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Beaufort County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Beaufort County

Index to Locations Prince William's Parish Churchyard Private or family graveyards Beaufort Beaufort National Cemetery Beaufort St. Helena's Churchyard Beaufort St. Peter's Catholic Chapel Cemetery Beaufort Stoney Creek Cemetery Beaufort Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island Six Oaks Cemetery Prince William's Parish Churchyard Beaufort County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   John Bull (c.1740-1802) — of South Carolina. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C., about 1740. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-81, 1784; Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1784-87; member of South Carolina state senate, 1798. Died in South Carolina, 1802 (age about 62 years). Interment at Prince William's Parish Churchyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Private or family graveyard Beaufort County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Paul Hamilton (1762-1816) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, October 16, 1762. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1787; member of South Carolina state senate, 1794; Governor of South Carolina, 1804-06; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1809-12. Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C., June 30, 1816 (age 53 years, 258 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Married 1782 to Mary Wilkinson.   The city of Hamilton, Georgia, is named for him.  — Three Navy destroyers, each one called USS Paul Hamilton, were named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Paul Hamilton (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; torpedoed and sank 1944 in the Mediterranean Sea) was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Beaufort National Cemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Madison Waddell Jr. (1922-2003) — also known as James M. Waddell, Jr. — of Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C. Born in Boydell, Ashley County, Ark., November 1, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance business; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County, 1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956 (alternate), 1964; member of South Carolina state senate, 1960-92 (Beaufort County 1960-66, 16th District 1966-68, 13th District 1968-72, 15th District 1972-84, 46th District 1984-92); resigned 1992. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Navy League; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Sertoma; Farm Bureau; Nature Conservancy. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., January 15, 2003 (age 80 years, 75 days). Interment at Beaufort National Cemetery.   Presumably named for: James Madison   Relatives: Son of James Madison Waddell and Mabel Maude (Gibson) Waddell; married, January 2, 1946, to Natalie Phyllis Lavis.   The Waddell Mariculture Research and Development Center (built 1983-84), an experiment station, located on the Colleton River in Beaufort County, South Carolina, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Helena's Churchyard Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Robert Barnwell (1761-1814) — of South Carolina. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C., December 21, 1761. Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1788-89; delegate to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S. Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1791-93; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1795-97; member of South Carolina state senate, 1805-06. Slaveowner. Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C., October 24, 1814 (age 52 years, 307 days). Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard.   Relatives: Father of Robert Woodward Barnwell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Woodward Barnwell (1801-1882) — of Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C., August 10, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1829-33; president, Carolina State College, 1833-41; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1850; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from St. Helena, 1860-62; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Slaveowner. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., November 5, 1882 (age 81 years, 87 days). Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard.   Relatives: Son of Robert Barnwell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Elliott (1838-1907) — of Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., September 3, 1838. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1866; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876, 1888; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1887-93, 1895-1903 (7th District 1887-93, 1st District 1895-1903). Slaveowner. Died in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., December 7, 1907 (age 69 years, 95 days). Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard.   Relatives: Married to Isabel Elliott Barnwell and Sarah Means Stuart.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Theodore Monroe Fisher (1891-1955) — also known as T. Monroe Fisher — of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va. Born in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va., October 18, 1891. U.S. Vice Consul in Halifax, 1917-18; Colón, 1918-20; Havana, 1920-24; Dundee, 1924-25; Malaga, 1925-26; Dakar, 1926; Dublin, 1926-27; Cartagena, 1927; Puerto Castilla, 1927-28; Tela, 1928-31; Santa Marta, 1931-32; Trieste, 1932-33; Leghorn, as of 1938; Bilbao, as of 1943. Member, Freemasons. Died March 31, 1955 (age 63 years, 164 days). Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard.   Relatives: Son of James W. Fisher and Susie G. Fisher; married, May 30, 1932, to Mary Louise Montague.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. passport application (1917) St. Peter's Catholic Chapel Cemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas Talbird (1855-1928) — of Beaufort County, S.C. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., July 3, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state senate from Beaufort County, 1896-1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1900; probate judge in South Carolina, 1900. Died April 5, 1928 (age 72 years, 277 days). Interment at St. Peter's Catholic Chapel Cemetery. Stoney Creek Cemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Ferguson Colcock (1804-1889) — also known as William F. Colcock — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., November 5, 1804. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1840; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 7th District, 1849-53; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1854. Slaveowner. Died in McPhersonville, Hampton County, S.C., June 13, 1889 (age 84 years, 220 days). Interment at Stoney Creek Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Edward Frampton (1810-1896) — of Pocotaligo, Beaufort District (now Jasper County), S.C. Born in 1810. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Prince William's, 1860-62. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., November 6, 1896 (age about 86 years). Interment at Stoney Creek Cemetery.   Relatives: Great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank; second great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr..   Political families: VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York; DeSaussure-Lowndes-Aiken-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Robert Smalls (1839-1915) — of Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C., April 5, 1839. Republican. Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Beaufort County, 1868; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County, 1868-70; member of South Carolina state senate from Beaufort County, 1870-75; resigned 1875; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1875-79, 1882-83, 1884-87 (5th District 1875-79, 1882-83, 7th District 1884-87); delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1884, 1888, 1896 (Convention Vice-President), 1900; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1890-1909. African ancestry. Died February 22, 1915 (age 75 years, 323 days). Interment at Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Six Oaks Cemetery Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Jonathan Worth Daniels (1902-1981) — also known as Jonathan Daniels — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., April 27, 1902. Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1930; White House press secretary in 1945, for presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948, 1952 (member, Credentials Committee), 1956, 1964. Died in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, S.C., November 6, 1981 (age 79 years, 193 days). Interment at Six Oaks Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Josephus Daniels and Addie Worth (Bagley) Daniels; married to Lucy Cathcart; great-grandson of Jonathan Worth.   Political family: Daniels-Bagley-Worth family of Raleigh, North Carolina.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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