Limestone Baptist Church Cemetery

LIMESTONE BAPTIST CHURCH and CEMETERY

from
CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, SC

Compiled by Lillian H. Harley, Pattie W. Heaton, Lillian D. Kizer

Location: On US Hwy. 178 west of Jct. S-18-28 and west of Four Holes Bridge.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIMESTONE BAPTIST CHURCH By Louise T. Bishop

In 1850 there was a group of people in this community that had a vision for a Church. They wanted to have a place to worship so much that they built a Brush Arbor by the side of the road. This was made in the shape of a grapevine arbor with brushes over the top for shelter. Benches were made of wooden boards for the women and children to sit on. Most of the men stood. We so not know when the first building was erected, but in 1907 the Church was rebuilt. The floor sills and beams were hand hewn, not sawed. Most of the lumber and labor was donated by members. Dr. Govan B. Harley gave two acres of land for the Church and Cemetery. Most of the time there were just one or two preaching services a month. This was during the 'Horse and Buggy Days' so our services were limited. In 1927 Sunday School rooms were added, and we had Sunday School every Sunday. In 1936 another wing was added to the Church and on April 3, 1949 Limestone held its first Sunday night service. We do not have complete records on all the pastors and important matters, but the best information we could secure is this: Most of the pastors received little money in the early history of the Church. They were paid with chickens, eggs, and various things the members had to give. Ministers names available were: Rev. Stutts 1850, First Pastor; Rev. Fewox 1887; Rev. J. J. Kinton 1892; Rev. Jim Dalton 1905; Rev. Frank Droze 1907; Rev. A. A. Bailey 1918; Rev. Jerry Craven 1922; Rev. B. F. Hastey 1928; Rev. Cribb 1932; Rev. Perry Walters 1935; Rev. Perry Walters 1951; Rev. Brice Litchfield 1951, 1953; Rev. Hollis Bond 1953, 1957; Rev. Douglas Newton 1957, 1960; Rev. James Alverson 1960, 1969; Rev. H. R. Saxon - Feb. 23, 1969; Rev. Charles Merchant; Rev. J. Hawkins; and Rev. James Prat, our present pastor. On April 12, 1962 Limestone voted to move the old church and build an auditorium, which was dedicated May 3, 1964. August 30, 1967 Limestone accepted a bid of contractor K. L. Harbeson for a new Educational Building. The third Sunday in February 1968 this edifice was dedicated. The chain link fence was erected around the entire cemetery in the 1960's. The Recreational Building was built in 1968. On 6th September 1967 Limestone Baptist Church was incorporated. Louise T. Bishop
Copyists: Louise T. Bishop, Lillian D. Kizer, Lillian H. Harley.
Date: January 14, 1979.

A
Alberta Atkins
Sept. 24, 1916
Jan. 20, 1936

Eliza Ann Atkins
(w. of William Thomas 
Hilton)
Apr. 25, 1889
Sept. 5, 1953

LITTLE Fannie Atkins
(no dates)

Mabel Atkins
June 18, 1892
Oct.  8, 1929


Annie Mount Bishop  
Wife of S. H. Bishop
Feb. 22, 1898
June 25, 1914

Ella Cummings Bishop
Wife of J. M. Bishop
Aug. 14, 1859
July 29, 1943

Essie W. Bishop
Jan. 7, 1905
Nov. 12, 1948

*Furman Lewis Bishop
South Carolina
Pvt CO E 105 Engineers
World War II
Nov. 12, 1892
Aug. 26, 1964

INFANT Son of
F. L. Bishop, Jr. 
& Clara Bishop
Jane 5, 1947

J. M. Bishop  -  G  -
Oct. 22, 1860
Nov. 22, 1914

Joe Kenneth Bishop
July 22, 1923
Dec. 12, 1925

Joseph Bishop
June 21, 1914
Aug. 17, 1914





Louis C. Bishop  -  Son
of S. H. & Harriet
Sillivant Bishop
Sept. 29, 1929
Mar. 19, 1942

Shirley Marie Bishop
1961  -  1962

Sidi Hamet Bishop
Oct. 21, 1886
Sept. 6, 1962

Francis T. Brawley
1928  -  1978

Hazel M. Brawley  -  Wife
of Hiram C. Brawley
Jan. 17, 1907
Nov. 11, 1925

Hiram C. Brawley
Jan. 2, 1886
July 26, 1956


Authur M. Chubb, Sr.
1882  -  1930

Johnny M. Chubb
Oct. __ 1906
May __ 1932

INFANT Daughter of
O. D. & Thelma Clark
Dec. 25, 1946

Thelma Jeffers Clarke
Aug. 9, 1907
Apr. 29, 1970

BABY Cone
June 20, 1927
June 21, 1927

Jo Bishop Cone  - Wife
of William O. Cone
Nov. 29, 1894
___________

William O. Cone
July 30, 1886
Jan. 26, 1975

William Eugene Cooke
March 17, 1903
Feb. 6, 1958

Archie Eugene Crawford
Dec. 25, 1910
Mar. 29, 1958

David C. Crawford
Father
Mar. 11, 1875
Oct. 19, 1942

Jane Crawford
Sept. 27, 1912
Nov. 11, 1912

Joetta Crawford
Mother
July 22, 1861
Nov. 1, 1923

Funeral Director Marker
(unreadable)

John Crawford
Feb. 9, 1864
Jan. 7, 1913

Lewis Crawford
Nov. 14, 1866
Jan. 21, 1934

Lila Tumbleston Crawford
Mother  - (w. of 
David C. Crawford)
May 21, 1884
Dec. 25, 1938

Miss Lizzie C. Crawford
Sept. 1, 1908
Jan. 12, 1954



Lula Sharpe Crawford  -  (w. 
of Archie Eugene Crawford)
Nov. 14, 1909
___________

Moses Crawford
Feb. 19, 1871
Oct. 28, 1942

Pearlie Crawford  
(w. of John W. Willis)
Aug. 24, 1921
___________

Sarah Tumbleston Crawford
Dec. 13, 1880
Oct. 15, 1912

Nellie Mizell Cumming
Aug. 23, 1896
Mar. 18, 1931

Cypress Marker
(no name or dates)


Adam Dalton
Aug. 28, 1906
Oct. 27, 1906

Archie Dalton
Aug. 29, 1910
Nov. 3, 1910

Francis E. Dalton
Feb. 17, 1901
Aug. 22, 1902

G. W. Dalton
Husband of M. L. Dalton
Mar. 31, 1867
June 18, 1914

Minnie Lee Dalton
Oct. 6, 1884
Oct. 29, 1938

Eliud O. Dantzler
Nov. 1, 1870
July 9, 1948
Gennie M. Dantzler
Jan. 8, 1884
May 28, 1959

Jacob S. Dantzler
Husband
Born 1832
Jan. 15, 1903
Berkely County

Manervy Susan Dantzler
(w. of Jacob S. Dantzler)
Born 1842
Sept. 1913

Tin Marker  -  On Square
P F D 
(no name or dates)

Carl Frank Dinge
Apr. 27, 1904
Sept. 9, 1969


Frances E. Elmore
Born 1849
Died 1920


INFANT Son of
B. W. & Edna Felder
Aug. 5, 1926

Edna C. Felder
Dec. 24, 1907
Aug. 10, 1926

Viola K. Felder
Sept. 19, 1906
Aug. 15, 1928

E. J. Fewox
Jan. 20, 1871
Oct. 21, 1924

Ella Spell Fewox
Mother
Feb. 19, 1880
Mar. 3, 1931


Stanley Richard Fox
Feb. 17, 1957
Aug. 14, 1967


Myrtis S. Herndon
(w. of William D. Herndon)
(no dates)

William D. Herndon
Sept. 18, 1905
Dec. 6, 1966

Clark T. Hill
Feb. 14, 1917
__________

Delma Hill  -  (w. of
 Clark T. Hill)
Oct. 14, 1923
June 25, 1975


Clara T. Hill 
Feb. 14, 1927
___________

INFANT Daughter of
Ancrum W. & Elizabeth
Knight Hilton
Aug. 4, 1940

Darmon O'Neil Hilton
(son of T. P. & E. H. 
Hilton)
Mar. 2, 1924
Dec. 2, 1976

Elizabeth Hilton  
Wife of J. T. Hilton
May 18, 1860
Oct. 17, 1923

Ethel Lee V. Hilton
Wife of Jessie Jame
Hilton
Mar. 20, 1907
___________


Ethelene Hilton
July 3, 1947
July 25, 1952

Jessie D. Hilton
July 3, 1866
Apr. 30, 1926

Jessie James Hilton
Jan. 23, 1900
Sept. 28, 1969

*John Travis Hilton
Confederate Soldier
Sept. 16, 1847
Sept. 8, 1934

Johnnie M. Hilton
Feb. 24, 1914
Apr. 20, 1965

Tin Marker
(unreadable)

Louis A. Hilton
Jan. 20, 1952
June 24, 1952

Malisa Huff Hilton
1870  -  1900

Margie Sweatt Hilton
Wife of William E. Hilton
Feb. 7, 1911
Jan. 14, 1935

William Thomas Hilton
Sept. 16, 1881
May 10, 1943

Woodrow Hilton
Nov. 10, 1912
Dec. 29, 1927

Mrs. Carry C.  -  Wife 
of J. L. Huff
Nov. 13, 1870
Oct. 7, 1926

Walter M. Hutson, Jr.
Son of W. M. & Addie
Hutson
July 4, 1918
Sept. 7, 1918


Sara Mizell Infinger
1893  -  1922


Edward Wm. Jenkins
Sept. 20, 1902
Oct. 8, 1922

Rev. W. B. Jenkins  - G -
Jan. 12, 1883
July 12, 1939
He missed only one Sunday
Service in 17 years.

Tin Marker in Square with
Rev. W. B. Jenkins
(unreadable)

Julius T. Jeffers
Feb. 5, 1879
Sept. 3, 1947

Lennie Jeffers  -  (w. 
of Julius T. Jeffers)
Apr. 15, 1879
May 6, 1946

Agnes Izora Jennings
Mar. 17, 1885
May 28, 1958

Elbertis M. Jennings
1917  -  1970

Samuel E. Jennings
Oct. 17, 1922
June 6, 1941

William E. Bert Jennings
Oct. 6, 1884  -  At rest.



*John P. Keigans
South Carolina
Pvt    Gen Service Inf.
World War I
Oct. 21, 1893
Nov. 11, 1968


Myrtle Cornelia Macaloney
Dau of W. D. & Jo B. Cone
Apr. 20, 1914
Jan. 9, 1950

Chalmers Lide Kervin
McCullough
May 10, 1915
Nov. 12, 1937

Cleo K. McCullough
Jan. 16, 1916
July 6, 1953

Herman W. Mellard
Dec. 8, 1951
Jan. 29, 1972

Marker near the grave of
Herman W. Mellard 
(unreadable)

Kathy M. Mellard
(w. of Herman W. Mellard)
(m. 2nd David Leslie)
Oct. 7, 1953
__________

A. E. V. Hilton
(w. of J. M. Mizell)
b. Sept. 23, 1858
m. Dec. 11, 1879
d. May 24, 1914

A. M. Infinger
(w. of J. M. Mizell)
b. Dec. 12, 1868
m. Nov. 1, 1914
d. Oct. 22, 1918



Annie M. Mizell
Apr. 15, 1875
Feb. 4, 1946

BABY Mizell

BABY Mizell

BABY Mizell

Annie Martha Mizell
Oct. 22, 1872
Feb. 25, 1950

Mrs. Beaulah Mizell
Mar. 20, 1943
Age 40

Daniel Leon Mizell
1919  -  1965

Elizabeth Taylor Mizell
(w. of John Y. Mizell)
May 17, 1882
May 16, 1973

George W. Mizell
Died May 31, 1908
Age 17 months

Jeanette Q. Mizell
1919  -  1920

Jerry M. Mizell
Dec. 24, 1861
Mar. 22, 1926

John Y. Mizell
Sept. 27, 1880
Apr. 19, 1963

Mack K. Mizell
Aug. 17, 1906
Nov. 8, 1966

Mary E. Rodgers Mizell
(w. of T. R. Mizell)
Oct. 31, 1875
Feb. 8, 1896
Rene A. Mizell
Jan. 28, 1914
Oct. 6, 1959

Robbie S. Mizell
1895  -  1897

Thomas R. Mizell
Mar. 1, 1870
Feb. 14, 1937

T. W. Mizell
June 17, 1868
Oct. 15, 1939

Veto Cone Mizell
(w. of Mack K. Mizell)
Feb. 16, 1913
___________

William Curtis Mizell  -  Son
of T. W & A. M. Mizell
Mar. 20, 1898
Dec. 20, 1976

Marker
(unreadable)

Maggie E. Mount  -  Wife 
of Robert W. Mount
Mar. 15, 1886
___________

Robert W. Mount
Nov. 11, 1890
May 10, 1963

A. F. Moorer
Dec. 28, 1905
July 1, 1934

Alonzo L. Moorer
Apr. 5, 1891
Oct. 15, 1961

Calhoun C. Moorer
Sept. 23, 1900
Oct. 14, 1956

Charles Oran Moorer  - G -
Aug. 27, 1872
July 1, 1940

Fred C. Moorer
May 5, 1875
Oct. 7, 1951

Forrest K. Moorer
Dec. 24, 1910
Mar. 9, 1931

George R. (Moss) Moorer
Mar. 9, 1870
May 10, 1956

Lucius C. Moorer
Apr. 15, 1884
June 30, 1949

Mamie E. Moorer
July 21, 1880
May 20, 1951

Rosa Fickling Moorer  
Wife of Charles Oran Moorer
Sept. 18, 1874
Nov. 20, 1952

*Charles E. Muckenfuss
South Carolina
Pvt  316 M. B.  BM. 81 Div.
Dec. 16, 1889
June 13, 1937

Annie Crawford Murray
May 2, 1884
Jan. 8, 1960

Emanuel Murray
May 27, 1880
July 13, 1932

Agnes Amelia Myers
(w. of William L. Myers)
May 11, 1914
___________


Marker on same row
(unreadable)

Edna Pearl Myers
1893  -  1957

Henry D. Myers
Oct. 9, 1880
Jan. 28, 1959

Jacob W. Myers
1850  -  1934

James Archie Myers  
INFANT Son of James P.
& Thelma C. Myers
Jan. 8, 1948
Feb. 16, 1948

James Daniel Myers
Oct. 21, 1922
Jan. 22, 1968

INFANT Daughter of
James P. & Thelma C. 
Myers
1949

Janie M. Myers
(w. of Jacob W. Myers)
1897  -  1964

Marker
(unreadable)

Jennie Lee H. Myers
Wife of Henry D. Myers
Oct. 19, 1889
Dec. 28, 1912

Minnie Lee Myers
1898  -  1955

Rebecca S. Myers
Sept. __ 1899
Dec. 6, 1930

Small Marker
(no name of dates)
Thomas Alonzo Myers
1887  -  1958

William Lewis Myers
Jan. 26, 1909
June 19, 1973


Adaline Parker
Apr. 28, 1873
Aug. 3, 1903

Annie Lee Judy Parker
(w. of J. D. Parker)
Mother
Sept. 21, 1921
___________

Benjamin F. Parker
Apr. 21, 1861
Jan. 19, 1923

B. F. Parker  -  Son of
J. E. & Louise M. Parker
Dec. 17, 1933
Oct. 15, 1934

E. Eugene Parker
Father
Aug. 6, 1902
Aug. 31, 1966

Grace Hilton Parker
(w. of B. Eugene Parker)
Oct. 25, 1906
___________

J. D. Parker  -  Father
Jan. 25, 1917
Aug. 3, 1975

Jacob W. Parker
May 28, 1838
Dec. 19, 1892

James M. Parker
Apr. 24, 1878
Sept. 11, 1904


L. L. Parker
Oct. 15, 1839
July 1, 1928

Larry W. Parker  -  Son
of J. E. & L. M. Parker
Sept. 17, 1939
Aug. 13, 1977

Mamie Mizell Parker
(w. of Wade H. Parker)
Sept. 26, 1898
Mar. 8, 1973

Minnie L. Hilton Parker
(w. of Wm. Jacob Parker)
Mother
May 17, 1893
May 19, 1958

Wade Hampton Parker
Oct. 6, 1898
Jan. 6, 1967

William Jacob Parker
Father
Apr. 20, 1893
Apr. 20, 1959

Susie Peagler
Our Mother
March 15, 1893
May 21, 1948


Aaron Risher
Sept. 26, 1923
Oct. 10, 1964

Ella L. Risher
(w. of Aaron Risher)
Jan. 13, 1927
__________

Elizabeth M. Ross
(w. of Ervin R. Ross)
1871  -  1944

Ervin R. Ross
1857  -  1925
Clammie Rudd
Nov. 18, 1895
Dec. 24, 1954

Marker of a Child
(unreadable)

Small Marker
(no name of dates)

John Rudd
1884  -  1976

Funeral Director's Marker
(unreadable)

Mrs. Ida Rudd
Mar. 20, 1886
Mar. 14, 1950 (?)

Ida E. A. Rudd  -  Wife
of William E. Rudd
Sept. 18, 1886
Aug. 17, 1949

INFANT Daughter of
Janet Marie & Sidney R.
Rudd
Sept. 20, 1964

Coping & Marker
(unreadable)

Sidney Allen Rudd
Feb. 28, 1942
Aug. 27, 1966

William E. Rudd
Mar. 18, 1881
Oct. 16, 1951

Tin Marker near
William E. Rudd
(unreadable)


Charlie Simmons
1875  -  1947


Sallie A. Simmons
(w. of Charlie Simmons)
1875  -  1966

BABY GIRL Smith
June 6, 1965

John A. Smith
Feb. 13, 1886
May 29, 1954

John T. Smith
Nov. 14, 1917
___________

Leila O. Smith
(w. of John A. Smith)
Oct. 14, 1896
___________

Nathan Smith
Died Nov. 26, 1949

Senith E. Smith
(w. of John T. Smith)
Dec. 31, 1918
July 27, 1975

Margaret Stack
Wife of Trummer Stack
Aug. 8, 1902
Oct. 27, 1922

Andrew W. Stoesen
Husband
Born Sept. 14, 1853
Porsgrunn, Norway
Died in S.C.
Nov. 24, 1930

Julia Victoria Mizell
Stoesen
Wife of Andrew W. 
Stoesen
Nov. 14, 1859
Feb. 25, 1948



*Joseph O. Strickland
South Carolina
SP4  CO D  502 Inf
101 ABN Div
Vietnam   BSM  -  PH
Sept. 23, 1949
Feb. 8, 1969

Annie Lou Parker Thornal
(w. of John C. Thornal)
Nov. 6, 1896
Mar. 8, 1976

Calvin C. Thornal
Feb. 17, 1925
___________

E. E. Thornal
1894  -  1950

Tin Marker
(unreadable)

Elias E. Thornal  -  W O W
Oct. 20, 1866
Oct. 28, 1931

Guy St. Clair Thornal
Sept. 27, 1892
Aug. 13,1911

John Cary Thornal
Oct. 6, 1894
Aug. 31, 1977

L. R. Thornal
(w. of E. E. Thornal)
1900  -  _____

Leola H. Thornal
(w. of Calvin C. Thornal)
Apr. 13, 1929
Dec. 2, 1968

Mary Alice Thornal
May 10, 1868
Oct. 1, 1925


Annie Lou Creel Taylor
Aug. 13, 1922
Jan. 24, 1939

David Lynn Taylor
Feb. 22, 1949
Sept. 11, 1967

Donald Melvin Taylor
Dec. 12, 1944
Jan. 22, 1945

Estelle B. Taylor
(w. of Preston W. Taylor)
Mar. 27, 1879
July 29, 1964

Flossie Taylor  -  (dau of
Mr. & Mrs. P. W. Taylor)
Sept. 7, 1906
Nov. 9, 1917

James D. Taylor
Mar. 18, 1916
Feb. 18, 1951

Five (5) Markers
(unreadable)

Preston W. Taylor
Nov. 2, 1879
Apr. 30, 1959

Mrs. W. W. Taylor
(w. of P. W. Taylor)
June 21, 1882
June 18, 1911


Eugene W. Varner
1912  -  1976

Ida Taylor Varner 
Wife of Peter W. Varner
July 27, 1888
Jan. 29, 1963

INFANT Daughter of
Harrie & Deanne Varner
Sept. 27, 1975
INFANT Varner
Dec. 11, 1945
Dec. 12, 1945

Mary J. Varner
1958  -  1959

Tin Marker near
Mary J. Varner
(unreadable)

Peter W. Varner
Oct. 8, 1882
Feb. 22, 1964

Cement Slab near 
Peter W. Varner

Cement Marker near
Peter W. Varner

Roger T. Varner
1960  -  1972

Tin Marker near 
Roger T. Varner
(unreadable)

Samuel C. Varner
1923  -  1973


Andrew D. Way
Aug. 2, 1871
May 17, 1951

Barney R. Way
1886  -  1962

Carl Wilson Way
July 6, 1921
Mar. 16, 1923

*Edward R. Way
PFC   US Army
Mar. 18, 1909
Mar. 29, 1972



Lillian M. Way  -  Wife 
of Barney R. Way
1887  -  1974

Marcena L. Way
Sept. 1, 1870
Mar. 21, 1923

Two Graves near
Marcena L. Way
(brick placed around)

Merrick Albert Way
Dec. 2, 1914
June 12, 1964

George Kennedy Weathers
Aug. 5, 1913
Jan. 7, 1968

INFANT Son of
Mr. & Mrs.George K. Weathers
Feb. __   1946

John W. West
Mar. 22, 1899
Apr. 19, 1929

John W. Willis
June 19, 1908
Jan. 8, 1953

BABY BOY Wiggins
1971  -  1971

Grace W. Wiggins
Dec. 18, 1923
Apr. 8, 1950

Louis J. Wiggins
Nov. 26, 1923
Dec. 27, 1958

NO MARKER

PERSONS BURIED WITH NO MARKERS, reported by Elizabeth Huff Taylor:

Mrs. Beaula Mizell
     
Julius Pincknie Huff
Nov. 3, 1862
Nov. 8, 1947

Mrs. Kerten Mizell

INFANT of
Dan & Tresslee Mizell

Dorchester County Deed Book 13, p. 171: 5th March 1909, G. B. Harley conveyed to J. M. Mizell and J. M. Bishop, Deacons of Limestone Baptist Church, two acres and one-quarter, Bounded North by Orangeburg Road, East by Mims land, South and West by lands of G. B. Harley. Witnessed by G. P. Utsey and W. B. Oeland. E. St. Julian Warton, N.P. Recorded May 1st 1909 (Researched by Lillian H. Harley) . Booklet compiled by Rev. H. R. Saxton, LIMESTONE BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY, during his ministry. The information was gathered from members and neighbors for the publication. One of these booklets was given to Mrs. Earl (Louise M.) Parker from which this information was copied. (Researched by Louise T. Bishop) . Deed Book 173, p. 172, 6th September 1967, CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, by O. Frank Thornton, Secretary of State, LIMESTONE BAPTIST CHURCH, Inc. Dorchester, SC; Rev. James H. Alverson, Pastor; William L. Myers, Board Chairman; Mrs. Bernice Wiggins, Treasurer; Miss Dixie Myers, Clerk; DEACONS & TRUSTEES: Eldridge G. Atkins, O. Dennis Clarke, George Crawford, William. L. Myers, James B. Peebles, Lewis Smith, Jr., Tom Smith, Jr., and Hiott Wiggins. Recorded Feb. 18th 1970. (Researched by Lillian H. Harley)

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LIMESTONE BAPTIST CHURCH and CEMETERY

from CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, SC

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CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, SC