French Quarter in Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Quaker Burial Ground

Photographed by Mike Stroud

1. Quaker Burial Ground Marker

Inscription. The following people were buried at the Quaker meeting house graveyard on King Street and were reinterred at this site in 1974.

(Left Column)

John Allen - 1720
Bena Austin - 1735
John Cooper - 1715
Mary Fisher Bayly Crosse - 1699
John Denton - 1721
Capt. James Doughty - 1749
John Essex - 1736
Viz Dan Fleming - 1730 and Sarah Fleming -1730
  Children of Thomas and Sarah Fleming
Edward Halliday - 1715
William Howell - 1838
Benjamin Ireland - 1821
John Jackson - 1718
William Johnson- 1768, Schoolmaster
Thomas Kemerly - 1736
   "Publick friend for many years"
Isealbel Kimberly - 1740
  "Eaged [sic] 73 years"
Daniel and Sarah Latham and their children:
   Daniel, Richard, John, Ann, Abigail, Rebecca,
   Caroline, and Grace Forbes
George Head Late

(Right Column)

Joshua Lanekaster - 1735
George Meers -1717
Asa Pancoast - 1769
Sarah Parsons - 1734
Samuel Platt - 1825
Elizabeth Roberts - 1721
James Ruckliff - 1838
Thomas Shoemaker
Anna Shute - 1749, Wife of Jos. Shute
   "Eaged 40 years and 6 months"
Mary Shute - 1742, Daughter of Jos.and Anna Shute
Thomas Shute - 1735, Son of Jos.and Anna Shute
Thomas Shute

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- 1730, 2nd son of Jos.and Anna Shute
Thomas Shute - 1741, 3rd son of Jos.and Anna Shute
Seven children of Thomas and Isabella Sikes
Mary Smith - 1740
Mary Thomas - 1838
Charles West - 1837
Susanah Bayly Rawlins Wigington - 1733
John Robt. Wilson - 1824
B. Wister

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1974.

Location. 32° 46.618′ N, 79° 55.878′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is in the French Quarter. It is on Meeting Street near Broad Street, on the right when traveling west. Located in Lawrimore Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charleston SC 29401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Historic Charleston

and in the Lowcountry.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lucius Mendel Rivers (a few steps from this marker); County of Charleston Historic Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Fireproof Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Blake Tenements (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Fireproof Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Hibernian Society (within shouting distance of

Quaker Burial Ground Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

2. Quaker Burial Ground Markers

this marker); Gedney Main Howe, Jr (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named County of Charleston Historic Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charleston.

Regarding Quaker Burial Ground. Among those believed to have been buried here were Daniel Latham and Mary Fisher Bayley Crosse. Latham, a Charleston merchant and shipwright, supposedly carried the news of the 1776 victory at Fort Moultrie to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Mary Fisher Bayley Crosse, a native of England, was flogged at Cambridge University for her Quaker beliefs. Crosse, who traveled alone to the Ottoman Empire in 1660 and witnessed to Sultan Mahomet, became celebrated as "she who spake to the great Turk." In 1680 she settled in Charleston with her three children and second husband John Crosse.(Preservation Society of Charleston)

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

3. Quaker Burial Ground Marker

Daniel and Sarah Latham
and their children
Daniel, Richard,
John, Ann,
Abigal, Rebecca,
Caroline
and
Grace Forbes

Quaker Burial Ground Marker at Lawrimore Park on Meeting Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud

4. Quaker Burial Ground Marker at Lawrimore Park on Meeting Street

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,939 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 2, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.