Old Simkins Cemetery

Old Simkins Cemetery is a South Carolina historical marker in Edgefield, Edgefield County, dedicated 1969.

Edgefield County · dedicated 1969 · Center Springs Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 19-39), 3.5 mi. N of Edgefield, Edgefield

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1/2 mile west, on "Cedar Fields" plantation, is buried the family of Captain Arthur Simkins, soldier in the American Revolution and a founder of Edgefield. Born in Virginia on Dec. 10, 1742, he died Sept. 29, 1826. He was a county court judge, a member of the S. C. General Assembly, and was on the commission to divide Ninety Six District into counties.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Edgefield County Historical Society and Old 96 District Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

Old Simkins Cemetery

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