Harstville Colored Cemetery

Harstville Colored Cemetery is a South Carolina historical marker in Hartsville, Darlington County, dedicated 2017.

Darlington County · dedicated 2017 · 417 Marion Ave., Hartsville, Hartsville

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The cemetery was founded by two mutual aid associations representing Hartsville’s African American Community. The first acre was acquired in 1904 by the Hartsville Colored Cem. Association. A second acre was acquired in 1931 by the Mutual Cem. Association. The burials chronicle former slaves and local residents including professionals and veterans who served from the Spanish American War to the Vietnam War.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by City of Hartsville

Harstville Colored Cemetery

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