Kingston Presbyterian Churchyard in Conway, South Carolina

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Coordinates: 33.83580, -79.04530
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The Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery includes seventy-five marked and several unmarked graves to the rear of and adjacent to the sanctuary and to the left of the church school building. Located on a bluff overlooking Kingston Lake and shaded by several large oaks, the cemetery is bounded on the north and south by brick walls. Portions of the plot, which covers approximately one acre, were originally the town and Beaty family graveyards and were later deeded to the church. Burials began here soon after the founding of Kingston ca. 1737 and continued until 1909. The most outstanding examples of mid-nineteenth century gravestone art in the cemetery are the tombstones of the Beaty, Buck and Graham children. The stones seem to have been sculpted by one artist, and those of Clara and Mary Beaty, Frederick Buck, and Florence Graham are particularly significant. These three tombs are marble table-top tombs, consisting of a top slab with an inscription, supporting end slabs, and open sides. Within the space below the slab are delicately sculpted figures representing the children either sleeping or in death. The glass panes on the three stones which protect the figures were a later addition. The nearby graves of Louisa and Willie Beaty also feature finely detailed carvings, but are much simpler in design.