Historical Burial Sites
For a self guided tour, please use the map located on this page. Learn more with the explanations below.
Use this link to find a grave or find Quaker Cemetery Memorials.
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1. Agnes of Glasgow
Legend says she died while looking for her British lover.
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2. Dr. Issac Alexander (1750-1812)
Treated Baron DeKalb for wounds in Battle of Camden.
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3. Col. Henry Nixon Grave (1800-1829)
Orator killed in duel with Thomas Hopkins; his father had the large wall built around his grave.
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4. John P. Richardson (1829-1910)
Former Governor of South Carolina.
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5. Brig. Gen. John B. Villepigue (1830-1862)
Camden native in Confederate Army.
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6. William Dunlap Trantham (1847-1911)
Joined Confederate Army at age 13. Youngest man in the army.
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7. Capt. Charles A. H. Peck
Commander of Camden Academy. A northerner but a southern sympathizer.
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8. Gen. James W. Cantey (1794-1860)
Camden native memorial. Buried in Alabama.
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9. Lt. Henry W. DeSaussure (1835-1862)
Camden Civil War Hero.
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10. Josephine Brown (1835-1915)
Confederate spy. Buried as Josephine Lovett Noel.
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11. Thomas Frederick Davis (1804-1871)
Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina in 1853.
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12. John Burdell (1821-1911)
Originator and benefactor of the Camden Hospital.
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13. Col. Wm. M. Shannon (1822-1880)
Killed by Col. Cash in last duel in South Carolina.
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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.
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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.
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16. Capt. Benjamin Carter (1756-1830)
One of seven known veterans of the Revolution buried in Quaker.
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17. Samuel Mathis (1760-1823)
First white person born in Camden.
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18. Brig. General John D. Kennedy (1840-1896)
Native Camden General in Confederate Army.
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19. Infant Plots
Infants who died but parents did not have a family plot.
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20. Major General Joseph B. Kershaw (1822-1894)
Native Camden General in Confederate Army.
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21. Unknown Confederate Veterans
It is estimated there are 210 Confederate graves scattered throughout the Cemetery but most are identified.
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22. Children's Plot
Orphaned children from the Camden Children’s Home.
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23. Joseph Brevard (1766-1821)
Revolutionary War Officer (age 16), Judge and Congressman.
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24. Alexander Hamilton Boykin (1815-1866)
Capt. “Boykin Rangers” CSA
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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)
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26. Little Arlington
Three Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients:
Richmond H. Hilton
John C. Villepigue
Donald LeRoy Truesdell
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27. Site of Original Quaker Meeting House
On the original four acres left by Sam Wyly in 1759.
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28. Dr. George Rogers Clark Todd (1825-1900)
Served as a doctor in the confederate army. Brother in law of Abraham Lincoln.
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29. Revolutionary War Park and Old Presbyterian Cemetery
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30. Sophia Mathis
Earliest marked burial.