African American Cemetery

[Marker Front]:

In this cemetery are the remains of some of Sullivan's Island's original Islanders, people of predominantly African American descent whose history parallels that of the Island.

Buried here are Carpenters, Cooks, Oystermen, Laundresses, Nursemaids, House Keepers, Midwives, ...

Terre Haute Farm African American Cemetery

Approximately 1 mile southeast of here was a cemetery containing one hundred and sixteen graves associated with the African American community of Huguenot Springs. Historical and archaeological evidence indicates that the cemetery was established prior to the Civil War for ...

African American Baptist Church Cemetery

Francis Jackson, a freed slave, purchased 7 ¾ acres of woodland here in 1868. Later it would include the black cemetery and “a plain neat little church” built about 1873. The Pastor, Rev. Nicholas Fr. Jackson, lived nearby. The cemetery ...

The African American Cemetery

Discovering Madison

"I walk in the graveyard, I walk through the graveyard

To lay this body down.

I lay in the grave and stretch out my arms;

I lay this body down."

-African American spiritual from the era of slavery, as recorded in James Weldon ...

Original African American Cemetery

Near the intersection of Washington and Lewis Streets stood the original burial ground for Lexington's substantial free black community and slaves dating to the early 1800's. The majority of the original burials were in unmarked graves and no records were ...