Hilton Head Cemeteries

Location: 1 Spinnaker Court in Sea Pines near Harbourtown Green
Earliest known date of existence: Many believe that Jack Stoney built the cemetery in the late 18th century for his slaves.

May have been built in the 1800’s by a distant relative of island resident Juan Byars

Marked and unmarked graves lay right outside the walls of two condo buildings

The cemetery is near the 18th fairway of the golf course

Approximately 100 graves on less than an acre; only about 45 markers

Maintained by individual family members

• BERRY, CARRIE
  b. 1947
  d. 1985
• BROWN, MARIE  C
  b. June 22, 1916
  d. July 27, 1947
• CHISOLM, DEA  RICHARD
  b. 1903
  d. 1985
• CHISOLM, EDWARD
  PLATE MISSSING
  b. 1939
  d. —-
• CHISOLM, HANNAH
  b. August 15, 1865
  d. June 19, 1944
• CHISOLM, JANIE
  b. February 27, 1923
  d. August 31, 1958
• CHISOLM, JULIUS
  b. November 17, 1921
  d. May 07, 1950
• CHISOLM, PERRY
  b. —-
  d. —-
• CHISOLM, RICHARD
  b. October 12, 1927
  d. December 02, 1935
• CHISOLM, ROSA
  b. September 30, 1895
  d. June 05, 1987
• CHISOLM, RUBEN
  b. September 10, 1893
  d. July 19, 1946
• CHISOLM, VIOLA  G
  b. May 27, 1903
  d. May 02, 1978
• MILLER, ARDENA  WILLIAMS
  b. December 04, 1933
  d. June 20, 1953
• MILLER, DOROTHY
  b. July 15, 1945
  d. August 07, 1977
• MILLER, REBECCA
  TOGETHER FOREVER
  b. May 11, 1920
  d. February 28, 1954
• MILLER, WILLIE
  b. 1944
  d. 1988
• MITCHELL, CHARLES
  b. February 14, 1880
  d. April 16, 1931
• SIMMONS, WILLIAM
  b. August 30, 1872
  d. February 21, 1916
• SINGLETON, JOSEPHINE
  b. July 01, 1914
  d. January 01, 1964
• WILLIAMS, AGNES
  b. 1905
  d. 1974
• WILLIAMS, CHARLES
  b. June 01, 1924
  d. June 13, 1980
• WILLIAMS, ELLA
  b. October 30, 1888
  d. January 17, 1966
• WILLIAMS, ESSIE
  MOTHER
  b. August 11, 1919
  d. October 30, 1990
• WILLIAMS, EUGENE
  ALSO SAYS GUNNER
  b. September 10, 1919
  d. May 12, 1969
• WILLIAMS, EUGENE
  WW I VETERAN
  b. August 17, 1895
  d. June 23, 1916
• WILLIAMS, FLORENCE
  b. March 06, 1891
  d. January 30, 1966
• WILLIAMS, GEORGE
  AGED 77 YEARS
  b. June 03, 1881
  d. June 03, 1958
• WILLIAMS, HAZEL
  PLATE MISSING
  b. November 22, 1912
  d. —-
• WILLIAMS, IDA
  b. September 06, 1895
  d. October 22, 1970
• WILLIAMS, JULIUS
  b. February 05, 1883
  d. February 12, 1938
• WILLIAMS, KAREEN
  b. 1992
  d. 1994
• WILLIAMS, PAUL
  b. September 09, 1901
  d. November 05, 1983
• WILLIAMS, ROBERT
  b. 1921
  d. 1991
• WILLIAMS, SANDRA
  b. 1957
  d. 1994
• WILLIAMS, SUSAN
  b. —-
  d. —-
• YOUNG, SARAH  FRASER
  b. May 14, 1884
  d. April 26, 1954
• YOUNG, WESLEY
  PLATE MARKER
  b. April 20, 1904
  d. September 20, 1940

Location: 190 Mitchellville Road, Tarpon Trail
Faces Port Royal Sound; Barker Field is nearby

Earliest date of existence:  antebellum

1.80 acres  in two sections

Oldest section includes graves from the 19th century

Approximately 60 stones, including military stones from WW I and WW II

Maintained by St. James Baptist Church

Names on stones: Ferguson, Campbell, Reyes, Israel, Murry, Singleton, Small, Mayton, Chaplin, Christopher, Owens, Bennett, Grant, Green. There are about 60 stones, still being used.

Louise Small: died Jan 18, 1906, age 94
Nicholas E. Christopher

These two stones face away from water:

Jas. Drayton; Co. G, 21 U.S.C. inf.

Adam Jenkins; Co. E, 21 U.S.C. inf.

J. no. Screven; Co. B, 21 U.S.C.I.

Faces water:

S. Christopher, Co. E, USCT Inf.

Location: Hilton Head Plantation, 167 Dolphin Head Drive
Accessed by walking either of 2 paths, one off Deerfield Road and the other out of Dolphin Head Recreation area

Earliest known date of existence: Founded in 1830’s

Approximately 1.55 acres

Owners: Elliott Point Cemetery

• Barnwell, Carry
  Nov.18,1898
  Aug.19,1935
  In memory of Carrie Barnwell
• Elliot, Denbow
  April 30, 1865
  Aged 85 years
• Gadson, Kit
  March 24, 1883
  Oct. 15, 1962
• Green, Cornelia M.
  Feb. 3, 1864
  Feb 21, 1944
• Houston, Mary Patterson
  April 23,1911
  June 6,2002
• Houston, Rev. Charles E.
  Jan.4, 1914
  (husband of Mary Patterson Houston)
• Jackson, Arthur
  1920
  1989
• Jackson, Julia R.
  Oct. 20,1892
  Oct. 5, 1949
  Requiem Aeternam Dona
• Jackson, Sarah
  Nov.8,1873
  May 3,1966
• Joe (sic)
  July 4,1916
  Aug. 2, 1986
  I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar.
• Levell, Rosa Jackson
  May. 1,1900
  Oct. 15,1981
• Middleton. Mrs. Florence
  Nov. 26,1886
  Feb. 27, 1949
  At Rest
  Age 63
• Middleton, Samuel
  March 7, 1898
  Aged 35 years; Rest in Peace
• Patterson, Alexander
  Feb. 1, 1880
  Dec. 12, 1962
• Patterson, Lillie G.
  May. 3, 1917
  Mar. 11, 1999
  The Lord is my Shepherd
• Patterson, Maria Robinson
  Aug. 1, 1882
  Dec. 6, 1962
• Patterson, Mary
  [See Houston]
• Patterson, Mary Ann
  May 30, 1904
  Age 70 year. Asleep in Jesus; Blessed Sleep
• Patterson, William H.
  May. 20, 1904
  Aug. 3, 1989
  He Enjoyed Life
• Patterson Jr., Alexander
  May. 30,1913
  Nov. 12, 2002
  Sgt.Major US Army World War II
• Robinson, Bamp Field
  Sept. 10, 1881
  Dec. 4, 1928
  FGB Sleep On Sleep On Sleep On
• Singleton, J.
  Co.G; 21 U.S.C.I
• Soeltner, Ernest
  1889
  1988
• Stewart, Daisy Wright
  1898
  1982
• Wright, Abbie
  Mar. 8, 1893
  May. 18,1950
  In Memory of Mother; Age 83; At Rest
• Wright, Carson James
  Dec. 1, 1897
  Apr. 8, 1953
  South Carolina PVT Sanitary Corps World War I
• Wright, Daisy
  [See Stewart]
• Wright, Samuel
  Nov. 14, 1889
  Jan. 16, 1964
• Wright, SD
  July 4?, 1859
  May ?, 1928
  Age 69 Years 10 M 29 D Death cannot make

Located on grounds of Coastal Discovery Museum, Small area near camellia garden, enclosed in a wooden fence

Burial site for several islanders

Three headstones and three other grave sites

Location: 45 William Hilton Pkwy / Jenkins Road

Earliest known date of existence: Founded in late 1700’s

Approximately 40 to 60 stones facing east in a fan-shaped cemetery

1.86 acres

Owned by Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church

Long, flat stones on ground

Rufus Smith: 1924-1980

1994 burial
Smith, Grayson, Jones, Cohen, Grant, Comer

David Mach: Aug 10, 1874 – Oct 6, 1914
Perl Grayson

Civil War:  Paul ________, 33 U.S.C.I.

Lizzie Ann R. Harris, 19 Nov 1828 – 28 Oct 1881

Location: 720 William Hilton Parkway, next to Whole Foods Market
Surrounded by wooden fence
Earliest known date of existence: Founded in 1800’s

Approximately 107 graves

5 acres
Owned by Queen’s Chapel AME Church and maintained by Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church

The Pope Cemetery has been transcribed and records are available at www.findagrave.com.

Location: Sea Pines, corner of Oyster Landing Rd and 10 Oyster Landing Lane

Located on a tributary of Lawton Creek and in a residential neighborhood.

One of the oldest burial grounds on the islands, early 1800’s

Four visible stones

Maintained by local residents

• Anderson, Shirley B
  Note: burial vault
  12 Apr 1942
  26 Apr 1993
• Brown, Eddie
  11 Apr 1907
  1 Nov 1941
• Brown, Jr., William
  Note: only burial vault with name plate
  1915
  2007
• Frazier, Rosetta
  In memory of
  25 Dec 1847
  21 Mar 1936
• Frazier, Thos.
  —-
  Co. A. 21 U.S.C.T.
  —
• Green, Wilson
  In memory of
  14 Apr 1823
  16 Apr 1895
• Kirkland, Robert
  Note: burial vault with name plate
  1948
  2006
• Miller, Jr.., Joseph (“Junior”)
  21 Sep 1935
  27 May 2000
• Patterson, Lucille Burgess
  15 May 1955
  21 Sep 1989
• Washington, Josephine
  At Rest
  Born 1891
  9 July 1916
• Williams, Mildred (“Millie”)
  Note: burial vault
  7 Feb 1948
  28 Dec 2001
• Williams Sr., Wonder L.
  Note: burial vault with name plate
  1929
  2005
• Young, Dorothy D.
  Note: burial vault
  Died 2001
• Young, Sr., Charles
  Note: burial vault

Location: 10 Union Cemetery Road

From the book, “Hilton Head Island Cemeteries”, Compiled by Karen Marsh Gobrecht And John Griffin

This land was originally used as burial grounds for the Union soldiers during the Civil War. Civil War soldiers and military personnel were moved to the National Cemetery in Beaufort or to their home cemeteries after the war.

The Heritage Library has a list of over 2000 individuals buried at the Union Cemetery.

Location: Northwest side of Broad Creek between Gardner’s and Muddy Creek Place. Accessed from Marshland Road. (GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 32.19521, Longitude: -80.73372; coordinates point to “2-36 Mackerel Drive” on Google Maps); 36 Broad Pointe Drive

Original Ownership: Stoney family.  Later, Thorne & Loomis

Earliest known date of existence: Early 1700’s

Site believed to be contained in a .75 acre tract

Owner:  First African Baptist Church

• ALLEN, EMILY
  ROW 2
  b. 1919
  d. 1980
• ALLEN, LUCILLE  V
  SHE DIED AS SHE LIVED, A CHRISTIAN
  b. December 25, 1920
  d. July 07, 1982
• BATT, GEORGIA
  ROW 3
  b. January 16, 1883
  d. March 20, 1924
• BINNS, DOREEN  A
  MOTHER
  b. September 18, 1938
  d. February 02, 2000
• BLAKE, EARLINE
  ROW 2
  b. 1918
  d. 1979
• BRYAN, THOMAS  SR  (DEACON)
  IN LOVING MEMORY
  b. January 18, 1939
  d. November 04, 1999
• CAVIN, HATTIE
  ROW 2
  b. December 01, 1898
  d. October 01, 1932
• CHAPIN, ISIAH
  IN MEMORY OF
  b. September 16, 1895
  d. February 02, 1935
• CHAPIN, MARY  J
  IN MEMORY OF
  b. 1870
  d. April 09, 1955
• CHISHOLM, CLARENCE  SR
  IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEVOTED HUSBAND
  FATHER AND GRANDFATHER…NOW I KNOW
  THAT THE LORD IS GREATER THAN ALL GODS.
  FOR IN THE THING WHEREIN THEY DEALT
  PROUDLY HE WAS ABOVE THEM EXODUS 18:11
  b. May 23, 1941
  d. January 04, 1997
• CHISOLM, FREDDIE  ELDER
  IN LOVING MEMORY
  b. December 10, 1912
  d. October 23, 1998
• CHISOLM, LEOTHA
  WIFE-MOTHER
  b. February 14, 1916
  d. April 26, 1986
• CHISOLM, LESTER  R
  ROW 5
  b. 1979
  d. 1995
• COSTON, JULIA
  ROW 2
  b. 1905
  d. 1988
• FORD, ELIZABETH  G
  MOTHER WE LOVE MISS YOU DEARLY
  b. October 03, 1922
  d. July 25, 1952
• FRAZIER, DIANA
  IN LOVING MEMORY OF…ASLEEP IN JESUS,
  BLESSED SLEEP
  b. April 04, 1864
  d. July 17, 1917
• FRAZIER, HERMAN
  IN LOVING MEMORY
  b. May 30, 1936
  d. February 14, 1992
• FRAZIER, SAMUAL
  IN MEMORY OF
  b. September 15, 1861
  d. February 27, 1939
• GRANT, SIMON  MUSN
  COMPANY E 21ST C.I.
  b. —-
  d. —-
• GREEN, C  C
  IN MEMORY OF
  b. April 04, 1879
  d. April 06, 1904
• GREEN, EZEKIEL
  ROW 1
  b. November 01, 1881
  d. December 08, 1931
• GREEN, SADIE
  IN MEMORY OF
  b. May 25, 1914
  d. November 08, 1969
• GREEN, VIOLET  H
  WE LOVE YOU, REST IN PEACE
  b. April 15, 1888
  d. February 03, 1977
• GREEN, WILLIAM  SR
  ROW 2
  b. 1926
  d. 2000
• GREENE, BETTIE
  ROW 2
  b. April 02, 1916
  d. May 06, 2003
• HOUSTON, CHARLES
  GRANDSON
  b. 1894
  d. 1947
• HOUSTON, EMMALINE
  ROW 2
  b. 1884
  d. 1928
• HOUSTON, GEORGIANNA
  ROW 2
  b. 1880
  d. 1930
• HOUSTON, JOHN
  IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR FAMILY
  b. 1860
  d. 1925
• HOUSTON, JOSEPH
  AND THEIR CHILDREN
  b. 1878
  d. 1897
• HOUSTON, LYDIA  SMITH
  AND HIS WIFE
  b. 1864
  d. 1916
• HOUSTON, MILEY
  ROW 2
  b. 1896
  d. 1917
• HOUSTON, WILLIAM
  ROW 2
  b. October 01, 1896
• JENKINS, THOMAS
  ROW 2
  b. 1920
  d. 1993
• MITCHELL, ANNIE  MAE
  DAUGHTER
  b. March 10, 1931
  d. September 26, 1979
• MITCHELL, EVALINA
  MOTHER
  b. November 18, 1911
  d. September 02, 1991
• MITCHELL, NORA
  ROW 2
  b. June 18, 2006
• RILEY, JOSEPH
  COMPANY G 2ND USC L.A.
  b. —-
  d. —-
• RILEY, SARAH
  AGE 46 YRS
  b. 1850
  d. March 15, 1896
• ROBERSON, MAGGIE
  ROW 3
  b. December 04, 1875
  d. February 22, 1934
• SINGLETON, ALICE
  IN MEMORY OF
  b. January 01, 1901
  d. January 01, 1923
• STAFFORD, THOMAS
  ROW 2
  b. 1921
  d. 1988
• UNKNOWN,
  GRANDMOTHER OF LYDIA MILEY SWEAT
  A MIDWIFE
  b. —-
  d. —-
• UNKNOWN,
  UNREADABLE STONE IN ROW 2
  b. —-
  d. —-
• UNKNOWN,
  MISSING MARKER ON SLAB IN ROW 2
  b. —-
  d. —-
• UNKNOWN,
  UNMARKED GRAVE IN ROW 2
  b. —-
  d. —-
• UNKNOWN,
  UNMARKED GRAVE IN ROW 2
  b. —-
  d. —-
• WASHINGTON, HANNA
  AGE 74 YRS
  b. 1820
  d. July 17, 1894

Location: Banks of Broad Creek near what is now the Haig Point Embarkation site; near Daufuskie Ferry Depot and Palmetto Bay Marina

From the book, Hilton Head Island Cemeteries, Compiled by Karen Marsh Gobrecht And John Griffin

This cemetery is no longer in existence.

Established in June 1968 by Charlie Simmons, Sr.

Mother, Estelle, first to be buried in cemetery.

Location unknown

Location: Sea Pines Plantation; 175 Greenwood Drive

24 Acres

In existence for over 40 years on former site of Lawton Plantation

Designed by Robert Marvin, a renowned landscape architect

Maintained by the Sea Pines Community Services Association

Information about Six Oaks Memorial Park is available on www.findagrave.com.

Location: overlooking Calibogue Sound, at GPS Coordinates Latitude: 32.19634, Longitude: -80.77142 (closest address according to Google Maps is 4 Korber Court)

30 Oak Marsh Drive

Approximately 1 and 2/3 acres

19th and 20th Century African-American cemetery

100 marked graves

Maintained by family members

Location: 8 Waterway Lane (North end of Skull Creek Drive, adjacent to Grandview Condominiums and near Skull Creek Marina)

Earliest known date of existence: Founded in 1800’s

Less than 1.8 acres

Several hundred graves but many markers are unreadable

Owned and maintained by members of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church

Pictures of the stones available at the Library

Click here to view detailed gravemarker information

Location: 10 Union Cemetery Road

From the book, “Hilton Head Island Cemeteries”, Compiled by Karen Marsh Gobrecht And John Griffin

The White Family Cemetery may be the only African American cemetery on Hilton Head that does not have frontage on the water or a marsh. This land was originally used as burial grounds for the Union soldiers and military personnel during the Civil War. After they were moved to the National Cemetery in Beaufort, the cemetery then became the White Family Cemetery maintained by St. James Baptist Church.

White Family Cemetery

Location: 574 William Hilton Parkway

Plantation Owners’ Cemetery

2.4 acres

Baynard Mausoleum, built in 1846, oldest extant building on Hilton Head Island

Antebellum period – late 1700’s

Two Revolutionary War soldiers buried there and two memorialized there.

Owned and maintained by the Heritage Library

View the Zion Cemetary Map

• BALDWIN ISAAC
  February 22, 1752 August, 1826 About 74 Years
• BALDWIN SARAH
  December 6, 1789 November 1, 1806 Almost 17 Years
• BARKSDALE THOMAS HENRY?
  November 9, 1795 August 22, 1832 Aged 36 Yrs., 9 Mo. & 4 Days
• BAYNARD WILLIAM Edings
  1800 – 1849
• DAVANT CHARLES
  1750 1781 About 31 Years
• DAVANT JAMES
  September 9, 1744 January 13, 1803 Aged 59 Yrs., 4 Mo. & 4 Days
• DAVANT JOHN J.
  May 15, 1818 June 1, 1818 Aged 17 Days
• DAVANT LYDIA
  April 20, 1751 – January, 1755 Aged 40 Years & 4 Months
• DAVANT MARTHA
  June 4, 1781 June 6, 1818 Aged 37 Years & 2 Days
• DAVANT MARY
  June 1788 May 15, 1818 Aged 29 Years, 11 Months
• DAVANT SAMUEL
  February 18, 1808 March 26, 1808 Aged 1 Month & 8 Days
• F……… JAMES B.
  January 22, 1784 March 30, 1812 About 28 Years
• IRVINE MARY
  1762 August 3, 1821 Aged 59 Years
• JOHNSON III VICTOR LEROY
  February 22, 1950 November 14, 1991 About 41 Years
• KIRK BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
  September, 1811 1815 About 4 Years
• KIRK ELIZABETH OCTAVIA
  May 18, 1830 December, 1845 About 15 Years
• KIRK FLORENCE
  October 16, 1852 August 5, 1853 Almost 1 Year
• KIRK INFANT 1812
• KIRK INFANT 1827
• KIRK JAMES LYCURGUS
  October 22, 1817 1823 About 6 Years
• KIRK JAMES
  December 9, 1780 November 9, 1850 Almost 70 Years
• KIRK DR. JAMES
  January 10, 1825 July 31, 1858 About 33 Years
• KIRK MARY E.
  December 9, 1793 October 31, 1851 Almost 58 Years
• KIRK OCTAVIA
  September 8, 1815 1821 About 6 Years
• KIRK ROLLIN H.
  1828 December 2, 1854 About 26 Years
• KIRK WILLIAM ISAAC
  March 23, 1810 1812 About 2 Years
• ROBERTS B. S.
  May 24, 1819 October 17, 1890 About 71 Years
• SCHWARZER PAULSON
  December 27, 1853 December 22, 1905 52 Years
• SEALY JAMES S.
  May, 1818 October 22, 1819 Aged 18 Months
• SMITH JOHN
  September, 1812 June 3, 1865 Almost 53 Years
• STONEY JAMES
  About 1772 February 10, 1827 About 55 Years
• STONEY CAPTAIN JOHN
  1749 1821 About 72 Years
• WAGNER CHARLES
  1840 1922 About 82 Years
• WEBB C. M.
  1831 August 3, 1834 Aged 2 Yrs., 9 Mo. & 17 Days
• WEBB SAMUEL B.
  1799 March 2, 1836 Aged 37 Years