Historical Burial Sites

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1. Agnes of Glasgow

Legend says she died while looking for her British lover.
2. Dr. Issac Alexander (1750-1812)

Treated Baron DeKalb for wounds in Battle of Camden.
3. Col. Henry Nixon Grave (1800-1829)

Orator killed in duel with Thomas Hopkins; his father had the large wall built around his grave.
4. John P. Richardson (1829-1910)

Former Governor of South Carolina.
5. Brig. Gen. John B. Villepigue (1830-1862)

Camden native in Confederate Army.
6. William Dunlap Trantham (1847-1911)

Joined Confederate Army at age 13. Youngest man in the army.

7. Capt. Charles A. H. Peck

Commander of Camden Academy. A northerner but a southern sympathizer.
8. Gen. James W. Cantey (1794-1860)

Camden native memorial. Buried in Alabama.
9. Lt. Henry W. DeSaussure (1835-1862)

Camden Civil War Hero.
10. Josephine Brown (1835-1915)

Confederate spy. Buried as Josephine Lovett Noel.
11. Thomas Frederick Davis (1804-1871)

Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina in 1853.
12. John Burdell (1821-1911)

Originator and benefactor of the Camden Hospital.

13. Col. Wm. M. Shannon (1822-1880)

Killed by Col. Cash in last duel in South Carolina.
14. Neil Smith, merchant - Unusual Monument

It as used by Henry Nixon as a target in his preparation for his duel with Hopkins. Several bullet scars are visible.
15. Original Quaker Graves

Bricked arched graves with no headstones. Quakers did not believe in monuments. However, later generations did change this and some Quaker graves do have headstones.
16. Capt. Benjamin Carter (1756-1830)

One of seven known veterans of the Revolution buried in Quaker.
17. Samuel Mathis (1760-1823)

First white person born in Camden.
18. Brig. General John D. Kennedy (1840-1896)

Native Camden General in Confederate Army.

19. Infant Plots

Infants who died but parents did not have a family plot.
20. Major General Joseph B. Kershaw (1822-1894)

Native Camden General in Confederate Army.
21. Unknown Confederate Veterans

It is estimated there are 210 Confederate graves scattered throughout the Cemetery but most are identified.
22. Children's Plot

Orphaned children from the Camden Children’s Home.
23. Joseph Brevard (1766-1821)

Revolutionary War Officer (age 16), Judge and Congressman.
24. Alexander Hamilton Boykin (1815-1866)

Capt. “Boykin Rangers” CSA

25. Three Brothers Killed in WWII.

PFC Wilbert L. Roberts
6.16.1918 - 10.1.1944 (Italy)
PFC Edman G. Roberts
10.29.1922 - 7.10.1943 (Sicily)
PFC Gilbert E. Roberts
8.24.1920 - 9.29.1944 (Peleliu Island Pacific)
26. Little Arlington

Three Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients:
Richmond H. Hilton
John C. Villepigue
Donald LeRoy Truesdell
27. Site of Original Quaker Meeting House

On the original four acres left by Sam Wyly in 1759.
28. Dr. George Rogers Clark Todd (1825-1900)

Served as a doctor in the confederate army. Brother in law of Abraham Lincoln.
29. Revolutionary War Park and Old Presbyterian Cemetery
30. Sophia Mathis

Earliest marked burial.