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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