SILVER SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY (N) (1874), Anderson County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 12-Dec-2007 Text File: A260.TXT Image Folder: A260 ******************************************************************************** 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-2006 MaryClyde Mungo in Sep-2006 Vivian Parkman in Nov-2006 Peggy Pettit in Dec-2007 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Jan-2004 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jan-2004 RECORDING ...... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Dec-2007 ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ 0.25 miles N of Pendleton. GPS = Latitude N 34 39.383 x Longitude W 82 47.076 CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Black Baptists in Pendleton, seeking their own church in the 1870's, traveled to Clemson's Abel Baptist Church to worship. Soon, several felt a new church should be established in Pendleton itself and seven Abel deacons set about to have it done. The seven were Elijah Winston, Harper Ligon, M.R. Haywood, Preacher Reese, William Watkins, Joe Teasley and Edward Manager. In July, 1874, they purchased land at the foot of Hunter Hill, behind Hunter's Store, on what then was the road to present-day Clemson. History shows it was a tree-studded site with a spring in the center which sparkled in the sunlight - thus the name Silver Spring. Services were set up in a brush arbor, until a building could be erected. It was in this earlier building that many black children received their first education. One was Jane Hunter, daughter of a former sharecropper. Jane Hunter in later life established the Phyllis Wheatley Centers for black women and recalled her past in her book, "A Nickel and a Prayer". In 1962, Silver Spring Baptist Church moved into a new building on North Mechanic Street - the present road to Clemson. Located on North Mechanic Street. By: ? o----------o Lenora Vance-Robinson, 131 Vance, Pendleton, SC 29670, 864-646-3387, fax 864- 646-5774 was involved with the restoring of this church. o----------o A260 SILVER SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH Black Baptists in Pendleton, seeking their own church in the 1870's, traveled to Clemson's Abel Baptist Church to worship. Soon, several felt a new church should be established in Pendleton itself and seven Abel deacons set about to have it done. The seven were Elijah Winston, Harper Ligon, M.R. Haywood, Preacher Reese, William Watkins, Joe Teasley and Edward Manager. In July, 1874, they purchased land at the foot of Hunter Hill, behind Hunter's Store, on what then was the road to present-day Clemson. History shows it was a tree-studded site with a spring in the center which sparkled in the sunlight - thus the name Silver Spring. Services were set up in a brush arbor, until a building could be erected. It was in this earlier building that many black children received their first education. One was Jane Hunter, daughter of a former sharecropper. Jane Hunter in later life established the Phyllis Wheatly Centers for black women and recalled her past in her book, "A Nickel and a Prayer." In 1962, Silver Spring Baptist Church moved into a new building on North Mechanic Street - the present road to Clemson. By: ? o----------o TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife NOTE: This cemetery was recorded by Bvenitta J. Williams (nmwngu@aol.com) and her work is published in a book called African-American Cemeteries in Anderson County SC. Her book may give further details about an individual, or correct any recording errors that we may have made. If you doing serious research work, you should consider purchasing her book. BROWN, Archie, b. 1940, d. 2002 BROWN, Bertha Eunice, b. , d. 4-Jul-1971 BROWN, Elouise V., b. 23-Jun-1935, d. 12-Jun-1987 BROWN, Gerald D., b. 1975, d. 1976 CHESTER, Hattie H., b. 1887, d. 28-Nov-1961 CONYERS, Marvin, b. 12-Aug-1967, d. 7-Jul-1995 CONYERS, Marvin, b. 12-Aug-1967, d. 7-Jul-1995 CORSE, Henry, b. 3-Aug-1898, d. 2-Feb-1920, s/o Isaac & Ida Corse CORSE, Zebed, b. 20-Mar-1919, d. 8-May-1993 COX, Della, b. 12-Jul-1905, d. 22-Nov-1968 CRISWELL, Charlie C., b. 1852, d. 16-Jun-1925 CROOKS, Suzette P., b. 27-Oct-1949, d. 5-Jun-1987 FOSTER, Albert C., b. 29-Apr-1906, d. 11-Jun-2006 FOSTER, Albert G., b. 29-Apr-1908, d. FOSTER, David F., b. 1878, d. 1959 FOSTER, Ethel H., b. 18-Jan-1942, d. 30-Apr-1942 FOSTER, Henrietta M., b. 5-Mar-1892, d. 24-Aug-1952 FOSTER, Joseph, b. 15-Mar-1882, d. 10-Feb-1955 FOSTER, L. Bernelle, b. 6-Feb-1933, d. 26-Sep-1983 FOSTER, Lafayette, b. 6-Feb-1916, d. FOSTER, Lila M., b. 5-Nov-1909, d. 10-Feb-1990 FOSTER, Mildred B., b. 8-Sep-1916, d. 5-Jul-1963 FOSTER, Texanna, b. 1880, d. 1977 FOSTER, William D., b. 1920, d. 1983 FREEMAN, Eleanora B., b. 21-Mar-1930, d. FREEMAN, Nathaniel, b. 16-Aug-1929, d. 16-Jun-2002 FREEMAN, R.B., b. 1932, d. 1986 GAMBRELL, Selena B., b. 11-Mar-1932, d. 7-Dec-1987 GANTT, Andrew, b. 1870, d. 1965 GANTT, Ella, b. 1895, d. 1968 GANTT, James Ellis, b. 16-Jun-1918, d. 13-Sep-1959 GANTT, Susie Ann W., b. 1878, d. 1952 GUYTON, Alonzo J., b. 8-Jan-1912, d. 27-Sep-1976 GUYTON, Lula H., b. 11-May-1913, d. Married 13-Dec-1940 GUYTON, Marion, b. 1917, d. 1992 HAMILTON, Alam C., b. 9-Dec-1917, d. 3-Nov-1993 HAMILTON, Alonzo, b. 25-Dec-1883, d. 3-Dec-1931 HAMILTON, Anna, b. 14-Apr-1859, d. 16-Nov-1932 HAMILTON, Joseph Odell, Sr., b. 22-Jun-1918, d. 17-Aug-1982, m. 28-Dec-1938 HILL, David, b. , d. 19-Dec-1918 JACKSON, Regie Lamont, b. 10-May-1980, d. 21-Apr-2003 JENKINS, Linda, b. 3-Jun-1949, d. 19-Dec-1981, nee Deer KEASLER, Martha, b., d. LEANS, ?, b., d. 19-Sep-1951 OWENS, James W., b. 1855, d. 1962 OWENS, Mary D., b. 1878, d. 1957 POLITE, Maggie H., b. 1900, d. 15-Dec-1980 POLITE, Stuart, b. , d. 1964 RAMSEY, Daniele M., Infant, b. 1922, d. 1992 REESE, Johnny, b. 23-Nov-1915, d. REESE, Mary S., b. 9-Oct-1917, d. 4-Aug-1968 REGULAR, Georgianne, b. 1-Jun-1861, d. 1-May-1913 REGULAR, T.K., b. 4-Apr-1853, d. 27-Jul-1912 REID, Charlena T., b. 5-Sep-1908, d. REID, Charlena T., b. 1912, d. 2003 REID, David T., b. 24-Aug-1923, d. 20-Feb-1992 REID, George W., b. 13-May-1881, d. 18-May-1950 REID, Mattie, b. 20-Apr-1886, d., w/o George Reid REID, Pauline, b. 24-Apr-1919, d. 10-Jan-1957 REID, Rachel, b. 31-Mar, 1894, d. 18-Nov-1958 RICHARDSON, Charlie, b. 3-Jul-1908, d. 21-Sep-1978 RICHARDSON, Corine, b. 6-Jun-1920, d. 5-Jan-2001 RICHARDSON, Essie, b. 6-Jun-1891, d. 25-Mar-1954 RICHARDSON, Jesse, b. 1905, d. 1973 RICHARDSON, Louise, b. 1915, d. RICHARDSON, William Yancy, b. 26-Aug-1922, d. 31-Mar-2003 ROBINSON, Willie, b. 29-May-1896, d. 12-Mar-1954 SIMPSON, Daisy L., b. 1943, d. 2006 SINGER, Mary, b., d. 6-Dec-19? SINGLETON, Fannie J., b. 1891, d. 1976 SINGLETON, William C., b. 1883, d. 1967 SMITH, Ellihue, b. 22-Apr-1915, d. 3-Nov-1993 SMITH, George, b. 1921, d. 1994 STEPHENSON, John, b. 1883, d. 1960 STEPHENSON, Lizzie N., b. 1900, d. 1967 STEVENS, Gladys, b., d. STEVENS, Joe, b., d. STEVENS, John Henry, b. 4-Aug-1895, d. 24-Feb-1952 STEVENS, Sallie, b., d. STEVENS, Tessie, b., d. SWANGER, Mary, b., d. 6-Dec-1998 TAYLOR, Gladys A., b. 1927, d. 2006 THOMPSON, Carl, b. 31-Aug-1944, b. 14-Apr-1972 WEBB, William C., b., d. WILLIAMS, Claude, b., d. 1-Apr-1987 WILLIAMS, Claude, Jr., b. 23-Nov-1944, d. 18-Aug-1988 WILLIAMS, Conyers, b., d. 24-Sep-1996 WILLIAMS, James S., b. , d. 20-Mar-1993 WINSTON, Glorie, b. 18-Sep-1868, d. 26-Dec-1917, w/o E.W. Winston WINSTON, M.W., b. c.1858, d. 25-Mar-1924