RETREAT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY (1851), Oconee County, SC
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LOCATION:
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Find the Intersection of Highways 76/123 and 24 located on the east side of
Westminster.
Drive 2.8 miles south on Highway 24 until you come to South Retreat Rd.
Turn right and drive 2.0 miles west.
Church is on the right side of road, located on a hill.
HISTORY:
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GENERAL AREA HISTORY:
It is estimated by Ramsay in his history of South Carolina (1808) that in
1755, there were not even 23 families settled between the Waxhaws on the
Catawba River and Augusta on the Savannah River. Since much of the
upcountry was Indian land, settlement had centered in the coastal
counties. Prior to 1768, the only court held in South Carolina was held at
the City of Charleston. In 1768, however, South Carolina was divided into
six judicial districts, with courts to be held in each. What is now Oconee
County was in the Ninety-Six District. At the end of the Revolutionary
War, all of present-day Greenville, Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties
was Cherokee land. There was some white settlement in this area, and forts
had been erected in various places to protect the settlers. The judicial
set-up in South Carolina becomes quite fluid (and quite confusing) from
this time on until 1868. A law passed in 1783 recommended the division of
the judicial districts into counties of not more than forty square miles,
with each county to have its own courts. This was accomplished by 1785,
with the Ninety-Six District being further divided into Abbeville,
Edgefield, Newberry, Laurens, Union and Spartanburg counties. The lands of
present-day Oconee County were temporarily attached to the adjoining
counties of Laurens, Abbeville and Spartanburg.
The Indians had sided with the British during the Revolution, and were
forced to surrender their land. In 1785 a treaty was signed with the
Cherokee Indians at Hopewell, the home of Andrew Pickens; the following
year, a treaty was signed with the Choctaws at the same location. At about
this time it was estimated that the white population of the area was
9,500. By 1789, the residents of present-day Oconee County were having
difficulty with their judicial assignment, and the area was separated off
into Pendleton County. A courthouse was set up at the site of the
present-day town of Pendleton in 1790. The next year, however, the
Ninety-Six District was divided into upper and lower regions. The upper
region, composed of Pendleton and Greenville counties, was named the
Washington District; a district courthouse was set up at Pickensville near
the present-day town of Easley. In 1798 the name "county" once again
changed to "district"; Oconee County was in the Pendleton District, and
court was held in Pendleton. The population was increasing rapidly;
according to Ramsay's history, by 1800 it stood at 17,828. The area was,
however, still sparsely settled. In 1808, according to Ramsay, there was
only one acre of cleared land for every eight acres of uncleared land, and
only one inhabitant per 36 acres. Education was "at a low ebb," although
some schools had been established; one newspaper was being published, by
John Miller in Pendleton. In 1826 Pendleton District was further
subdivided into Pickens and Anderson districts. The county seat of the
Pickens District, which encompassed present-day Oconee County, was located
at Pickens Courthouse, or "Old Pickens."
While some of the settlers during this early period had come from the
lowcountry of South Carolina, many were Scotch-Irish immigrants who had
fled Ulster for Pennsylvania to escape religious persecution. They then
traveled down the Great Wagon Road from Harrisburg, through the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia, and into the piedmont region of the two
Carolinas. Some wealthy plantation owners from the lowcountry did begin to
build second homes in the upstate, mostly to take advantage of the more
moderate summer climate. John C. Calhoun was one of these; his home, Fort
Hill, was later deeded to the state by his son-in-law, Thomas Clemson, and
became the site of Clemson University.
In 1868 Pickens District was divided into Pickens and Oconee counties. The
area was still a rural one, centered around courthouse towns which usually
had a courthouse, several churches, a school, and a few dozen citizens.
EARLY PRESBYTERIANISM:
The early settlement of South Carolina took place along the coast. The
first minister to preach to Presbyterians in South Carolina was Rev.
Archibald Stobo, who arrived in Charleston in 1700. Until 1704, he was the
pastor of the "Mixed Presbyterian and Independent Church" there, the only
place of worship for Presbyterians in the entire colony. There was
probably no organized presbytery in South Carolina until the 1730s. Early
Presbyterians were organized under the Presbytery of Orange, Synod of New
York and Philadelphia. By 1760 there were eleven Presbyterian ministers in
the colony, concentrated in areas near the coast. By 1784 membership in
the Carolinas was increasing, resulting in a desire to form a local
presbytery. Following the various Indian treaties signed in the late
1780s, settlement of the Upstate accelerated, mostly by Scotch-Irish
Presbyterians who had traveled down the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania.
By 1789, the year the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church was
established, there were ministers appearing in some upstate areas,
including the Waxhaws, Saluda, Rocky River, and Upper and Lower Long Cane.
Among churches which had been organized in the upstate at this point were
Richmond/Carmel (1787), Bradaway/Broadway (1788), Good Hope (1789) and
Roberts (1789). It was also at this time that Hopewell (Keowee) or the
"Old Stone Church" was established. In 1790 the list of Oconee County
churches expanded with the addition of Bethlehem and Philadelphia (or
Ebenezer).
Rev. Thomas Reese, who was serving Hopewell (Keowee) Church at the time,
eloquently described the possibilities for church growth in the
region. Noting that circumstances were "favorable to virtue and religion,"
he also noted that "As the country is in its infancy, we have yet to expect
that these congregations will soon become much stronger, and in the course
of a few years, if peace continues, it is probable that each of them will
be able to support a minister. It is a pleasing reflection to the friends
of religion, that as the people travel westward, the gospel travels with
them, or soon follows after them; that God inclines the hearts of
ministers, respectable for learning, worth, and piety, to settle in these
uncultivated regions."
Southern representation at early meetings of the General Assembly was
limited, since meetings were always held in the North, and travel was
complicated and expensive. Thus figures on the development of churches in
South Carolina are scarce. The western "frontier" of South Carolina was
considered a missionary territory, with ministers traveling around and
"supplying" a number of churches. Indeed, a number of the same ministers
served the various Presbyterian churches in Oconee County. Salaries were
often left unpaid; the largest contribution toward the salary of Rev. John
Simpson, first pastor at Roberts Church, was $5.00, and some members were
only able to give a few pennies, or gifts in kind such as corn, wheat, and
whiskey. Often these itinerant preachers were not even reimbursed for
travel and lodging. Consequently, some ministers turned to teaching,
opening early academies and schools. Often they found this work more
congenial, and left the ministry, contributing further to the shortage of
qualified pastors.
In 1796 Rev. Andrew Brown was appointed to spend time as a missionary on
the South Carolina frontier, at a salary of $16.66 per month. In 1797 he
apparently had charge of the Bethlehem and Philadelphia churches on Cane
Creek in present-day Oconee County. In his history of South Carolina,
Walter Edgar estimates that only 8% of the white population in the upstate
belonged to churches at this time. Church membership, however, was
increasing, largely as a result of massive ecumenical camp meetings. The
early churches were simple, usually built of undressed logs. They had few
windows, and were furnished with benches rather than pews. No musical
instruments were employed in the services.
It was during this time that Nazareth/Beaverdam (1803) and Bethel (1805)
were organized. Edgar states that membership had almost tripled, to 23% of
the white population, by 1810. As for the Presbyterians, by that time
there were only 9 ministers to serve 25 churches and 634 congregants in the
entire Presbytery of South Carolina. By 1826 Mills' "Statistics of South
Carolina" indicated that there was a dominant Presbyterian presence in
Abbeville, Chester, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Pendleton, Richland and
York districts. In Oconee County, Westminster and Richland had been
organized in 1834. Ministers continued to be scarce, however, and most
only stayed in one church for a short time. It was not until 1859 that the
concept of a permanent pastorate became popular in the church.
By 1870 there were still only 29 ordained ministers in South Carolina
Presbytery, and only 13 of these were devoting their full time to the
ministry. During this time the Presbytery continued to employ "domestic
missionaries" to supply vacant pulpits. By the late nineteenth century,
after a restructuring of the Presbytery to form Enoree Presbytery, there
were 19 ministers left in the Presbytery of South Carolina to serve 39
churches, and rural churches continued to languish on into the 20th century.
(For more information on the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina, see:
Howe, George, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina;
History Of The Presbyterian Church In South Carolina Since 1850, edited by
F. D. Jones, D. D. And W. H. Mills, D. D.; and Strupl, Milos, History of
the Presbytery of South Carolina, 1784-1984.)
RETREAT CHURCH HISTORY:
Retreat, located in Center Township 15 miles southeast of Walhalla, was
originally known as "Bachelor's Retreat." According to an article
published in "Names in South Carolina" in the winter of 1961, the name
resulted from the fact that Samuel Verner lived there with his three sons,
Ebenezer, Lemuel, and David, who were longtime bachelors. Although
Ebenezer and Lemuel eventually married, the name stuck. Among other early
residents of the area were the McQuirters and the McClannahans, whose homes
still stood in 1961. The "Bachelor'" part of the name was eventually
dropped. Apparently the community never approached the size of a village
or small town. There was a post office located in the area between 1812
and 1827, but at that time it was moved to Claremont. Other structures
included the church, a house, and a store/post office.
There are different accounts of the origins of the church. Deed records
indicate that in 1836, Joshua Perkins, Leonard Powers and James Johns
deeded land two miles south of Westminster (near a branch of Choestoea
Creek, waters of the Tugaloo River) for the purpose of erecting a meeting
house. No mention of the name of the church is given. Some accounts
indicate that a log meeting house was erected on this site.
Beginning in 1840, Rev. Andrew Brown began to preach at a log house two
miles south of Westminster, which may or may not be this same meeting
house. Brown, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, had
previously been in charge of Little River, Duncan's Creek, Bethlehem, Cane
Creek and Bethel churches, many of which he apparently founded. According
to Jones' and Mills' history of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina,
services were then held from house to house until John O. Green donated
seven acres of land for a church.
According to presbytery minutes, Retreat Church was organized at Bachelor's
Retreat by Rev. William McWhorter in April of 1851, with 19 members, many
of whom came from the Richland Church. Details concerning the land on
which the church was to be built differ from Jones' account,
however. According to three separate deeds filed in 1859, Leonard Powers,
James Johns and T.S. Miller deeded a little over an acre apiece to church
trustees Leonard Powers, F.R. Shelar, and E.P. Verner for the erection of a
Presbyterian meeting house to be called "Retreat Church." Presbytery
minutes indicate that a new house of worship was "nearly completed" by
October of 1859, and "better times are looked for there." By 1860, this
"new and commodious house of worship" had been completed.
McWhorter was to supply the church frequently throughout its history,
including from 1853-65, 1868-71, around 1875, and 1877-81. Between 1877
and 1881 he was listed as "without charge" at Bachelor's Retreat. Other
early ministers included: Robert McKemie Kirkpatrick (1885-88, pastor
Westminster and Retreat), Newton Smith (1892-96, pastor Westminster and
Retreat, stated supply Tugaloo), James Joseph Harrell (1904-1908), Morris
Elmore Peabody (1909-1912, Westminster and Retreat), Joseph Edward Wallace
(1914-1917, Westminster and Retreat), A.N. Littlejohn (1919-21, pastor at
Westminster, and stated supply at Oakway, Tugaloo, and Retreat), Thomas
Davidson Cartledge (1923-25, pastor Westminster, stated supply Retreat and
Tugaloo).
By 1925 the church had less than twenty active members, in part due to the
formation of nearby Westminster Church, and in part due to the fact that
many parishoners had left the state. While Sunday School was being held
every Sunday, preaching was only provided once a month. From 1927-31,
Jeremiah Stephen Crowley supplied Retreat and Tugaloo.
A report of the Committee on Church Extension in 1957 indicates that
"Retreat is having regular services under the leadership of Mr. Holmes
Simons, who is making a wonderfully fine contribution there. After three
evenings of special services culminating with the Communion Service, 4 new
members were received into that Church." That same year, Westminster Church
was asked by Presbytery to try to revive the work at Retreat, but this
effort did not succeed. By 1961, the church was seldom used, and there
were less than twelve living members. It continued to struggle in later
years, and was officially dissolved on Oct. 1, 1968.
The church and grounds were repaired and cleaned up in 1979, and again in
1994. At this latter time, a sign, made from the original porch flooring,
was erected at the entrance to the church grounds; this was apparently the
first sign ever to be put on the grounds. (Some of the information in this
sketch was obtained from Frederick C. Holder's Historic Sites of Oconee
County, 1991; Carla J. Martin's sketch on the church in Heritage of Oconee
County.)
CHURCH RECORDS:
Although there is a Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, the
best place to find material on the "Southern" church is at
Montreat. Here's what the Society says about this on their website:
The Presbyterian Historical Society serves its constituency from two
regional offices, one in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one in Montreat,
North Carolina.
The Philadelphia office documents "northern stream" predecessor
denominations and their work, congregations, and middle governing bodies in
thirty-six states, and the work of the current denomination's national
agencies.
The Montreat office documents "southern stream" predecessor denominations
and congregations and middle governing bodies in fourteen southern states.
For records from congregations, synods, and presbyteries in Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and
Virginia, contact the Montreat office first. For all others, contact the
Philadelphia office first.
Presbyterian Historical Society
P.O. Box 849, Montreat, NC 28757
Telephone (828) 669-7061
Fax (828) 669-5369
http://www.history.pcusa.org
Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia PA 19147-1516
Telephone (215) 627-1852
Fax (215) 627-0509
http://www.history.pcusa.org
The Special Collections area at the Thomason Library, Presbyterian College,
Clinton SC contains a quantity of Presbyterian materials, including minutes
of the Synod of South Carolina (and its successors, the Synod of the
Southeast and the Synod of the South Atlantic), the Minutes of the General
Assembly, incomplete sets of South Carolina presbytery minutes, many
histories of churches in South Carolina, biographies of area ministers,
sermons, and the papers of 19th century ministers Ferdinand and William
Plumer Jacobs. The library also has extensive information on Presbyterian
College and Thornwell Orphanage. The library's catalog can be searched
online at: http://library.presby.edu/. Special Collections librarian is
Nancy Griffith, e-mail ngriffit@presby.edu.
South Caroliniana Library at USC has over 474 titles listed on South
Carolina Presbyterianism, including local church histories. They also have over
800 issues of the "Southern Presbyterian," which was a prominent journal during
the late 19th and early 20 centuries. Their catalog can be searched online at:
http://www.sc.edu/uscan/
NOTICE POSTED ON CHURCH DOOR:
On 6-Mar-1836, Leonard Towers, Josiah Perkins and James Johns jointly donated a
plot of ground for the building of a meeting house and Sunday school. These
buildings were built and they served until the present church was constructed.
The church was organized on 5-Apr-1851 and most members transferred from the
(C163) Richland Presbyterian Church.
In 1859, T.S. Miller donated additional land and the present church was built by
William and Thomas Bibb for a total cost of $1250. It was designed by Robert
Fullerton. The church was dedicated on 19-Nov-1859, by Reverends William
McWhorter and W.P. Gready.
Early members: Verner, Dichson, Shelor, Miller, Smithson, Wyly, Sheldon,
Fullerton, Johns, Steel, Hunter, Foster, McWhorter and McClanahan. At one time,
they had a high of 146 active members.
The church was dissolved on 1-Oct-1968 by the Piedmont Presbyterian. Records
were transferred to the Presbyterian History Foundation in Montreat, NC.
Old land papers are located at the Walhalla Clerk-of-Court Office. A notebook
is also located at the Walhalla library.
Church Historian: Carla Martin, 176 S. Retreat Rd, Westminster, SC 29693, 864-
647-0623. Carla's father Hugh C. Martin organized the
restoring of the church in 1979.
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Retreat Presbyterian Church--crossroads of generations
by Ray Chandler
ray@dailyjm.com
WESTMINSTER--James Johns lies in the small cemetery of Retreat Presbyterian
Church beside his wife, Margaret, and their infant daughter.
The weathering and age-blackened tombstones tell part of their story. James
died in 1862, while serving in the Confederate Army at age 58. His wife died in
1855 at the age of 53, about a month after the death of their daughter, who
lived about a month.
James had been one of the men who had given land for the building of the church.
Other tombstones bear the names of Miller, Dickson, Hunter and McWhorter, among
others, including Robert Fullerton, an Irish-born carpenter and stonemason who
with his brother Daniel helped build the church itself. All were steeped in the
early history of the Retreat community, some of their birthdates on the stones
going back to the late 1700s.
It's the memories and the connections carved into the church's history like the
etchings on the tombstones that drives Carla Martin to do what she does.
"That little piece of rock is all you've got left when you're gone," Martin
said. "Without it, nobody knows who you were and what you did before you left."
So just as she takes pains to collect and preserve information about the people
of Retreat Presbyterian's past before time washes it from the rocks, she also
takes pains to preserve the church and the connections that run through it.
The church was established in 1851 and the present building built in 1859.
Services, however, were discontinued in 1969, and the property was transferred
to a memorial foundation. Martin and other family members take it as a sacred
duty to preserve the church itself for what it represents.
Painting, repairing and keeping the grass cut are only part of the job. It's
all geared toward keeping the church just off South Retreat Road in shape for
the third Sunday in October, when about 3 p.m. the church hosts its only service
"_" who were part of the church's past.
And there is always a lot more to tell.
The mere tombstones don't tell, for example, how or where James Johns died, or
whether with his family dead he went off to war to try to forget a broken heart.
But if any scrap that offers a clue surfaces, Martin will find it and save it in
the scrapbooks she keeps as a way of preserving the memories.
She searches through all newspaper files and genealogical data on those buried
at the church, she said. "Just to see if there is a story to be told."
She keeps it all for those whose connections running through the church's history, she said, because wherever they are, and however far they have wandered
from the Retreat community, it's they who keep the memories of the dead and the
story of the church going.
Anyone who might wish to contact Carla Martin regarding donations to the church
fund or use of Retreat Presbyterian Church can contact her at 647-0623 or647-
1915.
TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
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a. = age at death
b. = date-of-birth
d. = date-of-death
h. = husband
m. = married
p. = parents
w. = wife
(50) Small unreadable grave markers
BALLENGER, I. Pauline, b. 13-apr-1894, d. 20-jun-1894, a. 2m-7d, p. t.w. & ida
j. ballenger
BALLENGER, Ida J., b. 24-mar-1866, d. 23-may-1896, a. 30y-10m-1d, h. t.w.
ballenger
BALLENGER, Infant Son, b. 20-may-1887, d. 20-may-1887, a. 1d, p. t.w. & ida j.
ballenger
BALLENGER, J.A., b. 6-nov-1820, d. 4-may-1899, a. 79y-6m-2d
BALLENGER, Marie E., b. 9-mar-1814, d. 11-jun-1883, 69y-8m-25d, h. j.a.
ballenger
BALLENGER, William D., b. 10-aug-1827, d. 14-feb-1869, a. 41y-6m-5d
BOWMAN, Elizabeth E., b. 17-jul-1805, d. 11-jan-1886, buried beside john m.
bowman
BOWMAN, John M., b. 27-oct-1778, d. 25-apr-1859
BYRD, Sarah E., b. 7-jan-1812, d. 30-jan-1884, h. w.d. byrd
DEAN, N. Mary, b. 31-aug-1834, d. 1-may-1892, h. preston l. dean
DEAN, Preston L., b. 24-jul-1834, d. 10-sep-1871, w. n. mary dean
DICKSON, James A., b. 17-may-1837, d. 21-may-1906
DICKSON, John Harold, b. 26-aug-1923, d. 5-sep-1997, buried with newton ray
dickson
DICKSON, John Harold, b. abt-1922, d. 5-sep-1997, p. john r. & pearl mcnamara
dickson
DICKSON, Mary Anie Fitzgerald, b. 28-jul-1857, d. 6-nov-1938, buried next to
n.s. dickson
DICKSON, Nancy C., b. 9-nov-1829, d. 28-oct-1902, buried in n.s. dickson plots
DICKSON, Newton Ray, b. 1912, d. 1982
DICKSON, Newton W., b. 16-jun-1839, d. 1853, a. 14y
DICKSON, Sabra, b. 1808, d. 10-apr-1888, h. simpson dickson
DICKSON, Samuel L., b. 10-may-1924, d. 10-may-1924, f. e.m. dickson
DICKSON, Simpson, b. 22-oct-1801, d. 17-may-1878, w. sabra dickson
FULLERTON, Daniel, d. 13-aug-1876, a. 75y
FULLERTON, Margaret, d. 7-mar-1871
FULLERTON, Robert, d. 4-nov-1885, a. 81y
GLEN, Alex W., b. 13-sep-1802, d. 11-aug-1878, w. jane m. glen
GLEN, Jane M., b. 6-feb-1803, d. 4-feb-1879, h. alex w. glen
HARBIN, Marshal Lee (Jr), b. 29-mar-1958, d. 29-mar-1958
HOLCOMBE, Elizabeth A., b. 1825, d. sep-1889, brother j.b. holcombe, h. d.n.
holcombe
HOLCOMBE, J.B., b. 1862, d. aug-1888, sister elizabeth a. holcombe
HUGHS, Margaret, b. 1892, d. 17-may-1907, a. 14y-10m-10d, p. w.h. & mary e.
hughs
HUMMEL, Amanda S., b. abt-1833, d. 15-jan-1877, a. 44y
HUNTER, Caroline Lee, b. 1837, d. 28-sep-1885, h. sam hunter
HUNTER, Cordelia J., b. 28-apr-1904, d. 30-jul-1964
HUNTER, Gordon M., b. 31-aug-1877, d. 23-oct-1961, h. stephen d. hunter
HUNTER, Stephen D., b. 26-jul-1861, d. 7-jul-1944, h. gordon m. hunter
ISBELL, Maggie A., b. 5-sep-1854, d. 3-jul-1887, h. j.r. isbell
JOHNS, Anna, b. 1802, d. 24-jun-1855, a. 53y, h. james johns
JOHNS, Clementina, b. 24-feb-1831, d. 18-sep-1901, h. s.h. johns
JOHNS, James Henry, b. 1854, d. 2-jun-1855, a. 8m-1d, p. s.h. & c. johns
JOHNS, James, b. 1804, d. 14-aug-1862, a. 58y, w. anna johns
JOHNS, John E., b. 19-jun-1869, d. 25-jun-1871, p. s.h. & c. johns
JOHNS, Lizzie M., b. 25-feb-1862, d. 25-oct-1900, p. s.h. & c. johns
JOHNS, S.H., b. 15-jun-1828, d. 7-apr-1906, w. clementina johns
JONES, Margaret C., b. 21-aug-1907, d. 7-sep-1907, p. d.e. & harriet jones
KANDAY, L.W., d. 2-jan-1843
LAWING, Cecil R., b. 29-may-1922, d. 12-sep-1981
LESLY, Daisy V., b. 23-apr-1869, d. 10-oct-1906
MARCENGILL, Dorothy Louise Harbin, b. 27-jun-1925, d. 4-feb-1998, f. milton
marcengill
MARCENGILL, Infant Daughter, d. 18-apr-1946, f. j.g. marcengill
MARCENGILL, James G., b. 17-jun-1922
MARTIN, Carla J., p. hugh c. & carolyn martin
MARTIN, Carolyn J., b. 20-jul-1930, h. hugh c. martin
MARTIN, Hugh C., b. 15-oct-1929, d. 20-jun-1979, w. carolyn j. martin
MARTIN, John Carlton, b. 12-sep-1906, d. 25-apr-1992, m. 30-aug-1928
MARTIN, John Carlton, b. 1906, d. 1992, w. ruby king martin, m. 30-aug-1928
MARTIN, Ruby King, b. 1912, d. 1981
MARTIN, Ruby King, b. 1912, d. 1981, h. carlton carlton martin, p. ran & mattie
martin
McCLANAHAN, David, b. 4-dec-1881, d. 19-sep-1931, w. vera a. crawford
McCLANAHAN, Gerard V., b. 1-aug-1874, d. 24-oct-1874
McCLANAHAN, J.M. (Dr), b. 18-jan-1840, d. 14-mar-1907, w. mary e. verner
McCLANAHAN, Kate Clarissa, b. 26-dec-1883, d. 14-feb-1974, buried next to mattie
linda
McCLANAHAN, Mary E. Verner, b. 10-dec-1845, d. 22-feb-1912, h. dr j.m.
mcclanahan
McCLANAHAN, Mattie Linda, b. 24-dec-1879, d. 3-jan-1972, buried next to kate
clarissa mcclanahan
McCLANAHAN, Vera A. Crawford, b. 21-dec-1886, d. 4-mar-1980, h. david mcclanahan
McWHORTER, Eliza Waugh, b. 5-nov-1849, d. 20-feb-1924
McWHORTER, M. Thornwell, b. 2-sep-1875, d. 22-oct-1900
McWHORTER, Margaret, b. 7-mar-1809, d. 6-mar-1898, h. rev. william mcwhorter
McWHORTER, William (Rv), b. 16-mar-1811, d. 9-feb-1884, w. margaret mcwhorter
MILLER, Anna Augusta, b. 5-may-1847, d. 6-apr-1885, h. j.c. miller
MILLER, Charles, a. 99y, w. jane calhoun holmer miller
MILLER, Clifton Burt, b. 20-apr-1888, d. 27-oct-1897, p. c.h. & alice miller
MILLER, Florence, a. 11m-15d
MILLER, Henrietta D., b. 25-sep-1831, d. 19-may-1884, h. dr. t.s. miller
MILLER, Hugh Morris, b. 1-feb-1887, d. 25-jan-1890, p. c.h. & alice miller
MILLER, Infant Son, b. 25-sep-1889, d. 25-sep-1889, p. c.h. & alice miller
MILLER, J.C., b. 28-apr-1848, d. 15-jan-1939
MILLER, Jane Calhoun Holmes, b. 1763, d. 1865, h. charles miller
MILLER, T.S. (Dr), w. henrietta d. miller
MILLER, Tannie Lee, b. 22-jan-1885, d. 26-jan-1890, p. c.h. & alice miller
NICHOLSON, Cannie E., b. 1870, d. 1920, buried with james w. & james n.
nicholson
NICHOLSON, James N., b. 1864, d. 1941
NICHOLSON, James W., b. 1864, d. 1941
NICHOLSON, James, b. 27-jan-1925, d. 27-jan-1925, p. neal & maebell nicholson
SANDERS, Rebecca E., b. 5-oct-1883, d. 5-jan-1884, p. r.a. & n.a. sanders
SHELDON, Infant Son, b. 16-jan-1897, d. 16-jan-1897, p. j.d. & l.l. sheldon
SHELDON, Infant Son, b. 4-may-1886, d. 4-may-1886, p. j.d. & l.l. sheldon
SHELDON, Jane A. Glenn, b. 31-aug-1838, d. 8-sep-1890, h. william harris sheldon
SHELDON, M. Eloise, b. 16-nov-1882, d. 9-nov-1883, p. j.d. & l.l. sheldon
SHELDON, William Harris, b. 9-mar-1823, d. 12-dec-1901, w. jane a. glenn sheldon
SHELOR, Jane Stribling, b. 1852, d. 1924, buried with john wayne shelor
SHELOR, John Wayne, b. 1845, d. 1916
SMITH, Addie Evaline, b. 17-jun-1863, d. 15-jun-1899
SMITHSON, Charlie Drennen, b. 12-oct-1885, d. 13-aug-1895
SMITHSON, Davie E., b. 23-mar-1827, d. 2-feb-1896, w. hortence adelin smithson
SMITHSON, Hortense Adeline, b. 18-mar-1829, d. 20-jun-1911, h. david e. smithson
SMITHSON, Ida Arabella, b. 17-jun-1863, d. 10-jul-1891
STANCIL, Gary Dean, b. 19-nov-1951, d. 7-may-1987, p. j.m. & a.i. lawing stancil
STEELE, Margaret G., b. 6-jan-1807, d. 13-dec-1876, h. william steele
STEELE, William, b. 12-oct-1796, d. 17-may-1871, w. margaret guyton steele
THOMPSON, Elizabeth J., b. 23-jan-1834, d. 27-mar-1858
VERNER, David D., b. 7-mar-1804, d. 16-oct-1896, a. 92y-7m-9d
VERNER, Dickey Rayson, b. 4-aug-1859, d. 13-feb-1908
VERNER, Ebenezer Pettigrew, b. 29-sep-1815, d. 27-jun-1891
VERNER, Edward E., b. 1856, d. 1944, buried with lula m. verner
VERNER, Emily Foster, b. 1827, d. 1912, buried with ebenezer pettigrew verner
VERNER, Harriet M., b. 1845, d. 1936
VERNER, Infant Daughter, b. 22-jan-1885, d. 22-jan-1885, p. d.p. & m.e. verner
VERNER, Jane Scott, b. 5-nov-1837, d. 15-aug-1916, h. lemuel h. verner
VERNER, John S. (Jr), b. 27-nov-1880, d. 2-oct-1981, p. j.s. & m.p. verner
VERNER, Lemuel H., b. 26-apr-1813, d. 5-nov-1898, w. jane scott verner
VERNER, Lula M., b. 1860, d. 1957, buried with edward e. verner
VERNER, Malinda, b. 5-jan-1822, d. 4-oct-1908, h. samuel j. verner
VERNER, Marion, b. 24-jan-1899, d. 11-jul-1913, p. e.e. & lula verner
VERNER, Mary Anna Johns, b. 14-sep-1855, d. 11-jun-1884, h. r.s. verner
VERNER, Mary M., b. 21-oct-1849, d. 21-may-1851, p. s.j. & malinda verner
VERNER, R.S., b. 22-jun-1851, d. 20-feb-1940, w. mary anna johns verner
VERNER, Rebecca E., b. 23-jul-1840, d. 3-dec-1840, p. s.j. & malinda verner
VERNER, Samuel J., b. 10-jul-1808, d. 11-may-1864, w. malinda verner
WARDRIP, John Pascal, b. 1-apr-1892, d. 30-jul-1964, buried with julia h.
wardrip
WARDRIP, Julia H., b. 8-nov-1899, d. 30-jul-1964, buried with john pascal
wardrip
WYLY, James Allen, b. 12-aug-1838, d. mar-1923, w. margaret e. verner wyly
WYLY, Margaret E. Verner, b. 6-mar-1842, d. jul-1929, h. james allen wyly