HOWARD FAMILY CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC
A.K.A.

Version 2.3, 20-Feb-2004, A341.TXT, A341


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DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jan-2004 

DATAFILE LAYOUT  : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jan-2004 

G.P.S. MAPPING . : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Feb-2004 

HISTORY WRITE-UP : Beverly Peoples 

IMAGES ......... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Feb-2004 

LOCATION WRITE-UP: ____________ at ____________ in _______ 

TRANSCRIPTION .. : Beverly Peoples 

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CEMETERY LOCATION:
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Latitude N 34 22.550 x Longitude W 82 40.687


CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY:
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TOMBSTONE 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


HOWARD, Hiram, Sr.
b. July 12, 1780 in Edgefield County. SC to Seth Howard and Adrah Narcissa 
Collins.  Hiram died June 15, 1866 in Anderson County SC. In his will he asked 
to be buried in the family burying ground near his house. There are more than 38 
gravesites at the Howard burying ground. Some graves have worn fieldstones but 
no inscriptions. The cemetery is located on 1st Avenue, Starr SC on property 
owned by the Herron family, From town. it is about 3/4 of a mile on the left 
side of the road in a hillock of trees beyond a present day field. Others such 
as Hiram's father and wife are also thought to be buried at this site.

HOWARD, Sarah (Carter)
b. Nov. 5, 1781, d. October 25, 1863. Daughter of Dudley Carter of Edgefield 
County and wife of Hiram, Howard, Sr. who sold land on which town of Starr was 
established. (see Hiram Howard for gravesite)

HOWARD, Seth
b. Mar. 3. 1745/46, d. 1817 in Anderson County SC. He was Rev. War soldier 
(A.3799) in the militia after the fall of Charleston. He was the father of 
Hiram(above) and eight other children. He was husband of Adrah Narcissa Collins 
b. Jan. 16. 1748/49 in Craven County NC, d. Dec. 8, 1808 in Edgefield County SC. 
Seth is believed buried in the same Howard burying ground listed above.

By: Beverly Peoples