Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsDarlingtonDarlington MemorialCemeteryDarlingtonFirst Baptist CemeteryDarlingtonFirst BaptistChurchyardDarlingtonGrove Hill CemeterySociety HillEpiscopal CemeterySociety HillSociety Hill CemeterySociety HillWelsh Neck Baptist ChurchCemetery Private or familygraveyards Darlington County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Josiah James Evans (1786-1858) — also known asJosiah J. Evans — of Society Hill,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.Born in Marlborough District (nowMarlboroCounty), S.C.,November27, 1786.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1812-13; circuit judgein South Carolina, 1829-35;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1853-58; died in office 1858.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,May 6,1858 (age71 years, 160days).Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | David Rogerson Williams (1776-1830) — also known asDavid R. Williams — of Society Hill,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.Born in South Carolina,March 8,1776.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1805-09,1811-13;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1814-16.Slaveowner. DiedNovember17, 1830 (age54 years, 254days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. | | Lemuel Benton (1754-1818) — of South Carolina. Born inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,1754.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782-88; county justicein South Carolina, 1785-91;delegateto South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1793-99 (3rd District1793-97, at-large 1797-99); defeated, 1798.Slaveowner. Died in Darlington, Darlington District (nowDarlingtonCounty), S.C.,May 18,1818 (ageabout 63years).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
DarlingtonMemorial Cemetery Friendship Street Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina Founded 1890 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Howard (1875-1953) — of Darlington,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.Born inSumterCounty, S.C.,1875.Republican.Minister;delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1924,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1936(alternate);printingbusiness.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died, fromuremiadue toprostateadenoma, in Saunders MemorialHospital,Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,May 21,1953 (ageabout 77years).Interment at Darlington Memorial Cemetery.
First BaptistCemetery Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina
First BaptistChurchyard Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George William Dargan (1841-1898) — also known asGeorge W. Dargan — of Darlington,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.Born near Darlington,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,May 11,1841.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1883-91.Died in Darlington,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,June 29,1898 (age57 years, 49days).Interment at First Baptist Churchyard. | | Julius Alfred Dargan (1815-1861) — also known asJulius A. Dargan — of Darlington, Darlington District (nowDarlingtonCounty), S.C.Born in1815.Lawyer;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Darlington, 1860-61;died in office 1861.DiedMarch 9,1861 (ageabout 45years).Interment at First Baptist Churchyard.| |  Relatives: Sonof Timothy Dargan and Lydia (Keith) Dargan; married to Martha I.Woods. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Grove HillCemetery Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Albertus Chambers Spain (1821-1881) — of Sumter, Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.; Darlington,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.Born in York District (nowYorkCounty), S.C.,January11, 1821.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1850;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Sumter, 1860-62.Died in Darlington,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,June 22,1881 (age60 years, 162days).Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.
EpiscopalCemetery Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John McQueen (1804-1867) — of Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born inRobesonCounty, N.C.,February9, 1804.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1849-61 (4th District1849-53, 1st District 1853-61);Representativefrom South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Slaveowner. Died in Society Hill,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,August30, 1867 (age63 years, 202days).Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
Society HillCemetery Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Culpepper (1761-1841) — of Allenton,RobesonCounty, N.C.; Lawrenceville (now Mt. Gilead),MontgomeryCounty, N.C.Born near Wadesboro,AnsonCounty, N.C.,1761.U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1807-08, 1808-09, 1813-17,1819-21, 1823-25, 1827-29 (7th District 1807-08, 1808-09, at-large1813-15, 7th District 1815-17, 1819-21, 1823-25, 1827-29).Slaveowner. Died inDarlingtonCounty, S.C., January,1841(ageabout79 years).Interment at Society Hill Cemetery.
Welsh NeckBaptist Church Cemetery Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Smith (1793-1875) — of Society Hill, Darlington District (nowDarlingtonCounty), S.C.Born inEngland,January9, 1793.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Darlington, 1861-62.Died in Society Hill,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,March 8,1875 (age82 years, 58days).Interment at Welsh Neck Baptist Church Cemetery. | | Isaac DeLiesseline Wilson (1810-1889) — of Society Hill, Darlington District (nowDarlingtonCounty), S.C.Born in Society Hill, Darlington District (nowDarlingtonCounty), S.C.,March 2,1810.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Darlington, 1860-62.Died in Society Hill,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,October18, 1889 (age79 years, 230days).Interment at Welsh Neck Baptist Church Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Flavel Wilson and Elizabeth (DeLiesseline) Wilson; married toMargaret Jane Sparks. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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