The Political Graveyard: Spartanburg County, S.C.

Spartanburg County
South Carolina

Spartanburg County information:

Population: 253,791 (2000); 226,800 (1990)
Land area 811 square miles.
County seat: Spartanburg
Spartanburg County official web site.
Capital Impact: Spartanburg County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Spartanburg County -- census data on population, race, economics
Spartanburg County SCGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Spartanburg County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

Politicians who were born in Spartanburg County
Politicians who lived in Spartanburg County
Politicians who died in Spartanburg County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Spartanburg County

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Politicians who were born in Spartanburg County

No city given: John Wood Lewis 1801
Spartanburg District County (now Spartanburg County): H. J. Dean 1806
Cowpens: Dewey B. Blanton 1908
Crowsville, Spartanburg District County (now Spartanburg County): John Alexander 1777
Inman: Robert F. Chapman 1926 Robert A. Hammett 1927
Spartanburg: Benjamin F. Bomar 1816 James A. Johnson 1829 Pierce M. B. Young 1836 J. E. T. Bowden c.1857 Samuel J. Nicholls 1885 Ben Hill Brown, Jr. 1914 Charles Tyrone Courtney 1952
Walnut Grove: Charles C. Moore 1903
Near Woodruff: Samuel W. T. Lanham 1846
See also S.C. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Private or family graveyard
Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) — of South Carolina. Born in Virginia, 1759. Granduncle of Hosea Jefferson Dean. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; planter; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., November 18, 1824. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

Moore's Burying Ground
Moores Station, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Moore (1759-1822) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, 1759. U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1801-13, 1815-17 (6th District 1801-03, 7th District 1803-13, 8th District 1815-17). Died in 1822. Interment at Moore's Burying Ground.
- See also: congressional biography.

Church of the Advent Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Stanyarne Wilson (1860-1928) — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born in South Carolina, 1860. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1895-1901. Died in 1928. Interment at Church of the Advent Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Episcopal Church of the Advent
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Columbus Mills — of Columbus, Polk County, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860. Interment at Episcopal Church of the Advent.

Greenlawn Memorial Gardens
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Ibra Charles Blackwood (1878-1936) — also known as Ibra C. Blackwood — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born in Blackwood (unknown county), S.C., November 21, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1903-05; Governor of South Carolina, 1931-35; member of Democratic National Committee from South Carolina, 1932. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died February 12, 1936. Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.

Magnolia Street Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

John Hamilton Evins (1830-1884) — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born in South Carolina, 1830. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876; member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1877-84; died in office 1884. Died in 1884. Interment at Magnolia Street Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Oakwood Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Travis Johnson (1858-1919) — also known as Joseph T. Johnson — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born in Brewerton, Laurens County, S.C., February 28, 1858. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1901-15; resigned 1915; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of South Carolina, 1915-19; died in office 1919. Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., May 8, 1919. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Adam Henneman (1835-1891) — also known as J. A. Henneman — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born in Kronach, Bavaria (now Germany), 1835. Married to Louisa Rate (1838-1909). Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; jeweler; mayor of Spartanburg, S.C., 1891; died in office 1891. German ancestry. Shot to death by John Williams, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., September 27, 1891; Williams was hanged for the murder on October 7, 1892. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

West Oakwood Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Jones Nicholls (1885-1937) — also known as Samuel J. Nicholls — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., May 7, 1885. Son of Judge George W. Nicholls and Minnie L. Nicholls; married 1915 to Eloise M. Clark. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1906-09; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1915-21. Methodist. Member, Elks; Redmen. Died in 1937. Interment at West Oakwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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Politicians who were born in Spartanburg County

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