BRUCKE FAMILY CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC A.K.A. Kohomo on the Keowee, SC Version 2.3, 12-Jan-2006, C022.TXT, C22 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING 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. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn Seneca, SC, USA Oconee County SC GenWeb Coordinator Oconee County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Oconee County SC GenWeb Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/cemeteries.html http://www.usgwtombstones.org/southcarolina/oconee.html **************************************************************** DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jun-2002 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jun-2002 G.P.S. MAPPING . : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Jun-2002 HISTORY WRITE-UP : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Jun-2002 LOCATION WRITE-UP: Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Jun-2002 TRANSCRIPTION .. : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Jun-2002 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ Locate intersection of Highways 183 & 188. Drive 1.0 miles southeast on Highway 188. Turn right on Crooked Creek Road (SR 37-175 / Kokomo Way) and drive 1.7 miles. Turn left on Hunnicutt Cove Road (into Kokomo on the Keowee Community). Drive 0.50 to cemetery on left. Cemetery is up on a 10' bank and about 100' from the road. It is also across the road from Lot-23. Latitude N 34 46.192 x Longitude W 82 58.561 CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ This cemetery was basically used for the plantation owners and their slaves. The slave graves are located near Hunnicutt Road and are to the left of the Brucke Family graves. There are numerous plantation buildings that are still standing and are in fair condition for their age. The farm was recently sold and the current owners have a camping trailer that is located near the farmhouse. The original Hunnicutt Road is now gone due to the construction of the Kokomo on the Keowee Community. The new road swings to the south of the old one and now puts the farmhouse within 150' of the road. Across the road are now lakefront Lake Keowee lots. It's undetermined if the Brucke Family is the original plantation owners. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife BRUCKE, August F., b. 11-feb-1830, d. 16-dec-1921, w. elizabeth frantz brucke BRUCKE, Eizabeth Frantz, b. 16-jun-1858, d. 20-mar-1923, h. august f. brucke BRUCKE, Hannah E., b. 1-aug-1889, d. 17-mar-1961, p. a.f. & e.f. brucke BRUCKE, Mena D. Brucke, b. 26-feb-1888, d. 6-dec-1988, p. a.f. & e.f. brucke SLAVES: (6) Field-stone marked graves GARRETT, Margaret J., b. 28-oct-1823, d. 1-mar-1849