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CEMETERIES AND GRAVE SITES RELOCATED 
OFF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

When a dam was built on the Savannah River at Clark Hill, 
the back water caused many cemeteries to be relocated. 
These are the ones in Columbia County.
 
1. MARSHALL CEMETERY TO ABILENE BAPTIST CHURCH
    LAURA HOPE MARSHALL D. DEC. 17, 1915
    MARSHALL, INFANT D. ( UNK)
 
2. ARIMATHEA CEMETERY TO SHILOH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    MOLLIE BEASLEY D. SEPT. 21, 1888
 
3. ARIMATHEA CEMETERY TO DUNNS CHAPEL UNITED METHIDIST CHURCH
    27 UNKNOWN GRAVES
    R.G. STORY D. DEC. 1, 1904
    BOHLER, INFANT D. 1904
    SELINA A. GUNBY OCT. 12, 1832-- FEB. 21, 1903
    WILLIAM A. GUNBY JAN. 26, 1828-- APR. 20, 1893
    DELANSON JOSEPH GUNBY MAR. 31, 1897-- JAN. 26, 1899
    SON OF W.F. & ETTA GUNBY
    GUNBY, INFANT SON OF W. F. & ETTA GUNBY
    WILLIAM GUNBY 1798-- 1858
    BOHLER, INFANT JULY 10, 1905-- AUG. 14, 1905
    ELLEN AYERS 1888
    SARAH WILLIS JUNE 3, 1909-- MAR. 17, 1916
 
4. WRIGHT CEMETERY TO DUNNS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    9 UNKNOWN GRAVES
    G.W. McCLAMERY   AUG. 20, 1870-- AUG. 11, 1871
    SON OF J.D. & S.E. McCLAMERY
    NANNIE E. McCLAMERY APR. 28, 1868-- MAY 15, 1887
    WIFE OF A.A. DUNN
 
5. McCORD CEMETERY TO DUNNS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    27 UNKNOWN GRAVES
 
6. UNKNOWN CEMETERY TO REHOBOTH BAPTIST CHURCH
    31 UNKNOWN GRAVES
 
7. LAMKIN CEMETERY TO REHOBOTH BAPTIST CHURCH
    65 UNKNOWN
    AURELIA LAMKIN D. 1910
    JANE DEMMONS D. 1919
    ANNIE LYONS D. ?
    HENRY GARNETT D. 1916
    LEOLA STURGIS D. 1905
    OPHELIA STURGIS D. 1925
    CLARA JACKSON D. ?
    WILLIE JOE STURGIS D. ?
   BONNIE B. HARRIS D. 1918
    MATTIE M. HARRIS D. 1917
    EMMA HARRIS D. 1913
    FRANCIS HARRIS D. 1915
 
8. BOYD, LOCKHART, RAMSEY CEMETERY TO SECOND MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH
   57 UNKNOWN GRAVES
   GEORGIAN WIFE OF BOYD D. AUG. 22, 1888
   GEORGE LOCKHART D. JUNE 18, 1918
   EDMOND RAMSEY D. JUNE 13, 1936
 
9. OLD CRUMP CEMETERY TO SECOND MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH
    67 UNKNOWN GRAVES
 
REPORT BY BILL & JEAN BLACKARD