Presbyterian Cemetery

Presbyterian Cemetery is a South Carolina historical marker in Union, Union County, dedicated 2006.

Union County · dedicated 2006 · Corner of N. Pinckney St. & Wedgewood Ct., Union, Union

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Front: This cemetery, the oldest in Union, was established ca. 1817 and sometimes called the “village cemetery.” In 1818 a Presbyterian “union” church used by other denominations as well moved here from a 1783 site about 2 mi. E. Alexander Macbeth then deeded the cemetery to the elders for use as a “burying ground of a Presbyterian Meeting House.” Reverse: This cemetery includes the graves of many prominent citizens of Union, both Presbyterians and members of other denominations. Governors David Johnson (1782-1855) and Thomas B. Jeter (1827-1883) are buried here. This is also the site of the first Union Presbyterian Church, a frame church built ca. 1819 and which was sold to the Union City School District in 1883.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Union County Historical Society

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