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Presbyterian Cemetery

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This cemetery, the oldest in Union, was established ca. 1817 and sometimes called the "village cemetery." In 1818 a Presbyterian "union" church used by other denominations as well moved here from a 1783 site about 2 mi. E. Alexander Macbeth ...

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Locust Grove Cemetery Vault

Cemetery vaults were used to store bodies in winter when the ground was too frozen to break manually. Locust Grove's vault was constructed of locally quarried sandstone in 1872. The interior showcases the mason's skills: the walls are smooth and ...

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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

The oldest extant cemetery in New Orleans. Established by Royal Spanish land grant August 14, 1789. Originally outside city limits and double its present size this sacred ground reflects the early culture and history of the Crescent City. A small ...

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Allen Cemetery

Located on land purchased from Mr. and Mrs. John W. Whisenant, this cemetery was formally established on April 5, 1884, by the International Order of Odd Fellows, local lodge No. 249. Encompassing almost three acres of land, the cemetery has ...

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Old Georgetown Cemetery

This site on the south bank of the South San Gabriel River, a portion of the land donated by George W. Glasscock in 1848 for the county seat of Williamson County, was used as a burial plot from 1840 to ...

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Mt. Olivet Cemetery

The burial place of Methodist pioneers including Bishops Francis Asbury, Enoch George, John Emory and Beverly Waugh, also Robert Strawbridge, first preacher in Maryland and Jesse Lee, founder in New England. Site of 1966 Methodist Bicentennial time capsule to be ...

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Antipedo Baptist Church / Old Baptist Cemetery

Antipedo Baptist Church. In the plan of Georgetown, laid out by 1730, this one acre lot was reserved for Antipedo Baptist by Elisha Screven. A brick building built before the Revolution for the Baptists, Presbyterians, and independents housed the area ...

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Gist Cemetery

Ancestral Cemetery of

the Gist Family

Among those buried here are

the secession Governor of

South Carolina

William H. Gist

Aug. 2, 1805 - Sept. 30, 1874

Mary Rice Gist

His second wife

Also

Col. William M. Gist C.S.A.

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Rose Hill, the Gist Mansion

Located One Mile East of Here.

Marker is on ...

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East Hill Cemetery North

(Center marker of three)

If I walk in the pathway of duty, If I work till the close of the day, I shall see the great King in His beauty, When I've gone the last mile of the way.

And if on ...

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Beth Elohim Cemetery

This cemetery, established ca. 1772, is the second oldest Jewish cemetery in the state and serves a community which has been significant here since well before the American Revolution. Abraham Cohen and Mordecai Myers, who opened stores in the town ...

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