South Carolina Archives and History has a chaplain's record of burials from that time period, and this may list the names of the dead. This cemetery was in use from 1827 to 1954. Chaplain Majors thinks that 1,200 to 1,300 people are buried in this well kept open field. A portion of the cemetery in the center is fenced off, with a gate. The remains of Confederate soldiers are laid here.
Stones are at ground level and a few have names.
Many are broken and several have been moved under a tree and left in a pile. A resident approached us as we walked in this cemetery and expressed an interest on behalf of the local community association, as well as offered information long-time residents may have. Directly next to the offices at the front of the cemetery, next to the gravestone of former South Carolina Governor Duncan Heyward, is a grass-less, badly reserve piece of ground the size of half a football field. This area, under huge ancient trees, is scattered with stones, some legible, others not. This piece of land sits by as the cars zoom onto 126, from Elmwood Avenue.