Old Quaker Cemetery Explained

Old Quaker Cemetery
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Location:	Camden, South Carolina, U.S.
Findagraveid:	71114
Graves:	roughly 6,100

Old Quaker Cemetery, founded in 1759, is a cemetery located in Camden, South Carolina, in Kershaw County.^[1] It dates back to the earliest days of Camden, which was first settled in 1730, and is the oldest inland city in South Carolina.^[2] The cemetery is notable in that it maintains the gravesites of numerous famous people, to include members of the Quaker community, Revolutionary War soldiers,^[3] three Civil War Confederate Army generals, two Medal of Honor recipients, and one South Carolina Governor. The site contains a historical marker, installed in 2023 by the Wateree Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.^[4] It is also known as the Quaker Burying Ground.

Notable gravesites

• Joseph Brevard (1766–1821) – Revolutionary War figure, US Representative, and Supreme Court jurist
• Richmond Hobson Hilton (1898–1933) – World War I Medal of Honor recipient
• John Doby Kennedy (1840–1896) – Confederate Army general, and later Lieutenant Governor
• Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822–1894) – Confederate Army general, president of the State Senate, and for whose forebearers Kershaw County was named
• Richard Rowland Kirkland (1843–1863) – Civil War Confederate soldier and hero at the Battle of Fredericksburg
• John Peter Richardson III (1829–1899) – Governor
• Donald Leroy Truesdell (1906–1993) – Medal of Honor for action in the Occupation of Nicaragua (cenotaph)
• John Bordenave Villepigue (1830–1862) – Confederate Civil War general, and ancestor to John Canty Villepigue
• John Canty Villepigue (1896–1943) – World War I Medal of Honor recipient

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Craig . Joanna . 2023-05-02 . Colonial Dames present new plaque for Quaker Cemetery . 2023-12-01 . The Lancaster News . en.
2. Web site: June 16, 2023 . Restoration of Quaker Cemetery: Local woman's generous donation transforms historic grounds . 2023-12-01 . . en-US.
3. Web site: Cahn . Martin L. . 2023-08-25 . 12 of Camden 14 laid to rest at Quaker Cemetery in ‘private ceremony’ . 2023-12-01 . The Lancaster News . en.
4. Web site: Quaker Cemetery Historical Marker . 2023-12-01 . www.hmdb.org . en.