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CHEROKEE COUNTY SC Cemetery GPS Mapping Project
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USGS GEOGRAPHIC NAMES INFORMATION SYSTEM (GNIS) - POPULATED PLACES
https://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html
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It's very common for a cemetery to be known by several different names..!
If known, alternate names will be noted somewhere on the county's webpage listing.
Contact Gary Flynn at garyflynn44@yahoo.com, if all you know, is your cemetery's general area.
Cemetery names will normally be listed in alphabetical order. Ex: Brown-Jones-Wilson Families
Surnames will normally come before given names. Ex: Brown Family, John
Plantation names were not ordinarily shown on the Census. Using plantation names to locate ancestors can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names.
Plantation nicknames names, if known, will normally be listed as aka (also known as).
It's assumed that if a plantation had over 100 enslaved workers, that there would have normally been a separate cemetery for them. Often landowner's family graves might be located nearby, but always kept separate.
Plantation homes were often burned after slave emancipation, because the landowner could no longer afford to pay their land taxes.
Historical home locations can normally be determined by locating their existing foundations.
Cherokee County Cemetery Survey Book(s)
Book 1 = Tombstones & Cemeteries of Cherokee County & Surrounding Areas, by Gilmer & Amos, vol. 1
Book 2 = Tombstones & Cemeteries of Cherokee County & Surrounding Areas, by Gilmer & Amos, vol. 2
Book 3 = Tombstones & Cemeteries of Cherokee County & Surrounding Areas, by Gilmer & Amos, vol. 3
Book 4 = Tombstones & Cemeteries of Cherokee County & Surrounding Areas, by Gilmer & Amos, vol. 4
Book 5 = Salem Presbyterian Church, 1992, by Broad River Basin Historical Society
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Book 1 |
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Book 2 | Cover & Index | A - | - Z | |||
Book 3 | Cover & Index | A - | - Z | |||
Book 4 | Cover & Index | A - | - Z | |||
Book 5 | Cover & Index | A - | - Z |
Family History Library - Books The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Research Notes:
Cherokee County was named for the Cherokee Indians who once made it their home. It was formed in 1897 from parts of Spartanburg, Union, and York counties, and the county seat is Gaffney. During the Revolutionary War the battle of Cowpens, an important victory for the revolutionary forces, took place there on January 17, 1781. Iron mining was an important activity in this region up to the time of the Civil War, and it is sometimes called the Old Iron District. In the mid-nineteenth century the resort at Limestone Springs was a popular retreat for low country planters. Writer Wilbur Joseph Cash (1901-1941) was a native of Cherokee County, as is actress Andie MacDowell. (Submitted by: SC State Library / Mary Morgan, 31-Mar-2008)
AME = African Methodist Episcopal (N) SMC = Southern Methodist Church UMC = United Methodist Church ME = Methodist Episcopal
Zion AME = Zion African Methodist Episcopal (N) CME = Christian Methodist Episcopal (N) = Negro (S) = Slave (C) = Caucasian (I) = Indian (A) = Asian
(1) = Some family cemetery names might only represent a plot (gathering) of family graves,
that are located within a different name & larger cemetery.
(2) = Text File for miscellaneous information.
(3) = Cherokee County Find-a-Grave Project
(4) = Gilmer & Amos Cemetery Survey Books
Survey Book Code # = County # - Survey Book # - Page #.
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