Old Bethesda Church Cemetery - Bamberg County, South Carolina

I found these directions in the Orangeburgh archives: 9.4 Miles South of Bamberg, SC on US-601, .4 of a mile North of Little Salkehatchie River, SC-DOT County Map Coordinates SC/Ba/995/483. The cemetery is about 100 yards off Cocklebur Road just as it forks off of 601.

The names were transcribed from photos that I took July 2007. If someone wants the photo, they can contact me at AnnGel_AT_comcast.net (replace the _AT_ with @). Photos from other transcribers are at www.FindAGrave.com under Old Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery, Bamberg County, SC.

Name	DOB	DOD	Inscription



_?ester, Willie J	20 Dec 1883	8 Jul 1888	Son of __ & Henrietta See nearby stones, this could be Prester or Priester.
Abel, Janie Sease	4 Mar 1869	12 Jan 1969
Alexander, Linda Black	1947	1984	Plate on slab
Black, Boyd	26 Apr 1890	11 Jun 1962
Black, Edward	14 Aug 1917	2 Aug 1999	CPL US ARMY WWII (Military stone)
Black, Emma	15 Feb 1860?	10 Sep 1911?	Wife of W C Black
Black, Fannie Lou	28 Dec 1887	14 Dec 1926
Black, Henry	1? Oct 1895	2 Apr 1947
Black, Robert	28 Dec 1919	2? Oct 1972
Black, Thomas	13 Aug 1818	22 Oct 1911	Handwritten stone
Black, W. C.	26 Sep 1850	10 Jul 1919
Brown, Cynthia V	22 Mar 188_	7 Oct 1887	Daughter of JS & SM? Brown
Brown, Hellenor E	18 Oct 1819	15 Aug 1877	Sacred to the memory of, Wife of Elias W. Brown
Brown, James S	9 Oct 1851	19 Dec 1889
Brown, Susan M	22 Nov 1849	19 Sep 1918	Wife of I S Brown
Carter	This marker is in memory of the Jessie E Carter Family, his wife Aldine McMillian, their children: Josephine Carter, wife of Shelton F Hiers. The rest of this horizontal stone was cover with grass and roots. It is in McMillian plot
Carter, Aldine McMillian			On Family marker
Carter, Jessie E			On Family marker
Carter, Little S Annie	12 Jul 1882	9 Sep 1884	In memory of, Dau of JF & AA Carter
Cooler, Maggie B	8 Sep 1906	8 Dec 1976
Cothran, Mary E	15 May 1859	26 Nov 1906	Wife of J L Cothran
Davis, Henry		22 Feb 1956
DuBois, Laura Z	20 Oct 1881	24 May 1962	Same stone w Manford
DuBois, Manford	30 May 1893	23 Feb 1948	Same stone w Laura
England, Alice C Carter	11 Aug 1884	1 May 1923	Wife of John T England, Rest mother...
England, John Tomas	26 Dec 1876	27 Jan 1938
England, May V	7 Dec 1906	18 Oct 1913	Dau of JT & Alice C England
Grimes, Rosa J	20 Jul 1888	17 Jan 1966
Hiers, Josephine Carter			On Carter Family marker
Hiers, Shelton F			On Carter Family marker
Hughes, Authur Roy	22 Jun 1911	12 Oct 1979
Hughes, George M	1825	1897	Same stone w Olive
Hughes, Juanita R	4 Jan 1892	2 Jan 1981	Same stone w Paul
Hughes, Olive	13 Mar 1922	13 Mar 1922	Infant Dau of Mr & Mrs JJ Hughes
Hughes, Olive M	1841	1909	Wife Same stone w George
Hughes, Paul Kistler	20 Mar 1874	5 Jan 1951	Same stone w Juanita
Jones, Beatrice	20 Mar 1890	11 Jul 1949
Jones, Westtey?	1844?	193?	Handwritten stone
M__on, Polly	4 Jul 1908	27 Mar 1983	Same stone w Sammie; possibly McMillon
M__on, Sammie L	10 Feb 1904	5 Apr 1984	Same stone w Polly; possibly McMillon
McMillan, James Edward	28 May 1949	20 Mar 2004	SP4, WU Army, Vietnam (Military stone) Adjacent to Joseph McMillon
McMillan, Jeff. R.	6 Feb 1839	5 Mar 1901	A passing stranger call this not A place of fear and gloom We love to linger o’er the spot It is our loved one’s tomb. Masonic emblem
McMillan, Nancy Hiers	5 May 1839	19 Oct 1906
McMillon, Bernis	10 Oct 1908	10 Aug 1906	Dau of Mr & Mrs D W McMillon Pretty sure I read stone correctly; maybe d 1909?
McMillon, Joseph	22 Apr 1944	7 Oct 1998	Adjacent to James Edward McMillan
Miley, Amanda Kinsey	26 Mar 1846	2 Aug 1928
Miley, B W	14 Aug 1871	16 Jan 1927	Son of JC & AE Miley
Miley, Joseph C	12 Feb 1845	14 Aug 1889
Miley, Little Willie F			In memory of, Children of JC & AE Miley
Miley, Sarah Jane			In memory of, Children of JC & AE Miley
Mitchell,			In memory of our infant daughter, JF &EE Mitchell
Mitchell, Ellen E	1 Jun 1857	26 Jun 1936	Same stone w John; stone is newer
Mitchell, John F	8 Feb 1831	5 Feb 1898	CSA Iron Cross; Same stone w Ellen
Morris, Ada	27 Nov 1894	3 Dec 1898	Daughter of JR & Hattie Morris
Morris, Adrine	2 Aug 1907	27 Mar 1936
Morris, Charlie Albert	21 Apr 1886	6 Sep 1898	Son of JM & Rebecca Morris
Morris, Clide M	22 Sep 1900	2_ Aug 1909	Son of JR & HC Morris
Morris, Corean	7 Oct 1896	18 May 1897	Daughter of JR & Hattie Morris
Morris, Dorsie	5 Mar 1879	10 Jul 1880	Dau of JM & Rebecca Morris
Morris, Elizabeth Chreech	15 Nov 1823	27 Jun1908	Wife of John R Morris
Morris, Hattie C	11 Jan 1869	15 Sept 1962	Same stone w J Robert
Morris, J Robert	12 May 1853	19 Mar 1928	Same stone w Hattie
Morris, James M	18 Sep 1848	27 Nov 1909	Married to Rebecca Morris 22 Oct 1876
Morris, Jno C Calhoun	28 Nov 1888	24 Sep 1906	Son of JM & Rebecca Morris
Morris, John R	12 Jan 1821	3 Mar 1896
Morris, John Roy	22 Dec 1904	23 May 1961
Morris, Michael P	10 Apr 1955	11 Apr 1955	Son of Mr & Mrs JR Morris
Morris, Rachel Rentz	25 Sep 1907	9 Dec 1988
Morris, Rebecca	22 Mar 1858	9 Feb 1924	Mother waits for us in Heaven
Morris, Susan E	15 Nov 1850	15 Aug 1862	Daughter of JR & E Morris
Morris, W. Crawford	12 Mar 1893	5 Oct 1909	Son of JR & HC Morris
Pearson, Annie C Smoak	10 May 1845	2 May 1905	Same stone w Henry
Pearson, Benjamin F	4 Jan 1877	21 Mar 1955
Pearson, Eliza A	9 Jul 1810	11 Sep 1882	Wife of John H Pearson
Pearson, Henry F	20 Nov 1847	9 Oct 1940	Same stone w Annie
Posey, Emma Lee Black Creech	11 Feb 1903	? May 1977	Adjacent to Josephine Creech Simmons
Prester, Henrietta Brown C.	1 Dec 1857	24 Jun 1932	Wife Same stone w William (stone is Prester; could this be Priester?
Prester, William J	18 Dec 1854	1 Apr 1888	Same stone w Henrietta
Priester, Amanda Brown	7 June 1860	1 Dec 1936	Wife of H F Priester
Priester, Clarance Earl	1898	1959	Adjacent to Amanda
Priester, Ellen	Nov 1888	Aug 1890?	In memory of, Dau of HF & AJ Priester
Priester, H F	26 May 1857	4 Dec 1909	In memory of my husband
Priester, Susie L	26 Feb 1894	1 Sep 1907	Dau of HF & AJ Priester
Rentz, Alonzo		7 Mar 1920
Rentz, George	15 Jan 1891	24 Mar 1893	Son of Briter & Juda
Rentz, Mamie Royal	4 May 1898	18 Feb 1983	(Note on internet: “Mamie Virginia Morris married twice”)
Sease, John	1931	2004	Plate on slab
Simmons, Josephine Creech	29 Nov 1921	23 jun 1992	Married 2 Mar 1947 Same stone w Cornelius
Simmons, N. Cornelius	10 Jul 1921	19 Nov 1997	Married 2 Mar 1947 Same stone w Josephine
Smoak, Reaber Belle	6 Nov 1912	13 Apr 1914	Dau of CK & E A Smoak Adjacent to Benjamin Pearson
Tinsley, Katie	1903	1980	Plate on slab
Williams, Marthey	16 Mar 1901	6 Aug 1925	Gon But N Forgoten Handwritten stone
Wright, Lonnie	1919	1974	Plate on slab, almost entirely covered by sand
Zeigler, Blake Witherspoon	15 Sep 1911	30 Apr 1912	Infant son of H ? & Gertrude Okney Zeigler
Zeigler, F M	12 Jun 1855	14 Aug 1912	Our Father Husband of Richard Blake Zeigler
Zeigler, H J	20 Jan 1815	15 Aug 1895	Scared to the memory of Wife of John A Zeigler
Zeigler, Infant Son	14 Oct 1905	26 Oct 1905	In memory of our infant son of FM & RB Zeigler
Zeigler, James H			Co H, 17 SC Inf CSA CSA stone & iron cross
Zeigler, Janie E	15 _?_ 1880	1881
Zeigler, Jno R	29 Aug 1878	5 Sep 1899	Husband of EA Zeigler
Zeigler, Little Florrie	1885	Oct 18	In memory of, Dau of FM & RB Zeigler
Zeigler, Louie	2 Jan 1884	23 Nov 1912
Zeigler, Richard Blake	12 Mar 1860	14 Dec 1910	Wife of F M Zeigler (Web says RB’s maiden name was Rice)
Zeigler, Richard F	10 Jun 1906	9 Aug 1906	Son of LF & AJ Zeigler?