2nd N.C.I.
Col. T.M. WAGNER, 1st S.C.A.
Col B.J. JOHNSON
Hampton Legion
Col. R.J. JEFFORDS, 5th S.C.C.
Major J.M. WHILDEN, 23rd S.C.V.
Capt. L.A. WHILDEN, 5th S.C.C.
Capt. HAMILTON WARING, 5th S.C.C.
Lieut. JAMES ANDERSON, 5th S.C.C.
Side 4:
B. ANDERSON, G.C. JERVEY,
J.C JERVEY, W.C. JERVEY,
W.H. RICH, H. ROUX,
H. INGLESBY, D.W. MAREE,
J. LEOPOLD, D. AYERS,
D. TRUESDAL, W.H. TODD,
J. CORBEY, J. OWENS,
WM. CALVERT, JNO. EADEN,
JOHN BAILEY, JAS. SIMONS,
J.R. THOMLINSON.
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10.
HASELL WILKINSON CROUCH
Born Sept. 12, 1840,
DIED Oct. 28, 1909.
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11.
[No inscription]
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12. WAR OF 1812 MONUMENT
Side 1:
On the 18th, June 1812
the United States of America
declared war against Great Britian.
At the first Sound of Trumpet, the
Patriot Soldiers who sleep beneath this
monument flew to the Standard of Liberty.
Here they feel beneath the scythe of Death.
The sympathies of the Brave, the tear of
the Stranger and the Slow Dirges of the
Camp attended them to the Tomb.
How sleep the Brave, who sink to rest
With all their Country's wishes blests!
The Laurel leaf of shining green
Will still around their Tomb be seen.
Side 2:
Sacred to the Memory
Sergeants Tilman Goodrich, and
Adam C Spencer - Also of
David Aarant, William Rutland,
John Williams, John A. Placide,
Thomas Madden, William McLellan,
Henry Kilgore, John Taylor,
John Bruce, and Harris Lancaster,
Private Soldiers of the 3d Regiment
of State Troops.
[NOTE: On side 1, the monument does read "Great Britian," not "Great Britain."]
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13.
Ann Crandall
in memory of her husband
ADAM CRANDALL
who departed this life
June 2d 1820, aged 55
years. A Native of
Road Iland N.P.
Rest in Peace.
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14.
OUR KATIE
Only Daughter of
W.M. & K.A. Hale
Born
June 22nd 1857,
Died
May 3rd 1872
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15.
CATHERIN A. HALE
RELICT OF
W.M. HALE
FEB. 5, 1839
FEB. 8, 1917
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16.
AT REST
WILLIAM MAULDIN HALE
Born in Queen Anne Co. Maryland
April 2nd 1834.
Died at Mt. Pleasant S.C.
March 15th 1891.
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17.
COLIN FERGUSON HALE
of Delaware
Died in Mt.Pleasant, S.C.
August 1865
Age -- 67
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18. HISTORICAL MONUMENT
Side 1:
SC
WAR OF 1812
ENCAMPMENT
On June 18, 1812, the
United States declared
war against Great Britain.
One of the first units to
be mustered into service
was the Third Regiment of
South Carolina Militia,
which was stationed at
Haddrell's Point, west
of here, to aid in the
defense of Charleston
Harbor. Their barracks
stood within the present
town limits of Mount
Pleasant, and they were
equipped with State funds.
Erected by
United States Daughters of 1812
South Carolina Society
1970.
Side 2:
SC
WAR of 1812
ENCAMPMENT
The 1812 monument in this
cemetery originally marked
a burial plot of the Third
Regiment of State troops.
The soldiers who were
buried there apparently
died from disease while
stationed at Haddrell's
Point, nearby. Before the
Civil War, the monument
is said to have stood at
the corner of Pitt and
King Streets. It was
moved to this Confederate
cemetery for protection
from vandalism.
Erected by
United States Daughters of 1812
South Carolina Society
1970.
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