Oakland Cemetery

Oakland Cemetery is a South Carolina historical marker in Fort Motte vicinity, Calhoun County, dedicated 2018.

Calhoun County · dedicated 2018 · New Bethany Rd., Fort Motte vicinity, Fort Motte vicinity

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Front: This cemetery was named for nearby Oakland Plantation (c. 1800), the home of William Sabb Thomson (1785-1841), a planter and state senator. This cemetery served as the original burial grounds for Mt. Pleasant Church (1867) and New Bethany Church (1914). Buried here are former slaves who organized Mt. Pleasant and New Bethany Churches and their descendants. Reverse: Families buried here include Bartley, Bates, Brown, Buckman, Cheeseboro, Davis, Esaw, Fogle, Ford, Glover, Gold, Goodwine, Govan, Green, Hart, Heatley, James, Keitt, Lomas, Lucas, Major, Miller, Morant, Noble, Pinckney, Reese, Seawright, Smith, Stewart, Stuart, Taylor, Wallace, Wolfe, and Wright. Fieldstones and Holley Burial Aid Society tombstones mark several graves.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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