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Flat Rock Cemetery

Founded 1802

 
 
Flat Rock Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles R. Robbins, Jr., July 22, 2007
1. Flat Rock Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Four Acres of Land Deeded to the Trustees of Flat Rock Methodist Episcopal Church Baxter Mosley, Edmond Hames Thomas Hames, Charles Hames and Coleman Fowler, on May 10, 1802 by Israel Fowler

Recorded December 3, 1839
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1996.
 
Location. 34° 51.709′ N, 81° 35.68′ W. Marker is near Jonesville, South Carolina, in Union County. It is at the intersection of Eisontown Road and Peter Hawk Creek Road on Eisontown Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jonesville SC 29353, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate and in the Olde English District. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Balloon Landing, 1861 (approx. 2.1 miles away); Kelton (approx. 2.1 miles away); Professor Lowe Balloon Landing Site (approx. 2.1 miles away); Steen Family Cemetery (approx. 5 miles away); Jonesville Confederate Monument (approx. 5.1 miles away); Jonesville Veterans Monument (approx. 5.3 miles away); Littlejohn Family Reunion (approx. 5.6 miles away); Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jonesville.
 
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Confederate Cross image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles R. Robbins, Jr., July 22, 2007
2. Confederate Cross
Flat Rock image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles R. Robbins, Jr., March 30, 2008
3. Flat Rock
This is the rock outcrop which gives the area it's name.
Flat Rock Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles R. Robbins, Jr., July 22, 2007
4. Flat Rock Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2012, by Charles R. Robbins, Jr. of Rock Hill, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,087 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 19, 2012, by Charles R. Robbins, Jr. of Rock Hill, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 25, 2026