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Index to Locations
Belle Isle Plantation
Strawberry Chapel Cemetery
Private or family graveyards
Cross Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Goose Creek St. James Goose Creek
Episcopal Churchyard
Goose Creek Woodstock Cemetery
Moncks Corner Biggin Cemetery
Moncks Corner Mepkin Abbey
Pinopolis St. John's Baptist
Churchyard
St. Stephen Episcopal Cemetery
St. Stephen St. Stephen Episcopal
Church Cemetery
Belle Isle
Plantation
Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Francis Marion (1732-1795) —
also known as "Swamp Fox" —
of South Carolina.
Born in 1732.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1782-90.
Died February
27, 1795 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Belle Isle Plantation.
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Marion counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., Miss., Mo., Ohio, Ore., S.C., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The Francis Marion National
Forest (established 1936), in Charleston,
Berkeley
counties, South Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Francis
M. Bristow
— Francis
M. D. Hopkins
— Francis
Marion Ziebach
— Francis
Marion Drake
— Francis
Marion Martin
— F. M.
Crosby
— Francis
M. Cockrell
— Francis
M. Hamilton
— Francis
Marion Gregory
— Francis
M. Griffith
— Francis
M. Nichols
— Francis
Marion Morris
— Francis
M. Taitt
— Francis
Marion Bryan
— F.
M. Norman
— Francis
M. Fields
— Francis
Marion Whaley
— Francis
M. Bistline
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Strawberry Chapel
Cemetery
Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Thomas Porcher Stoney (1889-1973) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Goose Creek, Berkeley
County, S.C., December
16, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1923-31; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1936.
While trying to cross U.S. Highway 17, he was struck by
a car and killed, in a hit-and-run accident, near Awendaw, Charleston
County, S.C., April
22, 1973 (age 83 years, 127
days).
Interment at Strawberry Chapel Cemetery.
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Private or family
graveyard
Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buried
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John Huger (1744-1804) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., June 5,
1744.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1787-90; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1792-94.
Died in Charleston
County, S.C., January
22, 1804 (age 59 years, 231
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
Cross, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buried
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Edward James Dennis (1844-1904) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.; Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., March
23, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
cotton
planter;
lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880-82, 1884-85,
1892-93 (Charleston County 1880-82, Berkeley County 1884-85,
1892-93); member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1894-1904; defeated,
1886, 1890; died in office 1904; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Berkeley
County, 1895.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., May 24,
1904 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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St. James Goose
Creek Episcopal Churchyard
Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buried
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Ralph Izard (1742-1804) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
23, 1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-95.
Slaveowner.
Died near Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 30,
1804 (age 62 years, 128
days).
Interment at St. James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard.
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William Moultrie (1730-1805) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
23, 1730.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1783-84; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1784; Governor of
South Carolina, 1785-87, 1792-94; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1787-92.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
27, 1805 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Windsor Hill Plantation, North Charleston, S.C.; reinterment in
1977 at Fort
Moultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island, S.C.; cenotaph at
St. James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard.
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Woodstock
Cemetery
Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buried
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Thomas Bee (1739-1812) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., October
20, 1739.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-79, 1787-88; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1779-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780-81; member of
South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1789-90; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1790-1812; died in office 1812.
Died in Pendleton, Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., February
18, 1812 (age 72 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodstock Cemetery.
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Biggin
Cemetery
Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina
Mepkin
Abbey
Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Henry Laurens (1724-1792) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 6,
1724.
Merchant;
planter;
Vice-President
of South Carolina, 1776-77; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777-80; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1785.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Berkeley
County, S.C., December
8, 1792 (age 68 years, 277
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mepkin Abbey.
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe; Clare Boothe
Brokaw —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1903.
Republican. Writer; journalist;
playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin Abbey.
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John Laurens (1754-1782) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
28, 1754.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1779-80, 1782.
Killed
in battle, in Barnwell
County, S.C., August
27, 1782 (age 27 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mepkin Abbey.
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St. John's
Baptist Churchyard
Pinopolis, Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Rembert Coney Dennis (1915-1992) —
also known as Rembert C. Dennis —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Pinopolis, Berkeley
County, S.C., August
27, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1938-42; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1942-88 (Berkeley County 1942-66, 14th
District 1966-84, 37th District 1984-88); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions;
Woodmen
of the World; Blue
Key.
Died June 20,
1992 (age 76 years, 298
days).
Interment at St. John's Baptist Churchyard.
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Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) —
also known as E. J. Dennis —
of Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., September
23, 1877.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1900-04, 1916-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,
1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Methodist.
Tried
and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the alcohol
prohibition law.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in front
of the post
office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a hospital
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 25,
1930 (age 52 years, 305
days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.
McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was tried
and not convicted.
Interment at St. John's Baptist Churchyard.
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Episcopal
Cemetery
St. Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Theodore Gourdin (1764-1826) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Kingstree, Williamsburg
County, S.C., March
20, 1764.
Planter;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died in Pineville, Berkeley
County, S.C., January
17, 1826 (age 61 years, 303
days).
Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
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St. Stephen
Episcopal Church Cemetery
St. Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970) —
also known as L. Mendel Rivers —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Gumville, Berkeley
County, S.C., September
28, 1905.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1933-36; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1952,
1956
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1941-70; died in
office 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
28, 1970 (age 65 years, 91
days).
Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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William Cain (1792-1878) —
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., October
31, 1792.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. John's, Berkeley,
1860-62.
Died in Charleston County (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., July 20,
1878 (age 85 years, 262
days).
Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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John Saunders Palmer (1804-1881) —
of Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., January
12, 1804.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Stephen's,
1860-62.
Died in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., October
10, 1881 (age 77 years, 271
days).
Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Palmer and Harriet (Herman) Palmer; married to Esther
Simons Palmer. |
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memorial |
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Wilson Tate Baggett Jr. (1911-1987) —
also known as W. Tate Baggett, Jr. —
of St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C., February
4, 1911.
Republican. Farmer; timber
broker; manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died May 21,
1987 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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