Subject: Baptist Church Inscriptions, Beaufort, SC
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE
Published By The South Carolina Historical Society
Volume XXXV
(pp. 118-121)

INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE BAPTIST CHURCH YARD,
BEAUFORT, S. C.

Copied by Marie H. Heyward and Alice R. Huger Smith, 1930.

   [Over the Front Door]
   Beaufort, Baptist Church / Organized A.D. 1800 / This building erected in
1844 / During the Pastorate of / Richard Fuller D.D. / Pastor of this church
1833-1847 / "Above all be faithful to Christ / and the truth."
   [Inside of Church, South Wall]
   In Memory of / George Waterhouse / 1838-1894 / Deacon of this Church / from
1874 / Superintendent of the Sunday School / from 1883. George Waterhouse /
1877-1920 [Text.]
   [North Wall]
   In Memory of Charles Eugene Danner / 1857-1918 / Deacon of this Church
1886-1918 / Superintendent of the Sunday School / 1894-1918 / [Text]
   [North side of Church, at gate.]
   Elizabeth Wife of Daniel Bythewood Obt. 25 Sept. 1828 � 58 years and six
months. [Obituary]
   Rev'd. Daniel Bythewood Who died in Beaufort So Ca On the 13th day of January
1848 In the 84th. year of his age. At his request the following is inscribed
upon his tomb Here lies a Sinner saved by grace.
   Branford Danner who died 11. October 1851 In the 17th year of his age While
he was yet young he began to walk After him who promised that those who seek him
early shall find him [Obituary.]
   Mrs. Mary Branford Danner Wife of N. J. Danner who departed this life
September 8th. 1838 Aged 23 years and 10 months [Text]
   N. J. Danner Who died 11 Sept. 1849 Aged 36 years 4 months, and 4 Days
[Obituary]
   Washington Wilkins Brunner was born 5th day of December 1840 / Died August
26th. 1842 Francis and John Brunner Born September 23rd. 1844.
   [Confederate Marker with no name.]
   Mrs. Agnes McMillan who died July 20th 1852 Aged 58 years and 2 months
[Obituary]
   Erected By Joseph A. and Martha S. Lawton To the memory of their infant Son
Joseph Stoney who died on the 21st Nov. 1838 aged 15 months and 8 Days [Text]
   Benjamin Armstrong Johnson Son of Benj'n. and Mary Ann Johnson who in a
sudden and unexpected manner was drowned on the 13th. of January 1810 In the
18th year of his age [Obituary.]
   Here lies interred the Body of Eleanor Susan Smith Cook daughter of the
Rev'd. Joseph B. Cook and Eleanor Smith his wife Who departed this Life in
Beaufort S. C. May 2nd 1809 aged 4 years and 3 days. [Text.]
   Tribute Of affection from a bereaved / wife and mother To her loved ones M.
B. Perryclear Died July 15, 1851 aged 49 years and 5 months Jos. L. Perreyclear
[sic] Died October 19, 1854 aged 19 years and 8 months [Text.]
   Ann Harriet Brunner / Obt. 15th. Feb. 1837 AE. 32 years 2 months and 15 days
[Obituary.]
   Bernard M. Thomson Youngest son of D. L. and G. M. Thomson who was born Feb.
6, 1853 and died August 6, 1880.  Text.
   . . . Christian M. Thomson Wife of David L. Thomson who was born Feb. 19,
1811 and died April 24, 1875. [Text.]
   David L. Thomson / who was born in Stonehaven, Scotland Oct. 4, 1804 and died
in Beaufort, S. C. June 4, 1870. [Text]
   David L. Thomson Second son of D. L. and G. M. Thomson who was born July 16,
1837 and died Oct. 27, 1866. [Text]
   Mary Talbird Thomson / daughter of D. L. and G. M. Thomson Born 7th August
1836 Died 13th. November, 1838.
   Ruth R. Jones 1801-1873.
   [Two unmarked graves.]
   This Stone designates the spot where lie the remains of Jane the endeared
wife of James Graham Pastor of this Church and Mother of Sarah G. and Mary
Graham who died Feb. 5, 1830 aged 32 years. [Text]
   Sarah Elizabeth only daughter of James P. and Mary J. Cole She was born on
the 30th of April 1844 and died on the 1st. of August 1845 and of her brother
who was born on the 20th and died on the 21st of December 1845. [Text]
   Graham Second son of James P. and Mary J. Cole was born on the 15th of June
1847 and died on the 11th of Oct. 1848 "Oh how we loved him."
   My Wife Julia C. Crocker 1862-1907
   Daughter Julia G. Crocker 1882-1899
   Father. Zeno Crocker 1802-1854
   Son. Daniel W. Crocker 1881-1881
   Mother. Caroline F. Crocker 1827-1885
   Daughter. Caroline F. Crocker 1884-1890
   John H. Perryclear who in the apparent enjoyment of his usual health was
snatched in a moment from this mortal life on the 6th day of July 1835 aged 18
years 2 months and 2 days [Obituary]
   Mrs. Rebecca S. Perryclear / who departed this life on the first of January
1851 aged fifty-three years, Eight months and Twenty-seven days. [Obituary.]
   Mrs. Eliza Gray Halsey Wife of Capt. E. L. Halsey of Charleston She was born
Oct. 22, 1806 and departed this life 26 July 1839 [Obituary]
   Mrs. Edmund Wells July 5, 1846 June 6, 1928
   Rev. Edmund Wells Dec. 1, 1840. - [so copied]
   Paul A. Cartwright Who departed this life May 4, 1827 � 73 years 8 months and
8 days An honest man the noblest work of God
   [Shaft] Mrs. Caroline Susan Venning Wife of David Brainerd Venning and
daughter of Paul and Sarah C. Barns Who died March 13th 1858 Aged 21 years 1
month and 26 days. "A prudent wife is from the Lord" a bereaved and afflicted
Husband has erected This monument in memory of her many virtues and Christian
character.
   [Shaft.] Erected to the memory of Mary Phoebe Wife of Thomas J. S. Farr and
Daughter of Paul and Sarah C. Barns Who departed this life September 23rd 1849
aged 21 years 1 mo. and 23 days [Text]. My dear Wife Our hope Was in the dawn
Our Little Treasure lives But thou-art gone [Obituary]
   Arden M. Williams died 11th October 1854 Aged 18 years and 6 months She was
beloved by all who knew her.
   Mother Caroline E. Wife of Deacon James Fripp Born Dec. 23 1815 Died Feb. 18,
1897 [Text]
   Father Deacon James Fripp Born Dec. 20, 1811 Died June 27 1880 [Text]
   James B. Son of C. W. and M. L. Chaplin Born Oct. 1, 1871. Died Oct. 24,
1878.
   John F. Son of C. W. and M. S. Chaplin Born Nov. 26, 1878 Died Dec. 26, 1881.
   Martha Phoebe / Beloved Wife of Rev. J. M. McFarland Born Jan. 13, 1843 Died
April 10 1923.
   Lewis Reeve Sams A Deacon of the Beaufort Baptist Church Who was born July 23
A.D. 1784 And Died Dec. 21st A.D. 1856 Aged 72 years 4 months And 28 days [Text]
   Mrs. Frances Y. Sams Wife of Lewis R. Sams Esq. and Mother of Elizabeth F.
Nash and Richard F. and Thomas F. Sams [Obituary]  Born April 9th 1800 Died June
15, 1857 [Text]
   Miss Sarah Emily Sams A Member of the Baptist Church and daughter and
youngest child of Lewis Reeve and Sarah Sams Who was born Sept. 1 A.D. 1823 And
died Sept. 8, A.D. 1858 Aged 35 years and seven days.
   Ann Daughter of Mamie Rice Fell Asleep Sept. 14, 1867 [No other date]
   Annie Josephine daughter of C. H. and S. J. Rice.  Born 27 June 1854. Died 24
May 1855.
   Charles Henry Rice Who Died near Palatka Florida, On the 24th August 1855
Aged 29 years 3 months.
   Susan J. Rice, 1831-1911 [Text]
   Resting. Josephine Hazel. 1848-1886 [Text]
   W. G. Hazel M.D. 1828-1893. Drowned in the storm of August 27th.
   Father. 1798-1885. Mother. 1801-1876. [Text.] Hazel.
   Anna. The endeared wife of Wm. T. Brantley. Late Pastor of this Church.
Departed this life Oct. 15, 1818. Aged 37 years. [Obituary.]
   Elizabeth. The endeared Consort of W. Smith. Departed this life on the 16th
July 1823. � 53 years [Text]
   William Smith. Ob. 30 Jan. 1843. Aged 78 years and 8 months. He died for Adam
sin'd. He lived for Jesus Died.
   To the Memory of George Laurens Smith [No dates]
   Mary Smith, Obt. 4 July 1841. [Obituary]

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