Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery explained

Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery
Coordinates:34.7933°N -82.1961°W
Added:February 28, 2017
Refnum:100000688

The Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery are a pair of historic cemeteries at 3540 Woodruff Road, southeast of Five Forks, South Carolina. The Kilgore Cemetery houses the remains of several generations of 19th-century plantation owners in the Kilgore family, while the Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery is an African-American burial ground established in 1868 by former slaves of the Kilgore plantation. The Kilgore Cemetery's funerary markers include several examples cut by W.T. White, a regionally prominent stone cutter.[1]

The cemeteries were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic Preservation News and Notes, April 2017. South Carolina SHPO. 2017-11-07.