Abigail Barnes Allen, her husband William Allen, and their family arrived in the Pumpkintown, SC, area (which is now in Pickens County following several jurisdictional changes in early statehood) probably sometime in the latter half of the 18th century. "It was there that the family attached themselves to the Oolinoi [Oolenoy] Baptist Church and at which the older ones are now buried." Gilmer County Heritage Book Committee, HISTORY OF GILMER COUNTY: 1832-1996, p. 87 (1996). Deed records show that by 1812, William had purchased 153 acres in the vicinity of "Chasteen's Mail [Chastain's Mill?] Creek of the Woolonoy [Oolenoy] fork of Saluda River" from Benjamin Chastain (one of the sons of Rev. John "Ten Shilling Bell" Chastain) for $50.00. Pierre Chastain Family Ass'n, PIERRE CHASTAIN AND HIS DESCENDANTS VOL. I: FIRST FIVE GENERATIONS IN AMERICA , p. 75 (1995).
William died in the Pumpkintown area sometime before 1 July 1834, because on that date Cornelius Keith gave written notice that William's son John Allen was preparing to administer William's estate. At the time of his death, William owned 250 acres in the area. South Carolina Wills and Probate Records.
Abigail survived William. Although the exact date of Abigail's death is not known, records of the administration of William's estate include a receipt signed by her "X" on 16 Jan 1837. South Carolina Wills and Probate records. Obviously, Abigail was still alive as of that date.
A 19 Nov 1994 survey of the Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery lists two adjacent "stacked grave" (i.e., stacked stone) burials located in Middle Section, Row 9. In addition to the stacked stones, one of the burials has a headstone identified in the survey as "WILLIAM A ? NO[T] READABLE" (it has a footstone also); the other stacked stone burial is identified in the survey as having an unreadable headstone. Oolenoy Baptist Church, HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, p. 295 (1995). Old burial cairns such as these are well known in Scotland ("cairn" is from the Scots "cairn," which in turn is derived from the Scots Gaelic "carn," meaning a heap or mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker) and may be found in elsewhere , including -- as here -- some pioneer era burials in Appalachia. (Interestingly, many of the early settlers in Appalachia were Ulster Scots or descendants of Ulster Scots, while some others came directly from Scotland, although the latter were relatively few in number by comparison.) In addition to their memorial function, burial cairns can be particularly practical where the soil is difficult to excavate or where wild animals might disturb the body. Several of the oldest graves in the Oolenoy Church cemetery have burial cairns; see, e.g., the original stack of stones at the grave of Cornelius Keith (1715-1808), who was born in Scotland.* (FindaGrave memorial ID 113258582.)
The survey locates this particular pair of adjacent burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, between: (A) the headstone for Revolutionary War veteran Abraham Hester (1750-1846) (FindaGrave memorial ID 17725852); and (B) a grave marker identified as "1 Fieldstone." On the other side of the one fieldstone marker is a monument for Monroe & Flora E. Ferguson (FindaGrave memorial ID 23754126). HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at p. 295. As shown in the photos taken in July 2020 which are linked at this webpage,** the headstones which accompany the pair of cairns are at the base of a tree; on one of the headstones, the name "WILLIAM" is still faintly visible.
There is no other grave in the 1994 survey marked legibly with "William" as the given name and having no legible surname; and, in reverse, there is no other grave marked legibly with "Allen" as the surname and having no legible given name. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312. This eliminates the possibility that William Allen's remains rest at some other half-legible grave marker in this cemetery. Furthermore, those grave markers listed as entirely unreadable in the 1994 survey seem unlikely candidates for William's and Abigail's resting places, given the locations of those other grave markers in the context of the nearby identified burials. See id.
As stated above, other members of the family were affiliated with the Oolenoy Church. Indeed, the identified and marked graves of several persons known to be children or grandchildren of William and Abigail are located in the same Middle Section of the church cemetery, including:
(A) William & Abigail's daughter Nancy [Allen] Keith (1788-1863) in Row 10;
(B) Nancy's son Allen Keith (1807- 1816) in Row 11A ;
(C) William & Abigail's daughter Elizabeth H. [Allen] Reid (1790-1832) in Row 19 (whose marker expressly identifies her as "Daughter of Wm. & Abigail Allen"); and
(D) Elizabeth's children George Washington Reid (1813-1814), Infant Reid (1814-1814), and Hapy Reid (1818-1818) in Row 19.
(Interestingly, the shape of the headstones of daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's three children – a shape which was popular during the early 1800s – is the same as the shape of the headstones at the two burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, discussed above. Elizabeth's husband Ambrose Reid [1793-1869] is known to have carved her headstone immediately after her death; it is possible that he carved some or all of the other similar headstones also.)
Review of the entire 1994 cemetery survey suggests that there is no other family from the early 1800s buried in this cemetery with a stronger claim to the "William A" here than those children and grandchildren of William Allen whose remains, like those of "William A," lie in the Middle Section. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312.
Considering the totality of circumstances, and in the absence of definitive evidence to the contrary, one may reasonably suppose that William Allen's grave site is the "William A" at the burial cairn listed in Middle Section, Row 9, by the 1994 survey and that his wife Abigail's grave site is at the burial cairn adjacent to William's.
Children of Abigail and William included:
-- Lucinda
-- Thomas (1785 - ?) m. Elizabeth Myrick
-- Nancy (1788 - 1870) m. Cornelius Keith (1786-1847)
-- Elizabeth (1790 - 1832) (possibly twin of James?) m. Ambrose Reid (1793 - 1869)
-- James (ca. 1790 - abt. 1857) (possibly twin of Elizabeth?) m. Martha Chastain (1795-1872?)
-- Sarah "Sallie" {1795 - 1872) m. Abraham Lovely Powell (1790-1874)
-- Temperance "Tempie" (1799 - ca. 1872) m. Abner Chastain (1801-1841)
-- John (1802 -?)
-- Hugh (1804 - ?)
-- Millicent "Millie" (1805 - 1824) m. Andrew Corbin
-- (Daughter, name unknown?)
-- By W. R. Allen, 4x great-grandson of William and Abigail Allen (2020).
* The Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery is recognized as a South Carolina cemetery having both stacked stone and slab types of burial monuments. My thanks to Findagrave contributor Dolores J. Rush for the reference:
https://www.tngenweb.org/darkside/locations.html
**Photographs taken July 2020 by Findagrave contributor Janet Wright. My thanks go to her for graciously volunteering her time and effort.
William died in the Pumpkintown area sometime before 1 July 1834, because on that date Cornelius Keith gave written notice that William's son John Allen was preparing to administer William's estate. At the time of his death, William owned 250 acres in the area. South Carolina Wills and Probate Records.
Abigail survived William. Although the exact date of Abigail's death is not known, records of the administration of William's estate include a receipt signed by her "X" on 16 Jan 1837. South Carolina Wills and Probate records. Obviously, Abigail was still alive as of that date.
A 19 Nov 1994 survey of the Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery lists two adjacent "stacked grave" (i.e., stacked stone) burials located in Middle Section, Row 9. In addition to the stacked stones, one of the burials has a headstone identified in the survey as "WILLIAM A ? NO[T] READABLE" (it has a footstone also); the other stacked stone burial is identified in the survey as having an unreadable headstone. Oolenoy Baptist Church, HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, p. 295 (1995). Old burial cairns such as these are well known in Scotland ("cairn" is from the Scots "cairn," which in turn is derived from the Scots Gaelic "carn," meaning a heap or mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker) and may be found in elsewhere , including -- as here -- some pioneer era burials in Appalachia. (Interestingly, many of the early settlers in Appalachia were Ulster Scots or descendants of Ulster Scots, while some others came directly from Scotland, although the latter were relatively few in number by comparison.) In addition to their memorial function, burial cairns can be particularly practical where the soil is difficult to excavate or where wild animals might disturb the body. Several of the oldest graves in the Oolenoy Church cemetery have burial cairns; see, e.g., the original stack of stones at the grave of Cornelius Keith (1715-1808), who was born in Scotland.* (FindaGrave memorial ID 113258582.)
The survey locates this particular pair of adjacent burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, between: (A) the headstone for Revolutionary War veteran Abraham Hester (1750-1846) (FindaGrave memorial ID 17725852); and (B) a grave marker identified as "1 Fieldstone." On the other side of the one fieldstone marker is a monument for Monroe & Flora E. Ferguson (FindaGrave memorial ID 23754126). HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at p. 295. As shown in the photos taken in July 2020 which are linked at this webpage,** the headstones which accompany the pair of cairns are at the base of a tree; on one of the headstones, the name "WILLIAM" is still faintly visible.
There is no other grave in the 1994 survey marked legibly with "William" as the given name and having no legible surname; and, in reverse, there is no other grave marked legibly with "Allen" as the surname and having no legible given name. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312. This eliminates the possibility that William Allen's remains rest at some other half-legible grave marker in this cemetery. Furthermore, those grave markers listed as entirely unreadable in the 1994 survey seem unlikely candidates for William's and Abigail's resting places, given the locations of those other grave markers in the context of the nearby identified burials. See id.
As stated above, other members of the family were affiliated with the Oolenoy Church. Indeed, the identified and marked graves of several persons known to be children or grandchildren of William and Abigail are located in the same Middle Section of the church cemetery, including:
(A) William & Abigail's daughter Nancy [Allen] Keith (1788-1863) in Row 10;
(B) Nancy's son Allen Keith (1807- 1816) in Row 11A ;
(C) William & Abigail's daughter Elizabeth H. [Allen] Reid (1790-1832) in Row 19 (whose marker expressly identifies her as "Daughter of Wm. & Abigail Allen"); and
(D) Elizabeth's children George Washington Reid (1813-1814), Infant Reid (1814-1814), and Hapy Reid (1818-1818) in Row 19.
(Interestingly, the shape of the headstones of daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's three children – a shape which was popular during the early 1800s – is the same as the shape of the headstones at the two burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, discussed above. Elizabeth's husband Ambrose Reid [1793-1869] is known to have carved her headstone immediately after her death; it is possible that he carved some or all of the other similar headstones also.)
Review of the entire 1994 cemetery survey suggests that there is no other family from the early 1800s buried in this cemetery with a stronger claim to the "William A" here than those children and grandchildren of William Allen whose remains, like those of "William A," lie in the Middle Section. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312.
Considering the totality of circumstances, and in the absence of definitive evidence to the contrary, one may reasonably suppose that William Allen's grave site is the "William A" at the burial cairn listed in Middle Section, Row 9, by the 1994 survey and that his wife Abigail's grave site is at the burial cairn adjacent to William's.
Children of Abigail and William included:
-- Lucinda
-- Thomas (1785 - ?) m. Elizabeth Myrick
-- Nancy (1788 - 1870) m. Cornelius Keith (1786-1847)
-- Elizabeth (1790 - 1832) (possibly twin of James?) m. Ambrose Reid (1793 - 1869)
-- James (ca. 1790 - abt. 1857) (possibly twin of Elizabeth?) m. Martha Chastain (1795-1872?)
-- Sarah "Sallie" {1795 - 1872) m. Abraham Lovely Powell (1790-1874)
-- Temperance "Tempie" (1799 - ca. 1872) m. Abner Chastain (1801-1841)
-- John (1802 -?)
-- Hugh (1804 - ?)
-- Millicent "Millie" (1805 - 1824) m. Andrew Corbin
-- (Daughter, name unknown?)
-- By W. R. Allen, 4x great-grandson of William and Abigail Allen (2020).
* The Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery is recognized as a South Carolina cemetery having both stacked stone and slab types of burial monuments. My thanks to Findagrave contributor Dolores J. Rush for the reference:
https://www.tngenweb.org/darkside/locations.html
**Photographs taken July 2020 by Findagrave contributor Janet Wright. My thanks go to her for graciously volunteering her time and effort.
Abigail Barnes Allen, her husband William Allen, and their family arrived in the Pumpkintown, SC, area (which is now in Pickens County following several jurisdictional changes in early statehood) probably sometime in the latter half of the 18th century. "It was there that the family attached themselves to the Oolinoi [Oolenoy] Baptist Church and at which the older ones are now buried." Gilmer County Heritage Book Committee, HISTORY OF GILMER COUNTY: 1832-1996, p. 87 (1996). Deed records show that by 1812, William had purchased 153 acres in the vicinity of "Chasteen's Mail [Chastain's Mill?] Creek of the Woolonoy [Oolenoy] fork of Saluda River" from Benjamin Chastain (one of the sons of Rev. John "Ten Shilling Bell" Chastain) for $50.00. Pierre Chastain Family Ass'n, PIERRE CHASTAIN AND HIS DESCENDANTS VOL. I: FIRST FIVE GENERATIONS IN AMERICA , p. 75 (1995).
William died in the Pumpkintown area sometime before 1 July 1834, because on that date Cornelius Keith gave written notice that William's son John Allen was preparing to administer William's estate. At the time of his death, William owned 250 acres in the area. South Carolina Wills and Probate Records.
Abigail survived William. Although the exact date of Abigail's death is not known, records of the administration of William's estate include a receipt signed by her "X" on 16 Jan 1837. South Carolina Wills and Probate records. Obviously, Abigail was still alive as of that date.
A 19 Nov 1994 survey of the Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery lists two adjacent "stacked grave" (i.e., stacked stone) burials located in Middle Section, Row 9. In addition to the stacked stones, one of the burials has a headstone identified in the survey as "WILLIAM A ? NO[T] READABLE" (it has a footstone also); the other stacked stone burial is identified in the survey as having an unreadable headstone. Oolenoy Baptist Church, HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, p. 295 (1995). Old burial cairns such as these are well known in Scotland ("cairn" is from the Scots "cairn," which in turn is derived from the Scots Gaelic "carn," meaning a heap or mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker) and may be found in elsewhere , including -- as here -- some pioneer era burials in Appalachia. (Interestingly, many of the early settlers in Appalachia were Ulster Scots or descendants of Ulster Scots, while some others came directly from Scotland, although the latter were relatively few in number by comparison.) In addition to their memorial function, burial cairns can be particularly practical where the soil is difficult to excavate or where wild animals might disturb the body. Several of the oldest graves in the Oolenoy Church cemetery have burial cairns; see, e.g., the original stack of stones at the grave of Cornelius Keith (1715-1808), who was born in Scotland.* (FindaGrave memorial ID 113258582.)
The survey locates this particular pair of adjacent burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, between: (A) the headstone for Revolutionary War veteran Abraham Hester (1750-1846) (FindaGrave memorial ID 17725852); and (B) a grave marker identified as "1 Fieldstone." On the other side of the one fieldstone marker is a monument for Monroe & Flora E. Ferguson (FindaGrave memorial ID 23754126). HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at p. 295. As shown in the photos taken in July 2020 which are linked at this webpage,** the headstones which accompany the pair of cairns are at the base of a tree; on one of the headstones, the name "WILLIAM" is still faintly visible.
There is no other grave in the 1994 survey marked legibly with "William" as the given name and having no legible surname; and, in reverse, there is no other grave marked legibly with "Allen" as the surname and having no legible given name. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312. This eliminates the possibility that William Allen's remains rest at some other half-legible grave marker in this cemetery. Furthermore, those grave markers listed as entirely unreadable in the 1994 survey seem unlikely candidates for William's and Abigail's resting places, given the locations of those other grave markers in the context of the nearby identified burials. See id.
As stated above, other members of the family were affiliated with the Oolenoy Church. Indeed, the identified and marked graves of several persons known to be children or grandchildren of William and Abigail are located in the same Middle Section of the church cemetery, including:
(A) William & Abigail's daughter Nancy [Allen] Keith (1788-1863) in Row 10;
(B) Nancy's son Allen Keith (1807- 1816) in Row 11A ;
(C) William & Abigail's daughter Elizabeth H. [Allen] Reid (1790-1832) in Row 19 (whose marker expressly identifies her as "Daughter of Wm. & Abigail Allen"); and
(D) Elizabeth's children George Washington Reid (1813-1814), Infant Reid (1814-1814), and Hapy Reid (1818-1818) in Row 19.
(Interestingly, the shape of the headstones of daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's three children – a shape which was popular during the early 1800s – is the same as the shape of the headstones at the two burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, discussed above. Elizabeth's husband Ambrose Reid [1793-1869] is known to have carved her headstone immediately after her death; it is possible that he carved some or all of the other similar headstones also.)
Review of the entire 1994 cemetery survey suggests that there is no other family from the early 1800s buried in this cemetery with a stronger claim to the "William A" here than those children and grandchildren of William Allen whose remains, like those of "William A," lie in the Middle Section. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312.
Considering the totality of circumstances, and in the absence of definitive evidence to the contrary, one may reasonably suppose that William Allen's grave site is the "William A" at the burial cairn listed in Middle Section, Row 9, by the 1994 survey and that his wife Abigail's grave site is at the burial cairn adjacent to William's.
Children of Abigail and William included:
-- Lucinda
-- Thomas (1785 - ?) m. Elizabeth Myrick
-- Nancy (1788 - 1870) m. Cornelius Keith (1786-1847)
-- Elizabeth (1790 - 1832) (possibly twin of James?) m. Ambrose Reid (1793 - 1869)
-- James (ca. 1790 - abt. 1857) (possibly twin of Elizabeth?) m. Martha Chastain (1795-1872?)
-- Sarah "Sallie" {1795 - 1872) m. Abraham Lovely Powell (1790-1874)
-- Temperance "Tempie" (1799 - ca. 1872) m. Abner Chastain (1801-1841)
-- John (1802 -?)
-- Hugh (1804 - ?)
-- Millicent "Millie" (1805 - 1824) m. Andrew Corbin
-- (Daughter, name unknown?)
-- By W. R. Allen, 4x great-grandson of William and Abigail Allen (2020).
* The Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery is recognized as a South Carolina cemetery having both stacked stone and slab types of burial monuments. My thanks to Findagrave contributor Dolores J. Rush for the reference:
https://www.tngenweb.org/darkside/locations.html
**Photographs taken July 2020 by Findagrave contributor Janet Wright. My thanks go to her for graciously volunteering her time and effort.
William died in the Pumpkintown area sometime before 1 July 1834, because on that date Cornelius Keith gave written notice that William's son John Allen was preparing to administer William's estate. At the time of his death, William owned 250 acres in the area. South Carolina Wills and Probate Records.
Abigail survived William. Although the exact date of Abigail's death is not known, records of the administration of William's estate include a receipt signed by her "X" on 16 Jan 1837. South Carolina Wills and Probate records. Obviously, Abigail was still alive as of that date.
A 19 Nov 1994 survey of the Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery lists two adjacent "stacked grave" (i.e., stacked stone) burials located in Middle Section, Row 9. In addition to the stacked stones, one of the burials has a headstone identified in the survey as "WILLIAM A ? NO[T] READABLE" (it has a footstone also); the other stacked stone burial is identified in the survey as having an unreadable headstone. Oolenoy Baptist Church, HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, p. 295 (1995). Old burial cairns such as these are well known in Scotland ("cairn" is from the Scots "cairn," which in turn is derived from the Scots Gaelic "carn," meaning a heap or mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker) and may be found in elsewhere , including -- as here -- some pioneer era burials in Appalachia. (Interestingly, many of the early settlers in Appalachia were Ulster Scots or descendants of Ulster Scots, while some others came directly from Scotland, although the latter were relatively few in number by comparison.) In addition to their memorial function, burial cairns can be particularly practical where the soil is difficult to excavate or where wild animals might disturb the body. Several of the oldest graves in the Oolenoy Church cemetery have burial cairns; see, e.g., the original stack of stones at the grave of Cornelius Keith (1715-1808), who was born in Scotland.* (FindaGrave memorial ID 113258582.)
The survey locates this particular pair of adjacent burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, between: (A) the headstone for Revolutionary War veteran Abraham Hester (1750-1846) (FindaGrave memorial ID 17725852); and (B) a grave marker identified as "1 Fieldstone." On the other side of the one fieldstone marker is a monument for Monroe & Flora E. Ferguson (FindaGrave memorial ID 23754126). HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at p. 295. As shown in the photos taken in July 2020 which are linked at this webpage,** the headstones which accompany the pair of cairns are at the base of a tree; on one of the headstones, the name "WILLIAM" is still faintly visible.
There is no other grave in the 1994 survey marked legibly with "William" as the given name and having no legible surname; and, in reverse, there is no other grave marked legibly with "Allen" as the surname and having no legible given name. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312. This eliminates the possibility that William Allen's remains rest at some other half-legible grave marker in this cemetery. Furthermore, those grave markers listed as entirely unreadable in the 1994 survey seem unlikely candidates for William's and Abigail's resting places, given the locations of those other grave markers in the context of the nearby identified burials. See id.
As stated above, other members of the family were affiliated with the Oolenoy Church. Indeed, the identified and marked graves of several persons known to be children or grandchildren of William and Abigail are located in the same Middle Section of the church cemetery, including:
(A) William & Abigail's daughter Nancy [Allen] Keith (1788-1863) in Row 10;
(B) Nancy's son Allen Keith (1807- 1816) in Row 11A ;
(C) William & Abigail's daughter Elizabeth H. [Allen] Reid (1790-1832) in Row 19 (whose marker expressly identifies her as "Daughter of Wm. & Abigail Allen"); and
(D) Elizabeth's children George Washington Reid (1813-1814), Infant Reid (1814-1814), and Hapy Reid (1818-1818) in Row 19.
(Interestingly, the shape of the headstones of daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth's three children – a shape which was popular during the early 1800s – is the same as the shape of the headstones at the two burial cairns in Middle Section, Row 9, discussed above. Elizabeth's husband Ambrose Reid [1793-1869] is known to have carved her headstone immediately after her death; it is possible that he carved some or all of the other similar headstones also.)
Review of the entire 1994 cemetery survey suggests that there is no other family from the early 1800s buried in this cemetery with a stronger claim to the "William A" here than those children and grandchildren of William Allen whose remains, like those of "William A," lie in the Middle Section. See HISTORY OF OOLENOY BAPTIST CHURCH, supra, at pp. 277-312.
Considering the totality of circumstances, and in the absence of definitive evidence to the contrary, one may reasonably suppose that William Allen's grave site is the "William A" at the burial cairn listed in Middle Section, Row 9, by the 1994 survey and that his wife Abigail's grave site is at the burial cairn adjacent to William's.
Children of Abigail and William included:
-- Lucinda
-- Thomas (1785 - ?) m. Elizabeth Myrick
-- Nancy (1788 - 1870) m. Cornelius Keith (1786-1847)
-- Elizabeth (1790 - 1832) (possibly twin of James?) m. Ambrose Reid (1793 - 1869)
-- James (ca. 1790 - abt. 1857) (possibly twin of Elizabeth?) m. Martha Chastain (1795-1872?)
-- Sarah "Sallie" {1795 - 1872) m. Abraham Lovely Powell (1790-1874)
-- Temperance "Tempie" (1799 - ca. 1872) m. Abner Chastain (1801-1841)
-- John (1802 -?)
-- Hugh (1804 - ?)
-- Millicent "Millie" (1805 - 1824) m. Andrew Corbin
-- (Daughter, name unknown?)
-- By W. R. Allen, 4x great-grandson of William and Abigail Allen (2020).
* The Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery is recognized as a South Carolina cemetery having both stacked stone and slab types of burial monuments. My thanks to Findagrave contributor Dolores J. Rush for the reference:
https://www.tngenweb.org/darkside/locations.html
**Photographs taken July 2020 by Findagrave contributor Janet Wright. My thanks go to her for graciously volunteering her time and effort.
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