Richard Hutson – Founding Father USA
I don’t even know what some of those things are! Many of these roles required him to be in different places, all the time. And… he had to ride a horse there.
There’s an alley off King Street, one of the busiest streets in Charleston, SC. Very easy to walk past, but if you find it, and the gate’s open be sure to walk through.
The ‘Gateway Walk’ originated as a path between Charleston’s Circular Church and the Unitarian Church. They started out as the same congregation, but they ran out of room. Over time the path disappeared under newer streets of the 1800’s.
It was later, in the 1900’s, the back end was reopened, and finally reconnected to King Street.
Private homes have entrances on the alley, but the gem is where the Unitarian graveyard begins in the path, as well as St. John’s Lutheran Church graveyard. St. John’s being a newer Church dating from approximately 1767.
Below are a few of the old stones found in the pathways of the Unitarian, the gate small opens to St. John’s.
This thing of a Church, next to a Church, connected to another, etc. is why Charleston is called the ‘Holy City’. Denominations from all over the world settled here, this was an ‘open city’, even when the Church Of England was the accepted church and we were a colony. There are over 400 Cathedrals and Churches in the city limits.
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Charleston, South Carolina.
It’s been there a while. Both standing upright, then pushed into the earth.
Down an alley off the busiest street in Charleston, South Carolina.
Francis Prue (below) was buried here about the same time as the original wooden St. Philip’s Church was being built. That was 1769. Her son, who died as an infant, is also buried in this spot. John Prue passed earlier and I didn’t see his grave. It was a few years before the Graveyard.
Based on the quality and style of the head stone it was created in New England and shipped her later on. That was common here since there were no stone carvers here at the time.
This is one of the earliest graves in Charleston. The oldest are in St. Michael’s down the street.
Photographed with OM-1 (1), OM 12-200 mm
Curious… or morbid.
But you’re still here.
Back in the corner here, flush up against the big salt marsh that goes all the way to the harbor, is the oldest parts of the cemeteries.
Umbra Plantation house is closer to the old road and the Civil War graves area. The far corner is the place of old Mausoleums, brick walls, and overgrown stones.
I never see anyone here. It’s a quiet spot filled with interesting scenes to photograph. If you’ve lived in Charleston for a while you will recognize the family names.
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Look close and you will see a swamp on the left, salt marsh on the right. Straight down the center is an old southern cemetery.
Absolutely beautiful.
Best viewed large.
I spotted the two stones leaning on each other when we first entered the oldest part of the area. We had to drive past on the dirt track though since it was pretty tight with trees and stones.
I walked back towards the general area, and actually found them! My sense of direction was stunted growing up in NYC. There are signs on light poles always telling you exactly where you are.
I suspected there was a relationship between the stones, I did not expect them both to be for the same person. Other head stones nearby didn’t seem to be with ‘Carrie’. There was a little open space around her though. In a cemetery where burials are stacked tight any area unoccupied can mean the markers are lost to time.
