BERKELEY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - Mepkin Abbey Cemetery ********************************************************************** SCGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, provided this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor(s) of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed SCGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Contributed to The SCGenWeb Archives by: Kim E. Grissom 15 Mar 2001 ---------------------------------------- This cemetery recorded Sunday March 11, 2001 by Kim and Dana Grissom. Directions to Mepkin Abbey: Take I-26 to exit 199b in Charleston, South Carolina this will put you on 17A North. At the traffic light when you can not go straight anymore turn Left. Cross over the Tail Race Canal, at the first traffic light turn Right this will put you on SC 402. At the stop sign turn Right. When cross over a little bridge turn Right on the first road this Dr. Evans Dr. Go 6 miles until you see the sign for Mepkin Abbey. Berkeley County, South Carolina ******************************************************************************** History of Mepkin Abbey: Home of Henry Laurens, who was born in Charleston in 1724 and died at Mepkin in 1792. President of the first and second councils of safety, 1775-1776; President First Provincial Congress of S.C. 1775; vice president of SC 1776; president of Continental Congress 1777-1778; elected minister plenipotentiary to Holland 1779. Confined fourteen months in the Tower of London and exchanged for Lord Cornwallis; signed preliminaries of Peace in Paris, with Adams, Jay, and Franklin, 1782. ******************************************************************************** There are three different locations on Mepkin Abbey where people are buried. #1- When you enter Mepkin Abbey you follow the road to the 4 corners of the road, turn to the Right follow that road until you pass the last building on the Left there is dirt road on the left side of the road follow this road until you see a brick fence. This is where the first section is. #2- When are the 4 corners go straight across look to your right until you see benches off to your right this is where section 2 is. #3- When you are at the 4 corners go straight across and follow the road until it ends off to your left you will section 3. ******************************************************************************** ANGERAME, ANTHONY SEC #2 ANTHONY ARNOLD ANGERAME SEPT. 13, 1954 JAN. 27, 1994 AUSTIN, ANN SEC #2 HERE LIES ANN CLARA AUSTIN AUGUST 30 1885 JANUARY 1, 1938 EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT, IT IS VAIN FOR YOU TO RISE UP EARLY TO SIT UP LATE TO EAT THE BREAD OF SORROWS FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP PSALM 127 BROKAW, ANN SEC #3 HERE LIES ANN CLARA BROKAW AUGUST 22, 1924 JANUARY 11, 1944 HEARKEN O DAUGHTER AND CONSIDER AND INCLINE THINE ARE FORGET ALSO THINE OWN PEOPLE SO SHALL THE KING GREATLY DESIRE THEY BEAUTY FOR HE IS THY LORD WORSHIP THOU HIM PSALM 45 BYRD, MARK SEC #2 REV. MARK EDWARD A. BYRD NOVEMBER 14, 1974 JULY 21, 1991 CAFFEY,BENNETT BENNETT L. CAFFEY D.D.S. AUGUST 13, 1924 FEBUARY 22, 1997 IN LOVING MEMORY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS CASSIDY, COCHRANE SEC #3 HERE LIES COCHRANE BRYAN CASSIDY BORN APRIL 21, 1955 HONOLULU, HAWAII DIED MAY 17, 1986 NEW YORK, NEW YORK BELOVED SON OF NANCY BRYAN LUCE AND PAUL R. CASSIDY AND BROTHER OF P. RICHARD CASSIDY, JR CLARK, MARGARET SEC #2 MARGARET L. CLARK JANUARY 22, 1916 NOVEMBER 26, 1997 CLARK, RITA SEC #2 RITA CLARK JULY 5, 1944 APRIL 14, 1994 CLARK, THOMAS SEC #2 THOMAS W. CLARK JUNE 13, 1911 NOVEMBER 23, 1986 HAGAN, RICHARD SEC #2 RICHARD CORNICK HAGAN AUGUST 16, 1953 MAY 30, 1999 HALE, JOHN SEC #2 JOHN ALEXANDER HALE NOVEMBER 14, 1974 JULY 21, 1991 HELLER, HANS SEC #2 HANS JOACHIM HELLER M.D. OCTOBER 25, 1918 JULY 14, 1987 LAURENS, ANN HORRY SEC #1 SIDE ONE TO THE MEMORY OF ANN HORRY LAURENS DAUGHTER OF EDWARD R. LAURENS AND MARGARET HORRY LAURENS BORN 22 JANY 1831 DIED 21 MARCH 1835 IT IS NOT THE WALL OF YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN THAT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES SHOULD PERISH LAURENS, CAROLINE SEC #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CAROLINE OLIVIA LAURENS CONSORT OF JOHN BALL LAURENS WHO DIED ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1828 AGED 22 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD LAURENS, ELIZA SEC #1 SEE LAURENS, HENRY LAURENS, EMMA SEC #1 SIDE 3 TO THE MEMORY OF EMMA LAURENS DAUGHTER OF EDWARD R. LAURENS AND MARGARET HORRY LAURENS BORN 29 DECR 1831 DIED 12 JANY 1839 HER SOUL PLEASED THE LORD THE RETORY HASTED HE TO TAKE HER AWAY FROM AMONG THE WICKED LAURENS, FREDERICK SEC #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERICK LAURENS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 7TH DAY OF MAY 1827 IN THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH AND THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD LAURENS, HENRY #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HENRY LAURENS SON OF HENRY AND ELIZA LAURENS BORN 15TH NOVEMBER 1794 DIED 7TH NOVEMBER 1828 THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY LAURENS, HENRY SEC #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HENRY LAURENS SON OF HENRY AND ELEANOR LAURENS BORN 20 AUGUST AD 1763 DIED 27 MARCH AD 1821 ALSO SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZA LAURENS DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH RUTLEDGE BORN 20 JANUARY AD 1776 DIED 21 NOVEMBER AD 1812 THE LORD IS MY SHEPPARD LAURENS, HENRY SEC #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HENRY LAURENS SON OF HENRY AND ELEANOR LAURENS BORN 25TH AUGUST 1763 DIED 27TH MAY 1821 THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED LAURENS,HENRY SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HENRY LAURENS BORN 24TH FEBY 1723 O.S. DIED 8TH DECR 1792 (This Henry Laurens is the first know person to be cremated in the United States, he had this done due to the fact that when one of children died, they where preparing her body for burial she sat up due to the fact that she was not dead) LAURENS, I SEC #1 I 13TH JANUARY 1831 LAURENS, JAMES SEC #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES LAURENS SON OF HENRY AND ELIZA LAURENS BORN 17TH FEBY 1805 DIED 29TH JUNE IN THE SAME YEAR LAURENS, JOHN SEC #1 (THIS IS THE OLDEST GRAVE IN THE CEMETERY) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN LAURENS SON OF HENRY AND ELEANOR LAURENS BORN 28TH OCTOBER 1754 DIED 27TH AUGUST 1782 DULCE ET DECORUM EST PROPALRIA MORI LAURENS, JOHN BALL SEC #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN BALL LAURENS SON OF HENRY AND ELIZA LAURENS BORN 22D APRIL 1799 DIED 18TH OCTOBER 1827 NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE LAURENS, KEATING SIMONS SEC #1 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF KEATING SIMONS LAURENS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 23D JUNE 1853 AGED 36 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM ON EARTH AND WHOSE AFFECTIONS FOLLOW HIM TO THAT LAND WHERE THE WEARY ARE AT REST LAURENS, MARGARET SEC #1 SIDE 2 TO THE MEMORY OF MARGARET HORRY LAURENS DAUGHTER OF EDWARD R. LAURENS AND MARGARET HORRY LAURENS BORN 25 DECR 1829 DIED 14 OCTR 1831 SPEEDILY WAS SHE TAKEN AWAY LEST THAT WAKEDNESS SHORT ALTER HER UNDERSTANDING OR DEOEIT BEGUILE HER SOUL LAURENS, MARGARET SEC #1 SIDE 4 TO THE MEMORY OF MARGARET HORRY LAURENS DAUGHTER OF EDWARD R. LAURENS AND MARGARET HORRY LAURENS BORN 10 MARCH 1835 DIED 22 DECR 1835 SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM NOT FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD LUCE, CLARA SEC #3 DOUBLE STONE HERE LIES CLARA BOOTHE LUCE APRIL 10, 1903 OCTOBER 9, 1987 LUCE, HENRY R. HERE LIES HENRY R. LUCE APRIL 3, 1898 FEBURARY 28, 1967 THE SUN SHALL BE NO MORE YOUR LIGHT BY DAY NOR FOR BRIGHTNESS SHALL THE MOON GIVE LIGHT TO YOU BY NIGHT BUT THE LORD WILL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT. AND YOUR GOD WILL BE YOUR GLORY ISAIAH 60:19 LUCE, HENRY R. SEC #3 SEE LUCE, CLARA LUCE, NANCY SEC #3 HERE LIES NANCY BRYAN LUCE BORN OCTOBER 14, 1929 MILWANKEE WISCONSIN DIED MARCH 23, 1987 MILL NECK, NEW YORK BELOVED WIFE OF HENRY LUCE, III MOTHER OF P. RICHARD CASSIDY, JR DAUGHTER OF LAURA HILL SHELDON SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT ARRAYED LIKE ONE OF THESE MATTHEW 6:29 PINCKNEY, MARY SEC #2 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARY ELEANOR PINCKNEY DAUGHTER OF HENRY AND ELEANOR LAURENS BORN 27TH APRIL 1770 DIED 6TH OCT 1794 SIMPSON, TIMOTHY SEC #2 OCT 20, 1969 JUNE 21, 1998 TIMOTHY DAVID SIMPSON "NAMASTE" BRIDGEWATER, CT. JALPA, NEPAL **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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