Charleston County ScArchives Cemeteries .....Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Juanita Shreves Jmshr999@aol.com April 14, 2000 Surveyed by Juanita Shreves, 11 Apr 2000 Location: 2257 Ashley River Rd , ph-843-763-8772 Coming off the 526 bypass, take the exit for Ashley River Rd north. Turn right at the first stop light and continue to next stop light. Turn right again and the cemetery is down only half block on right setting back from the road. There is a driveway with a sign for the church entrance. This is an older cemetery and most of the graves are poorly marked or not marked at all. Only about half of the graves have headstones, the rest are only marked with the Funeral Home Markers or have concrete forms poured over the entire grave area with the Funeral Home Marker embedded in the concrete as the only marker. There is only ONE double headstone in the entire cemetery. Except for the first row in the back, there doesn't seem to be any real rhyme or reason as to how the graves in the cemetery are laid out. I will try my best to describe the area by rows and location as best I can. Some of the graves have hedges planted on top of them with the hedge growing up high enough that the marker is very well hidden. Some of them that are unmarked, I had gotten a name only from a "map" that the church office had on the wall; I found that their map was incomplete and incorrect in some areas as well. The original church burned down several years ago so some of the records are missing. If anyone finds a missing relative here or has any questions, the church people are very friendly and will try to help. For most of the graves with Funeral Home Markers, I will also include the name of the home so you may contact them as well. At the end of this list, I will give ph #'s and addresses to these homes as well. Behind the "new" church building approx 20-25 feet, there are two graves for men who used to be the Priests of this church. They are hidden underneath bushes and cannot be seen until you are almost upon them. #1 "In Memory of/Samuel/Chisolm/born Nov 18, 1872/died Mar 25, 1942/Absolver of Christ/well done/ rest from your/(stone buried in ground)" headstone, CS #2 "Dock Green/Mar 10, 1910/Aug 25, 1982/Asleep in Jesus/We miss you" headstone The church "map" of the front cemetery area started at the back and as you are looking towards the front, I will start the rows on the left side. The rows are not straight so this will be approximate locations only. On each entry I will give as much information as I can as I have never seen a cemetery with graves set up quite like this one and the unusual way things are here may be very interesting to a researcher that happens to find a relative in this list. I have used a few abbreviation to cut down on the descriptions some. Many graves will have more than one marker. FHM Funeral Home Marker CS Concrete slab or form on top of grave area CS-M Concrete form on grave area with FHM embedded in concrete Here goes: Row 1 in the back on the left side: #1 "Joseph Joe Grant/1905-1982" (FHM) from Fielding's. #2 "Edward Green/born 1896/Oct 12, 1964" headstone, footstone marker as well as FHM (probably from Dorothy's) that gives date as Oct 13, 1964. #3 "Elizabeth/Green/Oct 3, 1902/Oct 10, 1962" headstone and footstone marker #4 Arthur Green - grave unmarked; name from church records. #5 "Lillian/Green/1922-1951/At Rest" headstone, footstone marker #6 unmarked; church does not know name #7 "Otis E. Green/1931-1976" CS w/name & dates formed in concrete #8 "In Remembrance/Joseph Louis/Grant/Apr 24, 1905/Dec 24, 1982" headstone (same as #1; marker was possibly put in wrong place or moved by prankster) #9 "Albert/Magwood/US Navy/World War II/Jan 1, 1915/Mar 15, 1980" headstone #10 unmarked; church does not know name #11 "In Loving Memory of/Albertha Mae/Magwood/Gladden/Oct 16, 1941/Mar 8, 1976/Asleep in Jesus/The Family" headstone and CS-M from Fielding's #12 "Willie M. Robinson/Aug 3, 1928/Oct 11, 1967/Devoted Husband and Father" headstone and as a footmarker someone placed a floral pick that says "Dad" #13 unmarked; church does not know name #14 The only marker here is a floral pick that says "Grandma" with metal flower bed fencing around the gravesite. Church records state name is Anna Jackson #15 unmarked; church records indicate name is Lillie Grant, but gravesite looks like casket is missing from ground. Row 2: Starting at the left side again this row is at an angle. #1 Ella Drayton/Sept 1, 1953 FHM only from Fielding's. Grave area is surrounded with concrete bricks. #2 "Celia Frasier/Feb 9, 1900/Mar 28, 1953" headstone. Church records state middle initial is "R" #3 unmarked; church records indicate name is Richard Richardson, Jr. grave area is entirely covered with hedge. #4 "Silver Jenkins/born/Oct 29, 1881/died/May 8, 1945" headstone, footstone marker engraved "SJ" #5 unmarked; church does not know name #6 "Willie Jenkins/Born/1928/Died/(unreadable)" CS looks like someone took a stick and wrote in the wet concrete #7 "Dan Williams/Born/1911-1968" CS looks like someone took a stick and wrote in the wet concrete #8 "Morris Riley/1918-1970" This grave & #9 below are both in a 8" high brick-enclosed area. CS with metal plate engraved and bolted into concrete #9 unmarked; church records state name as Wilfred Jenkins #10 "Celia/Dantzler/May 15, 1893/May 12, 1974/A Loving and devoted mother" headstone and FHM from W.M. Smith #11 "How Great Thou Art/Edward Green/Born 1908/died March 6, 1972" headstone is almost totally encased in the hedge that is covering entire grave area #12 unmarked; church does not know name #13 unmarked; church records indicate name as Phyllis Lawrence #14 unmarked CS; church records indicate name as Raymond Middleton #15 unmarked CS; church records indicate name as Edward Robinson Row 3 on the left side; this row is way off and in between several sites: #1 "Sandy Ladson/1890-1947/At Rest" headstone and footstone marker #2 "Cain/Miller/South Caroline/Pvt QMC/World War I/October 20, 1891/May 8, 1951" headstone #3 "Ella R. Waring/Apr 26, 1898/Jan 14, 1969/Beloved wife/mother/May your soul/rest in peace" headstone & FHM from Fielding's #4 "Ruth Gertrude Burrows/July 12, 1919/June 22, 1989/A heart ofgold stopped beating/farewell dear sister" headstone and FHM from Fielding's Row 4 on the left side: #1 "Charles Rivers/Dec 3, 1903/Sept 14, 1982/Sleep peacefully gentle uncle" horizontal headstone, CS #2 "Dorothy/Frasier/Apr 8, 1930/Oct 4, 1967/Our Loving Sister" headstone with hedges covering grave area #3 "Hermenia Frasier/Mar 5, 1921/Jan 17, 1984/Beloved children" headstone with CS #4 "Samuel Jones/Mar 19, 1894/Sept 30, 1955" headstone and grave area entirely covered with hedge #5 "Martha G. Grant/1901-1991" CS with lettering formed into it & FHM from Fielding's #6 "Virginia Moody/1943-1988" CS-M & FHM from Fielding's #7 "Frank M. Graham/1929-1990" CS with marker attached. "Frank M. Graham/US Army/Dec 9, 1929-Nov 1, 1990" Headstone & FHM from Fielding's. (This grave had 3 markers on it) #8 "AD2 Johnny L. Middleton/1953-1986" CS-M & FHM (guessing from Fielding's) #9 "Minnie Middleton/1919-1998" FHM from Fielding's Row 5 starts in the middle of Row 4 and Row 6: #1 "Rosena S. Robinson/1922-1983" CS-M & FHM from Fielding's. Someone also made a wooden cross and attached flowers to place here. #2 "Daniel Ancrum, Sr/1914-1996" CS-M & FHM from Fielding's #3 "Phillip W. Ancrum/June 20, 1969 (remainder of stone buried in ground)" headstone, FHM from Fielding's states date as Nov 4, 1975 #4 "Robert Tiger/Ancrum/1964-1992" CS with broken plastic marker fastened to concrete #5 "Patricia S. Omokpo/1943-1979" CS-M & FHM (probably Fielding's) Row 6, left side: #1 "Asleep in Jesus/Eva Mae/Spearing/May 20, 1918/April 1, 1963" only cross shaped headstone & FHM (probably Dorothy's) #2 "Richard Richardson/July 22, 1885/Oct 23, 1964" headstone; church records list him as "Sr" #3 "Grace R. Ford/1911-1993" CS-M & FHM from Dorothy's #4 "Isaac Ford/1933-1982" CS with lettering formed in concrete #5 "William Ford, Sr/1911-1985" CS with lettering formed in concrete, FHM from Dorothy's states July 6, 1985 #6 "Catherine Bessie/Waring Graham/Nov 19, 1921/Nov 27, 1976/Loving wife/and devoted mother" headstone #7 "Nathaniel/Graham/US Army/World War II/Feb 26, 1922/Jan 25, 1980" headstone #8 "Martha Chisolm/1936-1981" CS with lettering formed in concrete #9 unmarked; church records state name as Abraham Chisolm #10 "Bernard Chisolm/1964-1987" CS with lettering formed in concrete, FHM from Dorothy's #11 "Christina G./Archie/1925-1989" CS with broken plastic marker fastened to concrete Row 7, left side: #1 "In loving memory of/Elsie Polite Miller/Oct 28, 1877-Oct 24, 1978/Devoted mother" headstone, footstone marker with "E.P.M." & FHM from Fielding's. Entire grave perimeter is enclosed with concrete bricks #2 "Richard Johnson III/6-25-_9" FHM marker from Fielding's (number is missing) #3 "Kerline Scott/Jan 3, 1890/Jan 2, 1974/My devoted mother" headstone & FHM from Fielding's #4 "Mrs Rebecca Johnson/1910-1997" CS-M & FHM from Fielding's #5 unmarked; entire grave covered in hedge with concrete bricks aronnd perimeter; FHM broken and unreadable #6 "Jerry Grant/Aug 20, 1890/Sept 19, 1961/Gone but not Forgotten" headstone and entire grave area covered w/large hedge #7 "Catherine M. Grant/1891-1964" CS-M from Fielding's. Church records state the "M" stands for Miller #8/9 Double stone (the only one in entire cemetery) "Heyward/Joe Heyward, Sr/May 11, 1893-Nov 2, 1976/ Eva G. Heyward/June 1896-Nov 12, 1967" On the left side is Eva and the right side is Joe w/CS and lettering also formed into the concrete with name and dates Row 8 in between Rows 7 & 9: #1 "Richard Johnson/1929-1987" CS-M & FHM from Fielding's #2 "Elizabeth Bencarew/1995-1995" FHM from Harleston-Boags Row 9 in the very front of the cemetery: #1 "Sarah Grant/June 3, 1889/May 17, 1966/Our Beloved Mother" headstone, CS & FHM (probably Fielding's) #2 "Frank Shine/1909 - 1967" CS with engraved metal plate bolted into concrete #3 unmarked; church does not know name #4 "Middleton" FHM (guessing from Dorothy's); church records indicate name as Willie Mae Middleton #5 "Joseph Blie, Sr/US Army/Dec 8, 1920/Oct 9, 1995" headstone, CS-M #6 "Mrs Lucille Grant/1913-1996" CS-M from Fieldings According to the church records, there are 4 other graves here; I could not find them even with their "map". Two of these graves are unknown and unmarked; one of the unmarked graves listed probably belongs to Gertie Waring and one to Myranto Freeman. FIELDING'S Home for Funerals - 122 Logan St, Charleston, 843-722-3348 DOROTHY's Home for Funerals - 78 Cannon St, Charleston, 843-722-0268 W.M. Smith Funeral Home - 2 radcliffe St, Charleston, 843-722-3676 Harleston-Boags Funeral Home - 121 Calhoun St, Charleston, 843-723-3066 This file located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/charleston/cemeteries/standrew.txt