Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsCamdenForest Lawn Memorial ParkCamdenKnights Hill CemeteryCamdenQuaker CemeteryLiberty HillLiberty Hill PresbyterianChurch CemeteryWestvilleBethany Baptist ChurchCemetery
Private or familygraveyard
Kershaw County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  John Kershaw (1765-1829) — of Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.Born in Camden, Camden District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.,September12, 1765.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;grain millingbusiness;delegateto South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1790;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1792;mayor ofCamden, S.C., 1798, 1801, 1811, 1822;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 9th District, 1813-15.Slaveowner. Died in Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.,August4, 1829 (age63 years, 326days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
Forest LawnMemorial Park
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Carl West (1922-2004) — also known asJohn C. West — of near Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.Born in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,August27, 1922.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Kershaw County, 1955-66;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1971-75; U.S. Ambassador toSaudi Arabia, 1977-81.Presbyterian.Member,Kiwanis;PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight.DiedMarch21, 2004 (age81 years, 207days).Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Knights HillCemetery
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Chesnut Jr. (1815-1885) — of Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.Born near Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,January18, 1815.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1842; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1854;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1858-60;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1860-62;Delegatefrom South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62; candidate forSenatorfrom South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1861; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1868,1872.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,February1, 1885 (age70 years, 14days).Interment at Knights Hill Cemetery.
QuakerCemetery
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Peter Richardson (1831-1899) — ofClarendonCounty, S.C.Born in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,September25, 1831.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1856-61, 1865, 1878-80(Clarendon 1856-61, 1865, Clarendon County 1878-80); served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; memberofSouthCarolina state senate from Clarendon, 1865-66;SouthCarolina state treasurer, 1880-86;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1886-90.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,July 6,1899 (age67 years, 284days).Interment at Quaker Cemetery. | | Joseph Brevard (1766-1821) — of Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.Born in Iredell,IredellCounty, N.C.,July 19,1766.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1796-99;justice ofSouth Carolina state supreme court, 1801-15;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 9th District, 1819-21;defeated, 1821.Slaveowner. Died in Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.,October11, 1821 (age55 years, 84days).Interment at Quaker Cemetery. | | Thomas Jefferson Withers (1804-1865) — of Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.Born in Ebenezer (now part of Rock Hill),YorkCounty, S.C.,1804.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1860-61;resigned 1861;Delegatefrom South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861.Died in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,November7, 1865 (ageabout 61years).Interment at Quaker Cemetery. | | John Doby Kennedy (1840-1896) — ofKershawCounty, S.C.Born in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,January5, 1840.General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Kershaw County,1878-80; candidate forGovernor ofSouth Carolina, 1882.DiedApril14, 1896 (age56 years, 100days).Interment at Quaker Cemetery. | | Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894) — of Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.Born in Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.,January5, 1822.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1856;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1860-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1865; state court judge in South Carolina,1877-93; postmaster atCamden,S.C., 1894.Quaker. Member,Freemasons.Died in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,April13, 1894 (age72 years, 98days).Interment at Quaker Cemetery. | | William R. Taylor (c.1830-1867) — of Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.Born about 1830.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1861-62.Died in Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.,September15, 1867 (ageabout 37years).Interment at Quaker Cemetery. | | Thomas Ancrum (1888-1967) — of Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.Born in Abbeville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,August4, 1888.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromSouth Carolina,1944.DiedApril25, 1967 (age78 years, 264days).Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
Liberty HillPresbyterian Church Cemetery
Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Gardiner Richards (1864-1941) — also known asJohn G. Richards — of South Carolina. BornSeptember11, 1864.Democrat.Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1928.Presbyterian.DiedOctober9, 1941 (age77 years, 28days).Interment at Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | James Prioleau Richards (1894-1979) — also known asJames P. Richards — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, S.C.Born in Liberty Hill,KershawCounty, S.C.,August31, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; probate judgein South Carolina, 1923-33;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1933-57.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, S.C.,February21, 1979 (age84 years, 174days).Interment at Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Bethany BaptistChurch Cemetery
3100 Youngs Park Drive
Westville, Kershaw County, South Carolina
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Lewis Craig Clyburn (1871-1966) — ofKershawCounty, S.C.Born inKershawCounty, S.C.,October6, 1871.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Kershaw County,1936-40, 1942-46.Died in Westville,KershawCounty, S.C.,January15, 1966 (age94 years, 101days).Interment at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery.| |  Relatives: SonofLewisLee Clyburn and Mary Jane (Kelly) Clyburn; married,May 5,1895, to Jane Brown Cunningham; married,October4, 1944, to Daisy Cunninham; granduncle ofWilliamRichard Clyburn; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminRutledge Clyburn,ThomasFranklin Clyburn,WilliamUriah Clyburn (1857-1917),ThomasYancey Williams andDavidReece Williams; second cousin ofBeckhamHilton Clyburn,CharlesFrank Clyburn andLewisMarcellus Clyburn Jr.; second cousin once removed ofWilliamUriah Clyburn (1920-2007); third cousin once removed ofThornwellHoward Clyburn. | | | | Political family:Clyburnfamily of South Carolina. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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