RETREAT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY (1851), Oconee County, SC Version 1.0, 20-Sep-2006, C159A.TXT, C159 **************************************************************** 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. DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Sep-2001 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Sep-2001 HISTORY WRITE-UP : Nancy S. Griffith at ngriffit@mail.presby.edu in Apr-2001 Carla Martin at littleluke@statecom.net in Sep-2001 LOCATION WRITE-UP: Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Sep-2001 TRANSCRIPTION .. : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Sep-2001 **************************************************************** LOCATION: --------- Find the Intersection of Highways 76/123 and 24 located on the east side of Westminster. Drive 2.8 miles south on Highway 24 until you come to South Retreat Rd. Turn right and drive 2.0 miles west. Church is on the right side of road, located on a hill. HISTORY: -------- GENERAL AREA HISTORY: It is estimated by Ramsay in his history of South Carolina (1808) that in 1755, there were not even 23 families settled between the Waxhaws on the Catawba River and Augusta on the Savannah River. Since much of the upcountry was Indian land, settlement had centered in the coastal counties. Prior to 1768, the only court held in South Carolina was held at the City of Charleston. In 1768, however, South Carolina was divided into six judicial districts, with courts to be held in each. What is now Oconee County was in the Ninety-Six District. At the end of the Revolutionary War, all of present-day Greenville, Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties was Cherokee land. There was some white settlement in this area, and forts had been erected in various places to protect the settlers. The judicial set-up in South Carolina becomes quite fluid (and quite confusing) from this time on until 1868. A law passed in 1783 recommended the division of the judicial districts into counties of not more than forty square miles, with each county to have its own courts. This was accomplished by 1785, with the Ninety-Six District being further divided into Abbeville, Edgefield, Newberry, Laurens, Union and Spartanburg counties. The lands of present-day Oconee County were temporarily attached to the adjoining counties of Laurens, Abbeville and Spartanburg. The Indians had sided with the British during the Revolution, and were forced to surrender their land. In 1785 a treaty was signed with the Cherokee Indians at Hopewell, the home of Andrew Pickens; the following year, a treaty was signed with the Choctaws at the same location. At about this time it was estimated that the white population of the area was 9,500. By 1789, the residents of present-day Oconee County were having difficulty with their judicial assignment, and the area was separated off into Pendleton County. A courthouse was set up at the site of the present-day town of Pendleton in 1790. The next year, however, the Ninety-Six District was divided into upper and lower regions. The upper region, composed of Pendleton and Greenville counties, was named the Washington District; a district courthouse was set up at Pickensville near the present-day town of Easley. In 1798 the name "county" once again changed to "district"; Oconee County was in the Pendleton District, and court was held in Pendleton. The population was increasing rapidly; according to Ramsay's history, by 1800 it stood at 17,828. The area was, however, still sparsely settled. In 1808, according to Ramsay, there was only one acre of cleared land for every eight acres of uncleared land, and only one inhabitant per 36 acres. Education was "at a low ebb," although some schools had been established; one newspaper was being published, by John Miller in Pendleton. In 1826 Pendleton District was further subdivided into Pickens and Anderson districts. The county seat of the Pickens District, which encompassed present-day Oconee County, was located at Pickens Courthouse, or "Old Pickens." While some of the settlers during this early period had come from the lowcountry of South Carolina, many were Scotch-Irish immigrants who had fled Ulster for Pennsylvania to escape religious persecution. They then traveled down the Great Wagon Road from Harrisburg, through the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and into the piedmont region of the two Carolinas. Some wealthy plantation owners from the lowcountry did begin to build second homes in the upstate, mostly to take advantage of the more moderate summer climate. John C. Calhoun was one of these; his home, Fort Hill, was later deeded to the state by his son-in-law, Thomas Clemson, and became the site of Clemson University. In 1868 Pickens District was divided into Pickens and Oconee counties. The area was still a rural one, centered around courthouse towns which usually had a courthouse, several churches, a school, and a few dozen citizens. EARLY PRESBYTERIANISM: The early settlement of South Carolina took place along the coast. The first minister to preach to Presbyterians in South Carolina was Rev. Archibald Stobo, who arrived in Charleston in 1700. Until 1704, he was the pastor of the "Mixed Presbyterian and Independent Church" there, the only place of worship for Presbyterians in the entire colony. There was probably no organized presbytery in South Carolina until the 1730s. Early Presbyterians were organized under the Presbytery of Orange, Synod of New York and Philadelphia. By 1760 there were eleven Presbyterian ministers in the colony, concentrated in areas near the coast. By 1784 membership in the Carolinas was increasing, resulting in a desire to form a local presbytery. Following the various Indian treaties signed in the late 1780s, settlement of the Upstate accelerated, mostly by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who had traveled down the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania. By 1789, the year the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church was established, there were ministers appearing in some upstate areas, including the Waxhaws, Saluda, Rocky River, and Upper and Lower Long Cane. Among churches which had been organized in the upstate at this point were Richmond/Carmel (1787), Bradaway/Broadway (1788), Good Hope (1789) and Roberts (1789). It was also at this time that Hopewell (Keowee) or the "Old Stone Church" was established. In 1790 the list of Oconee County churches expanded with the addition of Bethlehem and Philadelphia (or Ebenezer). Rev. Thomas Reese, who was serving Hopewell (Keowee) Church at the time, eloquently described the possibilities for church growth in the region. Noting that circumstances were "favorable to virtue and religion," he also noted that "As the country is in its infancy, we have yet to expect that these congregations will soon become much stronger, and in the course of a few years, if peace continues, it is probable that each of them will be able to support a minister. It is a pleasing reflection to the friends of religion, that as the people travel westward, the gospel travels with them, or soon follows after them; that God inclines the hearts of ministers, respectable for learning, worth, and piety, to settle in these uncultivated regions." Southern representation at early meetings of the General Assembly was limited, since meetings were always held in the North, and travel was complicated and expensive. Thus figures on the development of churches in South Carolina are scarce. The western "frontier" of South Carolina was considered a missionary territory, with ministers traveling around and "supplying" a number of churches. Indeed, a number of the same ministers served the various Presbyterian churches in Oconee County. Salaries were often left unpaid; the largest contribution toward the salary of Rev. John Simpson, first pastor at Roberts Church, was $5.00, and some members were only able to give a few pennies, or gifts in kind such as corn, wheat, and whiskey. Often these itinerant preachers were not even reimbursed for travel and lodging. Consequently, some ministers turned to teaching, opening early academies and schools. Often they found this work more congenial, and left the ministry, contributing further to the shortage of qualified pastors. In 1796 Rev. Andrew Brown was appointed to spend time as a missionary on the South Carolina frontier, at a salary of $16.66 per month. In 1797 he apparently had charge of the Bethlehem and Philadelphia churches on Cane Creek in present-day Oconee County. In his history of South Carolina, Walter Edgar estimates that only 8% of the white population in the upstate belonged to churches at this time. Church membership, however, was increasing, largely as a result of massive ecumenical camp meetings. The early churches were simple, usually built of undressed logs. They had few windows, and were furnished with benches rather than pews. No musical instruments were employed in the services. It was during this time that Nazareth/Beaverdam (1803) and Bethel (1805) were organized. Edgar states that membership had almost tripled, to 23% of the white population, by 1810. As for the Presbyterians, by that time there were only 9 ministers to serve 25 churches and 634 congregants in the entire Presbytery of South Carolina. By 1826 Mills' "Statistics of South Carolina" indicated that there was a dominant Presbyterian presence in Abbeville, Chester, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Pendleton, Richland and York districts. In Oconee County, Westminster and Richland had been organized in 1834. Ministers continued to be scarce, however, and most only stayed in one church for a short time. It was not until 1859 that the concept of a permanent pastorate became popular in the church. By 1870 there were still only 29 ordained ministers in South Carolina Presbytery, and only 13 of these were devoting their full time to the ministry. During this time the Presbytery continued to employ "domestic missionaries" to supply vacant pulpits. By the late nineteenth century, after a restructuring of the Presbytery to form Enoree Presbytery, there were 19 ministers left in the Presbytery of South Carolina to serve 39 churches, and rural churches continued to languish on into the 20th century. (For more information on the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina, see: Howe, George, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina; History Of The Presbyterian Church In South Carolina Since 1850, edited by F. D. Jones, D. D. And W. H. Mills, D. D.; and Strupl, Milos, History of the Presbytery of South Carolina, 1784-1984.) RETREAT CHURCH HISTORY: Retreat, located in Center Township 15 miles southeast of Walhalla, was originally known as "Bachelor's Retreat." According to an article published in "Names in South Carolina" in the winter of 1961, the name resulted from the fact that Samuel Verner lived there with his three sons, Ebenezer, Lemuel, and David, who were longtime bachelors. Although Ebenezer and Lemuel eventually married, the name stuck. Among other early residents of the area were the McQuirters and the McClannahans, whose homes still stood in 1961. The "Bachelor'" part of the name was eventually dropped. Apparently the community never approached the size of a village or small town. There was a post office located in the area between 1812 and 1827, but at that time it was moved to Claremont. Other structures included the church, a house, and a store/post office. There are different accounts of the origins of the church. Deed records indicate that in 1836, Joshua Perkins, Leonard Powers and James Johns deeded land two miles south of Westminster (near a branch of Choestoea Creek, waters of the Tugaloo River) for the purpose of erecting a meeting house. No mention of the name of the church is given. Some accounts indicate that a log meeting house was erected on this site. Beginning in 1840, Rev. Andrew Brown began to preach at a log house two miles south of Westminster, which may or may not be this same meeting house. Brown, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, had previously been in charge of Little River, Duncan's Creek, Bethlehem, Cane Creek and Bethel churches, many of which he apparently founded. According to Jones' and Mills' history of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina, services were then held from house to house until John O. Green donated seven acres of land for a church. According to presbytery minutes, Retreat Church was organized at Bachelor's Retreat by Rev. William McWhorter in April of 1851, with 19 members, many of whom came from the Richland Church. Details concerning the land on which the church was to be built differ from Jones' account, however. According to three separate deeds filed in 1859, Leonard Powers, James Johns and T.S. Miller deeded a little over an acre apiece to church trustees Leonard Powers, F.R. Shelar, and E.P. Verner for the erection of a Presbyterian meeting house to be called "Retreat Church." Presbytery minutes indicate that a new house of worship was "nearly completed" by October of 1859, and "better times are looked for there." By 1860, this "new and commodious house of worship" had been completed. McWhorter was to supply the church frequently throughout its history, including from 1853-65, 1868-71, around 1875, and 1877-81. Between 1877 and 1881 he was listed as "without charge" at Bachelor's Retreat. Other early ministers included: Robert McKemie Kirkpatrick (1885-88, pastor Westminster and Retreat), Newton Smith (1892-96, pastor Westminster and Retreat, stated supply Tugaloo), James Joseph Harrell (1904-1908), Morris Elmore Peabody (1909-1912, Westminster and Retreat), Joseph Edward Wallace (1914-1917, Westminster and Retreat), A.N. Littlejohn (1919-21, pastor at Westminster, and stated supply at Oakway, Tugaloo, and Retreat), Thomas Davidson Cartledge (1923-25, pastor Westminster, stated supply Retreat and Tugaloo). By 1925 the church had less than twenty active members, in part due to the formation of nearby Westminster Church, and in part due to the fact that many parishoners had left the state. While Sunday School was being held every Sunday, preaching was only provided once a month. From 1927-31, Jeremiah Stephen Crowley supplied Retreat and Tugaloo. A report of the Committee on Church Extension in 1957 indicates that "Retreat is having regular services under the leadership of Mr. Holmes Simons, who is making a wonderfully fine contribution there. After three evenings of special services culminating with the Communion Service, 4 new members were received into that Church." That same year, Westminster Church was asked by Presbytery to try to revive the work at Retreat, but this effort did not succeed. By 1961, the church was seldom used, and there were less than twelve living members. It continued to struggle in later years, and was officially dissolved on Oct. 1, 1968. The church and grounds were repaired and cleaned up in 1979, and again in 1994. At this latter time, a sign, made from the original porch flooring, was erected at the entrance to the church grounds; this was apparently the first sign ever to be put on the grounds. (Some of the information in this sketch was obtained from Frederick C. Holder's Historic Sites of Oconee County, 1991; Carla J. Martin's sketch on the church in Heritage of Oconee County.) CHURCH RECORDS: Although there is a Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, the best place to find material on the "Southern" church is at Montreat. Here's what the Society says about this on their website: The Presbyterian Historical Society serves its constituency from two regional offices, one in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one in Montreat, North Carolina. The Philadelphia office documents "northern stream" predecessor denominations and their work, congregations, and middle governing bodies in thirty-six states, and the work of the current denomination's national agencies. The Montreat office documents "southern stream" predecessor denominations and congregations and middle governing bodies in fourteen southern states. For records from congregations, synods, and presbyteries in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, contact the Montreat office first. For all others, contact the Philadelphia office first. Presbyterian Historical Society P.O. Box 849, Montreat, NC 28757 Telephone (828) 669-7061 Fax (828) 669-5369 http://www.history.pcusa.org Presbyterian Historical Society 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia PA 19147-1516 Telephone (215) 627-1852 Fax (215) 627-0509 http://www.history.pcusa.org The Special Collections area at the Thomason Library, Presbyterian College, Clinton SC contains a quantity of Presbyterian materials, including minutes of the Synod of South Carolina (and its successors, the Synod of the Southeast and the Synod of the South Atlantic), the Minutes of the General Assembly, incomplete sets of South Carolina presbytery minutes, many histories of churches in South Carolina, biographies of area ministers, sermons, and the papers of 19th century ministers Ferdinand and William Plumer Jacobs. The library also has extensive information on Presbyterian College and Thornwell Orphanage. The library's catalog can be searched online at: http://library.presby.edu/. Special Collections librarian is Nancy Griffith, e-mail ngriffit@presby.edu. South Caroliniana Library at USC has over 474 titles listed on South Carolina Presbyterianism, including local church histories. They also have over 800 issues of the "Southern Presbyterian," which was a prominent journal during the late 19th and early 20 centuries. Their catalog can be searched online at: http://www.sc.edu/uscan/ NOTICE POSTED ON CHURCH DOOR: On 6-Mar-1836, Leonard Towers, Josiah Perkins and James Johns jointly donated a plot of ground for the building of a meeting house and Sunday school. These buildings were built and they served until the present church was constructed. The church was organized on 5-Apr-1851 and most members transferred from the (C163) Richland Presbyterian Church. In 1859, T.S. Miller donated additional land and the present church was built by William and Thomas Bibb for a total cost of $1250. It was designed by Robert Fullerton. The church was dedicated on 19-Nov-1859, by Reverends William McWhorter and W.P. Gready. Early members: Verner, Dichson, Shelor, Miller, Smithson, Wyly, Sheldon, Fullerton, Johns, Steel, Hunter, Foster, McWhorter and McClanahan. At one time, they had a high of 146 active members. The church was dissolved on 1-Oct-1968 by the Piedmont Presbyterian. Records were transferred to the Presbyterian History Foundation in Montreat, NC. Old land papers are located at the Walhalla Clerk-of-Court Office. A notebook is also located at the Walhalla library. Church Historian: Carla Martin, 176 S. Retreat Rd, Westminster, SC 29693, 864- 647-0623. Carla's father Hugh C. Martin organized the restoring of the church in 1979. o----------o Retreat Presbyterian Church--crossroads of generations by Ray Chandler ray@dailyjm.com WESTMINSTER--James Johns lies in the small cemetery of Retreat Presbyterian Church beside his wife, Margaret, and their infant daughter. The weathering and age-blackened tombstones tell part of their story. James died in 1862, while serving in the Confederate Army at age 58. His wife died in 1855 at the age of 53, about a month after the death of their daughter, who lived about a month. James had been one of the men who had given land for the building of the church. Other tombstones bear the names of Miller, Dickson, Hunter and McWhorter, among others, including Robert Fullerton, an Irish-born carpenter and stonemason who with his brother Daniel helped build the church itself. All were steeped in the early history of the Retreat community, some of their birthdates on the stones going back to the late 1700s. It's the memories and the connections carved into the church's history like the etchings on the tombstones that drives Carla Martin to do what she does. "That little piece of rock is all you've got left when you're gone," Martin said. "Without it, nobody knows who you were and what you did before you left." So just as she takes pains to collect and preserve information about the people of Retreat Presbyterian's past before time washes it from the rocks, she also takes pains to preserve the church and the connections that run through it. The church was established in 1851 and the present building built in 1859. Services, however, were discontinued in 1969, and the property was transferred to a memorial foundation. Martin and other family members take it as a sacred duty to preserve the church itself for what it represents. Painting, repairing and keeping the grass cut are only part of the job. It's all geared toward keeping the church just off South Retreat Road in shape for the third Sunday in October, when about 3 p.m. the church hosts its only service "_" who were part of the church's past. And there is always a lot more to tell. The mere tombstones don't tell, for example, how or where James Johns died, or whether with his family dead he went off to war to try to forget a broken heart. But if any scrap that offers a clue surfaces, Martin will find it and save it in the scrapbooks she keeps as a way of preserving the memories. She searches through all newspaper files and genealogical data on those buried at the church, she said. "Just to see if there is a story to be told." She keeps it all for those whose connections running through the church's history, she said, because wherever they are, and however far they have wandered from the Retreat community, it's they who keep the memories of the dead and the story of the church going. Anyone who might wish to contact Carla Martin regarding donations to the church fund or use of Retreat Presbyterian Church can contact her at 647-0623 or647- 1915. TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: -------------------- a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife (50) Small unreadable grave markers BALLENGER, I. Pauline, b. 13-apr-1894, d. 20-jun-1894, a. 2m-7d, p. t.w. & ida j. ballenger BALLENGER, Ida J., b. 24-mar-1866, d. 23-may-1896, a. 30y-10m-1d, h. t.w. ballenger BALLENGER, Infant Son, b. 20-may-1887, d. 20-may-1887, a. 1d, p. t.w. & ida j. ballenger BALLENGER, J.A., b. 6-nov-1820, d. 4-may-1899, a. 79y-6m-2d BALLENGER, Marie E., b. 9-mar-1814, d. 11-jun-1883, 69y-8m-25d, h. j.a. ballenger BALLENGER, William D., b. 10-aug-1827, d. 14-feb-1869, a. 41y-6m-5d BOWMAN, Elizabeth E., b. 17-jul-1805, d. 11-jan-1886, buried beside john m. bowman BOWMAN, John M., b. 27-oct-1778, d. 25-apr-1859 BYRD, Sarah E., b. 7-jan-1812, d. 30-jan-1884, h. w.d. byrd DEAN, N. Mary, b. 31-aug-1834, d. 1-may-1892, h. preston l. dean DEAN, Preston L., b. 24-jul-1834, d. 10-sep-1871, w. n. mary dean DICKSON, James A., b. 17-may-1837, d. 21-may-1906 DICKSON, John Harold, b. 26-aug-1923, d. 5-sep-1997, buried with newton ray dickson DICKSON, John Harold, b. abt-1922, d. 5-sep-1997, p. john r. & pearl mcnamara dickson DICKSON, Mary Anie Fitzgerald, b. 28-jul-1857, d. 6-nov-1938, buried next to n.s. dickson DICKSON, Nancy C., b. 9-nov-1829, d. 28-oct-1902, buried in n.s. dickson plots DICKSON, Newton Ray, b. 1912, d. 1982 DICKSON, Newton W., b. 16-jun-1839, d. 1853, a. 14y DICKSON, Sabra, b. 1808, d. 10-apr-1888, h. simpson dickson DICKSON, Samuel L., b. 10-may-1924, d. 10-may-1924, f. e.m. dickson DICKSON, Simpson, b. 22-oct-1801, d. 17-may-1878, w. sabra dickson FULLERTON, Daniel, d. 13-aug-1876, a. 75y FULLERTON, Margaret, d. 7-mar-1871 FULLERTON, Robert, d. 4-nov-1885, a. 81y GLEN, Alex W., b. 13-sep-1802, d. 11-aug-1878, w. jane m. glen GLEN, Jane M., b. 6-feb-1803, d. 4-feb-1879, h. alex w. glen HARBIN, Marshal Lee (Jr), b. 29-mar-1958, d. 29-mar-1958 HOLCOMBE, Elizabeth A., b. 1825, d. sep-1889, brother j.b. holcombe, h. d.n. holcombe HOLCOMBE, J.B., b. 1862, d. aug-1888, sister elizabeth a. holcombe HUGHS, Margaret, b. 1892, d. 17-may-1907, a. 14y-10m-10d, p. w.h. & mary e. hughs HUMMEL, Amanda S., b. abt-1833, d. 15-jan-1877, a. 44y HUNTER, Caroline Lee, b. 1837, d. 28-sep-1885, h. sam hunter HUNTER, Cordelia J., b. 28-apr-1904, d. 30-jul-1964 HUNTER, Gordon M., b. 31-aug-1877, d. 23-oct-1961, h. stephen d. hunter HUNTER, Stephen D., b. 26-jul-1861, d. 7-jul-1944, h. gordon m. hunter ISBELL, Maggie A., b. 5-sep-1854, d. 3-jul-1887, h. j.r. isbell JOHNS, Anna, b. 1802, d. 24-jun-1855, a. 53y, h. james johns JOHNS, Clementina, b. 24-feb-1831, d. 18-sep-1901, h. s.h. johns JOHNS, James Henry, b. 1854, d. 2-jun-1855, a. 8m-1d, p. s.h. & c. johns JOHNS, James, b. 1804, d. 14-aug-1862, a. 58y, w. anna johns JOHNS, John E., b. 19-jun-1869, d. 25-jun-1871, p. s.h. & c. johns JOHNS, Lizzie M., b. 25-feb-1862, d. 25-oct-1900, p. s.h. & c. johns JOHNS, S.H., b. 15-jun-1828, d. 7-apr-1906, w. clementina johns JONES, Margaret C., b. 21-aug-1907, d. 7-sep-1907, p. d.e. & harriet jones KANDAY, L.W., d. 2-jan-1843 LAWING, Cecil R., b. 29-may-1922, d. 12-sep-1981 LESLY, Daisy V., b. 23-apr-1869, d. 10-oct-1906 MARCENGILL, Dorothy Louise Harbin, b. 27-jun-1925, d. 4-feb-1998, f. milton marcengill MARCENGILL, Infant Daughter, d. 18-apr-1946, f. j.g. marcengill MARCENGILL, James G., b. 17-jun-1922 MARTIN, Carla J., p. hugh c. & carolyn martin MARTIN, Carolyn J., b. 20-jul-1930, h. hugh c. martin MARTIN, Hugh C., b. 15-oct-1929, d. 20-jun-1979, w. carolyn j. martin MARTIN, John Carlton, b. 12-sep-1906, d. 25-apr-1992, m. 30-aug-1928 MARTIN, John Carlton, b. 1906, d. 1992, w. ruby king martin, m. 30-aug-1928 MARTIN, Ruby King, b. 1912, d. 1981 MARTIN, Ruby King, b. 1912, d. 1981, h. carlton carlton martin, p. ran & mattie martin McCLANAHAN, David, b. 4-dec-1881, d. 19-sep-1931, w. vera a. crawford McCLANAHAN, Gerard V., b. 1-aug-1874, d. 24-oct-1874 McCLANAHAN, J.M. (Dr), b. 18-jan-1840, d. 14-mar-1907, w. mary e. verner McCLANAHAN, Kate Clarissa, b. 26-dec-1883, d. 14-feb-1974, buried next to mattie linda McCLANAHAN, Mary E. Verner, b. 10-dec-1845, d. 22-feb-1912, h. dr j.m. mcclanahan McCLANAHAN, Mattie Linda, b. 24-dec-1879, d. 3-jan-1972, buried next to kate clarissa mcclanahan McCLANAHAN, Vera A. Crawford, b. 21-dec-1886, d. 4-mar-1980, h. david mcclanahan McWHORTER, Eliza Waugh, b. 5-nov-1849, d. 20-feb-1924 McWHORTER, M. Thornwell, b. 2-sep-1875, d. 22-oct-1900 McWHORTER, Margaret, b. 7-mar-1809, d. 6-mar-1898, h. rev. william mcwhorter McWHORTER, William (Rv), b. 16-mar-1811, d. 9-feb-1884, w. margaret mcwhorter MILLER, Anna Augusta, b. 5-may-1847, d. 6-apr-1885, h. j.c. miller MILLER, Charles, a. 99y, w. jane calhoun holmer miller MILLER, Clifton Burt, b. 20-apr-1888, d. 27-oct-1897, p. c.h. & alice miller MILLER, Florence, a. 11m-15d MILLER, Henrietta D., b. 25-sep-1831, d. 19-may-1884, h. dr. t.s. miller MILLER, Hugh Morris, b. 1-feb-1887, d. 25-jan-1890, p. c.h. & alice miller MILLER, Infant Son, b. 25-sep-1889, d. 25-sep-1889, p. c.h. & alice miller MILLER, J.C., b. 28-apr-1848, d. 15-jan-1939 MILLER, Jane Calhoun Holmes, b. 1763, d. 1865, h. charles miller MILLER, T.S. (Dr), w. henrietta d. miller MILLER, Tannie Lee, b. 22-jan-1885, d. 26-jan-1890, p. c.h. & alice miller NICHOLSON, Cannie E., b. 1870, d. 1920, buried with james w. & james n. nicholson NICHOLSON, James N., b. 1864, d. 1941 NICHOLSON, James W., b. 1864, d. 1941 NICHOLSON, James, b. 27-jan-1925, d. 27-jan-1925, p. neal & maebell nicholson SANDERS, Rebecca E., b. 5-oct-1883, d. 5-jan-1884, p. r.a. & n.a. sanders SHELDON, Infant Son, b. 16-jan-1897, d. 16-jan-1897, p. j.d. & l.l. sheldon SHELDON, Infant Son, b. 4-may-1886, d. 4-may-1886, p. j.d. & l.l. sheldon SHELDON, Jane A. Glenn, b. 31-aug-1838, d. 8-sep-1890, h. william harris sheldon SHELDON, M. Eloise, b. 16-nov-1882, d. 9-nov-1883, p. j.d. & l.l. sheldon SHELDON, William Harris, b. 9-mar-1823, d. 12-dec-1901, w. jane a. glenn sheldon SHELOR, Jane Stribling, b. 1852, d. 1924, buried with john wayne shelor SHELOR, John Wayne, b. 1845, d. 1916 SMITH, Addie Evaline, b. 17-jun-1863, d. 15-jun-1899 SMITHSON, Charlie Drennen, b. 12-oct-1885, d. 13-aug-1895 SMITHSON, Davie E., b. 23-mar-1827, d. 2-feb-1896, w. hortence adelin smithson SMITHSON, Hortense Adeline, b. 18-mar-1829, d. 20-jun-1911, h. david e. smithson SMITHSON, Ida Arabella, b. 17-jun-1863, d. 10-jul-1891 STANCIL, Gary Dean, b. 19-nov-1951, d. 7-may-1987, p. j.m. & a.i. lawing stancil STEELE, Margaret G., b. 6-jan-1807, d. 13-dec-1876, h. william steele STEELE, William, b. 12-oct-1796, d. 17-may-1871, w. margaret guyton steele THOMPSON, Elizabeth J., b. 23-jan-1834, d. 27-mar-1858 VERNER, David D., b. 7-mar-1804, d. 16-oct-1896, a. 92y-7m-9d VERNER, Dickey Rayson, b. 4-aug-1859, d. 13-feb-1908 VERNER, Ebenezer Pettigrew, b. 29-sep-1815, d. 27-jun-1891 VERNER, Edward E., b. 1856, d. 1944, buried with lula m. verner VERNER, Emily Foster, b. 1827, d. 1912, buried with ebenezer pettigrew verner VERNER, Harriet M., b. 1845, d. 1936 VERNER, Infant Daughter, b. 22-jan-1885, d. 22-jan-1885, p. d.p. & m.e. verner VERNER, Jane Scott, b. 5-nov-1837, d. 15-aug-1916, h. lemuel h. verner VERNER, John S. (Jr), b. 27-nov-1880, d. 2-oct-1981, p. j.s. & m.p. verner VERNER, Lemuel H., b. 26-apr-1813, d. 5-nov-1898, w. jane scott verner VERNER, Lula M., b. 1860, d. 1957, buried with edward e. verner VERNER, Malinda, b. 5-jan-1822, d. 4-oct-1908, h. samuel j. verner VERNER, Marion, b. 24-jan-1899, d. 11-jul-1913, p. e.e. & lula verner VERNER, Mary Anna Johns, b. 14-sep-1855, d. 11-jun-1884, h. r.s. verner VERNER, Mary M., b. 21-oct-1849, d. 21-may-1851, p. s.j. & malinda verner VERNER, R.S., b. 22-jun-1851, d. 20-feb-1940, w. mary anna johns verner VERNER, Rebecca E., b. 23-jul-1840, d. 3-dec-1840, p. s.j. & malinda verner VERNER, Samuel J., b. 10-jul-1808, d. 11-may-1864, w. malinda verner WARDRIP, John Pascal, b. 1-apr-1892, d. 30-jul-1964, buried with julia h. wardrip WARDRIP, Julia H., b. 8-nov-1899, d. 30-jul-1964, buried with john pascal wardrip WYLY, James Allen, b. 12-aug-1838, d. mar-1923, w. margaret e. verner wyly WYLY, Margaret E. Verner, b. 6-mar-1842, d. jul-1929, h. james allen wyly