Hilton Head Cemeteries
The cemeteries on Hilton Head Island contained, for the most part, African-American slaves of the local plantation owners. Many no longer exist. Volunteers from the Heritage Library have compiled information from various sources about all the cemeteries on the island. This information is filed in a binder available in the library.
Civil War Military Personnel Buried in the Government Cemetery
Index to Historic Hilton Head Island Cemeteries
At present, the library has no information on three additional cemeteries, Honey Horn, New Church of Christ, and Simmons Memorial Garden.
Cemetary Locations
Download a map with detailed location information of cemetery locations
Amelia White / Graham / Stoney (ARM) Cemetery
Location: 95 Squire Pope Road, Adjacent to the two-acre Green’s Shell Enclosure, a nature park maintained by the Town of Hilton Head
Braddock's Point / Harbour Town Cemetery
Location: 1 Spinnaker Court in Sea Pines near Harbourtown Green
Drayton Cemetery
Location: 190 Mitchellville Road, Tarpon Trail
Elliott Cemetery
Location: Hilton Head Plantation, 167 Dolphin Head Drive
Honey Horn Cemetery
Located on grounds of Coastal Discovery Museum, Small area near camellia garden, enclosed in a wooden fence
Jenkins Island Cemetery
Location: 45 William Hilton Pkwy / Jenkins Road
Joe Pope Cemetery
Location: 720 William Hilton Parkway, next to Whole Foods Market
Lawton Cemetery
Location: Sea Pines, corner of Oyster Landing Rd and 10 Oyster Landing Lane
Military/Government/Union Cemetery
Location: 10 Union Cemetery Road
Pinefield/Otter Hole/Otter Hall/Stuart’s/Stewart’s/Otterburn 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
Possum/Opossum Point Cemetery
Location: Banks of Broad Creek near what is now the Haig Point Embarkation site; near Daufuskie Ferry Depot and Palmetto Bay Marina
Six Oaks Memorial Park
Location: Sea Pines Plantation; 175 Greenwood Drive
Spanish Wells Cemetery
Location: overlooking Calibogue Sound, at GPS Coordinates Latitude: 32.19634, Longitude: -80.77142 (closest address according to Google Maps is 4 Korber Court)
Talbird/Talbot/Tabor Cemetery
Location: 8 Waterway Lane (North end of Skull Creek Drive, adjacent to Grandview Condominiums and near Skull Creek Marina)
White Family Cemetery
Location: 10 Union Cemetery Road
Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery
Location: 574 William Hilton Parkway
Amelia White / Graham / Stoney (ARM) Cemetery
- Graves from the 19th century to present day
- Approximately 3 acres
- More than 125 graves
- Maintained by the Amelia White Cemetery Preservation Committee
Braddock's Point / Harbour Town Cemetery
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
Drayton Cemetery
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.
Elliott Cemetery
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
Honey Horn Cemetery
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
Jenkins Island Cemetery
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
Joe Pope Cemetery
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.
Lawton Cemetery
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
Military/Government/Union Cemetery
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.
Pinefield/Otter Hole/Otter Hall/Stuart’s/Stewart’s/Otterburn 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
Possum/Opossum Point Cemetery
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.
Simmons Memorial Gardens
Established in June 1968 by Charlie Simmons, Sr.
Mother, Estelle, first to be buried in cemetery.
Location unknown
Six Oaks Memorial Park
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.
Spanish Wells Cemetery
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
Talbird/Talbot/Tabor Cemetery
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
White Family Cemetery
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.
Zion Chapel of Ease 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
- 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