SAMUEL YOUNGBLOOD FAMILY CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 25-May-2005 Text File: P261.TXT Image Folder: P261 ******************************************************************************** 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 recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Apr-2005 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in May-2005 HISTORY ........ : David Youngblood at youngblood@comporium.net in Dec-1997 IMAGES ......... : David Youngblood at youngblood@comporium.net Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in May-2005 RECORDING ...... : David Youngblood at youngblood@comporium.net ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ 1.5 miles east of Old Pickens. Latitude N34 47.452 x Longitude W82 52.213 CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ The Cemetery is in Pickens County but is just across the Keowee River from Oconee County at Old Pickens. Samuel Youngblood was the first Youngblood in Pendleton District. He and his family came to Old Pickens around 1815, owned 750 acres and saw the coming of Old Pickens in 1828 and the going of Old Pickens in 1868. He and his family are buried on that land and the Cemetery has been marked and preserved throughout the years. I wrote the newspaper article and placed information in the Pendleton District Newsletter in hopes of gathering more information but none has been obtained other that further documentation of the graves that we already knew were there. The family owned 4 slaves so maybe they are part of the 30 or so graves there. Please feel free to use the information as you see fit - my hopes are that the knowledge will help someone and even perhaps someone out there can add to the information. by: David Youngblood, 26-Apr-2005 o----------o Wednesday, December 17, 1997, The Pickens Sentinel A Sunday afternoon in Old Pickens... YOUNGBLOOD VISITS FAMILY GRAVESITE By: David Youngblood On Sunday, Nov. 23, 1997 my parents, Clyde and Geneva Hunter Youngblood, and I traveled to the banks of the Keowee River to mark the grave of my father's great-grandparents. Samuel and Gracie Ann Martin Youngblood had been buried beside the Keowee since the l870s and family tradition had kept the information alive -- but the graves were not marked very well. Samuel and his first wife, Martha, had traveled from the Edgefield District around l8l0 to a farm on Four Mile Creek where the creek intersects the Keowee River. At the point where the river makes a huge curse called Big Bend or Hughes Bend, they farmed and raised four children. In l828, the new town of Pickens was established across the river from the Youngblood farm. We know it today as Old Pickens. The town was located near the center of the Pickens District, our current Oconee and Pickens counties. The town grew to perhaps l,600 people and was the center of area activities in the years just before the Civil War. The town newspaper, the Keowee Courier, heralded the news of insurrection and victory at Fort Sumter, but shut down soon afterward because of the War. Martha died in the early l840s and Samuel married his next door neighbor, Gracie Ann Martin and they had six children. In l868 the town moved. Houses and stores were moved brick by brick and board by board -- part to Pickens and part to Walhalla. All that remained was a brick church, some burying grounds, and a few memories. Samuel and Gracie are still there -- buried near their home. They have more than 900 Youngblood descendants in the Pickens area. At least two and perhaps three times, descendants have placed markers on their graves in loving memory. The graveyard, containing perhaps l00 graves, is on a wooded knoll overlooking the Keowee River. An old roadbed circles the edge of the hill. Most of the graves are marked with fieldstones and are slightly sunken. Several of the graves have low rock walls to mark the edges. In the center of the graveyard there is a three-foot deep hole that is six feet long by six feet wide. Perhaps it is a mass grave. Was there a church in this location? Who are the people? What are their stories? o----------o Hello, I can't help with information on the cemetery that you mentioned, however I do have some information on a Youngblood cemetery near Old Pickens ,SC. My ggf James Powers bought land near the site of the town of Pickens Courthouse ca 1825. He later sold part of this property to a Samuel Youngblood and I have been told ( orally) by a Youngblood descendant that a cemetery was established on that site. It may be of some interest that Walhalla, SC was settled exclusively by German immigrants , sponsored by wealthy merchants in Charleston, SC. This site would be just off Jones Mill Road which leads to Six Mile ,SC. This property would be about one mile from the site of the old bridge across Keowee River. Regards, W H Powers < billnocar@aol.com> TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife (30-100) Unknown/Unmarked graves YOUNGBLOOD, Samuel, b. c1788, d. 20-mar-1873, 1st w. Martha, 2nd w. gracie ann martin