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Carter's Ford Baptist Church & Cemetery
Partial Transcriptions and Photographs


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:
Cemetery Inscriptions of Upper  Colleton County, South Carolina
by Evelyn McDaniel Frazier Bryan and Gibson Howard Bryan
Copyright 1974



 


Photographs Above and Partial Transcriptions In GROUP #1 by Fannie Bertram


GROUP 1

Photo #1
JOHN WESLEY CROSBY 
August 6, 1856
September 19, 1919

ELLEN A. CALDWELL
August 31, 1855
September 7, 1932

BABY CROSBY
1901

Photo #2
JOHN W. HIERS
Dec. 29, 1857
Dec. 3, 1934
Photo #3
BELLE C. [Isabel Sanders]
Wife of J. W. Hiers
Died
October 12, 1905
Aged 48 Years
J. W. HIERS FAMILY - C1892
Photo #4
R. J. HIERS [Richard Jacob Hiers]
Born
18 Mar 1836
Died
28 Oct 1897
Photo #5
MRS. H. S. HIERS [Hattie Sarah Cone Hiers]
Born
Dec. 23, 1820
Died
April 29, 1897
Photo #6
CALDWELL
Chesley John Daniel    Nancy Breland
22 Nov 1882            12 Dec 1889
18 Feb 1954            07 Nov 1961

Daug. Helen Elaine     Son. Julian Lloyd
05 Nov 1923            09 Mar 1921
                      07 Nov 1923            09 Dec 1944 (killed WWII)

John was the son of Thomas Huey Caldwell Sr, who was son of Thomas Giles
Caldwell Jr & Sarah Adeline Carter.  Thos.Huey was bro of Ellen
A.Caldwell

Photo #7
CALDWELL
Thomas Giles Jr
1825 - 1871
    &
Sarah Adeline Carter
1826 - 1871
Photo #8
HENRY H.CARTER
    BORN
Feb 8, 1806
    DIED
May 12 1867

Henry was the father of Sarah Adeline Carter

Photo #9
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
J.P.Carter

Elinor  was Mother of Sarah Adeline Carter
This stone to immediate left of Henry H. Carter's stone
Elinor's parents were Isaiah Wroton (b.1772) & Rebecca Hickman

Photo #10

CROSBY
Alease B        Jesse L.            Fannie H.
  1892-1965   1879-1934        1883-1920 

Jesse Lee Crosby(23 Nov 1879-03 Aug 1934) 
Fannie Gertrude Hiers Crosby (11 Nov 1883-18 Jun 1920) 
Sarah Alease Black Crosby (31 Mar 1892-08 Nov 1965) Jesse's 2nd wife

(Alease's parents:Richard Rice Black & Elizabeth Smith) 

      Photo #11

                                          J. Archie Hiers                 Miley K. Hiers
                                          Aug. 26, 1900                  Jan. 20, 1906
                                          Jan. 16, 1956                    Aug. 8, 1953
 

Photo #12

HIERS

                                           Joseph  J.                          Mobley M.
                                           April 7, 1866                     Jan. 18, 1870
                                           Jan. 19, 1931                     July 9, 1942
Photo #13
Addie H. Cone
Wife of
Charles J. Cone
Jan. 24, 1875
Nov. 2, 1958
Photo #14
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

Name Of Deceased

Born

Died

Other wording

Black, Capt Robert (Jr)

 

 

“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”

Black, Elizabeth Ann Giles Caldwell

 

Feb 1865

“Wife of Capt Robert Black” In same fenced plot as Sheriff’s monument

Carson, Andrew M

 

 

“Co I, 1 Regt SC Arty CSA”

Carter, Alma

06-06-1906

05-20-1940

Alma, Blanchard and Edna Carter all on one stone

Carter, Annie J

07-19-1877

10-07-1971

 

Carter, Blanchard

01-04-1911

01-14-1956

Alma, Blanchard and Edna Carter all on one stone

Carter, Edna

12-29-1907

01-10-1985

Alma, Blanchard and Edna Carter all on one stone

Carter, Jeffery Michael

 

1998

 

Cone, A. J.

03-19-1872

09-11-1901

 

Cone, A. J. W.

11-15-1839

05-22-1904

“In memory of”

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.

Cone, Adella J

09-06-1886

08-16-1912

“Wife of WW Cone; Come Unto Me” Stone adjacent to WW and M T Cone

Cone, Bonnie Ethel

06-22-1907

03-08-2003

“In Loving Memory” “Children of Charles J and Addie L Cone”

Cone, Celie E

10-20-1842

12-09-1907

“Wife of AJW Cone”

Cone, Charles J

09-03-1874

01-05-1949

Adjacent to stone of wife, Addie H. Cone

Cone, Eddie O

1898

1944

Adjacent to Jesse Cone

Cone, Infant Daughter

01-17-1914

01-19-1914

“Infant Daughter of A.L. & C. J. Cone”

Cone, Jesse L

10-09-1911

03-28-1913

Adjacent to “Infant daughter”

Cone, John W

06-01-1866

01-27-1881

“Sacred to the Memory of” “Son of AJW & CE Cone”

Cone, Mattie Thompson

08-29-1873

05-15-1943

“Wife of W Wallace Cone” Same stone as husband

Cone, W. Leon

01-25-1908

08-23-1961

“(Printer)” Stone is adjacent to Adella Cone

Cone, W. P.

10-21-1876

12-11-1886

“Sacred to the Memory of” “Son of AJW & CE Cone”

Cone, W. Wallace

07-03-1875

10-15-1930

Same stone as Mattie Thompson Cone

Cone, William Walter

06-14-1901

04-21-1991

“In Loving Memory” “Children of Charles J and Addie L Cone”

Copeland, Ruth S

03-11-1909

03-02-1945

“Wife of Carl M Copeland”

Crosby, Baby

 

1901

Same stone with JW and Ellen

Crosby, Ellen A. Caldwell

08-31-1855

09-07-1932

Same stone with JW

Crosby, John Wesley

08-06-1856

09-19-1919

Same stone with Ellen

Crosby, Robert Edward Sr

12-18-1925

05-27-1998

 

Fisk, Adam Brantley

03-18-1900

06-25-1971

“In loving memory” Same stone as Viola M

FISK, Infant Son

 

06-18-1938

“In memory of infant Son of AB & Viola Fisk”

Fisk, J B

09-17-1933

11-26-1933

“In memory of

Son of AB & Viola Fisk”

Fisk, Jacob R

08-21-1917

05-24-1996

Mason symbol; Same stone as Lois M

Fisk, Lois M

01-30-1920

 

“In my Father’s house are many mansions” Same stone as Jacob E

Fisk, Viola M

08-12-1910

 

Same stone as Adam Brantley

Fralix, Bancroft D

11-05-1914

08-01-1981

“Married on Dec 29, 1939”

Fralix, David Samuel

06-11-1888

02-24-1948

“At Rest” Same stone as MF Fralix

Fralix, Idalia M

07-05-1915

05-15-1981

 

Fralix, Maude Fisk

06-16-1889

02-13-1938

Same stone as DS Fralix

Frost, George

 

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)

Goldman, Miriam Caldwell

12-31-1919

01-03-2004

 

Green, Emma Hiers Walker

10-07-186

07-29-1933

 

Hiers, Andrew J

03-14-1902

02-04-1950

 

Hiers, Angus C.

10-13-1859

12-17-1928

“Going Home”

Hiers, Belle C

c1857

10-12-1905

“Wife of J W Hiers

Age 48 years”

Hiers, Billy D

06-06-1965

09-05-2003

“Freebird”

Hiers, Celia Ruth

02-1890

06-25-1897

“Daughter of RB & MJ Hiers” Same stone as Infant Son Hiers, adjacent to parents

Hiers, Charlie

c1894

07-31-1906

“Aged 12 yrs 3 mos”

Hiers, Dr. Charles M.

10-04-1854

08-30-1904

Mason emblem; Same stone as Margarette LaCoste Hiers

Hiers, G. Felder

10-29-1911

03-25-1990

Same stone as V S Hiers

Hiers, George Felder

02-27-1871

02-01-1936

Same stone as Hattie Hiers Hiers

Hiers, Gertrude R

03-21-1939

07-08-1994

Same stone as Harold B

Hiers, Harold B

01-09-1932

04-10-1990

Same stone as Gertrude R

Hiers, Harold E

06-28-1957

10-10-1982

“In memory of” Photo set in headstone

Hiers, Hattie Hiers

07-27-1885

01-13-1977

Same stone as George Felder Hiers

Hiers, Helen

1941

1942

“Infant daughter of Louise and Reba Hiers”

Hiers, Infant Son

 

08-10-1886

“Of RB & MJ Hiers” Same stone as Celia Ruth Hiers, adjacent to parents

Hiers, J. William

05-17-1889

08-10-1889

“Son of William R & Mary Hiers”

Hiers, John W

12-29-1867

12-03-1934

 

Hiers, Joseph Earl

08-15-1890

12-03-1942

Same stone as ZT Hiers

Hiers, Louis Capers

02-09-1917

01-26-2000

“Married Feb 18, 1939” Same stone as Reba Davis Hiers; Footstone shows Pvt US Army

HIERS, Margarette Lacoste

09-14-1864

10-09-1946

Same stone as Dr. Charles M Hiers

Hiers, Mary

05-05-1856

12-12-1923

“Wife of William R Hiers”

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.

Hiers, Matilda

1860

1877

“Wife of William R Hiers”

Hiers, Mrs. H. S. (Hattie Sarah Cone)

12-23-1829

04-29-1897

“Sacred to the Memory of” “Wife of R. J. Hiers”

Hiers, R. B.

12-21-1854

09-17-1924

Matching stone adjacent to Mary Jane Cone

Hiers, R. J. (Richard Jacob)

03-18-1836

10-28-1897

“Sacred to the Memory of”

Hiers, Reba Davis

05-29-1922

11-24-2000

“Married Feb 18, 1939” Same stone as Louis Capers Hiers

Hiers, Roland Earl

02---1921

01---1924

“Son of JE & ZT Hiers”

Hiers, Son

08-01-1902

08-04-1902

“Son of CM & MC Hiers” “Safe with Jesus”

Hiers, Virginia Simmons

08-13-1917

01-24-2000

Same stone as G F Hiers

Hiers, William R

05-01-1856

04-30-1946

 

Hiers, Zada Trowell     

11-19-1889

06-18-1962

Same stone as JE Hiers