On a walk through one of my favorite places…an old southern cemetery.
The Old Cemetery
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Sepia Cemetery
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina.
Prince William’s Parish Church, Sheldon Ruins
This may be one of the most photographed places in the Lowcountry. While people associate the church and graveyard with Charleston is actually closer to Beaufort, South Carolina.
The traditional understanding is that Prince William’s was burned by the British in 1779 during the Revolutionary War, rebuilt in 1826, and then burned again in 1865 during the Civil War by the Federal Army under General William T Sherman’s orders.
The church was built as a ‘chapel of ease’ in the English Georgian style, using the Roman Tuscan or Doric order, between 1745 and 1753. Chapel of Ease being a church building to provide members with a place of worship in rural areas where the main church is too far.
Inside the ruins of the church lie the remains of Colonel William Bull, who “greatly assisted General Oglethorpe in establishing the physical layout of Savannah, Georgia. Bull surveyed the land in 1733 to form the basic grid pattern of the streets and squares.” The ruins may be the halfway mark between Charleston and Savannah.
Time Is Slowly Catching Up
Magnolia is old, big, and on the edge of a marsh, time is taking it’s toll.
Lately I’ve seen some repairs, but the last hurricane was a direct hit here.
Even small stream beds look to have arrived now.
Old Magnolia is not going anywhere for a long time. Still, it’s a struggle.
Old Stones
Old stones found on a walk.
It’s hard to pass by and not at least take a snap shot in time.
Old Stones
Found on a walk.
At An Old Cemetery, Charleston
From a walk.
Outside Charleston, South Carolina.
Cemetery At Pickens Court House, South Carolina
The town no longer exists, but an old church and cemetery remain.
Veterans from the US Civil War have the traditional metal military marker.
A small historical sign on a side road pointed us here. Like many southern towns it was named, and built, around the local court house. Appomattox Court House, location of the end of the US Civil War is another example.
There are newer headstones and CSA markers here since many grave sites were moved here when the area was flooded to create a hydroelectric plant.
