SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - GAFFNEY CHAPEL CEMETERY - AFR0-AMERICAN ********************************************************************** 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: W. D. Floyd (wdfloyd@rfci.net) 22 January 1999 ---------------------------------------- GAFFNEY CHAPEL CEMETERY Spartanburg County, SC By W. D. Floyd This cemetery is about 2.5 miles west of Chesnee, SC and about 500 feet off the north side of SC 11. Go three tenths of a mile past Arrowood Baptist Church and make a right. The church is now called New Vision Church. This cemetery is an Afro-American cemetery. It is in two different parts, the part on the west side of the road with the church and the older part on the east side of the road. The old part on the east was really badly overgrown with weeds, vines, and briars. I am sure that I probably missed several markers that were hidden in the growth. I was there July 3, 1998 and did the new part on the west side of the road first. THE SURNAMES ALEXANDER, AUSTIN, BROWN, CLEMENT, DAWKINS, DODD, FALLS, FERNANDERS, FOSTER, FREEMAN, GAFFNEY, GIDNEY, HAMILTON, HARRIS, HEAD, HERNTON, HILL, HUMPHRIES, LATTIMORE, LITTLEJOHN, MAYES, MCKINNEY, MILLER, PHILLIPS, WEBSTER, YOUNG Webster, Isabell Clement May 27, 1915 December 2, 1988 Webster, Alfonso Roy July, 29, 1906 January 22, 1972 Hernton, Mildred W. June 8, 1940 August 11, 1982 Hamilton, Sam H. c1902 c1964 Hamilton, Rosie Lee c1912 ------- McKinney, Bessie Gaffney c1913 c1995 Temp. Gaffney, Irene McDowell August 2, 1898 April 3, 1990 Gaffney, Fletcher May 15, 1889 March 12, 1984 Gaffney, Elijah March 5, 1910 April 13, 1964 Gaffney, Viola September 8, 1905 -------- Unknown Gaffney, Eddie January 10, 1877 -------- Gaffney, Lula March 15, 1881 March 15, 1947 4 Unknowns Gardner, Gather No Date c1934 Gardner, ???? Walter 95y,?m,21d March 2, 1979 Temp. Gardner, Unreadable Temp. Gardner, Lyman January 17, 1935 June 3, 1971 Gardner, Choice c1926 c1975 Harris, Blennie G. May 13, 1929 June 1, 1995 Brown, J. C. May 12, 1919 December 20, 1996 Temp. Young, Versie S. October 20, 1895 January 16, 1978 Young, Ben H. June 9, 1889 July 8, 1973 Hamilton, John R. March 10, 1919 September 24, 1983 Hamilton, Minnie L. Bobo July 13, 1921 ------- Gaffney, James, Jr. c1965 c1991 Temp. Gaffney, Aileen Staley November 3, 1943 April 27, 1988 Gaffney, Ella c1916 c1995 Temp. Gaffney, Marcella c1957 c1993 Phillips, Dwayne c1969 c1988 Temp. Gaffney, CLeatus, Sr. c1911 c1982 Hill, Ella Mae Gaffney October 23, 1938 may 1, 1966 Gaffney, Albert c1900 c1974 Temp. Unknown Temp. Fernanders, Micha c1988 c1994 Temp. 2 Unknowns Babise Gaffney, Cleatus, Jr. c1933 c1998 Temp. Go to the East Side of Road. Harris, Unreadable Temp. Freeman, James H., Jr. June 26, 1943 October 16, 1965 Freeman, James c1922 c1994 Temp. Freeman, Evie A. February 5, 1905 January 26, 1981 Freeman, William October 2, 1888 September 1, 1957 WW I Freeman, Calvin Ray November 10, 1925 September 1, 1950 WW II McKinney, James August 25, 1885 September 5, 1947 McKinney, Maggie January 5, No Year Given ------- Dawkins, Geneva T. May 3, 1914 ----- Dawkins, Sherman April 27, 1912 April 6, 1972 Dawkins, Sex c1871 c1929 Dawkins, Anna c1884 c1947 Dawkins, Omie June 16, 1886 April 16, 1949 Dawkins, James No Date February 6, 1958 Temp. Miller, Joseph March 20, 1930 October 9, 1956 Lattimore, Will July 1868 October 8, 1952 Lattimore, Ophelia S. August 1883 March 13, 1979 Lattimore, Mills December 4, 1907 November 5, 1975 Dodd, Dennis Roosevelt May 12, 1930 November 5, 1951 Dodd, Minnie L. No Date August 18, 1959 Temp. Dodd, Nathaniel No Date December 26, 1959 Temp. Dodd, Robert F. c1950 c1968 Temp. McKinney, Larnell June 30, 1913 June 20, 1954 WW II Mayes, Walter W. c1895 c1972 Humphries, Hattie M. June 23, 1904 November 23, 1981 Unknown Temp. Foster, James October 23, 1889 November 14, 1970 WW I Mayes, Leado A. March 8, 1898 September 16, 1977 Gaffney, Sallie August 4, 1896 ----- Gaffney, A. C. April 3, 1889 March 29, 1938 Gaffney, A. September 22, 1852 August 8, 1928 Gaffney, Mary February 2, 1867 November 25, 1912 w/o Andy Gaffney, Marcellus No Date September 21, 1903 Gaffney, Earsley No Date February 11, 1933 Head, Sarah August 1, 1854 February 25, 1898 w/o Dock Austin, Lucinda 75 years November 5, 1914 Austin, Gabriel March 2, 1823 April 1899 Littlejohn, L. Ophelia January 18, 1873 November 26, 1933 Littlejohn, Adolphus April 15, 1863 August 21, 1936 Littlejohn, Myrtle L. April 9, 1908 ------- Littlejohn, Lois January 12, 1896 January 7, 1977 Littlejohn, Mena C. February 4, 1898 March 3, 1951 Littlejohn, Elmer V. April 25, 1896 ------- Gidney, Cue December 18, 1872 November 8, 1944 Brown, Hattie C. c1911 c1972 Falls, Albert c1910 c1946 Clement, Ida D. No Date January 5, 1950 Clement, James M. No Date July 25, 1951 Clement, Adolphus D. December 11, 1909 October 4, 1975 WW II Alexander, Minnie May 18, 1892 September 21, 1914 McKinney, Sandy February 15, 1895 March 14, 1929 Clement, Hattie Bell October 7, 1856 January 22, 1930 Clement, Adolphus June 30, 1854 March 5, 1938 Clement, Lonie Watkins May 1, 1901 ------w/o AD, Jr. Clement, A. D., Jr. July 16, 1888 ------- **************************************************************** 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. ****************************************************************