Index to Locations
Georgetown Baptist Cemetery
Georgetown Prince George Winyah
Cemetery
Near Hemingway Union United Methodist
Church Cemetery
Murrells Inlet Oaks Cemetery
Pawleys Island All Saints Episcopal
Church Cemetery
Baptist
Cemetery
Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina
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Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887) —
also known as Joseph H. Rainey —
of Georgetown, 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 from Georgetown County, 1868-70; resigned
1870; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1870-79.
African
ancestry.
First
Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., August
2, 1887 (age 55 years, 42
days).
Interment at Baptist Cemetery.
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Prince George
Winyah Cemetery
Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Paul Trapier (1749-1778) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., 1749.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1776; state court judge in South Carolina,
1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., 1778
(age about
29 years).
Interment at Prince George Winyah Cemetery.
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Robert Francis Withers Allston (1801-1864) —
of South Carolina.
Born in All Saints Parish, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., April
21, 1801.
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 Winyah Cemetery.
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Cecil Claymon Grimes Jr. (1922-2014) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., July 23,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1959-62; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1962-72 (Georgetown County 1962-66, 10th
District 1967-68, 15th District 1969-72); bank
director.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Rotary.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., October
8, 2014 (age 92 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prince George Winyah Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Sadie (Ehlers) Grimes and Cecil Claymon Grimes, Sr.; married, October
4, 1947, to Harriet Horry Pyatt. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|  | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Walter Hazard (1859-1930) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., December
25, 1859.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Georgetown County,
1882-84, 1888-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Georgetown County, 1892-93.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., February
6, 1930 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Prince George Winyah Cemetery.
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Francis Simons Parker (1814-1867) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C.
Born December
14, 1814.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Winyaw, 1860-62.
Died September
12, 1867 (age 52 years, 272
days).
Interment at Prince George Winyah Cemetery.
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Samuel Taylor Atkinson (1822-1880) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C.
Born October
16, 1822.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Winyaw, 1860-62.
Died August
7, 1880 (age 57 years, 296
days).
Interment at Prince George Winyah Cemetery.
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Union United
Methodist Church Cemetery
Near Hemingway, Georgetown County, South Carolina
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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.
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Oaks
Cemetery
Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina
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Joseph Alston (1779-1816) —
of South Carolina.
Born in All Saints Parish, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., 1779.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1812 (Christ
Church 1802-04, All Saints 1812); Governor of
South Carolina, 1812-14.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
19, 1816 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Oaks Cemetery.
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All Saints
Episcopal Church Cemetery
3560 Kings River Road
Pawleys Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina
Founded 1739
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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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.
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 2nd District, 1977-78; 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 Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Benjamin Huger (1768-1823) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1768.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1796-98, 1806-13; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1799-1805,
1815-17; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1818-23.
Slaveowner.
Died near Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., July 7,
1823 (age about 55
years).
Interment at All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Joshua John Ward (1800-1853) —
also known as "King of the Rice
Planters" —
Born in Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., November
24, 1800.
Rice
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from All Saints, 1832-36;
Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1850-52.
Slaveowner.
Died in Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., February
27, 1853 (age 52 years, 95
days).
Interment at All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Valentine Jordan Nesbit (1883-1938) —
also known as Valentine J. Nesbit —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., January
20, 1883.
Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Birmingham,
Ala., 1918-35.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
7, 1938 (age 55 years, 18
days).
Interment at All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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