HAMPTON CO., SOUTH CAROLINA - Searson Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright 2004 Yvonne Deloach. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm Contributed to the SCGenWeb Archives by: Yvonne Deloach, 20 Jul 2004 ************************************************ SEARSON CEMETARY CUMMINGS, SC HAMPTON COUNTY THIS CEMETARY IS LOCATED ON SALKEHATCHIE ROAD. GO EAST FROM HAMPTON ON HWY 68 TO CUMMINGS TURN LEFT NEXT TO SHUMANS STOP AND SHOP ONTO RAMS HORN ROAD- GO TO THE END OF RAMS HORN ROAD - TURN RIGHT ONTO SALKEHATCHIE AND .02 MILES ON LEFT. SIGN BY THE ROAD. SETS BACK OFF THE ROAD WITH BEAUTIFUL SETTINGS. EARLIEST DATE I HAVE RECORDED IS 1803 (FOUNDED THIS YEAR?) SOME STONES WERE VERY HARD TO READ DUE TO WEATHERING QUESTION MARKS WHERE I COULD NOT READ A NAME. ZACHARIUS SEARSON SEPT. 11-1903 DEC. 3 1904 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILLA MAE SEARSON MARCH 24 1907 JAN. 20 1986 WIFE OF ZACHARIUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EUGENE B. SEARSON FEB. 11 1916 AUG. 5 1993 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` RACHEL C. SEARSON JULY 6 1926 NO DATE FOR DEATH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RICHARD H. SEARSON AUG. 15, 1916 AUG. 4 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GAIL G. SEARSON AUG. 20, 1910 OCT. 14, 1974 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INFANT SON OF HAROLD & ANNIE LEE HEAPE SEPT. 21 1947 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W. HAROLD HEAPE JUNE 16, 1919 SEPT. 10, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANNIE LEE SEARSON HEAPE FEB. 19 1919 FEB. 02 1990 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILLIAM HAMILTON SEARSON APRIL 7 1875 OCT. 7 1954 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HATTIE HEAPE SEARSON AUG. 27 1882 JULY 21, 1943 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` INFANT SON OF R.C. & E.E. STANLEY MARCH 10 1934 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILLIAM H. SEARSON APRIL 15 1916 OCT. 30, 1922 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HULBERT H. SEARSON JAN. 8 1916 APRIL 5 1920 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HERBERT SON OF I.S. & M.D. HILL MARCH 4 1900 (THIS STONE WAS HARD TO READ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNMARKED STONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ELIZABETH M. SEARSON FEB. 25, 1821 JULY 6 1909 (MAIDEN NAME BLOUNT) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THOMAS E. SEARSON ? 1803 SEPT. 29, 1884 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JAY CORNWELL SEARSON DEC. 12, 1850 FEB. 19, 1929 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FLORENCE M. SEARSON AUG. 25, 1855 FEB. 21 1941 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` DAISEY SEARSON HEAPE APRIL 3 1887 JUNE 1 1955 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` DAVID M. HEAPE DEC. 5 1892 SEPT. 5 1979 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` THIS IS A BIG HEADSTONE LISTING THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS EDWARD & ELIZABETH BLOUNT SEARSON SUSAN F. SEARSON APRIL 30 1841 JUNE 24 1861 WILLIAM F. SEARSON AUG. 13, 1854 AUG. 3 1861 HAMILTON BLOUNT SEARSON SEPT 6 1859 JUNE 14 1865 STEPHEN WILLIAM SEARSON FEB. 20 1844 AUG. 29 1861 JANE E. SEARSON AUG. 9 1857 JUNE 12 1862 CLARA E. SEARSON DEC. 19 1864 SEPT. 28, 1865 & 6 UNNAMED CHILDREN STONE ERECTED IN 1988 ALL THIS IS ON ONE STONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HENRY HALTON HILL JUNE 2 1888 SEPT. 11 1922 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULIA E SEARSON NOV. 1867 - MARCH 1932 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAHALEY C. YOUMANS WIFE OF THOMAS E. SEARSON AUG. 16, 1844 APRIL 9 1925 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` THOMAS E. SEARSON JULY 10 1838 FEB. 5 1918 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` BENJAMIN H. SEARSON JAN. 7 1878 OCT. 19 1918 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THOMAS EDWARD SEARSON MAY 5 OR 15 1874 MARCH 7 1881 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. ARNOLD SEARSON PFC US ARMY WW II OCT. 4 1918 - JUNE 12 1984 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUSAN P. SEARSON 1893 - 1987 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROBERT G. SEARSON 1879 - 1960 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDA MAE STANLEY SEARSON APRIL 15 1906 OCT. 28, 1995 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDDIE L. SEARSON OCT. 16 1901 FEB. 8 1980 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RALPH E. COLLINS JR. 1916 - 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` AGNES F. COLLINS 1919 - 2000 AGNES AND RALPH MARRIED JUNE 28 1940 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RALPH EMERSON COLLINS III NOV. 14 1947 DEC. 30 1979 SON OF RALPH JR. & AGNES COLLINS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RITA SEARSON WIFE OF RUFUS E. BENTON MAY 2 1910 AUG. 8 1938 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THOMAS M. SEARSON JAN. 7 1878 DEC. . 13 1938 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLARA H. SEARSON MAY 12 1884 OCT. 10 1960 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLIFFORD M. SEARSON SEPT. 23 1905 JULY 4 1969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ELLIOTT M. SEARSON AUG. 26 1903 AUG. 27 1973 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HUGHES (?) OLSTEEN SON OF JOHN B. & ANITA OSTEEN DEC. 6 1943 FEB. 18 1944 (HARD TO READ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INFANT DAUGHTER OF RUFUS E. & RITA S. BENTON AUG. 7 1939 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DID NOT LOCATE STONE FOR RUFUS BENTON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`