OLD CHESNEE CEMETERY, Chesnee, Spartanburg County, South Carolin

Survey done by W.D. (Bill) Floyd December 20, 1997
Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by W.D. (Bill) Floyd - wdfloyd@rfci.net

This cemetery is just outside the city limits of Chesnee, SC on the northwest
side of town. To get to it just go west on SC 11 until you see the big white water
tank on the north side of SC 11, less than half a mile, as you go by the tank, which
is not right beside SC 11 but a few hundred feet to the north. Once you see the tank
just make your way to it and you will find a mobile home park just to the east of the
tank. Go into the park and take the first right and go to the end of the drive and the
cemetery is in the woods directly east and adjoining the park. This is the biggest mess
that I have seen in a relatively late cemetery, burials as late as 1962. The place has
trees fallen down all over area and there has been no attempt to keep the underbrush
cleaned out. There was plot that used a large headstone with one surname on each side
that was kept as clean and pretty as possible. Many of the very large beautiful headstones
were toppled over. Just a dreadful mess. I got as many of the readings as I could.

THE SURNAMES
CANTRELL, CASH, COLLINS, CUDD, DAVIS, HEAD, HENDERSON, JOLLEY, KIMBRELL, LOCKMAN, MCKINNEY,
TANNER, YOUNG

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NAME                          BIRTH               DEATH                 INSCRIPTION/COMMENTS
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Lockman, Kermit               December 15, 1914   May 16, 1917

Lockman, Alta                 August 28, 1870     July 8, 1932

Lockman, W. W.                February 14, 1869   July 19, 1931

McKinney, John Thomas         March 28, 1882      August 11, 1947

McKinney, Anita Nell          February 12, 1942   May 31, 1943           d/o JDM

Davis, Ruth McKinney          April 12, 1906      May 4, 1942            w/o HLD

McKinney, William C.          Tree on marker couldn't read.

McKinney, Clara M.            January 24, 1873    December 15, 1953      w/o WCM

Henderson, John L.            November 17, 1867   January 18, 1949

Henderson, Sallie J.          May 10, 1875        November 24, 1962

Cash, Melchi                  May 22, 1876        September 27, 1948

Tanner, Kisler C.             March 28, 1876      February 17, 1945

Cudd, Boyce Lee               June 4, 1909        August 1, 1947

Cudd, W. Albert, Jr.          August 11, 1924     August 1, 1947

Cudd, W. Albert               April 24, 1896      August 1, 1947

Kimbrell, Claud Roy           May 14, 1894        May 14, 1951           WWI

Head, William A.              October 25, 1908    February 24, 1955 *

Cantrell, Abner               September 20, 1873  November 22, 1934 *

Cantrell, Myra                January 9, 1873     October 18, 1941 *

Young, John H.                May 23, 1853        December 19, 1939

Young, James L.               February 3, 1880    October 4, 1920        s/o JHY

Collins, John Joseph          January 31, 1882    January 12, 1951

Collins, Mary L.              April 29, 1883      May 26, 1943

Jolley, Scott J.              May 22, 1849        June 20, 1931
Jolley, Nancy E.              April 12, 1854      May 4, 1936

* These gravesites were cleaned up just as clean as a pin.

There was a large marker with the name McKinney on one side and the
following names all on the other side. There were no dates on the marker.
Names as follows:
McKinney, William C. and Clara
McKinney, Alleen
Davis, Ruth McKinney
Station, Lena McKinney
McKinney, William R.
McKinney, Heyward H.

There were seven very large beautiful markers pushed over and some of the
footstones had been moved about. There was evidence of quite a number of graves
without markers or the markers had been carried away. This one is a Classic Case Of Neglect.

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