McTHURSDAY CHURCH CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC a.k.a. Hodges Family, McThursday Church, Neverdone Family & Bethesda Methodist Version: 3.0 Effective: 26-Sep-04 Text File: A115.TXT Image Folder: A115 ******************************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Sep-2004 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Sep-2004 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Sep-2004 RECORDING ...... : ____________ at ____________ in _______ ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church was founded about 1850--in a brush arbor. A later log structure was used until 1871 when the Captain Norris family and Richard Hardy gave land for a church and cemetery. A wood building was used on that property until 1896 (that property was about three miles northwest of Starr on old Rock Mill Road (look at http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/maps/savannah.html in Quadrant #7 to see where it was). In 1895 the church built a new church in Starr on land given by Preston B. Allen, husband of Bessie Jones. In the early 1900s the name was changed to Starr United Methodist. In 1920 Bessie Jones Allen McCalla paid for remodeling and the addition of more Sunday School rooms. In 1984 Anna Dean Pennington had the interior completely refurbished and a fellowship hall was added. I don't think there's a cemetery there. Bessie and Preston Allen are at Starr Baptist and you'd think they'd be at the Methodist Church if there were a cemetery. Anyway, Bethesda Methodist became Starr Methodist.... by: Rebecca Akins o----------o My 3rd greatgrandfather was the Rev. Baxter Hayes, 1824-1898, who was long time minister at Mt. Creek (and several other Baptist Churches in that area) his brother was Weston Hayes a school teacher in that area who was mentioned in one of the pieces that David sent. They had a nephew Richard Baxter Hayes (1858- 1937) who was another Baptist minister in the area. That Richard Baxter Hayes' wife was Mollie Hodge. by: Beverly Peoples o----------o The Methodist church at Starr is the old Bethsaida congregation removed to a new spot. Rev. James Hardy was the original promoter of that church and he gave the ground on which it stood for many years. When the church was finished, it was found to be on land owned by Dr. Thompson, who was a devoted Presbyterian. The mistake was brought to his attention, he immediately deeded a sufficient part of his property to the church to set the matter right. Mr. Hardy came to the section early in the 19th century and his son Richard Baxter Hardy, was born at the family homestead near the church in 1812. The old house is now occupied by the daughter of Rev. R.B. Hardy, Mrs. G.W. Hodges. Around the church there was in early times a great camp meeting grounds, said by some people to have been the oldest in the state. The abandoned house of worship, surrounded by its ancient grave yard, stands desolate, a shade of the past. by: Louise Ayer Vandriver TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife MC, 1. Hodges Family is not in your Anderson Cemetery Survey books. Anderson Book of the Dead has this recording in it. Noted as BOTD-60. 2. The following cemetery survey book recording is for the McThursday Church. 3. The Neverdone Family is a up-date cemetery survey book recording for McThursday. Recording states that this place was also called the Hodges & McThursday cemetery. ??? C.S.A. ALLEN Fannie D. b 29 Oct 1832 d 1 Sep 1879 w/o J.C.C. ALLEN BOWIE Mildred HODGES b 10 Aug 1897 d 19 Feb 1991 CARLISLE William K. b 30 Dec 1876 d 5 Mar 1958 BOTD-60 CARLISLE Daisy DAVIS b 30 Dec 1880 d 23 Jul 1964 BOTD-60 CLARK Baxter Hodges 19 Jan 1942 CLARK Donald b. 10 Apr 1874 d 4 Jan 1956 BOTD-60 CLARK Donald Hardy 23 May 1943 CLARK Emily DAVIS b. 10 Apr 1878 d 16 Oct 1958 CROUT Caroline Rosslie HODGES b 15 Mar 1870 d 28 Sep 1950 CROUT Rev. John David b 20 Oct 1864 d 7 Dec 1950 BOTD-60 CROUT Turpin L. b 1896 d 1993 (funeral marker) DAVIS Ban. Allen b 15 Oct 1839 d 24 Jul 1905 C.S.A. s/o Robert M. & Louise ALLEN DAVIS DAVIS Cynthia H. b 28 Feb 1852 d 31 Dec 1880 w/o B.A. DAVIS BOTD-60 HARDY Ann Caroline TURPIN b 3 May 1812 d 26 Nov 1893 w/o R.B. HARDY HARDY James b 10 Mar 1770 d 9 Feb 1865 HARDY Laura Catherine b 27 Jan 1845 d 13 Jun 1915 d/o R.B. & Ann C. TURPIN HARDY HARDY Mary WILSON b 1 Jun 1773 d 19 Jul 1849 w/o James HARDY d/o Robert & Hanna WILSON BOTD-60 HARDY B./R. Baxter b 20 Oct 1812 d 9 Feb 1865 s/o James & Mary HARDY BOTD-60 HARDY Rosa M. b 11 Jun 1842 d 20 May 1865 d/o R. Baxter & Ann TURPIN HARDY BOTD- 60 HARDY William T. b 7 Dec 1840 d 3 May 1863 C.S.A. BOTD-60 HODGES Alva Louise b 26 Mar 1899 d 4 Mar 1986 HODGES Cornellia HARDY b 26 Jun 1847 d 18 Dec 1929 w/o W.A. HODGES d/o R.B. & A.C. TURPIN HARDY HODGES Baxter Hardy b 8 Dec 1867 d 12 Feb 1947 HODGES Rev. W.A. HODGES b 22 Jun 1840 d 8 Oct 1889 BOTD-60 HODGES Roxanne DAVIS b 19 Dec 1873 d 24 Mar 1960 MATTHEWS Mae HODGES b 23 Sep 1879 d 17 Jul 1962 BOTD-60 SANDERS Martha d Mar 1870 aged 75 yrs BOTD-60 SANDERS William d Mar 1870 aged 87 yrs BOTD-60 SMITH Cornelia MATTHEWS b 14 Jan 1905 d 6 Sep 1982 SMITH Millard G. b 31 Aug 1898 d 28 Oct 1967 SC PFC, MG Co. 118 Inf. 30th Div. WWI Paul Kankula