PoliticalGraveyard.com

Laurens County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Laurens County

Index to Locations Clinton Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery Kinards Old Little River Church Cemetery Laurens Chestnut Ridge Cemetery Laurens Laurens City Cemetery Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas Wier Sr. (1800-1880) — of Clinton, Laurens District (now Laurens County), S.C. Born in Laurens District (now Laurens County), S.C., July 8, 1800. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Laurens, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Laurens County, S.C., July 14, 1880 (age 80 years, 6 days). Interment at Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Wier and Mary (Withrow) Wier; married to Nancy Long.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Old Little River Church Cemetery Kinards, Laurens County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   John Hunter (c.1752-1802) — of South Carolina. Born about 1752. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1786-92; Federalist Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1792; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1793-95; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1796-98; resigned 1798. Died in Laurens District (now Laurens County), S.C., December 30, 1802 (age about 50 years). Interment at Old Little River Church Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John King Griffin (1789-1841) — also known as John K. Griffin — of South Carolina. Born near Clinton, Laurens County, S.C., August 13, 1789. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19; member of South Carolina state senate, 1820-24, 1828; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1831-41 (9th District 1831-35, 3rd District 1835-37, 4th District 1837-39, 3rd District 1839-41). Slaveowner. Died near Clinton, Laurens County, S.C., August 1, 1841 (age 51 years, 353 days). Interment at Old Little River Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Griffin and Mary (King) Griffin; married 1809 to Catherine Simpson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail Chestnut Ridge Cemetery Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   George Washington Shell (1831-1899) — also known as George W. Shell — of Laurens, Laurens County, S.C. Born in South Carolina, 1831. Democrat. U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1891-95. Died in 1899 (age about 68 years). Interment at Chestnut Ridge Cemetery.   Presumably named for: George Washington   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Laurens City Cemetery Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Robert Archer Cooper (1874-1953) — also known as Robert A. Cooper — of Laurens, Laurens County, S.C.; Washington, D.C.; San Juan, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico. Born in Laurens County, S.C., June 12, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Laurens County, 1900-04; Solicitor, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1905-16; Governor of South Carolina, 1919-22; U.S. District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1934-. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died August 7, 1953 (age 79 years, 56 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Addison Cooper and Elizabeth Archie (Jones) Cooper; married, March 22, 1899, to Mamie Machen; married, November 15, 1917, to Dorcas Calmes.   See also National Governors Association biography   Nathaniel Barksdale Dial (1862-1940) — also known as Nathaniel B. Dial — of Laurens, Laurens County, S.C. Born near Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., April 24, 1862. Democrat. Mayor of Laurens, S.C., 1887-91, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1888; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1919-25; defeated, 1924. Died in Washington, D.C., December 11, 1940 (age 78 years, 231 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   John Laurens Manning Irby (1854-1900) — also known as John L. M. Irby — of Laurens, Laurens County, S.C. Born in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., September 10, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1886-92; Speaker of the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1890; South Carolina Democratic state chair, 1890; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1891-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1892 (member, Credentials Committee); delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1895. Died in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., December 9, 1900 (age 46 years, 90 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Henderson Irby and Henrietta Thompson (Earle) Irby; married 1876 to Nancy Greenup Macfarlan; great-grandson of Elias Earle; first cousin twice removed of Samuel Earle and John Baylis Earle; third cousin of Joseph Haynsworth Earle.   Political family: Earle #1 family of South Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Dunlap Simpson (1823-1890) — of South Carolina. Born in Belfast, Laurens County, S.C., October 27, 1823. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1850; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1876-79; Governor of South Carolina, 1879-80; justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1880. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., December 26, 1890 (age 67 years, 60 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   See also National Governors Association biography   James Farrow (1827-1892) — Born in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., April 3, 1827. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1856-62; Representative from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died July 3, 1892 (age 65 years, 91 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Patillo Farrow (1796-1849) and Jane Strather (James) Farrow; brother of Henry Patillo Farrow (1834-1907); married 1868 to Susan Savage.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Henderson Irby (1793-1860) — of Laurens District (now Laurens County), S.C. Born in Laurens District (now Laurens County), S.C., December 31, 1793. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state senate, 1840; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1852-54. Died in Laurens District (now Laurens County), S.C., February 24, 1860 (age 66 years, 55 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Carter Irby, Jr. and Henrietta Ritter (Henderson) Irby; married 1835 to Henrietta Thompson Earle (granddaughter of Elias Earle); father of John Laurens Manning Irby.   Political family: Earle #1 family of South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Dendy Watts (1800-1861) — of Laurens Court House, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens County), S.C. Born August 22, 1800. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Laurens, 1860-61; died in office 1861. Died July 10, 1861 (age 60 years, 322 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Drayton Williams (1798-1870) — of Spring Grove, Laurens District (now Laurens County), S.C. Born in South Carolina, January 20, 1798. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Laurens, 1860-62. Died in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., January 25, 1870 (age 72 years, 5 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Washington Williams and Sarah (Griffin) Williams.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Clinton Young (1794-1875) — also known as Henry C. Young — of Laurens Court House, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens County), S.C. Born August 30, 1794. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Laurens, 1860-62. Died October 20, 1875 (age 81 years, 51 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Archibald Young and Nancy (Nisbet) Young.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Pinkney Sullivan (1811-1876) — of Laurens Court House, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens County), S.C. Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg County), S.C., October 3, 1811. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Laurens, 1861-62. Died in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., July 27, 1876 (age 64 years, 298 days). Interment at Laurens City Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney   Relatives: Son of Hewlett Sullivan and Mary (Dunklin) Sullivan; married to Sarah Prudence Smith.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.
	The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.
	The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
	Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.
	The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-buried.html.
	Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
	If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
What is a "political graveyard"? See Political Dictionary; Urban Dictionary.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDLmi.com. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025.