
Carter's Ford Baptist Church is located four miles from Lodge, South Carolina on Hwy. 217. It was founded in 1807 as Little Salkehatchie Missionary Baptist Church. The founders were James Sweat, James Wilson, Thomas Fuller and Elisha Walls. Partial transcription below.
Tombstone transcriptions can be found on pages 113-139:

Photographs Above and Partial Transcriptions In GROUP #1 by
Fannie Bertram
GROUP 1
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JOHN WESLEY CROSBY August 6, 1856 September 19, 1919 ELLEN A. CALDWELL BABY CROSBY |
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JOHN W. HIERS Dec. 29, 1857 Dec. 3, 1934 |
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BELLE C. [Isabel Sanders] Wife of J. W. Hiers Died October 12, 1905 Aged 48 Years |
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R. J. HIERS [Richard Jacob Hiers] Born 18 Mar 1836 Died 28 Oct 1897 |
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MRS. H. S. HIERS [Hattie Sarah Cone Hiers] Born Dec. 23, 1820 Died April 29, 1897 |
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CALDWELL Chesley John Daniel Nancy Breland 22 Nov 1882 12 Dec 1889 18 Feb 1954 07 Nov 1961 Daug. Helen Elaine Son. Julian Lloyd John was
the son
of Thomas Huey Caldwell Sr, who was son of Thomas Giles |
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CALDWELL Thomas Giles Jr 1825 - 1871 & Sarah Adeline Carter 1826 - 1871 |
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HENRY H.CARTER BORN Feb 8, 1806 DIED May 12 1867 Henry was the father of Sarah Adeline Carter |
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SACRED to the MEMORY of Elinor Carter Daughter of Isaiah & Rebecca Wroton Born Nov 11, 1801 Departed this Life Oct 18, 1865 Stone erected by Elinor was Mother of Sarah
Adeline Carter |
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CROSBY Jesse Lee Crosby(23 Nov 1879-03 Aug
1934) (Alease's parents:Richard Rice Black & Elizabeth Smith) |
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J. Archie
Hiers
Miley K. Hiers |
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HIERS April 7, 1866 Jan. 18, 1870 Jan. 19, 1931 July 9, 1942 |
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Addie H. Cone Wife of Charles J. Cone Jan. 24, 1875 Nov. 2, 1958 |
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Charles J. Cone Sept. 3, 1874 Jan. 5, 1949 |
GROUP 2
The following transcriptions are by Anne Gelwicks from
photographs taken in October 2006.
Name/Location
of Cemetery Carters
Ford Baptist Church, Lodge, Colleton County, SC
Other
plot
or stone names: Avant, Barnes, Barnes, Bennett, Bishop, Box, Caldwell,
Carter,
Cook, Crosby, DeWitt, Gibson, Knowles, McMillan, Padgett, Peters,
Royal, Sauls,
Smith, Stanley, Stevens, Varnadoe, Williams
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Name Of
Deceased |
Born |
Died |
Other
wording |
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Black, Capt Robert (Jr) |
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“Twenty years as Sheriff
but endeared him to his people. He has passed over the river and rests
under the shade of the trees.” “Our Friend: But the
greatest of these is Charity” |
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Black, Elizabeth Ann
Giles Caldwell |
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Feb 1865 |
“Wife of Capt Robert
Black” In same fenced plot as Sheriff’s monument |
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Carson, Andrew M |
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“Co I, 1 Regt SC Arty CSA” |
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Carter, Alma |
06-06-1906 |
05-20-1940 |
Alma, Blanchard and Edna
Carter all on one stone |
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Carter, Annie J |
07-19-1877 |
10-07-1971 |
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Carter, Blanchard |
01-04-1911 |
01-14-1956 |
Alma, Blanchard and Edna
Carter all on one stone |
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Carter, Edna |
12-29-1907 |
01-10-1985 |
Alma, Blanchard and Edna
Carter all on one stone |
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Carter, Jeffery Michael |
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1998 |
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Cone, A. J. |
03-19-1872 |
09-11-1901 |
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Cone, A. J. W. |
11-15-1839 |
05-22-1904 |
“In memory of” |
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Cone, Addie H |
01-24-1875 |
11-02-1958 |
“Wife of Charles J Cone” This stone says Addie H, but other stones refer to wife as
A. L. |
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Cone, Adella J |
09-06-1886 |
08-16-1912 |
“Wife of WW Cone; Come
Unto Me” Stone adjacent to WW and M T Cone |
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Cone, Bonnie Ethel |
06-22-1907 |
03-08-2003 |
“In Loving Memory”
“Children of Charles J and Addie L Cone” |
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Cone, Celie E |
10-20-1842 |
12-09-1907 |
“Wife of AJW Cone” |
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Cone, Charles J |
09-03-1874 |
01-05-1949 |
Adjacent to stone of
wife, Addie H. Cone |
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Cone, Eddie O |
1898 |
1944 |
Adjacent to Jesse Cone |
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Cone, Infant Daughter |
01-17-1914 |
01-19-1914 |
“Infant Daughter of A.L.
& C. J. Cone” |
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Cone, Jesse L |
10-09-1911 |
03-28-1913 |
Adjacent to “Infant
daughter” |
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Cone, John W |
06-01-1866 |
01-27-1881 |
“Sacred to the Memory of”
“Son of AJW & CE Cone” |
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Cone, Mattie Thompson |
08-29-1873 |
05-15-1943 |
“Wife of W Wallace Cone” Same stone as husband |
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Cone, W. Leon |
01-25-1908 |
08-23-1961 |
“(Printer)”
Stone is adjacent to Adella Cone |
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Cone, W. P. |
10-21-1876 |
12-11-1886 |
“Sacred to the Memory of”
“Son of AJW & CE Cone” |
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Cone, W. Wallace |
07-03-1875 |
10-15-1930 |
Same stone as Mattie
Thompson Cone |
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Cone, William Walter |
06-14-1901 |
04-21-1991 |
“In Loving Memory”
“Children of Charles J and Addie L Cone” |
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Copeland, Ruth S |
03-11-1909 |
03-02-1945 |
“Wife of Carl M Copeland” |
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Crosby, Baby |
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1901 |
Same stone with JW and
Ellen |
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Crosby, Ellen A. Caldwell |
08-31-1855 |
09-07-1932 |
Same stone with JW |
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Crosby, John Wesley |
08-06-1856 |
09-19-1919 |
Same stone with Ellen |
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Crosby, Robert Edward Sr |
12-18-1925 |
05-27-1998 |
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Fisk, Adam Brantley |
03-18-1900 |
06-25-1971 |
“In loving memory” Same stone as Viola M |
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FISK, Infant Son |
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06-18-1938 |
“In memory of infant Son
of AB & Viola Fisk” |
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Fisk, J B |
09-17-1933 |
11-26-1933 |
“In memory of Son of AB & Viola
Fisk” |
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Fisk, Jacob R |
08-21-1917 |
05-24-1996 |
Mason symbol; Same stone
as Lois M |
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Fisk, Lois M |
01-30-1920 |
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“In my Father’s house are
many mansions” Same stone as Jacob E |
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Fisk, Viola M |
08-12-1910 |
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Same stone as Adam
Brantley |
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Fralix, Bancroft D |
11-05-1914 |
08-01-1981 |
“Married on Dec 29, 1939” |
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Fralix, David Samuel |
06-11-1888 |
02-24-1948 |
“At Rest”
Same stone as MF Fralix |
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Fralix, Idalia M |
07-05-1915 |
05-15-1981 |
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Fralix, Maude Fisk |
06-16-1889 |
02-13-1938 |
Same stone as DS Fralix |
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Frost, George |
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03-21-1910 |
“Found on J. M. Taylor’s
Gate Nov. 1, 1909” In same plot as Perry C (Infant son of
Mr & Mrs M L Taylor) |
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Goldman, Miriam Caldwell |
12-31-1919 |
01-03-2004 |
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Green, Emma Hiers Walker |
10-07-186 |
07-29-1933 |
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Hiers, Andrew J |
03-14-1902 |
02-04-1950 |
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Hiers, Angus C. |
10-13-1859 |
12-17-1928 |
“Going Home” |
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Hiers, Belle C |
c1857 |
10-12-1905 |
“Wife of J W Hiers Age 48 years” |
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Hiers, Billy D |
06-06-1965 |
09-05-2003 |
“Freebird” |
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Hiers, Celia Ruth |
02-1890 |
06-25-1897 |
“Daughter of RB & MJ
Hiers” Same stone as Infant Son Hiers, adjacent to parents |
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Hiers, Charlie |
c1894 |
07-31-1906 |
“Aged 12 yrs 3 mos” |
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Hiers, Dr. Charles M. |
10-04-1854 |
08-30-1904 |
Mason emblem; Same stone
as Margarette LaCoste Hiers |
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Hiers, G. Felder |
10-29-1911 |
03-25-1990 |
Same stone as V S Hiers |
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Hiers, George Felder |
02-27-1871 |
02-01-1936 |
Same stone as Hattie
Hiers Hiers |
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Hiers, Gertrude R |
03-21-1939 |
07-08-1994 |
Same stone as Harold B |
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Hiers, Harold B |
01-09-1932 |
04-10-1990 |
Same stone as Gertrude R |
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Hiers, Harold E |
06-28-1957 |
10-10-1982 |
“In memory of”
Photo set in headstone |
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Hiers, Hattie Hiers |
07-27-1885 |
01-13-1977 |
Same stone as George
Felder Hiers |
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Hiers, Helen |
1941 |
1942 |
“Infant daughter of
Louise and Reba Hiers” |
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Hiers, Infant Son |
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08-10-1886 |
“Of RB & MJ Hiers” Same stone as Celia Ruth Hiers, adjacent to parents |
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Hiers, J. William |
05-17-1889 |
08-10-1889 |
“Son of William R &
Mary Hiers” |
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Hiers, John W |
12-29-1867 |
12-03-1934 |
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Hiers, Joseph Earl |
08-15-1890 |
12-03-1942 |
Same stone as ZT Hiers |
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Hiers, Louis Capers |
02-09-1917 |
01-26-2000 |
“Married Feb 18, 1939” Same stone as Reba Davis Hiers; Footstone shows Pvt US Army |
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HIERS, Margarette Lacoste |
09-14-1864 |
10-09-1946 |
Same stone as Dr. Charles
M Hiers |
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Hiers, Mary |
05-05-1856 |
12-12-1923 |
“Wife of William R Hiers” |
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Hiers, Mary Jane Cone |
06-15-1864 |
04-11-1946 |
Matching stone adjacent
to R. B. Hiers. The stone does NOT say Hiers, but there are two stones
with children of RB & MJ Hiers. |
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Hiers, Matilda |
1860 |
1877 |
“Wife of William R Hiers” |
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Hiers, Mrs. H. S. (Hattie Sarah Cone) |
12-23-1829 |
04-29-1897 |
“Sacred to the Memory of”
“Wife of R. J. Hiers” |
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Hiers, R. B. |
12-21-1854 |
09-17-1924 |
Matching stone adjacent
to Mary Jane Cone |
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Hiers, R. J. (Richard
Jacob) |
03-18-1836 |
10-28-1897 |
“Sacred to the Memory of” |
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Hiers, Reba Davis |
05-29-1922 |
11-24-2000 |
“Married Feb 18, 1939” Same stone as Louis Capers Hiers |
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Hiers, Roland Earl |
02---1921 |
01---1924 |
“Son of JE & ZT Hiers” |
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Hiers, Son |
08-01-1902 |
08-04-1902 |
“Son of CM & MC
Hiers” “Safe with Jesus” |
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Hiers, Virginia Simmons |
08-13-1917 |
01-24-2000 |
Same stone as G F Hiers |
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Hiers, William R |
05-01-1856 |
04-30-1946 |
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Hiers, Zada Trowell |
11-19-1889 |
06-18-1962 |
Same stone as JE Hiers |