CHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - Harmony Baptist Church 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: Jackie Rhodes 08 Dec 2000 ---------------------------------------- There is a section of this cemetery located across the road from the church. This section is pretty large, and we did not get back there to survey this part. Someone may want to go and do that part. Jackie HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY This cemetery is located in Chester Co, at the corner of Starnes and Harmony Church Road, off Hwy 901 in Edgemoor. This cemetery is located just before the church, with a small stand of trees between the cemetery and church. We surveyed the cemetery in "rows" but did not number the rows because the alignment of the graves is very bad and hard to keep them straight. There are a lot of unmarked graves in this cemetery. We were told that this was a slave cemetery, but may also be a pauper's cemetery. Surveyed May 27, 1999 by Kenneth & Jackie Rhodes, Lancaster, SC. BEGINNING AT GRAVE NEAREST TO THE ROAD AND AT THE TREE LINE BETWEEN THE CEMETERY AND CHURCH: ROW 1: DOUBLE MARKER: WHITE WHITE, John H., B. Sept 11, 1895, D. Feb 4, 1980, Mason WHITE, Irene C., B. Jan 27, 1898, D. Jul 7, 1967: McCORKLE, Rodda, B. 1863, D. Dec 21, 1947, wife of H. Foster APPROXIMATELY 6 UNMARKED GRAVES CUNNINGHAM, Balbo, B. 1906, D. Mar 13, 1953 CUNNINGHAM, John Arran, B. Mar 5, 1875, D. Sept 12, 1958STONE HAS FALLEN OVER, FACE DOWN, ALMOST BURIED AND UNREADABLE APPROXIMATELY 7 OR 8 UNMARKED GRAVES WHERRY, John Henry, B. 1872, D. Mar 30, 1930 DOUBLE MARKER: CRAWFORD CRAWFORD, William D., B. Aug 6, 1873, D. Mar 19, 1951 CRAWFORD, Fannie F., B. Apr 12, 1879, D. Nov 14, 1956 FERGUSON, Ill. W. H., Sr, B. May 10, 1919, D. Jan 27, 1996, 33 Past C. I.C., Charlotte Consistory #35 FERGUSON, John Alfred, B. Sept 11, 1892, D. Mar 17, 1963 GRAHAM, Mary, B. Sept 8, 1871, D. Oct 31, 1958, wife of Henry Ferguson FERGUSON, Ora, B. Aapr 18, 1892, D. Sept 18, 1942, foot marker: wife of J. A. Ferguson FERGUSON, Henry Alexander, B. Apr 16, 1917, D. Sept 26, 1987, Mason, Sgt US Army WWII DOUBLE MARKER: FERGUSON FERGUSON, William, Age 65, no dates FERGUSON, Frances D., 1944, 55 years RICE, Arsoia B., B. 1901, D. 1941, concrete block, hand carved UNMARKED GRAVE, marble stone ROBINSON, Susan, B. 1850, D. May 5, 1946 DOUBLE MARKER: GILL GILL, Ida Walls, B. 1876, B. 19--, date incomplete GILL, Alexancer, B. 1866, D. 1938 UNMARKED GRAVE, sunken in FERGUSON, Louisana, B. Jun 17, 1886, D. Feb 20, 1938, the top of this marker is on the ground NEXT 4 GRAVES UNMARKED, some sunken in BUCKSON, Mayme Pace, B. 1897, D. 1931 UNMARKED GRAVE UNMARKED GRAVE ROW 2: HOWZE, David, B. Jul 28, 1935, D. Sept 5, 1970 UNMARKED GRAVE HEATH, Cleveland Brice, B. Jun 18, 1890, D. Mar 7, 1944 CEMENT BORDER AROUND TWO GRAVES WITH UNREADABLE FUNERAL HOME MARKERS FAMIY PLOT: HOWZE HOWZE, Annie Crawford, B. May 1, 1911, D. Aug 19, 1935, inscription: Mother HOWZE, Joe "J. C.", B. Apr 28, 1931, D. Dec 10, 1941, inscription: Son HOWZE, Herbert, B. Aug 1, 1928, inscription: Son, to be buried elsewhere HOWZE, Nancy, B. Jul 24, 1933, D. Oct 14, 1942 DOUBLE MARKER: CRAWFORD CRAWFORD, George W., D. Nov 7, 1929, Age 76 years CRAWFORD, A. Elizabeth, b. Jun 10, 1864, D. Nov 17, 1957: BECKMAN, Myrtle, B. 1914, D. 1963 VAUGHN, Walter, B. Nov 11, 1891, D. Jan 29, 1929 DUNLOP, John, Mar 12, 1929, SC Pvt 328 Labor BN (this grave located at base of large cedar tree) WALLS, W. G., MD, b. Nov 12, 1870, D. Apr 27, 1932 FOUR OR FIVE UNMARKED GRAVES BUCKSON, Mayme Pace, B. 1897, D. 1931 ROW 3: These graves are out of line and were surveyed as I came to them: RIGHT SIDE OF CEMTERY ADAMS, William M., B. 1878, D. Nov 29, 1947 BECKHAM, Frank J., B. 1912, D. 1959, grave under large tree near road CROCKETT, Cawrence, Oct 9, 1918, Age 22 years ADAMS. Charity, Jun 15, 1921, Age 77 years, wife of Henry McFadden ROBINSON, Creene, B. 1856, D. Feb 28, 1923 TRIPLE MARKER: FERGUSON, Top part of marker on ground FERGUSON, Willie, B. Jul 8, 1901, D. Apr 11, 1925 FERGUSON, Benjamin, Aug 10, 1905, Jan 15, 1924 FERGUSON, Emma F., B. Aug 12, 1887, D. May 18, 1924: FOUR OR FIVE UNMARKED GRAVES BROKEN MARKER, can only read R. McC FERGUSON, Turner, Oct 7, 1917, Age 75 yrs FOUR OR FIVE UNMARKED GRAVES VAUGHN, Johnnie Mae, B. May 23, 1906, D. Jul 9, 1912, daughter of Alfred & Malissa Vaughn FERGUSON, henry A., B. May 9, 1867, D. Oct 9, 1917 ARCHER, Johnnie Lee, B. Jun 8, 1912, D. Jun 27, 1912, son of J. O. & June Archer THERE ARE A LOT OF UNMARKED GRAVES BACK TO TREE LINE ROW 4: Starting near road and going back toward tree line CONCRETE MARKER, UNREADABLE WALLS, Caroline, D. Jul 12, 1897, age about 40 yrs. McCORKLE, Robert, D. Oct 16, 1915, Age 80 yrs., broken marker FOSTER, John Calvin, B. Apr 26, 1893, D. Feb 21, 1913, son of Harry and Rhodia Foster CRAWFORD, Mary Beam Jen 19, 1882, D. Dec 10, 1900 WESTBROOK, Annie, B. Jun 1856, D. Mar 2, 1920, wife of William Westbrook CUNNINGHAM, Pervous E., B. Nov 25, 1902, D. Jun 11, 1912, son of J. A. & M. J. BOXSTON, Franklin, B. Apr 20, 1887, D. Apr 2, 1959 4-6 UNMARED GRAVES BUILDING BLOCK FOR MARKER, NO INSCRIPTION AT TREE, UNREADABLE MARKER RAGSDALE, Abigale, D. Jun 17, 1879, wife of Laban Ragsdale, age 70 yrs GRAVES LOCATED BEHIND LARGE TREE: BROWN, David A., B. Sept 9, 1963, D. Oct 20, 1988 BROWN, Charlie, B. Feb 8, 1919, D. Feb 23, 1981, US Army WW II DOUBLE MARKER: SAXTON/MEEKS SAXTON, Bessie H., B. May 26, 1895, D. Mar 27, 1978 MEEKS, Jessie, B. May 15, 1928, no other dates MOFFATT, Sarah, B. Jun 15, 1911, D. May 17, 1978 FUNERAL HOME MARKER, UNREADABEL HEMPHILL, Bessie Mae, B. Apr 17, 1931, D. Oct 1, 1982 UNMARKED GRAVE PAGAN, Manuel, B. Apr 1863, D. Jul 18, 1983 2 UNMARKED GRAVES BROKEN STONE, UNREADABLE FUNERAL HOME MARKER, UNREADABLE HUNTER, Roosevelt, B. Mar 8, 1916, D. Dec 10, 1983, US Army WWII FUNERAL HOME MARKER, UNREADABLE DOUGLAS, Clarence, B. May 6, 1921, D. Aug 12, 1985 DOUGLAS, Robert Lewis, B. Oct 17, 1915, D. Apr 6, 1986, US Army WWII UNREADABLE MARKER DUNLAP, Bessie Mae, Funeral Home Marker, information unreadable FUNERAL HOME MARKER, UNREADABLE UNMARKED GRAVE BECKHAM, Mrs. Hattie, D. Nov 12, 1995, Funeral Home Marker STEWART, Mr. Joe, D. Apr 13, 1999, Funeral Home Marker HEMPHILL, Frank, B. 1926, D. 1987, US Navy, WWII UNMARKED GRAVE WELCH, Carrie, B. Jun 1, 1897, D. Aug 9, 1988 BARBER, Edwina Gill, B. Oct 18, 1893, D. Dec 20, 1991, ROBINSON, Willie, B. 1938, D. 1991, Funeral Home Marker EDWARDS, Brenda Pride, D. Apr 15, 1999, Funeral Home Marker CALDWELL, Mrs. Flossie Stewart, D. Feb 14, 1995, Funeral Home Marker DOUBLE MARKER: HEATH Sadie Ruth, no dates Frank Leroy, B. 1952, D. 1992 HEATH, Willie B., B. Mar 2, 1918, D. Jan 20, 1991 HEATH, Lonnie Pride, B. Feb 12, 1927, D. Dec 28, 1996 GROSS, Josie C., B. Mar 23, 1942, D. Dec 16, 1983 UNMARKED GRAVE DOUBLE MARKER: MOFFATT Willis, B. Mar 12, 1914, D. Mar 27, 1977 Leitha, B. Sept 15, no other dates 3 UNMARKED GRAVES STEWART, Addie, B. Aug 19, 1908, D. Apr 17, 1971 STEWART, Ira, B. Mar 23, 1922, D. Aug 7, 1970 DUNHAM, John, D. Oct 19, 1996, Funeral Home Marker ROBINSON, Aaron T., B. Sep 9, 1974, D. Sep 8, 1989 2-3 UNMARKED GRAVES TRIPLE MARKER: HOLLIS Jannie, Oct 6, 1931, no other dates Willie, Nov 26, 1910, no other dates Pearl, B. May 2, 1914, D. Oct 20, 1970 STEWART, Mrs. Marie P., B. 1905, D. 1979, Funeral Home Marker ROBINSON, Mary E., B. Jun 4, 1932, D. Feb 18, 1998 MOFFATT, Mrs. Marisha, D. May 10, 1998, Funeral Home Marker **************************************************************** USGENWEB 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 contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************