Thomas McKie Meriwether (1852-1876) - Find a Grave Memorial

Thomas McKie Meriwether

Birth

4 Dec 1852

Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA

Death

8 Jul 1876 (aged 23)

Hamburg, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA

Burial

Asbury Cemetery

Clarks Hill, McCormick County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map

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McKie Meriwether was killed in the "Hamburg Riot" in South Carolina in 1876. In 1916 a monument to Meriwether was unveiled in North Augusta and has been a contentious object of debate ever since, given the racist overtones of the event and the monument's inscriptions.

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Joseph James Meriwether

1823–1886

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William Robert Meriwether

1858–1888

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