Thanks very much -Janet - for your kind responses. I have NOT been able to
get ahold of the Charleston Co Library. The URL which I have for them does
not seem to work, but I must admit I have not tried to call direct. I have
sent e-mail queries to other Charleston agencies which have e-mail
addresses, but no response yet. Perhaps the Holidays are a bad time to ask.

Your comments about the information in the city directories is new to me.
Very interesting! I had never noticed that the burial grounds were listed in
the directories which I was able to view. I will have to ask my Charleston
researching friend to take a look for the early 1800s locations. Nor have I
noted the death dates for persons listed in the previous year. Do the 1800s
directories also do this?
I am looking for a dearth date of my ancestor Joseph Chapman, a grocer and
carpenter,  who died about 1818 in Charleston.

I have a reprinted of an 1800s map of Charleston, but it does not show the
burial grounds, tho other sites are given.. 

Where was the "Stranger's Burial Ground" located? 

Again, relying on family tradition, the burial ground which is of interest
to me was associated with a church, but was paved over or built on sometime
after the 1840s date I gave earlier. I do not know if this bit of info helps
or not, nor whether it is true..

Thanks again-Janet.. It is interesting to see the interest my query has
produced. Hopefully, some kind soul will post the answer for all of us. If
you feel so inclined-Janet - it would be most appreciated.

Best wishes to all on this first Sunday of the New Year. Ed T of PGH .

PS I have been off a few days, so hopefully I did miss something I should
not have. Hence, my question in another posting of getting to the SCROOTS
archives.
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>Date: Sun, Jan 2, 2000, 8:56 AM
A MAP OF CHARLESTON BURIAL GROUNDS -
>
>Ed, that would be a good reference item to have floating
>around in the Genealogy World ~  but I haven't seen one
>(yet). Hey, I have a lot of time on my hands.... no
>promises. I have to go on what I have read and what all my
>Oooold relatives tell me.
>
>Having a list of cemeteries with dates and locations, along
>with maps would be a useful tool in our searches. It
>definately would be a challange to gather the material.
>
>Did you call the Chas Cnty Library ?
>
>I'm wondering if the City Planning Office would have more
>information. And perhaps locating cemeteries on old city
>maps would be another approach.
>
>I have gone through the Charleston City Directories for the
>late 1700's forward, and know they list cemeteries; Black
>and White, and by Religion.
>
just brainstorming here<<
>
>Now, that seems like the best idea  yet - the City
>Directories.
>
>And for those of you that don't know this, the City
>Directories often listed the date of deaths of individuals
>(if they were listed the previous year, and sometimes for a
>few years after death).
>
>In fact, my relative Nathaniel Green(e)  WELCH was a
>"keeper" of the "Stranger's Burial Ground" in Charleston in
>1813, during his old age.
>
>
>Always Searching,
>Janet Nielson Jilote
>Chas, SC
>

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