Index to Locations Belle Isle PlantationStrawberry Chapel CemeteryPrivate or family graveyardsCrossMt. Olivet CemeteryGoose CreekSt. James Goose CreekEpiscopal ChurchyardGoose CreekWoodstock CemeteryMoncks CornerBiggin CemeteryMoncks CornerMepkin AbbeyPinopolisSt. John's BaptistChurchyardSt. StephenEpiscopal CemeterySt. StephenSt. Stephen EpiscopalChurch Cemetery
Belle IslePlantation
Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: |  |  Francis Marion (1732-1795) — also known as"Swamp Fox" — of South Carolina. Born in1732.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1782-90.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.DiedFebruary27, 1795 (ageabout 62years).Interment at Belle Isle Plantation.| |  Marion counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,Miss.,Mo.,Ohio,Ore.,S.C.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The Francis MarionNationalForest (established 1936), inCharleston,Berkeleycounties, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrancisM. Bristow—FrancisM. D. Hopkins—FrancisMarion Ziebach—FrancisMarion Drake—FrancisMarion Martin—F. M.Crosby—FrancisM. Cockrell—FrancisM. Hamilton—FrancisMarion Gregory—FrancisM. Griffith—FrancisM. Nichols—FrancisMarion Morris—FrancisM. Taitt—FrancisMarion Bryan—F.M. Norman—FrancisM. Fields—FrancisMarion Whaley—FrancisM. Bistline | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
Strawberry ChapelCemetery
Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Porcher Stoney (1889-1973) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Goose Creek,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,December16, 1889.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Charleston, S.C., 1923-31; candidate forU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1936.While trying to cross U.S. Highway 17, he wasstruck bya car and killed, in a hit-and-run accident, near Awendaw,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,April22, 1973 (age83 years, 127days).Interment at Strawberry Chapel Cemetery.
Private or familygraveyard
Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Huger (1744-1804) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born inBerkeleyCounty, S.C.,June 5,1744.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1787-90;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1792-94.Died inCharlestonCounty, S.C.,January22, 1804 (age59 years, 231days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
Mt. OlivetCemetery
Cross, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward James Dennis (1844-1904) — ofCharlestonCounty, S.C.;BerkeleyCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston District (part now inBerkeleyCounty), S.C.,March23, 1844.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;surveyor;cottonplanter;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1880-82, 1884-85,1892-93 (Charleston County 1880-82, Berkeley County 1884-85,1892-93); member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1894-1904; defeated,1886, 1890; died in office 1904;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from BerkeleyCounty, 1895.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died in Macbeth,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,May 24,1904 (age60 years, 62days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
St. James GooseCreek Episcopal Churchyard
Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Ralph Izard (1742-1804) — of South Carolina. Born near Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January23, 1742.Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1789-95.Slaveowner. Died near Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 30,1804 (age62 years, 128days).Interment at St. James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard. | Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | | William Moultrie (1730-1805) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,November23, 1730.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1783-84;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1784;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1785-87, 1792-94; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1787-92.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,September27, 1805 (age74 years, 308days).Original interment atWindsorHill Plantation, North Charleston, S.C.; reinterment in 1977 atFortMoultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island, S.C.; cenotaph atSt. James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard.
WoodstockCemetery
Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Bee (1739-1812) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,October20, 1739.Lawyer;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1778-79, 1787-88;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1779-80;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780-81; member ofSouthCarolina 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 (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,February18, 1812 (age72 years, 121days).Interment at Woodstock Cemetery.
BigginCemetery
Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina
MepkinAbbey
Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Henry Laurens (1724-1792) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March 6,1724.Merchant;planter;Vice-Presidentof South Carolina, 1776-77;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777-80; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1785.Member,Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inBerkeleyCounty, S.C.,December8, 1792 (age68 years, 277days).Cremated;ashes interred at Mepkin Abbey. | | | Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) — also known asAnn Clare Boothe;Clare BootheBrokaw —of Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April10, 1903.Republican.Writer;journalist;playwright;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegateto Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1944,1948(speaker),1952;U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1953-56.Female.Catholic.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1983.Died, from abraintumor, inWashington,D.C.,October9, 1987 (age84 years, 182days).Interment at Mepkin Abbey. | | John Laurens (1754-1782) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,October28, 1754.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1779-80, 1782.Killedin battle, inBarnwellCounty, S.C.,August27, 1782 (age27 years, 303days).Interment at Mepkin Abbey.
St. John'sBaptist Churchyard
Pinopolis, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Rembert Coney Dennis (1915-1992) — also known asRembert C. Dennis — of Moncks Corner,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.Born in Pinopolis,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,August27, 1915.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,1938-42; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1942-88 (Berkeley County 1942-66, 14thDistrict 1966-84, 37th District 1984-88); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1944,1948(alternate),1952,1956,1960;candidate forjustice ofSouth Carolina state supreme court, 1956.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Lions;Woodmenof the World;BlueKey.DiedJune 20,1992 (age76 years, 298days).Interment at St. John's Baptist Churchyard. | | Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) — also known asE. J. Dennis — ofBerkeleyCounty, S.C.Born in Macbeth,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,September23, 1877.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,1900-04, 1916-18; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.Methodist.Triedand acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate thealcoholprohibition law.Shotandmortallywounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in frontof thepostoffice in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in ahospitalat Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 25,1930 (age52 years, 305days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was triedand not convicted.Interment at St. John's Baptist Churchyard.
EpiscopalCemetery
St. Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Theodore Gourdin (1764-1826) — of South Carolina. Born near Kingstree,WilliamsburgCounty, S.C.,March20, 1764.Planter;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1813-15.Slaveowner. Died in Pineville,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,January17, 1826 (age61 years, 303days).Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
St. StephenEpiscopal Church Cemetery
St. Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970) — also known asL. Mendel Rivers — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Gumville,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,September28, 1905.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1933-36; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1936(alternate),1944,1952,1956(alternate);U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1941-70; died inoffice 1970.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;Freemasons;ExchangeClub.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December28, 1970 (age65 years, 91days).Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery. | | William Cain (1792-1878) — Born in Charleston District (part now inBerkeleyCounty), S.C.,October31, 1792.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from St. John's, Berkeley,1860-62.Died in Charleston County (part now inBerkeleyCounty), S.C.,July 20,1878 (age85 years, 262days).Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery. | | John Saunders Palmer (1804-1881) — of Charleston District (part now inBerkeleyCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston District (part now inBerkeleyCounty), S.C.,January12, 1804.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from St. Stephen's,1860-62.Died in Charleston District (part now inBerkeleyCounty), S.C.,October10, 1881 (age77 years, 271days).Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Palmer and Harriet (Herman) Palmer; married to EstherSimons Palmer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Wilson Tate Baggett Jr. (1911-1987) — also known asW. Tate Baggett, Jr. — of St. Stephen,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.Born in St. Stephen,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,February4, 1911.Republican.Farmer;timberbroker;manufacturer;delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1948,1956(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1960,1972.Presbyterian.Member,Lions;FarmBureau.DiedMay 21,1987 (age76 years, 106days).Interment at St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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