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Georgetown County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Georgetown County


Index to Locations

  • Georgetown All Saints' Churchyard
  • Georgetown Baptist Cemetery
  • Georgetown Prince George Churchyard
  • Near Hemingway Union United Methodist Church Cemetery
  • Murrells Inlet All Saints Waccamaw Episcopal Church Cemetery
  • Murrells Inlet Alston Family Cemetery


    All Saints' Churchyard
    Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Benjamin Huger (1768-1823) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, 1768. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1799-1805, 1815-17. Died in 1823 (age about 55 years). Interment at All Saints' Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Baptist Cemetery
    Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887) — also known as Joseph H. Rainey — of Georgetown County, S.C. Born in slavery in Georgetown, Georgetown County, S.C., June 21, 1832. Republican. Barber; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Georgetown County, 1868; member of South Carolina state senate, 1869; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1870-79. African ancestry. First black to serve in U.S. House of Representatives. Died in Georgetown, Georgetown County, S.C., August 2, 1887 (age 55 years, 42 days). Interment at Baptist Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)


    Prince George Churchyard
    Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Paul Trapier (1749-1778) — of South Carolina. Born in 1749. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776; state court judge in South Carolina, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777. Died in 1778 (age about 29 years). Interment at Prince George Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Robert Francis Withers Allston (1801-1864) — of South Carolina. Born in All Saints Parish, Georgetown District (now Georgetown County), S.C., April 21, 1801. Son of Benjamin Allston (1768-1809) and Charlotte Anne (Allston) Allston (1771-1824). Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-32; member of South Carolina state senate, 1834-56; Governor of South Carolina, 1856-58. Died in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown County), S.C., April 7, 1864 (age 62 years, 352 days). Interment at Prince George Churchyard.
      Relatives: Married 1832 to Adele Petigru (1810-1896).
      Epitaph: "Industry, integrity, and charity illustrated his character, and his rest shall be glorious."
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Union United Methodist Church Cemetery
    Near Hemingway, Georgetown County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Benjamin Britton Chandler (1854-1925) — of Henry, Williamsburg County, S.C. Born in South Carolina, November 7, 1854. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1924-25; died in office 1925. Suffered a heart attack, and died soon after, at Henry, Williamsburg County, S.C., December 13, 1925 (age 71 years, 36 days). Interment at Union United Methodist Church Cemetery.


    All Saints Waccamaw Episcopal Church Cemetery
    Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. (1940-2005) — also known as Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. — of Fountain Inn, Greenville County, S.C. Born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., July 24, 1940. Son of Carroll Ashmore Campbell and Anne (Williams) Campbell. Republican. Real estate broker; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1970-74; defeated, 1969; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972 (alternate), 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1974; executive assistant to Gov. Jim Edwards, 1975; member of South Carolina state senate, 1976-78; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1979-87; Governor of South Carolina, 1987-95; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1996; lobbyist; CEO, American Council of Life Insurers, 1995-2001; director, Norfolk Southern railroad. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Sertoma; Pi Kappa Phi. Died, of a heart attack while suffering from Alzheimer's disease, in Lexington Medical Hospital, West Columbia, Lexington County, S.C., December 7, 2005 (age 65 years, 136 days). Interment at All Saints Waccamaw Episcopal Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, September 5, 1959, to Iris Faye Rhodes.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Alston Family Cemetery
    Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Alston (1779-1816) — of South Carolina. Born in All Saints Parish, Georgetown District (now Georgetown County), S.C., 1779. Son of William Alston and Mary (Ashe) Alston. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1802-03, 1805-12; Governor of South Carolina, 1812-14. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., September 19, 1816 (age about 37 years). Interment at Alston Family Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Alston and Mary (Ashe) Alston; married, February 2, 1801, to Theodosia Burr (1783-1813; daughter of Aaron Burr); brother-in-law of John Lyde Wilson. See Edwards-Wagner-Burr-Alston family of New York.
      Epitaph: "The life of this Citizen was common one to the State. To its service he devoted himself from his early years.. This great man was also a goode one. He met Death with that fortitude with which his Ancestor did from whom he received his name & this estate & which is to be found only in the good hoping to rejoin those whose loss had left in his heart an 'aching void' that nothing on earth could fill."
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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