Charleston County, South Carolina Cemeteries

The South Carolina Cemeteries page provides explanations of the following online resources:

To be thorough, search online and printed versions of a cemetery's gravestones. For those who have the opportunity to visit the cemetery in person, important clues can be learned from how graves are spaced. Relatives were often buried near one another.

Charleston County in S.C. Cemetery Project, courtesy: South Carolina Genealogical Society. List of cemeteries in the county, with links to online transcripts and publications. Publications in the Charleston County Public Library are also identified.

=== Bibliography ===


 * 121 Tablets of the Cemetery of St. Patrick's Church, Charleston, South Carolina.With 374 Tablets of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Charleston, South Carolina and Tablets in the Cemetery of St. Peter's, Logan Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * 144 Tablets in St. John's Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * 306 Tablets of St. John's Lutheran Church, in Cemetery and Two Interior Tablets. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * Archaeologist Discovery Reveals Burial Customs, Pee Dee Queue. Marion SC: Dec 1982. Vol. 6 Iss. 12. FHL 975.7 D25pe
 * Bethany Cemetery Addns. &amp; Corrs., Low Country Courier. Charleston SC: Sep 1993. Vol. 18 Iss. 7. FHL 975.791 D25L
 * Bethany Cemetery Book. South Carolina Genealogical Society. Charleston Chapter. 1992. Publisher's bookstore.
 * Behre, Mary R. Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.
 * Buck Hall Plantation, St. James Santee, Graves, South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Charleston SC: Jul 1939. Vol. 40 Iss. 3.
 * CSA Soldiers Buried Outside City, Confederate Veteran. Houston TX: Jun 1925. Vol. 33 Iss. 6.
 * Cawley, Henry Hughes. Cemetery Records of Dorchester, Orangeburg, Etc. Counties, South Carolina. Typescript. Includes Charleston and Dillon counties.
 * Cedar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery (sel.),Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History. Spartansburg SC: Nov 2007. Vol. 21 Iss. 4.
 * Cemeteries in Charleston County, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951. Contains St. James Episcopal Church Chapel of St. Andrews Parish, Family Burying Ground at Stiles Point, Presbyterian Churchyard James Island, Trinity Episcopal Church Edisto Island, Presbyterian Churchyard Edisto Island, Inscriptions from Smith Family Burying Ground at Yeaman's Hall, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church across-the-Ashley in St. Andrew's Parish, Inscription and Old Tombstone found at the lower end of Broad St. behind the Old Exchange Building Charleston
 * Cemetery Inscriptions: City of Charleston. 2007.
 * Cemetery Records of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina. 1914.
 * Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Magnolia Cemetery Records. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society, 1940. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Charleston County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions. South Carolina Genealogical Society. Charleston Chapter. 1998. Covers 62 cemeteries. Publisher's bookstore.
 * Circular church cemetery inscriptions (selected), New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York NY: Jan 1876. Vol. 7 Iss. 1.
 * Circular Congregational gravestone project, Association for Gravestone Studies Newsletter. Worcester MA: Fall 1983. Vol. 7 Iss. 4B.
 * Confederate dead removed from cemetery under the Citadel stadium grandstands, 1993-2004, Civil War News. Tunbridge VT: Nov 2004. Vol. 29 Iss. 10.
 * Confederate graves, Citadel, Kinfolks. Lake Charles LA: 1999. Vol. 23 Iss. 4.
 * Confederate soldiers, Magnolia cem., 1999, Catawba-Wateree Messenger. Camden SC: Dec 1999. Vol. 13 Iss. 1.
 * Congregational Church yard, South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct. 1937).
 * Congregational church yard, inscriptions,South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan. 1928); Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr. 1928); Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul. 1928); Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct. 1928).
 * DeSaussure, Isabel. Huguenot Church Tombstone Inscriptions. Published by Charleston County Public Library, 2008.
 * Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield Genealogical Society Newsletter. Winnsboro SC: Mar 2005. Vol. 18 Iss. 1.
 * Elzas, Barnett A. Jewish Cemeteries of Charleston, Columbia, and Camden, South Carolina: A Collection of Pamphlets.
 * Elzas, Barnett Abraham. The Old Jewish Cemeteries at Charleston, S.C.: A Transcript of the Inscriptions on Their Tombstones, 1762-1903. Charleston, S.C.: Daggett Print., 1903. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); FamilySearch Digital Library; Google Books; Internet Archive; and World Vital Records ($).
 * Epitaphs from Bethany Cemetery and German Artillery Memorial Association, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * Epitaphs from Confederate Monuments in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * Epitaphs Gathered from Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * Facts vs. context of Fischer family plot in Magnolia Cemetery, Carolina Herald and Newsletter. Greenville SC: Jan 2006. Vol. 34 Iss. 1.
 * Family cemeteries on John's Island,South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Charleston SC: Jul 1949. Vol. 50 Iss. 3.
 * Floore, Michael Barrett. Confederate Cemetery: Eagle Project of Michael Barrett Floore, Troop 20. 1999.
 * French Burials at St. Marys R.C. Church, The Genealogist. Manchester NH: Spring 1987. Vol. 13 Iss. 2.
 * Gillespie, John D. Census of Grave Inscriptions: St. Paul and St. Luke Episcopal Cathedral, Charleston, South Carolina. 1970. Family History Library
 * Gilman, Caroline Howard. Record of Inscriptions in the Cemetery and Building of the Unitarian, Formerly Denominated the Independent Church, Archdale Street, Charleston, S.C., from 1777 to 1860. Published by Walker, Evans and Co., 1860.
 * Graves found in St. Mary church graveyard, Acadian Genealogy Exchange. Covington KY: Jan 1987. Vol. 16 Iss. 1.
 * Graves of soldiers desecrated, Civil War Times Illustrated. Harrisburg PA: Mar 1994. Vol. 33 Iss. 1
 * H. L. Hunley, CSA submarine crew interred, Magnolia Cemetery, 2004, Camp Chase Gazette. Marietta OH: Jun 2004. Vol. 31 Iss. 6
 * Hicks, Theresa M., Frances S. Osburn et al. Independent or Circular Church Records, Charleston, South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.: Peppercorn Publications, 1998.
 * Hills, Julia C. Johns Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Published by the Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery, 1993.
 * Hood, Mildred K. Cemetery Inscriptions of Charleston County, South Carolina Charleston, S.C.: Charleston Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society, 1997.
 * Huguenots on Laurel Hill, Toogoodoo, Huguenot Society of South Carolina Transactions. Charleston SC: 1974. Vol 15 Iss. 79; 1977. Vol. 18 Iss. 82.
 * Inscriptions, church yard, Wappetaw,South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Charleston SC: Jul 1924. Vol. 25 Iss. 3.
 * Inscriptions re NY families in the South, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1874).
 * Interior Tablets and Tablets on Tombstones in French Huguenot Church, Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * Jervey, Clare. Inscriptions on the Tablets and Gravestones in St. Michael's Church and Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. To Which is Added from the Church Records a List of Interments of Persons to Whom There are No Stones. Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, Publishers, 1906. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Jewish cemeteries of Charleston, Carologue. Charleston SC: Summer 1993. Vol. 9 Iss. 2.
 * Jewish cemetery we rededicate, American Jewish Historical Quarterly. Waltham MA: Jun 1964. Vol. 53 Iss. 4.
 * Johnson, Tom and Betsy Johnson. Cemetery Inscriptions of Old St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Charleston Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2006. Publisher's bookstore.
 * Knickerbocker, Beverley. Magnolia Cemetery Records, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society, 1947.
 * Lawson, William Hamilton. Gravestone at the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island, SC. Published by the church, 2006.
 * Legare cemetery, near Mt. Pleasant, Huguenot Society of South Carolina Transactions. Charleston SC: 1993. Vol. - Iss. 98.
 * Live Oak Memorial Gardens map,Low Country Courier. Charleston SC: Nov 2004. Vol. 29 Iss. 9
 * Magnolia Cemetery, Hunley crew's resting place,Confederate Veteran. Houston TX: Mar 2004. Vol. 62 Iss. 2.
 * Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina: Also List of Other Confederate Dead in Magnolia Cemetery. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * Magnolia Cemetery Records Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. 2 vols.
 * Marcil, Elizabeth C. Confederate Soldiers in the Confederate Lot in Magnolia Cemetery and Also Those Buried in Other Parts of the Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
 * Marcil, Elizabeth C. Inscriptions on Tombstones, Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. 1937.
 * Marcil, Elizabeth C. Tombstone Inscriptions from Charleston Churchyards. Typescript. Microfilmed 1952.
 * Mixon, Erma. Epitaphs in St. John's Churchyard, Inscriptions on the Tablets and Gravestones, 1750-1858. Typescript. Microfilmed 1959.
 * Moorer, Nancy Hamlin. Live Oak Memorial Gardens Cemetery Inscriptions 3093 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29414. Charleston, S.C.: South Carolina Genealogical Society. Charleston Chapter, 2006. Publisher's bookstore.
 * Names of cemeteries, Low Country Courier. Charleston SC: Dec 1999. Vol. 24 Iss. 10
 * National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Cemetery Records of South Carolina. Typescript. Microfilmed 1951. Includes Sheldon Church cemetery in Prince Williams Parish, Beaufort County; St. George's Church cemetery in Dorchester; St. Andrew's Church in Charleston County; and St. James Parish Goose Creek Church cemetery in Charleston County.
 * Newcombe, Liz. Index to City of Charleston, SC, "Return of Deaths," 1819 to 1873: Also, Appendix Including Burials Performed by St. Matthews Lutheran Church between 1841 and 1860. Published by Charleston County Public Library, 2009.
 * Patterson-George Cemetery found, with site map, Catawba-Wateree Messenger. Camden SC: Jun 2005. Vol. 18 Iss. 6.
 * Recorded burials in Huguenot churchyard, Huguenot Society of South Carolina Transactions. Charleston SC: 1952. Vol. 9 Iss. 57.
 * Riverview Memorial Park once known as Stock Prior, Low Country Courier. Charleston SC: Jun 2007. Vol. 32 Iss. 6
 * St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Lower Wentworth Street, Charleston, South Carolina: 56 Tablets in Churchyard and Interior of Church. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * St. James Episcopal Church (James Island, S.C.). Cemetery, Saint James Episcopal Church, James Island, S.C. Published by the church, 2001.
 * Saint Johns Lutheran cemetery, Charleston, Orangeburgh German-Swiss Newsletter. Orangeburg SC: Spring 1992. Vol. 4 Iss. 2
 * "Saint Lukes Cemetery and graveyards in the classroom", Hocking Sentinel. Rockbridge OH: Dec 2002. Vol. - Iss. 4
 * Spaulding, Patricia. Graveyard Burials of the Independent or Congregational Church of Charleston: (Commonly Known in Modern Times as "Circular" Church). 1995.
 * Squire, James S. Sauldam Baptist Church Cemetery Index, 1841-2005: The Eagle Scout Project of James S. Squire. Published by the Sauldam Baptist Church, 2005.
 * St. Paul's Episcopal Church Epitaphs, Charleston County, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilm:
 * Tablets in the Cemetery of the Trinity Methodist Church, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed in 1951.
 * Tablets of Second Presbyterian Church in Cemetery and Interior of Church. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed in 1951.
 * Third H. L. Hunley crew to receive marker in Magnolia Cemetery, 2006, Civil War News. Tunbridge VT: Apr 2006. Vol. 31 Iss. 3
 * Tombstones of Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina. Typescript, South Caroliniana Library. Microfilmed 1951.
 * Trinity Methodist Church. Cemetery Records. Typescript. Microfilmed 1951-1952.
 * Trinkley, Michael. Reconnaissance of the Brown Cemetery. Published by the Chicora Foundation, 2001.
 * Trinkley, Michael. The Silence of the Dead: Giving Charleston Cemeteries a Voice. Published by the Chicora Foundation, 2010.
 * Unitarian church cemetery, Bartlesville Genealogical Society Newsletter
 * Yates, James Fuller and Alice Anderson Yates. The Second Presbyterian Church, Meeting at Charlotte Street, Charleston, S.C., Cemetery Listing.