Fairfield County Cemeteries, Volume I (1991)
Contributed by Mark J. Lynn - January 2005
Beaver Creek Baptist – Hwy 215, north of Salem Cross Roads; right fork to Rd. 18, cemetery is on right at intersection with Rd. 50 (near Chester County)
Bethel Methodist – Hwy 269 (south of Rion); church & cemetery are on the right
Cool Branch Baptist – Hwy 215, north of Salem Cross Roads; cemetery is on the right before Rd. 50 (near Chester County).
Crooked Run Baptist – Hwy. 269 (southwest of Hwy 321), turn left onto Rd. 63, turn left onto Rd. 423, cemetery is at end of road.
Ebenezer A. R. P. – [Old Brick Church] – From Jenkinsville (Hwy 215); turn onto Hwy 213, go 2 miles, cemetery & church are on the right. From Winnsboro (Hwy 213 By-pass); go 12 ½ miles, cemetery & church are on the left after bridge.
Fairfield Baptist – Hwy 213 off Hwy 321 By-pass (towards Jenkinsville), church & cemetery are on the right.
Greenbrier Methodist – Hwy 269 (southwest of Hwy 321); left on Rd. 63, church & cemetery are on the left.
Jackson Creek Presbyterian – [Old Stone Manse] – Hwy 321 By-pass, turn onto Hwy 34 (Newberry Rd.), right at Old Airport Rd. (there will be a short section of dirt road), remaining stone wall & cemetery are on the right before end second portion of paved road.
Lake Monticello Area – Stones were moved to Shiloh Methodist Cemetery because of Lake Monticello.
Lebanon Presbyterian – Hwy 34 (Newberry Hwy.); church & cemetery are on the right in the Lebanon community.
Little River Baptist – [Gibson’s Meeting House – 1768] – From Jenkinsville (Hwy 215); turn right on Hwy 213, go 1 mile, church & cemetery are on the right a short distance from highway.
Monticello Methodist – Monticello; Hwy 215 past Jenkinsville, dirt road on left before Rd. 11 (Free’s Creek Dr.), granite wall each side of dirt road (3 mi. from intersection of Hwys 213 & 215).
New Hope A. R. P. – [sister church to Hopewell A. R. P.] – west on Hwy 34 (Newberry Hwy) at intersection of Hwys 23 & 321 By-pass; 4.6 miles, turn right on Douglass Rd. (Rd. 22); 9.1 miles, church is on right; cemetery is at end of dirt road that passes church.
Pearson – Originally located about 1 ½ miles west of Monticello. Stones moved to Monticello Methodist because of V. C. Summer Nuclear Plant & Lake Monticello.
Rocky Creek Baptist – Hwy 34 (3.9 mi. west of Hwys 34 & 215 in Salem Cross Roads), left on Rd. 99 (Pearson Rd.), church & cemetery on right.
Salem Presbyterian – Hwy 215, church & cemetery are on the right after passing Salem Cross Roads.
Shiloh Methodist – Jenkinsville; Hwy 34 (south), about 1 mile past Rd. 247 (Glenn’s Store), church & cemetery are on the left.
Union Memorial Presbyterian – Hwy 213 off Hwy 321 By-pass (Jenkinsville Rd.), turn right on Rd. 70, cemetery is on right after passing Rd. 54.
Fairfield County Cemeteries, Volume II (1991)
Contributed by Mark J. Lynn - January 2005
Aimwell Presbyterian – Hwy 34 at Ridgeway exit
Bethel A. R. P. – Winnsboro; corner of Fairfield & Vanderhorst Streets (north side of town)
Bethesda Methodist – Hwy 200 (north of I-77), church & cemetery on right
Bethlehem Methodist – Chester County, Hwy 321 (near Fairfield County), turn onto Rd. 43 west.
Blackstock Baptist – Chester County, near Blackstock Presbyterian
Blackstock Presbyterian – Chester County, Hwy 321 (near Fairfield County), turn onto Rd. 130, left onto Rd. 300; right onto Rd. 33, church & cemetery are on the left ----- OR-----from Fairfield County, turn onto Rd. 130, right onto Rd. 33, church & cemetery are on the left.
Concord Presbyterian – Woodward (Hwy 321), turn right after passing Rd. 28 on left.
First Baptist – Winnsboro; turn & pass Town Clock (in the middle of town), turn left on Zion Street, right on Hudson Street, cemetery is on the left after passing houses and a wooded area.
First Methodist – Winnsboro; turn on Washington Street at Town Clock, cemetery in 2nd block on the right.
Latter Day Saints – Centerville; Hwy 34, Centerville Rd.
Longtown Presbyterian – Hwy 21 (Ridgeway), turn onto Rd. 3, church & cemetery on right after passing Camp Longridge.
Mt. Olivet Presbyterian – [Wolf Pit Church] [Wateree Presbyterian] – Hwy 200 (before I-77), turn left onto Rd. 20, go 2/10 of a mile, church & cemetery on right.
Mt. Zion Baptist – Hwy 200 (just north of I-77), church & cemetery are on right [First church was located off Hwy 53 in Chester County, which is listed in Vol. I of “Tombstone Records of Chester Co., SC & vicinity” by Louise K. Crowder]
Nazarene – Winnsboro Mills, 9th Street (between Hwy 321 & 321 By-pass), next to Royal Pines Cemetery and across from Stephen Green Baptist Cemetery.
Old Presbyterian – city limits of Winnsboro
Sawney’s Creek Baptist – Hwy 21 (Ridgeway), turn south onto Hwy 34 (towards Camden), church & cemetery are on the left after passing Rd. 46 (near Kershaw County). (Mormons were buried here as well as at Smyrna Church in Kershaw Co. prior to having their own cemetery).
Sion Presbyterian – Winnsboro; corner of Garden & Washington Streets (middle of town), turn onto Washington Street opposite Town Clock, 2 blocks, cemetery on left.
St. Johns Episcopal – Winnsboro; Garden Street (north end of town) off Fairfield Street, next to Oaklawn Cemetery.
St. Stephens Episcopal – Ridgeway town limits (Hwy 21), turn onto Rd. 3, church & cemetery are on the left.
White Oak A. R. P. – White Oak (Hwy 321), north of Winnsboro, turn right onto Rd. 20, church & cemetery are on right.
Fairfield County Cemeteries, Volume III (1991)
Contributed by Mark J. Lynn - January 2005
Alford – On “Coon Branch” about ½ miles in Richland County; south of Bethel community on road to Richtex. Was once a part of Fairfield Co., became Richland Co. in 1913. (Alford, Boyer, Jones)
Alston – Behind Old Alston homesite on Sueville Rd. near Broad River (Alston)
Molly Alston – Bethel community; about 1 mile east of Hwy 269; one block northwest of Crooked Run Creek. (Alston, Boyd, Brown, McDill, McKinstry, Thompson, Tolafero)
Antioch Methodist – Hwy 321 (near Fairfield County), turn onto Rd. 72, church & cemetery are on the left.
Ashford – Bethel community; Rd. 220, side-back yard of J. P. Brooks (Ashford, Brown, Cook, Woodward)
James Ashford – Strothers; Hwy 34, east side of Broad River (Ashford)
Barker – Powell – east side of Hey 63 about ¼ mile north of Greenbrier Methodist Church. (Barker, Kincaid, Powell, Swats)
Beard – few hundred feet behind the old Charles Robinson home place in Horeb community, buried in garden behind the home (Beard)
James Beard – near old Wayside School (Beard, Lauhon)
Old Bethel Methodist – [Mason’s Meeting House] – Hey 269, turn onto Rd. 294, cemetery is on the right before Rd. 60, just beyond Mason Cross Rd. (Rd. 43) (Carlisle, Hagood, Harrison, Mason)
Beulah Methodist – Richland County, Hwy 321 (near Fairfield County)
Bookman – east of Hwy 269 in lower Fairfield County near Richland County; near Crooked Run Creek. (Bookman)
Boulware – close to intersection of Hwys. 200 & 44. (Boulware)
Boulware Walls – near Hwys 21 & 101, north of Durham place. (Boulware, Robertson)
Briggs – Goodwyn – off Rd. 3 near Kershaw County (Briggs, Goodwyn)
Broom – Cow Horn Rd., about ¾ mile before intersection with Hwy 321. (Hobbs, Yongue)
J. Broom – upper Richland County (formerly Fairfield); turn left off Hwy 321 on top of hill after cresting Big Cedar Creek. (Broom, Broome, Jamison, Leitner)
William Alexander Broom – upper Richland County (Broom, Broome, Raines)
William Broom – about ½ mile south of Castles Springs on Hwy 321 (Broom)
Brown – Greenbrier community; Hwy 269, located in pasture on farm of W. M. Estes (Brown)
Cason – turn right off Rd. 41 onto Middle Six Rd.; cemetery located about 2 blocks off of Rd. 41. (Cason, Porter, Raines)
Castles – Stevenson – located off Hwy 215; east of Rd. 50, ½ mile from Hwy 215. (Castles, Stevenson)
Cedar Creek Methodist – Richland County, Hwy. 215 near Fairfield County.
Charles – off Hwy 215, about 3 miles north of Old Feasterville Boarding House; on hill on right before crossing McClure Creek. (Charles)
Coleman – Hwy 215 north to Hans Wagner DAR monument (west side of rd.); 1.2 miles (5.6 miles from Salem Cross Rds.), right on Rd. 272; 1.9 miles, right through field – 4/10 of a mile to cemetery. (Clayton, Coleman, Colvin, Feaster, Jenkins, Lewis, McConnel)
Allen Coleman – about 6 miles east of Blackstock, near Robert Douglas home (Coleman)
Screw Coleman – Jeffares – opposite Old Isham Mobley (later Jeffares) home; now owned by “Sollie” Weidner. (Carter, Coleman, Gladden, Jeffares)
Wiley Coleman – west of Woodward, off Rd. 90. (Coleman)
Henry Traylor Coleman – Lumpkin – (Coleman, Lumpkin)
Concord Baptist – (Boulware, Coleman, Crumpton, Gunnel, McCants, Porter, Sweatman)
Cook – on right after passing Bob McMeekin’s home in Jenkinsville. (Chappell, Cook, Douglass, Lewis, Wicker)
Cornwell – Colvin – beyond John McLurkin’s home. (Arnett, Colvin, Cornwell, Fant, Pope, Taylor)
Dennis Crosby – west side of Rd. 50, about 1 mile before intersection with Rd. 18 (Crosby)
Stephen Crosby – extreme northwestern Fairfield County, left off Hwy 215 near Chester & Union counties. (Boulware, Crosby, McKay, Price, Stewart, Withers)
Jonathan Davis – originally located behind Ross Robinson (formerly Davis) home on Hwy 215. Moved 1976 to Little River Baptist because of Lake Monticello. (Davis, Furman)
Upper Dawkins – originally located northwest of Monticello. Moved in 1975 to Salem Presbyterian Church because of Lake Monticello (Bradford, Dawkins, Feaster, McConnell)
Dawkins – Free – originally located 1 ½ miles west of Monticello on road to Rock Creek Church. Moved 1975 because of Lake Monticello (Dawkins, Free, Gibson, Lyles, Trapp)
DeBardelaben – about 1 mile of Blackstock, just inside Chester County; east of Hwy 321. (Debardelaben)
Elkin – (Elkin)
Old Fairfield Baptist – off Rd. 70, dirt road directly in front of Black Jack Baptist Church near intersection of Hwy 213 & Rd. 70. Organized 1820 by Rev. Jonathan Davis. Church burned and present church was built 1 mile south of this location on Hwy. 213. (Brice, Gregg, Hamilton, Hodges, Nichols, Shedd, Shurley, White, Young)
Feaster – approx. 1 ½ miles west of intersection of Hwy. 215 & Rd. 302. (Right 1/10 mile past Coleman Graveyard, then left) west 1.7 mils, left; 1/10 mile over culvert, 2/10 mile across a field to cemetery. (Butler, Coleman, Colvin, Feaster, Fee, Lonergan, Mobley, Morris, Pickett, Traylor, Waters, Wolling)
Jacob Feaster – Robert Fitz Coleman – Rd. 31 to left of Hwy 215; graveyard on right-hand side of Rd. 31 (Coleman, Feaster, Lyles, Mayfield, Traylor)
Old Fellowship Presbyterian – southwest of Woodward, Hwy 321, turn onto Rd. 28, turn onto Rd. 303, on right. (Coleman, Glenn, Glover, Jones, McCrorey, Means, Mobley, Robinson, Thompson, Woodward)
Ford – east on Rd. 22, Middle Six Rd. (Ford)
Free – west of Monticello on Rd. 257 (Cole, DeHines, Fuller, Summer)
Freshley – off Hwy 176 northwest, turn onto Freshley Mill Rd., about 2 miles, 200 yards on right (Freshley, Fulmer, Metz)
Gibson – Bethel community, west side of Hwy 269 behind house of Alex Robinson (Gibson)
Stephen Gibson – (Gibson, Glenn, McMeekin, O’Neal)
Gladden – off Rd. 52 between Rds. 901 & 32 (Ref. 6-27-86-#2) (Gladden)
Gladden – Powell – off Hwy 200 onto Rd. 20; approx. 1 ½ miles on Rd. 20, left side of road. (Gladden, Powell)
Gladney – west side of Rd. 54 near Jackson Creek. (Cockrell, Davis, Evans, Gladney, Herron, Jennings, Martin, Neil, Roseborough, Strong)
David Locke Glenn – approx. 2 ½ miles south of Jenkinsville on Hwy 215. (Glenn, McMeekin, Thompson)
Hall – Davis – Simpson; about 400 to 500 yards behind Old Eliza Nelson home (Davis, DuBose, Jones, Smith, Williamson)
John Hall – on Horse Branch; eastern portion of county; off Hwy 41, near present I-77. (Hall, Plyler)
Harmon-Kennedy-Rosborough – off Rd. 74. (Harmon, Kennedy, Rosborough)
Harrison – Rd. 205, ½ mile west of Little River, south side of road. (Harrison)
Hays – north end of runway of Fairfield County Airport; originally enclosed in large granite wall which has been removed. (Hays)
Heath – (Heath)
Hebron Presbyterian, Chester County – I-77 near Fairfield County, turn south onto Rd. 453 from Chester County ------ OR ------- from Fairfield County, turn onto Rd. 901.
Hill – Dye – Hwy 215, north; between Coleman & Faucette houses. (Dye, Hill)
Old Homer Baptist – Simpson (Hwy 34), east of Vaughn home (Broom, Hathcock, Hinnant, Jones, Stewart)
Hopewell A. R. P., Chester County – [sister church to New Hope A. R. P.] - Hwy 321 north, 16.3 miles from intersection of Hwys 34 & 321 By-pass. Turn right onto Rd. 36 (there is a Hopewell sign), 2 miles to church on left and cemetery is on right.
Old Horeb Presbyterian – Bethel community, Mann Rd., off Rd. 48 (Logan)
Isbell – near intersection of Rd. 67 & Hwy 34 (Isbell)
Kiernahan – south side of Rd. 205 near Harden’s Branch & Little River. (Kiernahan)
Dr. Joseph Kirkland – west banks of Big Cedar Creek in Fairfield Co; west of bridge on Hwy. 321 (Alston, Kirkland)
Lathan – near White Oak; approx. 40’ X 40’; field stones mark several graves. (Lathan, Young)
Longtown Baptist – (Jones Family Cemetery ) – Rd. 3, southeast of Ridgeway
Lowry – 1.6 miles south of Rd. 32; southeast of Blackstock in Fairfield Co.. (Brown, Lowry)
Lyles – Horeb community; Rd. 421. (Arledge, Bolick, Lyles, Russell)
Major Thomas Lyles – off Rd. 31 between Hwy 215 & Blair. (Feaster, Lyles)
Marshall – Adgers (Hwy 321, north), turn dirt road across from St. John AME Zion Church; 3/10 miles from highway on right. (Marshall)
Martin-McDowell – Rd. 43, near south side of Jackson Creek. (Aiken, Brice, Faris, Martin, McDowell, McMillan, McVea, Smith, Steele)
Mayo – near Blackstock Presbyterian
McCreight – Rd. 61 (Kincaid Bridge Rd.); about 2 miles west of Winnsboro. (Beard, Hamilton, McCreight, Robertson, Rochell)
McCullough – field behind Mrs. Mary Carlise McDonald’s house. (McCullough)
McCully – off Rd. 41, east of Winnsboro in direction of Hwy. 21. (McCully)
Jacob Gibson McMeekin – Hwy 215 between Monticello & Jenkinsville. (McMeekin)
Gen. Thomas McMeekin – on grounds of St. Barnabus School & Mission (McMeekin)
Means – Rd. 18 near historical marker (Brooks, Dickson, Foote, Harper, Liles, Means)
Milling – intersection of Hwy 213 & Rd. 54. (Bell, Clark, Harvey, Lemmon, MacFie, Milling, Rabb)
Edward Pickett Mobley Sr. – Rd. 20, between Mt. Olivet Church & White Oak. (Mellichamps, Mobley)
William M. Mobley – 1 miles northwest of Feaster Graveyard, near old Jake Coleman place. (Farrar, Lyles, Meador, Mobley, Sims)
Major Moore – Hwy 34, approx. 1 mile west of Winnsboro (Cathcart, Kennedy, Moore, Robinson, Weldon)
New Buffalo Baptist – (Broom) – Hwy 321 (2 miles from Richland County), turn onto Devil’s Racetrack Rd. (Rd. 93, a dirt road), 6/10 mile & cemetery is on the left in the yard of McDaniel home. (Broom, McDaniel)
Oak Grove Methodist, Richland County – Hwy 215 (near Fairfield Co.), turn onto Rd. 59, church and cemetery are on the right before Rd. 1682.
Oaklawn Cemetery – (Public) (Nego p75) (White p77) – Winnsboro city limits, Garden St. (north end of town) next to St. Johns Episcopal, off Fairfield St.
James & Anna Alston Owens – north side of Rd. 70, behind house of Jack Robertson (Owens, Smart)
Pearson – near Parr, just before railroad, turn right & go 1 miles, turn left on field road. (Pearson)
Dr. George Butler Pearson – originally about 1 ½ miles west of Monticello. Moved to Monticello Methodist because of nuclear plant & Lake Monticello. (Pearson).
Pickett – (Pickett)
Piney Grove Baptist – Simpson (Hwy. 34), turn onto Rd. 115, right onto Rd. 323, go 71/0 mil & turn left on Rd. 324, cemetery is around curve on right. (Abell, Ballentine, Beckham, Broome, Brown, Carter, Frick, Hendrix, McGrady, Souter, Steadman, Stone, Turkett)
Poplar Springs Baptist – Hwy 200, turn onto Rd. 41, cemetery is approx. 6 miles on left (other side of I-77)
Powell – off Rd. 254 in yard of Mrs. Marie Powell’s residence. (Powell)
Eber A. Rabb – Hwy 213, approx. 2 miles west of intersection of Rd. 43 & Hwy 213. (Rabb)
Richmond Convenanter – (Covenanter) Hwy 200 (before I-77), turn left onto Rd. 901, right on Rd. 52, cemetery is in a pasture with fence surrounding it on a hill on the right. (Henry, Hood, Wright)
Roberts – near Rd. 90, northwestern Fairfield County (Roberts)
Robertson – off Hwy 321 By-pass, near bend of road & pond of Shrine Club (Donipan, Jones, Robertson)
James Robertson – off Hwy 213, behind residence of Miss Willie Timms (Austin, Harrison, Lewis, Robertson)
Rochelle – 1 mile northwest of intersection of dirt road & Rd. 317 near Dutchman’s Creek. (Rochelle)
Rev. James Rogers – moved to Ebenezer A. R. P. Cemetery because of Lake Monticello.
Royal Pines – Winnsboro Mills, 9th St. (Between Hwy 321 & 321 By-pass), across from the Nazarene & Stephen Green Cemeteries.
Ruff’s Chapel Methodist – (Ridgeway Methodist) – Ridgeway town limits (Hwy 21), turn onto Rd. 3, church & cemetery is on the right. (Bolick, Cooper, Davis, Elwell, Kennedy, Lauhon, Morrison, Robinson, Ruff, Simpson, Smith)
Scott - at intersection of Rds. 54 & 60. (Gibson, Scott)
Seiglar – Simpson area; near Rd. 93 (Seiglar)
Shivar – Shelton community, off Rd. 33. (Shivar)
Old Simpson Baptist – off Rd. 34 between Rockton & Simpson, east side of railroad tracks. (Anderson, Dunlap, Hagood, Martin, Richardson, Simpson, Taylor, Vaughn)
Smith – Rd. 93 near Simpson. (Smith)
John Sterling – off Hwy 321, near Woodward (Boyd, Castles, Sterling)
James Stevenson – Lebanon community, northeast side of Rd. 22 (Bolick, Martin, Pope, Stephenson, Stevenson)
Trapp – Bethel community, near Rds. 176 & 420, behind house of Willis Ruff Family. (Trapp)
Turner – Lebanon community, northeast of Rd. 22 (McKinnon, Turner)
Weir – Rawls – unmarked dirt road off east side of Hwy 200 near intersection of Hwy 200 & Rd. 222 on Beaver Dam Fork Creek. (Mulvenna, Rawls, Weir)
Widener – near intersection of Rds. 272 & 51. (Widener)
Wirick – near Little Cedar Creek & Richland County, 1 mile into woods beyond end of Rd. 327. (Wirick)
George Woodward – Douglass (Avon) section, west side of Rd. 22, about 1 ½ miles west of Mr. Harold Douglass Sr.’s home on west fork of Little River. (Mobley, Woodward)
Thomas Woodward – Rockton, Hwy. 34, 1.2 miles south of Rockton (Durham, Gadsden, Krumb, Woodward)
Yarborough – intersection of Rds. 70 & 304. (Yarborough)
James Yongue, Chester County – above Blackstock. (Delashmette, Grisson, Yongue)
William Yongue – midpoint between Rds. 18 & 22, west fork of Little River at a place known as Graveyard Lake. (Yongue)
Yongue or Moses Hill – off Rd. 18 (Bolick, Bolin, Clark, Coleman, Hill, Mobley, Owings, Propst, Riddle, Yongue)
