JASPER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - Robert Cemetery ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor 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 USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Busby (KBUSBY@InfoAve.Net) 31 Jan 1999 ---------------------------------------- Robert Cemetery Location: From Robertsville, Jasper County, SC take Hwy 462 towards Gillisonville. Appr. 2 miles from Robertsville is County Road 25 on the left. This should be the first paved road on the left from Robertsville. Go down Road 25 for 1.3 miles. On the left hand side, right past a dirt road and just before a curve in road, the cemetery is located. The cemetery is hard to see because of a line of trees which surround the cemetery. By: Karen Busby Inscriptions: Robert Lewis died in Robertsville, SC Sept. 8, 1825 age 30 years native of Liverpool, England Peter Lewis died in Robertsville, SC Sept. 22, 1825 age 31 years Mary Earl hoe monumentum eri gitur cara filia e bery amun et Julia M Holt que infantia reliquit hume mundum doloris et marentes parentis et regiontus felecilatis at angeli abut Estates - XVII menses el XXIX dies Laura Lucy d/o Jas. M. and Sarah Smith died Aug. 16, 1832 age 4 years, 6 months and 8 days Rev. Robert B. Brooks minister of the Baptist Church on Black Swamp, SC s/o Mr. Ben. Brooks died Oct. 20, 1827 on Black Swamp age 22 years Richard Cole born Dec. 5, 1776 died Feb. 11, 1837 Charles Miller, Esq. Born in Norwell, Conneticut Aug. 27, 1797 Died in Robertsville, SC Oct. 14, 1825 age 28 years Sacred in the memory of Daniel W. McKenzie native of Beaufort District, SC who departed this life Apr. 27, 1827 age 27 years He was the only child of a widowed mother and left a wife and one child to bemoan their loss Also Richard C. The only son of Daniel W. And Eliza A. McKenzie who departed this life Oct. 17, 1822 age 9 months Thomas Robert died Mar. 6, 1816 age 39 years Mary Harriett Bostick born Mar. 5, 1771 died Aug. 13, 1816 Richard Bostick born Sept. 24, 1758 died Feb. 5, 1831 Phoebe Ann Wilson died Sept. 9, 1817 age 9 years Eliza Robert died Mar. 16, 1816 age 22 years Frances C. Robert died Aug. 27, 1818 age 20 years Benjamin Nathaniel Robert died Apr. 17,1849 age 69 years Sarah Jaudon Robert 24 Sept. 1719 - 6 Apr. 1779 w/o Jaques DeBoureaux Robert In Iron Fence Ann Maner Robert d/o John H. and Catherine E. Robert b Oct. 21, 1859 died Dec. 26, 1862 age 3 years, 2 months, 5 days Samuel Maner Robert s/o John H. and Anna M. Robert born Dec. 19, 1808 died Oct. 9, 1831 age 22 years Joseph Bostick Robert s/o John H. and Catherine E. Robert born July 22, 1876 died Jan. 6, 1886 age 9 years, 5 months, 15 days Elizabeth Robert consort of John Robert, Esq. Eldest d/o Capt. Thomas Dixon of James Island died Nov. 11, 1820 age 71 years John Robert of Black Swamp, SC died Feb. 24, 1826 age 83 born on Santee, SC in July 1742 a citizen of Black Swamp and a member of the Baptist Church since 1789. He was a deacon of the church John H. Robert died July 1835 age 59 years, 5 months, 24 days Mrs. Anne Maner Robert age 72 years born Nov. 2, 1780 died Oct. 30, 1852 Relict of the late John H. Robert John H. Robert born June 19,1822 died May 31, 1897 Richard Franklin Bostick and Isabella Robert the former aged 20 years and 6 months the latter 17 years, 9 months, 10 days both perished at sea on Steamer Home on passage from New York to Charleston Oct. 9, 1837 Their bodies were recovered from the wreck Mrs. Cornelia Emily Riley consort of Dr. Edward Riley born Dec. 12, 1815 died Oct. 27, 1839 End Iron Fence Jacob S. Bostick died Nov. 25, 1831 age 43 years, 9 months, 19 days Charlotte A. w/o James J. Robert died July 11, 1817 age 31 years, 10 months, 6 days James Brisbane born Oct. 15, 1811 died Oct. 2, 1815 killed by the wheels of the saw gin running gear George A. Lawton Brisbane born May 12, 1814 died Feb. 21, 1815 after one day of illness two infant daughters of Robert G. and Sarah Norton one born Apr. 6, 1817 the other born Oct. 19, 1819 Isabella d/o Robert G. and Sarah Norton died Oct. 15, 1824 age 3 years, 7 months, 5 days Mary Cater w/o Rev. Winborn A. Lawton died Feb. 25, 1823 age 46 years, 8 months a member of Black Swamp Baptist Church Mary C. d/o Rev. W. A. and M. C. Lawton died Sept. 6, 1820 age 6 years Alexander R. s/o Rev W.A. and M.C. Lawton died Aug. 14, 1821 age 6 years, 1 month, 22 days Isadora 2nd w/o Rev. Winborn A. Lawton died Sept. 17, 1826 age 25 years, 7 months, 23 days a member of Baptist Church on Pipe Creek Also Lenora who died Nov. 27, 1826 age 1 year, 8 months, 4 days Peter Jaudon died Dec. 15, 1824 age 33 years Mrs. Sarah Brooks widow of Benjamin Brooks died on Black Swamp, SC July 9, 1826 age 37 years, 6 months, 7 days Elias G. Jaudon died Mar. 10, 1826 age 53 years, 9 months, 25 days Sarah w/o Elias G. Jaudon died Dec. 30, 1823 age 43 years, 4 months, 20 days Laura C. Robert w/o Lucius C. Robert of Black Swamp, SC died Nov. 25, 1843 age 21 years Mrs Sarah Caroline Singleton consort of Charles T.J. Singleton married Feb. 12, 1824 died Aug. 1, 1825 age 19 years, 7 months, 29 days Mary Elvira d/o Thomas and Rebecca Pohill died July 1, 1817 age 1year, 1 month, 13 days Rev. Hezekiah A. Boyd born in Columbia County, GA Dec. 1, 1779 died at Pipe Creek, SC Mar. 28, 1827 age 47 years Lucia Lorea Boyd d/o Rev. H.A. and Emma A. Boyd died Dec. 28, 1821 age 1 year, 10 months, 1 day Milton Henry Boyd s/o Rev. H.A. and Emma A. Boyd died 1822 (there is a tree growing on, in and around this tombstone, therefore you can't get all the information) Thirza Julia Pohill died Aug 1, 1819 age 5 years died Jun. 20, 1864 age 33 years Adelaid M. Chovin w/o R. Henry Chovin and the d/o Robert and Lavinia Oswald of Beaufort, SC born Mar. 22, 1832 Emelia Magdaline w/o Isaac A. Chovin born Mar. 26, 1792 died Nov. 20, 1822 NEXT TOMBSTONE BROKEN AND UNREADABLE Henry Alexander s/o Isaac A. And Emelia M. Chovin (rest is unreadable) Robert Guerin s/o Isaac A. And Emelia M. Chovin born June 6, 1817 died June 23,1823 6 years, 17 days William Henry s/o Tristam and Rebecca Verstille died Nov. 28, 1827 1 year, 6 months, 1 day **************************************************************** 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. ****************************************************************