PoliticalGraveyard.com

Saluda County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Saluda County

Index to Locations Saluda Butler United Methodist Church Cemetery Saluda Travis Park Cemetery Butler United Methodist Church Cemetery 165 Butler Church Road Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857) — also known as Andrew P. Butler — of Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield County), S.C. Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield County), S.C., November 18, 1796. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1824-31; member of South Carolina state senate from Edgefield, 1832-33; resigned 1833; common pleas court judge in South Carolina, 1834-46; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1846-57; died in office 1857. Slaveowner. Died near Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield County), S.C., May 25, 1857 (age 60 years, 188 days). Interment at Butler United Methodist Church Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of William Butler and Behethland Foote (Moore) Butler; brother of William Butler Jr. and Pierce Mason Butler; married, December 5, 1829, to Susan Ann Simkins (daughter of Eldred Simkins); married 1831 to Rebecca Harriet Hayne; uncle of Matthew Calbraith Butler.   Political family: Butler-Belmont family of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Butler County, Kan. is named for him.   Epitaph: "He was of very noble nature, of high endowments, of lofty moral qualities. As a judge, the Judicial Records of the State sho whis abilities. In the Senate of the United States, that illustrious body was illustrated by his creer. In all that he said and did, there was a dash of genius and heroism. His fire seemed to be passed on a high stage of Public Dalies, but his heart was always amidst tender and gentle affections. He was prompt to weep with those who wept, he was equally ready to rejoice with those who were in joy. His death, elicited lamentations made of Public Expression to the circle of his intimacies. It spread the deepest of affections."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Pierce Mason Butler (1798-1847) — also known as Pierce M. Butler — of South Carolina. Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield County), S.C., April 11, 1798. Governor of South Carolina, 1836-38; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Killed in action at Battle of Churubusco, Distrito Federal, August 20, 1847 (age 49 years, 131 days). Interment at Butler United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Butler and Behethland Foote (Moore) Butler; brother of William Butler Jr. and Andrew Pickens Butler; married to Miranda Juliette Duval; uncle of Matthew Calbraith Butler.   Political family: Butler-Belmont family of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Butler (1759-1821) — of Saluda, Edgefield District (now Saluda County), S.C. Born in Prince William County, Va., December 17, 1759. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1787-95; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1801-13 (5th District 1801-03, 2nd District 1803-13). Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield District (part now in Saluda County), S.C., November 15, 1821 (age 61 years, 333 days). Interment at Butler United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Butler and Elizabeth Mary (Smith) Butler; father of William Butler Jr., Andrew Pickens Butler and Pierce Mason Butler; grandfather of Matthew Calbraith Butler.   Political family: Butler-Belmont family of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "Loved and venerated by his family, respected by his friends, and honoured by his countrymen."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Travis Park Cemetery Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Butler Black Hare (1875-1967) — also known as Butler B. Hare — of Saluda, Saluda County, S.C. Born in Edgefield County (part now in Saluda County), S.C., November 25, 1875. Democrat. School teacher; secretary to U.S. Reps. George W. Croft and Theodore G. Croft; statistician; lawyer; vice-president, Farmers Bank of Saluda; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1925-33, 1939-47 (2nd District 1925-33, 3rd District 1939-47); delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936 (alternate), 1940. Lutheran. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Saluda, Saluda County, S.C., December 30, 1967 (age 92 years, 35 days). Interment at Travis Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Hare and Elizabeth (Black) Hare; married, April 11, 1906, to Kate Etheredge; father of James Butler Hare.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Butler Hare (1918-1966) — also known as James B. Hare — of Saluda, Saluda County, S.C. Born in Saluda, Saluda County, S.C., September 4, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1949-51. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., July 16, 1966 (age 47 years, 315 days). Interment at Travis Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Butler Black Hare.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

"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/SA-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.